Oli Jógvansson
Óli Jógvansson (* 1969 in Tórshavn ) is a Faroese songwriter and composer .
Life
Jógvansson founded the Baroli Music label together with Bardur Haberg in 2006 and wrote songs with Haberg for singers from numerous countries. Among other things, they composed and produced for Disney Channel artists such as Stefanie Scott , Dove Cameron and Caroline Sunshine . Jógvansson won the UK Songwriting Contest 2015 in the “Instrumental” category for composing Forever Gone .
Works (selection)
Some of the songs Jogvansson co-wrote and / or composed:
- 2011: Let's Fly Away - No Me Without You - Nothing I Won't Do for the Chinese artist Ruhan in the album Time To Grow (co-author)
- 2011: Voglio Star Con Te , single for the Italian boy band Studio 3 (co-author)
- 2011: High on Brazil's top 10 album DNA by Brazilian singer Wanessa , released July 2011 by Sony Music Entertainment (co-author)
- 2011: Girl I Used To Know , single for the artist Stefanie Scott (co-author)
- 2012: Can't Break What's Broken from the album Loving This Day , performed by Jessica Clemmons (co-author)
- 2012: FYI , single for the artist Stefanie Scott (co-author)
- 2012: A New Low by Iris Kroes, 2012 winner of The Voice of Holland (co-author)
- 2013: Future Sounds like us from the album Shake It Up : I Love Dance, written with Bardur Haberg, Michelle Lewis and Heidi Rojas, performed by Dove Cameron.
- 2013: Theme song for the Disney Channel series Liv and Maddie (co-writer / producer). A full version of the song (entitled Better in Stereo ) was also released. The music video for the song was released on Disney's VEVO YouTube channel (80 million views as of February 2019) and aired on the Disney Channel for about 3 months. The song also reached number 4 on the US iTunes charts in the "Soundtrack" category and was number 1 on the Billboard "Kid Digital" chart for 3 weeks in a row (as of April 1, 2014, the song was 23 weeks in these charts).
- 2014: I Don't Wanna Let You Go , single for the artist Stefanie Scott
- 2014: Voyage , Victory in the instrumental category on Songoftheyear.com (composer)
- 2015: Forever Gone , single for the artist Ólavur Jakobsen (composer)
- 2015: It from the album Genic by Namie Amuro (co-author)
- 2015: Forever Gone , Victory in the instrumental category at the UK Songwriting Contest 2019 (composer)
- 2017: Laura's Theme , Victory in the instrumental category at the UK Songwriting Contest 2019 (composer)
- 2018: Voyage , album released September 28th (Jogvannson composed all pieces)
- 2019: A Place Called Home , Victory in the instrumental category at the UK Songwriting Contest 2019 (composer)
- 2019: Never Wanna Let You Go , single released by Nicky Romero's Protocol Recordings (co-author)
Awards
- 2014: Song Of The Year 2014 , songwriting competition in the instrumental category with his composition Voyage (winner)
- 2014: Faroese Music Awards in the Best Producers category together with Bárður Háberg (winner)
- 2015: UK Songwriting Contest 2015 in the instrumental category with his composition Forever Gone (winner)
- 2017: Uk Songwriting Contest 2017 in the instrumental category with his composition Laura's Theme (winner)
- 2019: Uk Songwriting Contest 2019 in the instrumental category with his composition A Place Called Home (winner)
Web links
- Óli Jógvansson at Allmusic (English)
- Óli Jógvansson at Discogs (English)
- Óli Jógvansson in theInternet Movie Database(English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ allmusic.com, Various Artists, Shake It Up: I <3 Dance
- ↑ a b 2015 Results - WINNERS AND FINALISTS BY CATEGORY . The UK Songwriting Contest. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
- ↑ allmusic.com, Various Artists, Shake It Up: I <3 Dance, Review by Heather Phares
- ↑ Laura's Theme - soundcloud.com
- ↑ 2015 Results - WINNERS AND FINALISTS BY CATEGORY . The UK Songwriting Contest. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jógvansson, Óli |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Faroese songwriter and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1969 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tórshavn |