Ola Svensson
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Ola Nils Håkan Svensson |
| Born | 23 February 1986 Lund, Skåne Sweden |
| Genres | Pop |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Labels |
Oliniho Records / UK - 3Beat Records / All Around The World / USA - Ultra Records / South Africa - David Gresham Records / Spain - Blanco y Negro |
| Website | Official website |
Ola Nils Håkan Svensson (born 23 February 1986), professionally known simply as Ola, is a Swedish artist and songwriter. Ola has so far released three albums and 11 singles. Eight of his releases have been number one on the Swedish album and single charts and many have sold both gold and platinum [1]. Six of Ola's singles have been top 5 at Swedish airplay.
In June of 2010 Ola started his own record company, Oliniho Records, and during 2011 his company signed several international deals, amongst them the U.S and UK. Ola is now releasing his music all over the world.
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[edit] Early life
For a long time, football (soccer) was his life and a couple of years before Ola decided to focus on making a career for himself in music he earned his living as a professional football player.
[edit] Rise to Fame
Ola competed on Idol in 2005 and finished eighth. The record deal was soon signed, and his debut album Given to Fly soared straight to number one in the Swedish album chart. He has since had seven no. 1 hits singles.
In 2010, Ola collaborated with the UK artist Labrinth on the track 'Let It Hit You' which is included on Ola's third studio album. It was around this time that Ola felt he wanted to move in a different direction musically from his Swedish label, Universal. He bought himself out of his contract and continued making his third album, with a new and uncompromised vision. In order to release the album independently, he established his own label, Oliniho Records. The venture proved a massive success when his self-released album Ola went straight to the top of the charts and was a critical success, with Aftonbladet claiming "It is an album of 10 hit singles."
Since the albums release in Sweden, Ola has gone on to sign record deals in U.K., U.S., Russia, Spain and South Africa amongst others.
The first UK single, "All Over The World", received much attention, becoming the most played video on 4 Music and The Box and being championed by Scott Mills on Radio One. It was also featured on PerezHilton.com, with Perez comparing Ola to fellow Swede Robyn [2] and PopJustice.com. In the U.S. it has entered the Hot Dance Airplay Chart and the Billboard Dance Chart.
In 2011, a fan-based Street Team was created in Sweden to help promote Ola in his home country. This proved to be successful and there are now Street Teams in Sweden, the US, the UK, Germany, Argentina, Poland, Lithuania, Hungary, Chile, Canada, South Africa, the Netherlands, Russia, France, Japan and Brazil.
In early 2012, Ola is traveling to the U.S. to embark on his first promotional visit there.
Ola has had 14 nominations for both Rockbjörnen and Grammy and in 2008 he was awarded a Rockbjörn Best Song Of The Year award for Feelgood
[edit] Television and Radio
Ola is a regular on TV and radio in Sweden and has done several interviews with shows such as Gomorron Sverige, Förkväll, Vakna! Med The Voice, Sommarkrysset, Faddergalan, Celebration of the National Day and the morning shows on SVT1 and TV4, amongst others. Outside of Sweden, he also took part in the Polish "Sopot Festival" and "Hity Na Czasie" in August 2009 with the hit song, "S.O.S".
Ola participated in Melodifestivalen 2008 and made it to the second semifinal on the 16th February[3] with the entry "Love in Stereo." He went on to the second chance round in Kiruna on 8 March where he got through the first round.
On 6 February 2010, Ola participated in the first Semi-Final of Melodifestivalen 2010 in Örnsköldsvik with the pop-song "Unstoppable," achieving second place after Salem Al Fakir and 'Keep On Walking'. He participated in the final at Globen on 13 March, achieving seventh place with 47 points and the highest amount of points from the international jury.
In November 2009, Ola won Körslaget with his male choir from hometown, Lund. He donated the prize money of SEK 500,000 to the organisation Taman.
[edit] Discography
Ola has released three studio albums, Given to Fly, Good Enough and Ola. Good Enough was re-released to include Melodifestivalen song "Love In Stereo" and single "Feelgood", (hence the re-released album called Good Enough - The Feelgood Edition. It also featured remixes of S.O.S and Natalie, and an acoustic version of 'If You Gave Me Your Love' which was recorded live at a P3 session. He also released a Polish edition of the album, available in Poland for his fans there.
In June 2010, Ola released an EP on iTunes Sweden which featured new single Overdrive, two new tracks from the up-coming album titled "All Over The World" and "Still Remember" and a remix of his previous single "Unstoppable".
His third album 'Ola' was released in Sweden on 15 September 2010 and was the first album to be released on Ola's own label, Oliniho Records.
In August 2011 Ola released single 'All Over The World' in South Africa via record company David Gresham Records.[4]
In October 2011 Ola released single 'All Over The World' in the USA via UltraBeat Records and in the UK via 3Beat and All Around The World.
[edit] Albums
- 2006 - Given to Fly (#1)
- 2007 - Good Enough (#6)
- 2008 - Good Enough - The Feelgood Edition (#2)
- 2010 - Ola (#3)
[edit] Singles
| Release- date |
Single | Chart peak (Sweden) |
Certification ex. |
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| 2006 | Rain | #1 (3 weeks) | |
| 2006 | Brothers | #4 | |
| 2007 | Natalie | #1 (6 weeks) | Platinum |
| 2007 | S.O.S. | #1 (1 week) | Gold |
| 2008 | Love in Stereo | #2 | Gold |
| 2008 | Feelgood | #1 | 2 x Platinum |
| 2009 | Sky's the Limit | #1 | Gold |
| 2010 | Unstoppable (The Return Of Natalie) | #1 | Platinum |
| 2010 | Overdrive | #1 | Gold |
| 2010 | All Over The World | #3 | Gold |
| 2011 | Riot | #3 |
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.ola.cd/media/147048/biography.pdf
- ^ http://perezhilton.com/2011-08-08-ola-all-over-the-world-sweden#.T04wYMw_YXY
- ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melodifestivalen_2008_semifinals#Semifinal_2
- ^ http://www.greshamrecords.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2011/july2011/OLA_ALL_OVER_THE_WORLD_RELEASE_SHEET1.pdf
[edit] External links
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