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Andreas Per Kleerup (born April 2, 1979 ) is a Swedish pop musician and music producer .
Kleerup is a member of the Meatboys trio and the sextet Me and My Army . He became known in 2007 when he released the track With Every Heartbeat together with the Swedish singer Robyn . After the song hit the Swedish charts, it was also released in the UK, where it was hugely successful, reaching number 1 in August . The song was also successful in other European countries such as France, Germany and Italy.
For his debut album Kleerup he recorded other tracks together with well-known Swedish singers such as Neneh Cherry , Marit Bergman , Lykke Li and Lisa Milberg from the Concretes . The pre-released Longing for Lullabies together with Titiyo became a top 10 hit in Sweden, the album made it to number 7 on the Swedish album charts in 2008.
In 2010 Kleerup founded the sextet Me and My Army together with musicians from other well-known Swedish bands . It stands for melodic pop - or folk rock . MAMA, as they are shortened, released an EP of the same name in autumn 2010 and a full album in February 2011. Announcements to bring US rocker Tommy Lee on board for a joint single did not come true.
Andreas Kleerup also made a name for himself as the producer and co-author of the song Lay Me Down by Cyndi Lauper .
Kleerup appeared in the first semifinals of the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö as a break filler.
Discography
Albums
- Kleerup (2008)
- Thank God for Sending Demons with Me and My Army (2011)
- Aniara (2012)
EPs
- Me and My Army (2010)
Singles
- With Every Heartbeat with Robyn (2007)
- Longing for Lullabies featuring Titiyo (2008)
- Forever with Neneh Cherry (2008)
- 3am with Marit Bergman (2008)
- History with Linda Sundblad (2009)
- Until We Bleed with Lykke Li (2009)
- Imorgon är en annan dag (2015)
- Så length skutan kan gå (2015)
- Beautiful Life (2015)
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- ↑ a b Chart discography Sweden
- ↑ With Every Heartbeat (Robyn with Kleerup) - Chart sources: DE ( Memento of the original from October 11, 2012 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. CH UK
- ↑ Awards: UK
- ↑ The Swede Beat Magazine ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. December 21, 2010
- ↑ Eurovision 2013: Andreas Kleerup to perform at first semi-final
Web links
- official site (English)
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SURNAME | Kleerup |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kleerup, Andreas Per (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish pop musician and producer |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 2nd 1979 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Sweden |