E-type

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E-Type at a concert in Gothenburg

E-Type (born August 27, 1965 in Uppsala ; actually Bo Martin Erik Eriksson ) is a Swedish dance musician.

Life

Eriksson began his musical career as a drummer for the Swedish thrash metal band Hexenhaus and was VJ for the television channel Z-TV . He started a solo career in the early 1990s. E-Type released his debut single We've Got the Atmosphere in 1991 , followed by Numania 1, both with Swedish musician Stakka Bo, and his solo single I'm Falling in 1993 , which all three flopped.

Three years later, E-Type had its big breakthrough with its album Made in Sweden (produced by Denniz PoP and Max Martin , later responsible for hits from Ace of Base , Backstreet Boys and Britney Spears ), which was based on the then popular Eurodance - Sound with female vocals continued. The first release, Set the World on Fire , made it to number 2 in the Swedish charts, the successor This Is the Way reached number one in Sweden and was also able to reach high chart positions in France and the Netherlands. A long series of other party hits followed, as well as ballads and more rocky tracks. In 1996 and 1997, his singles Set the World on Fire , This is the Way and Calling Your Name also made it into the top 25 of the US Billboard dance charts.

He had his first success in the German-speaking world with the official song for the European Football Championship 2000 , Campione 2000 , which entered the German and Swiss single charts. Another well-known song by him in German-speaking countries is Es ist never über , a duet with the German singer Blümchen , which only made it into the Swedish charts. Eriksson has also published the official Swedish anthem for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens , Olympia . With Paradise , E-Type took part in the Swedish preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 and came in fifth.

His publications were particularly successful in Scandinavia, he released five number one hits in Sweden and one in Finland and was able to achieve a total of 23 positions in the top ten of the single charts in Sweden, Finland and Norway.

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		FI	NO	SE
1994	Made in Sweden	-	-	SE2 platinum (28 weeks)SE
1996	The Explorer	-	-	SE5 platinum (48 weeks)SE
1998	Last man standing	FI1 platinum (15 weeks)FI	NO2 platinum (16 weeks)NO	SE1 × 2 Double platinum (26 weeks)SE
2001	Euro IV Ever	FI3 gold (20 weeks)FI	NO7 (9 weeks) NO	SE2 platinum (28 weeks)SE
2004	Loud Pipes Save Lives	FI13 (7 weeks) FI	NO17 (7 weeks) NO	SE2 gold (14 weeks)SE
2007	Eurotopia	-	-	SE10 (6 weeks) SE

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Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		FI	NO	SE
1999	Greatest hits	FI25 (4 weeks) FI	NO6th gold (11 weeks)NO	SE12 gold (11 weeks)SE

More compilations

• 2001: E-Type Väljer Sina Eurofavoriter (2CD)
• 2006: 14 hits with E-Type
• 2009: Best of

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	CH	UK	FI	NO	SE
1994	Set the World on Fire Made in Sweden	-	-	-	-	-	SE2 (20 weeks) SE
	This Is the Way Made in Sweden	-	-	UK53 (2 weeks) UK	-	-	SE1 gold (21 weeks)SE
1995	Do You Always (Have to Be Alone)? Made in Sweden	-	-	-	-	-	SE13 (9 weeks) SE
	Russian Lullaby Made in Sweden	-	-	-	-	-	SE45 (6 weeks) SE
1996	Free Like a Flying Demon The Explorer	-	-	-	-	-	SE1 gold (30 weeks)SE
	Calling Your Name The Explorer	-	-	-	-	-	SE4th gold (20 weeks)SE
1997	Back in the Loop The Explorer	-	-	-	FI20 (1 week) FI	-	SE10 (18 weeks) SE
	I Just Wanna Be With You The Explorer	-	-	-	FI15 (2 weeks) FI	-	SE10 (17 weeks) SE
	You Will Always be a Part of Me The Explorer	-	-	-	-	-	SE30 (6 weeks) SE
1998	Here I Go Again Last Man Standing	-	-	-	FI1 (8 weeks) FI	NO3 platinum (13 weeks)NO	SE1 (16 weeks) SE
	Angels Crying Last Man Standing	-	-	-	FI2 (16 weeks) FI	NO2 platinum (13 weeks)NO	SE2 (18 weeks) SE
1999	Princess of Egypt Last Man Standing	-	-	-	-	-	SE9 (11 weeks) SE
	Hold Your Horses Last Man Standing	-	-	-	-	-	SE26 (7 weeks) SE
2000	Campione 2000 Euro IV Ever	DE91 (1 week) DE	CH61 (3 weeks) CH	UK58 (2 weeks) UK	-	NO9 (4 weeks) NO	SE2 platinum (14 weeks)SE
	It's never over forever and ever	-	-	-	-	-	SE28 (9 weeks) SE	feat. Floret
2001	Life Euro IV Ever	-	-	-	FI16 (1 week) FI	NO3 gold (16 weeks)NO	SE1 platinum (21 weeks)SE
2002	Africa Euro IV Ever	-	-	-	FI13 (2 weeks) FI	-	SE5 (16 weeks) SE
	Banca Banca Euro IV Ever	-	-	-	-	-	SE32 (11 weeks) SE
2004	Paradise Loud Pipes Save Lives	-	-	-	FI11 (2 weeks) FI	NO11 (7 weeks) NO	SE2 gold (17 weeks)SE	feat. Well well
	Olympia Loud Pipes Save Lives	-	-	-	-	-	SE4 (19 weeks) SE
2005	The Predator Loud Pipes Save Lives	-	-	-	-	-	SE43 (3 weeks) SE
2007	True Believer Eurotopia	-	-	-	FI3 (3 weeks) FI	-	SE1 gold (24 weeks)SE
	Eurofighter Eurotopia	-	-	-	-	-	SE17 (8 weeks) SE
2008	Line of Fire	-	-	-	-	-	SE3 (7 weeks) SE	feat. The Poodles
2011	Back 2 Life	-	-	-	-	-	SE53 (1 week) SE

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More singles

• 1991: We Got the Atmosphere ( feat.Stakka B )
• 1992: Numania 1 ( feat.Stakka B)
• 1993: I'm Falling
• 1995: Megamix
• 1996: So Dem A Com
• 2000: Megamix
• 2004: Camila
• 2019: Ride the Lightning

statistics

Chart evaluation

FI  NO  SE Number one albums FI1FI NO-NO SE1SE Top 10 albums FI2FI NO3NO SE6thSE Albums in the charts FI4thFI NO4thNO SE7thSE

DE  CH  UK  FI  NO  SE Number one singles DE-DE CH-CH UK-UK FI1FI NO-NO SE5SE Top 10 singles DE-DE CH-CH UK-UK FI3FI NO4thNO SE16SE Singles in the charts DE1DE CH1CH UK2UK FI8thFI NO5NO SE25thSE

Awards for music sales

Golden record  France 1996: for the album Made in Sweden

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Finland (IFPI)	gold1	platinum1	100.213	ifpi.fi
France (SNEP)	gold1	-	100,000	infodisc.fr
Norway (IFPI)	2 × gold2	3 × platinum3	85,000	ifpi.no
Sweden (IFPI)	7 × gold7th	7 × platinum7th	605,000	sverigetopplistan.se
All in all	11 × gold11	11 × platinum11

Web links

Commons : E-Type  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• E-Type at Discogs (English)
• Official website
• Eurodance Encyclopedia: E-Type

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1. ↑ Biography at Allmusic (English). Retrieved August 25, 2013.
2. ↑ E-Type in the Billboard Dancecharts
3. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from December 20, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: DE CH UK FI NO SE
5. ↑ Awards for Music Sales: SE FI NO