Martin Stenmarck
Martin Olof Jon Stenmarck (born October 3, 1972 in Täby ) is a Swedish musician.
Career
He grew up with eleven siblings in Örebro and played in various hard rock bands as a teenager . He later moved to Stockholm , modeled for a while and worked as a singing waiter in the Wallmans Salonger restaurant for a few years . This is where his career began. 1997 quit his work in the restaurant and moved with his show Showduellen and Håkan Berg, Micke Svahn and Joacim Fagerström through Sweden together. Among other things, they performed in various locations around the country in 1997/98, later only occasionally at fixed venues, for example in Stockholm's Mosebacke in 1998 , at Sommarnöje Örebro in 1999, at Julshower på Teatrix in 1999 and at Gröna Lunds-teatern in spring 2000.
In 2005 Stenmarck took part in the Swedish preliminary round for the Eurovision Song Contest in the third preliminary round in Skellefteå , made it to the finals in Stockholm and won it. On May 21, 2005, he represented Sweden at the ESC in Kiev and took 19th place out of 24 participants with his contribution in Las Vegas . He then toured Sweden with his program Tältprojekt . In September 2006 he released his first single in Swedish, 7milakliv, which was number 1 on the Swedish charts for a total of seven weeks. In October 2006 he released his first own album, which only contained Swedish songs. The CD Det är det pojkar gör när kärleken dör was released on November 7th 2007 and shows that his musical style has changed. Martin's lyrics show that he thinks about what to sing. He “lives” the music and is very well known in Sweden. There he is not only a singer, but has also made music videos for films and can be seen in shows, numerous different TV programs and at galas.
Discography
Albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
---|---|---|---|
SE | |||
2004 | Think of Me |
SE9 (17 weeks) SE |
|
2006 | 9 sanningar och en lögn |
SE1
platinum
(25 weeks)SE |
|
2007 | Det är det pojkar gör när kärleken dör |
SE4th
gold
(13 weeks)SE |
|
2009 | Septemberland |
SE10 (9 weeks) SE |
More albums
- 2001: One
- 2015: Härifrån ser jag allt!
Singles
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
---|---|---|---|
SE | |||
2002 | The Cure For You One |
SE38 (4 weeks) SE |
|
2005 | Las Vegas |
SE1
gold
(17 weeks)SE |
|
2006 | 7milakliv 9 sanningar och en lögn |
SE1 × 2
(26 weeks)SE |
|
2007 | Nästa in 9 sanningar och en Lögn |
SE32 (4 weeks) SE |
|
100 år från nu (blundar) Det är det pojkar gör när kärleken dör |
SE1
gold
(21 weeks)SE |
||
2008 | Rubb och stubb Det är det pojkar gör när kärleken dör |
SE26 (4 weeks) SE |
|
A Million Candles Burning |
SE1
gold
(4 weeks)SE |
||
2009 | 1000 nålar Septemberland |
SE1 (13 weeks) SE |
|
2010 | Everybody's Changing |
SE27 (14 weeks) SE |
|
2014 | När änglarna går hem Härifrån ser jag allt! |
SE41 (1 week) SE |
|
2016 | You tar mig tillbaks |
SE90 (2 weeks) SE |
|
2019 | Låt skiten brinna |
SE53 (3 weeks) SE |
Web links
- Official website
- Sweden: Martin Stenmarck at eurovision.de
- Martin Stenmarck at Discogs (English)
swell
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Stenmarck, Martin |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stenmarck, Martin Olof Jon |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish musician and participant in the Eurovision Song Contest |
DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd October 1972 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Taby |