Johan Olsen (musician)

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Olsen live 2012

Johan Gotthardt Olsen (born March 25, 1969 in Østerbro , Copenhagen ) is a Danish singer and biologist .

Career

Olsen studied at the University of Copenhagen and together with a few other students founded the band Magtens Korridorer in 1995 , one of the most successful Danish rock bands. With the band, Olsen released six studio albums, two of which went platinum in Denmark . In 2006 the band received the award for the best new band at the Danish Music Awards . In addition, he appeared several times as a guest singer, including for Red Warszawa , Revoltage , LOC and Sonja Hald .

Outside of his home country, Johan Olsen was best known for his collaboration with the band Volbeat . In 2007 he sang the song The Garden's Tale and nine years later he sang a duet with For evigt with Volbeat singer Michael Schøn Poulsen , where Poulsen sang in English and Olsen in Danish .

Olsen is a Ph.D. in molecular biology and works as a protein crystallographer at the University of Copenhagen . He is married and has four kids.

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Pligen kalder (with Torben Steno )
  DK 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 06/01/2007 (22 weeks)
Libertine (with LOC )
  DK 23 
gold
gold
03/25/2011 (1 week)
For evigt (with Volbeat )
  DK 3 
Triple platinum
× 3
Triple platinum
05/13/2016 (32 weeks)

With Magten's corridor

see Magten's corridor # discography

As a guest singer

Web links

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  1. ↑ a b Chris Tachibana: Crystals in lab, rock on stage. The Scientist, accessed May 7, 2016 .
  2. ↑ "For Evigt" is the first Volbeat single from the album "Seal The Deal & Let's Boogie". Universal Music, accessed May 7, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Johan Olsen: "Nogle bruger berømmelse som et drug - jeg har til snarere tendens paranoia". January 14, 2016, accessed August 28, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Johan Olsen in the Danish charts
  5. ↑ Awards for music sales: DK
personal data
SURNAME Olsen, Johan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Olsen, Johan Gotthardt (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish singer and biologist
DATE OF BIRTH March 25, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Østerbro , Copenhagen