Bonn (singer)

Bonn (born on June 5, 1990 in Stockholm , Sweden as Kristoffer Jan Patrick Fogelmark ) is a Swedish singer , songwriter and music producer who first attracted attention through his work on the second studio album of the English - Irish pop band One Direction . He wrote songs for Flo Rida , Hilary Duff and MØ , among others . As a singer, he was increasingly active as background vocals at the beginning, but from 2015 also focused on full vocal contributions, for which he used the pseudonym Kris Fogelmark in addition to his current stage name . In 2017 he contributed the vocals of the song More Than You Know by Axwell Λ Ingrosso , in which he was not performed as an artist. Between 2018 and 2019 he was part of the team that completed the studio album Tim by the Swedish DJ and producer Avicii, who died in 2018 .

Career

Fogelmark was born in the Swedish capital Stockholm, where he grew up. Together with his childhood friend Albin Nedler, he attended the Adolf-Fredriks Music Class, a primary school that focuses on working with music. They later went to Södra Latins High School together . To build on their basic musical education, they moved to Örnsköldsvik municipality , in the Swedish province of Västernorrland , to attend the Musikmakarna Songwriters Academy YH.

In 2012 they signed a contract with Kinglet Studios, a recording studio in Stockholm that is run by the Swedish music producer and songwriter Carl Falk together with Rami Yacoub. At the same time they were hired for their music publisher "SK Music Publishing", which they ran together with Savan Kotecha. Between May and August 2012 the second studio album by the Irish-British pop band One Direction was produced in Kinglet Studios , with Nedler and Fogelmark Falk and Yacoub assisting with production, songwriting, programming and background voices. One of the released singles was the track they wrote, Kiss You , which got them into the German, Swedish and US single charts and sold around two million times. For their work on the album, they received a Denniz Pop Award in the Rookie Songwriter and Producer category.

Between 2013 and 2014 they worked as a team on the fifth studio album by the boy band Boyzone , the album Tattoos by Jason Derulo and as the vocal editor on the 2014 studio album Sorry I'm Late by Cher Lloyd , where they also worked on songwriting Max Martin met.

In early 2015, under the pseudonym Kris Fogelmark, contributed the song Love Was My Alibi to the US historical drama The Promise of a Life with Russell Crowe . Crowe was also involved as a songwriter. In the summer of the same year he could be heard with Nedler on Demi Lovato's studio album Confident , Ellie Gouldings Delirium and Wake Up by The Vamps, among others . In October 2015 the second studio album Stories by the Swedish producer Avicii was released , on which he and Nedler contributed to the tracks For a Better Day and Pure Grinding . Both were also released as single and advanced into the charts of several countries. The following year they worked with Olly Murs on his studio album 24 Hrs .

In 2017 Fogelmark founded their own production company "M0B Music" together with Nedler, which is part of the " Kobalt Music Group ". The recordings of the label will take place in the Kinglet Studios as usual. The collaboration with Carl Falk was also continued. In spring 2017 Fogelmark contributed the vocals of the song More Than You Know by the Swedish DJ duo Axwell Λ Ingrosso . The song was written by the Swedish musician duo Vargas & Lagola , whom he later met while working with Avicii . The song developed into a worldwide success and landed at number one in seven countries, including Germany, Hungary and the Czech Republic. Together with the duo he performed the song at the Amsterdam Dance Event .

In 2017 he and his team took over the entire production of the studio album Youngblood by 5 Seconds of Summer , which was released in 2018. In July 2018, the Dutch DJ and producer Martin Garrix released the song High on Life , which they performed together at Tomorrowland 2018. Here he appeared for the first time as a singer under the pseudonym Bonn . With the song he reached the charts of several countries in Europe as well as the US dance charts. A second collaboration was announced a few months later and was released on February 22, 2019 with the title No Sleep . The official music video shows the two musicians at different locations and symbolizes a friendship.

In March 2018, he worked with Avicii on several songs for his third studio album. After he was found dead in April 2018, the tracks were supposed to be ready for posthumous release. With Nedler he formed one of the teams that was involved in a total of 3 songs on the album Tim . One of the results was the song SOS with Aloe Blacc , which was released as the first posthumous single in April 2019. The album along with the other two of his followed in June 2019.

Discography

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
year	Title album	DE	AT	CH	UK	SE	Remarks
2017	More Than You Know More Than You Know	DE1 × 2 Double platinum (50 weeks)DE	AT1 platinum (47 weeks)AT	CH2 (51 weeks) CH	UK30th gold (13 weeks)UK	SE2 × 10 Tenfold platinum (62 weeks)SE	First published: May 26, 2017 with Axwell Λ Ingrosso ; Sales: + 2,365,000
2018	High on Life The Martin Garrix Experience	DE66 (2 weeks) DE	AT52 (3 weeks) AT	CH45 (3 weeks) CH	-	SE29 (13 weeks) SE	First published: July 29, 2018 with Martin Garrix ; Sales: + 50,000
2019	No Sleep The Martin Garrix Experience	DE96 (1 week) DE	AT61 (1 week) AT	CH58 (1 week) CH	-	SE41 (9 weeks) SE	First published: February 22, 2019 with Martin Garrix

More singles

2015: Love Was My Alibi (as Kris Fogelmark)
2019: Home (with Martin Garrix)

Author contributions

Chart positions as an author

year	Title artist	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, artist , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
year	Title artist	DE	AT	CH	UK	US	SE	Remarks
2012	Kiss You One Direction	DE69 (4 weeks) DE	AT57 (1 week) AT	CH45 (6 weeks) CH	UK9 gold (19 weeks)UK	US46 gold (16 weeks)US	SE50 (7 weeks) SE	First published: November 16, 2012 Sales: +1,177,500
2015	Pure grinding stories	DE94 (1 week) DE	AT71 (1 week) AT	-	-	-	SE19th platinum (13 weeks)SE	First published: August 25, 2015 Sales: + 40,000
2015	For a Better Day Avicii	DE18 (13 weeks) DE	AT10 (20 weeks) AT	CH16 (13 weeks) CH	UK68 (6 weeks) UK	-	SE5 × 2 Double platinum (20 weeks)SE	First published: August 25, 2015 Sales: + 125,000
2016	Body Moves DNCE	-	-	-	UK99 (1 week) UK	-	-	First published: September 30, 2016
2018	Dancer Flo Rida	-	-	CH72 (1 week) CH	-	-	-	First published: March 2nd, 2018
2019	SOS Avicii feat. Aloe Blacc	DE8 (22 weeks) DE	AT4 (24 weeks) AT	CH3 (25 weeks) CH	UK6 (22 weeks) UK	US68 (3 weeks) US	SE1 (... week) SE	First published: April 10, 2019 Sales: + 40,000

Individual evidence

↑ Kristoffer Fogelmark on "Mrkoll.se"
↑ Kristoffer Fogelmark & Albin Nedler on "Musikmakarna"
↑ Stureplansgruppen Stolt Samarbetpartner till Denniz Pop Awards on "Stureplansgruppen"
↑ Performed “More than you know” for the first time during #ADE Saturday night and it was lit! on Facebook"
↑ Martin Garrix Releases New Music Video for His Single "No Sleep" on "Mix247EDM"
↑ Avicii - The Story Behind The Song "SOS" ft. Aloe Blacc on "YouTube"
↑ ^a ^b Kristoffer Fogelmark. GfK Entertainment , accessed on May 29, 2019 .
↑ Bonn. Hung Medien , accessed May 29, 2019 .
↑ Bonn. Hung Medien , accessed May 29, 2019 .
↑ Axwell Λ Ingrosso - More Than You Know Single. GfK Entertainment , accessed on September 4, 2017 .
^ Axwell ^ Ingrosso - More Than You Know. Hung Medien , accessed June 21, 2017 .
^ Axwell ^ Ingrosso - More Than You Know. Hung Medien , accessed September 4, 2017 .
^ Axwell ^ Ingrosso - More Than You Know. Hung Medien , accessed September 24, 2017 .
↑ More Than You Know. The Official UK Charts Company, accessed September 4, 2017 .

Web links

Profile on Facebook
Bonn at Discogs (English)

personal data
SURNAME	Bonn
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Fogelmark, Kristoffer Jan Patrick (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swedish music producer and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH	June 5th 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH	Stockholm , Sweden

[1] Kristoffer Fogelmark on "Mrkoll.se"

[2] Kristoffer Fogelmark & Albin Nedler on "Musikmakarna"

[3] Stureplansgruppen Stolt Samarbetpartner till Denniz Pop Awards on "Stureplansgruppen"

[4] Performed “More than you know” for the first time during #ADE Saturday night and it was lit! on Facebook"

[5] Martin Garrix Releases New Music Video for His Single "No Sleep" on "Mix247EDM"

[6] Avicii - The Story Behind The Song "SOS" ft. Aloe Blacc on "YouTube"

[charts-7] Kristoffer Fogelmark. GfK Entertainment , accessed on May 29, 2019 .

[8] Bonn. Hung Medien , accessed May 29, 2019 .

[9] Bonn. Hung Medien , accessed May 29, 2019 .

[10] Axwell Λ Ingrosso - More Than You Know Single. GfK Entertainment , accessed on September 4, 2017 .

[11] Axwell ^ Ingrosso - More Than You Know. Hung Medien , accessed June 21, 2017 .

[12] Axwell ^ Ingrosso - More Than You Know. Hung Medien , accessed September 4, 2017 .

[13] Axwell ^ Ingrosso - More Than You Know. Hung Medien , accessed September 24, 2017 .

[14] More Than You Know. The Official UK Charts Company, accessed September 4, 2017 .