Andreas Lundstedt

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Lundstedt with Alcazar 2004 in Borås.

Andreas Lundstedt (* May 20, 1972 in Knivsta as Björn Helge Andreas ) is a Swedish pop singer and musical actor who can demonstrate great musical success , especially as a member of the pop group Alcazar .

Life

Since childhood, Andreas Lundstedt had the desire to become a singer. At the age of five, he took part in a talent competition for children and came in second. From the age of fifteen he appeared regularly on television as a member of the children's band Stage Four . In 1999 he was a founding member of the successful Swedish pop group Alcazar . Lundstedt is openly gay and at times had a relationship with Magnus Carlsson . The group made their European breakthrough in 2001 with the hit single Crying at the Discoteque . Even while he was a member of Alcazar, Andreas Lundstedt started a few solo projects. So he brought out four of his own singles and one album. He also took on roles in the musicals Grease , Chicago and Saturday Night Fever .

In a highly acclaimed interview with the Swedish magazine QX on December 19, 2007, Andreas Lundstedt reported publicly about his HIV infection for the first time . With this step Lundstedt wanted to break the taboo of talking about this disease in connection with the music industry and to give the disease a face.

Eurovision Song Contest

Andreas Lundstedt has already tried several times to take part in the Eurovision Song Contest for Sweden . In the first two attempts he appeared as a solo artist and took second place with Driver dagg faller regn (1996) and seventh place in the Swedish preliminary decision with Jag saknar dig, jag saknar dig in 1997 . In 2003 and 2005 he took part as a member of Alcazar and took third place in the Swedish qualifying with Not a Sinner, Not a Saint (2003) and Alcastar (2005). In 2006 he took part in the Song Contest for Switzerland as a member of the six4one formation and reached 17th place. In 2007 he entered the Melodifestivalen with the title Move , written by himself and Johan Röhr , but failed in the first preliminary round. On February 7th, 2009 Alcazar took part in a new formation in the first preliminary round of the Melodifestival 2009 and directly reached the final with the title Stay the Night . There they finally took fifth place. As a result, they took part in the Melodifestivalen again, but this time only made it to the “second chance” round, where they were defeated by Jessica Andersson . As a soloist, Lundstedt took part in the preliminary round with Aldrig aldrig in 2012 , but already failed in the semi-finals. His last participation - with Alcazar - at the Melodifestivalen 2014 and the title Blame It on the Disco ended in third place.

Discography

Albums

  • 1996: Andreas Lundstedt (not published, withdrawn before publication)

Singles

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
SE SE
1996 Driver Dagg Faller Regn SE11 (17 weeks)
SE
Hey-Ya Hey-Ya SE21 (4 weeks)
SE
1997 Jag Saknar Dig, Jag Saknar Dig SE16 (10 weeks)
SE
2006 Lovegun / Nightfever SE1 (4 weeks)
SE
2007 Move SE34 (3 weeks)
SE

More singles

  • 1996: Driver Dagg Faller Regn - Summer Mixes (not released in Germany)
  • 2006: Dollar Queen (published digitally only)
  • 2012: Aldrig Aldrig

Web links

Commons : Andreas Lundstedt  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Life Goes on , Latest News, Lundstedt homepage, accessed on March 3, 2012
  2. ↑ Chart sources: SE
personal data
SURNAME Lundstedt, Andreas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Björn Helge Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish pop singer and musical performer
DATE OF BIRTH May 20, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Knivsta , Sweden