Magnus Carlsson

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Magnus Carlsson

Magnus Carlsson (* 24. June 1974 in Borås ) is a Swedish Dansband - and pop - singer .

biography

Magnus Carlsson grew up with two brothers in Fristad , outside Borås. He studied music for six years, four of which at the University of Gothenburg's music academy . He became known as the singer of the Swedish dance band Barbados , of which he was a member from 1991 to 2002. On December 13, 2002 he became a member of the pop group Alcazar . The group made their European breakthrough in 2002 with the hit single Crying at the Discotheque . Carlsson is openly gay and at times maintained a relationship with Andreas Lundstedt . Carlsson lives in Stockholm with his husband Mats .

Eurovision Song Contest

Carlsson participated in the years 2000-2003, 2005-2007 and 2015 in the Melodifestivalen , the Swedish pre-selection for the Eurovision Song Contest . The first three times he took part with the band Barbados. In 2003 and 2005 he took part as a member of Alcazar and took third place with Not a sinner, not a saint (2003) and Alcastar (2005). On February 25, 2006 he performed as a solo artist with the song Lev livet! which was written by Anders Glenmark and Niklas Strömstedt and which reached number 1 on the Swedish sales charts. In 2007 he entered the third preliminary round of the Melodifestivalen on February 17th with the title Live Forever written by Danne Atlerud , Thomas Törnholm and Michael Claus , but could not reach the final. In 2015, the singer applied again with the song Möt mig i Gamla stan, written by Thomas G: son , and reached ninth place in the final.

Discography (solo)

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
SE SE
2001 Allt är bara you, you, you SE15 (6 weeks)
SE
En ny jul SE17 (4 weeks)
SE
not published in Germany
2003 Ett kungarike för en stuff SE4 (10 weeks)
SE
not published in Germany
2006 Magnus Carlsson SE3 (6 weeks)
SE
Spår i snön SE9 (5 weeks)
SE
not published in Germany
2007 Live Forever - The Album SE8 (11 weeks)
SE
2008 Re: collection 93-08 SE7 (14 weeks)
SE
2009 Christmas SE14 (4 weeks)
SE
2010 Pop Galaxy SE11 (7 weeks)
SE
2014 Happy Holidays SE10 (4 weeks)
SE
2015 Gamla stan SE7 (4 weeks)
SE

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
SE SE
2006 Lev live!
Magnus Carlsson 		SE1 (13 weeks)
SE
Mellan vitt och svart
Magnus Carlsson 		SE2 (4 weeks)
SE
Wrap Myself in Paper
Spår i snön 		SE2 (4 weeks)
SE
2007 Live Forever
Live Forever - The Album 		SE3 (19 weeks)
SE
Waves of Love
Live Forever - The Album 		SE18 (3 weeks)
SE
2008 Crazy Summer Nights
Live Forever - The Album 		SE4 (6 weeks)
SE
2009 This Is Disco
Pop Galaxy 		SE3 (6 weeks)
SE
2010 Feel You
Pop Galaxy 		SE10 (8 weeks)
SE
A Little Respect
Pop Galaxy 		SE12 (2 weeks)
SE
Mitt livs according to
 SE31 (6 weeks)
SE
with Charlotte Perrelli
The Best In Me
Pop Galaxy 		SE26 (1 week)
SE
2015 Möt mig i gamla stan
Gamla stan 		SE34 (6 weeks)
SE

More singles

  • 2001: Mitt Vinterland (not published in Germany)
  • 2002: Finns Det Mirakel (not published in Germany)

swell

  1. ↑ a b Chart sources: SE

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Carlsson, Magnus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish pop singer
DATE OF BIRTH June 24, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Borås , Sweden