Kristian Lundin

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Kristian Lundin (born May 7, 1973 in Sweden ) is a producer and composer of pop music .

Lundin began his career as part of the Swedish duo Amadin, for whom he wrote and produced Europop-style music. Denniz PoP , founder of Cheiron Studios in Stockholm , recognized his talent and hired him in 1993 to produce the albums for Dr. Alban and Leila K. , who celebrated international success with it.

His real breakthrough came with the song "Quit Playing Games With My Heart", which he produced with Max Martin for the Backstreet Boys. He also wrote and produced "Tearin Up My Heart" with Martin for * NSYNC , which hit the charts worldwide with the song.

After the early death of his mentor Denniz PoP, Lundin continued his work with the other producers and composers of the Cheiron team: Whether "Born To Make You Happy" ( Britney Spears ), "Larger Than Life" ( Backstreet Boys ) or "I ´m alive "," That's the way it is "or" Eyes on me "( Celine Dion ) - Lundin created one hit after the other.

He reached the peak of his career for the time being in 1999. In that year he and Max Martin received a Grammy nomination for the production of "I Want It That Way". At the same time, the albums of the Backstreet Boys (Millennium) and Britney Spears (... Baby One More Time) were released, two long players on which he was involved and which together have sold over 40 million copies to date.

The following year Lundin was again nominated for a Grammy for the production of "Bye Bye Bye" for * NSYNC. There were also four American Diamond Awards and, in 2002, an award from the Swedish Music Association SKAP.

After Max Martin decided to close the studio at the end of 2000, he took over the Cheiron studio in January 2001 together with Andreas Carlsson and Jake Schulze, two former members of the Cheiron team, and founded "The Location", a production company there with music publisher (location songs) .

In the following years further productions by him a. a. for Ana Johnsson , Lindsay Lohan and Westlife .

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