Anderz Wrethov
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Anderz Wrethov |
| Born | 11 April 1979 Sweden |
| Genres | Pop, rock, dance-pop, pop rock, Europop, R&B |
| Occupation(s) | Songwriter, producer, artist |
| Labels | Warner Music, Universal Music, Sony Music, EMI, SM Entertainment, J Storm, Pony Canyon, Avex, Johnny's Entertainment |
Anderz Wrethov (born 11 April 1979) is a Swedish songwriter,[1] producer and artist.
Biography
Wrethov graduated from Musikhögskolan in Malmö in 2002. He sings and plays the piano and guitar.
Already as a child, Anderz passion for music, performing and songwriting has been the main thing in life. He started up playing the guitar at the age of seven after hearing dad's vinyl with Diana Ross and the Supremes.
Some years later he began to take piano lessons and started to write songs with his older sister Elin. He soon had his first live show at the local music school in Vellinge, South Sweden where Anderz is born and raised.
A couple of years later Anderz started up his first band, playing melodic hard rock and they soon won the attention from the local media with their own composed songs and powerful live shows. Later he also started to produce and write pop and dance songs and found a new way of creating music beyond his rock band. At the age of 16 Anderz formed a new band with a more funky pop sound, Mighty Nice and got his first record deal and released one album in Sweden and Japan.
After graduating from the Malmoe Academy of Music, where Wrethov had studied guitar, piano and song, he got his first break-through as a producer and songwriter. Wrethov began his international career, with several hit songs in Scandinavia, UK and Germany as a result. Later, Wrethov established his name in Japan and South Korea by writing for the biggest J and K-pop stars, generating huge record sales and earning him several gold and platinum awards.
Career
Wrethov has written and produced songs for Mohombi, Marcus & Martinus, Arash, Margaret, Medina, Günther and the Sunshine Girls, Bobby Farrell from Boney M, Samantha Fox, Twenty Twenty, Ch!pz, Carlito (Dr. Bombay) and Swedish singing artists like Samir & Viktor, Hasse Andersson, Markoolio, Panetoz, David Lindgren. Anderz Wrethov wrote several hit songs for Asian mega-stars such as Arashi, KAT-TUN, Tackey & Tsubasa, Super Junior, News, Nana Tanimura, By2, Show Luo, Lead (Japanese Group) and Tegomass. His songs sold over 15 million copies.[citation needed] He received many gold and platinum records.[citation needed]
Wrethov participated in the Swedish Melodifestivalen on nine occasions. In 2006 with "Like Fire Tonight" (Günther & The Sunshine Girls) and in 2008 with "Upp och hoppa" (Frida Feat Headline), which made it to the finals. 2013 with "Jalla Dansa Sawa" (Behrang Miri feat Oscar Zia and Loulou Lamotte). 2014 with "Aleo" (Mahan Moin) and in 2015 with "Insomnia" (Ellen Benediktson) and "Guld och gröna skogar" (Hasse Andersson) which made it to the final. 2016 with "Bada Nakna" (Samir & Viktor), "Kizunguzungu" (SaRaha), "We Are Your Tomorrow" (David Lindgren) which all made it to the final. He is one of the authors behind the Arash song "Always", which was performed in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 for Azerbaijan and which came in third place. As a curiosa – In 1999, he won Sikta mot stjärnorna, the Swedish version of Soundmixshow, performing as Bryan Adams.
In 2011, Wrethov released his first single and made his debut as a singer. The single "Runaway" was released in Sweden, Poland, Russia and China. Wrethov wrote the official song for the Swedish football team for the FIFA Women's World Cup in 2011. The song is called "One Love One Goal" and became his second single. 2012 Wrethov released the third single "One Life" together with KASE in Poland, Sweden, Russia. The song topped the airplay charts in Poland. 2013 Wrethov released the next single "Break Down", also together with Kase. The song was a huge success in Poland and Kase and Wrethov continuing their collaboration with another radio success "Kings of the World". In 2014 Wrethov released the single "Live Forever" with the polish Dj/producer Gromee that also became a big radio success in Poland. 2015 Wrethov released the single "In Memories" from Avengers: Age of Ultron soundtrack (Marvel Japan)
Production and writing credits
"It's really.. " Mighty Nice (1999 Rock Records JP) Album
"Sommarparty" Sofie (2002 Universal Music, SWE #17) Single
"Superduper" Sofie (2002 Universal Music, SWE #21) Album
"Winter Vacation in SMTown" SMTown (2002 SM Entertainment, South Korea #1) Album
"Ding dong song" Gunther & The Sunshinegirls (2004 Warner Music, SWE No. 1 gold, UK No. 14, IRL No. 6, NOR No. 6 gold) Single
"Teeny weeny string bikini" Günther & The Sunshinegirls (2004 Warner Music, SWE No. 1 gold) Single
"The adventures of chips" Chipz (2004 Universal Music, Netherlands No. 1 platinum, Germany No. 6 gold, Austria No. 9, Switzerland No. 20, Sweden #35) Album
"Pleasureman" Günther & The Sunshinegirls (2004 Warner Music, SWE #6) Album
"Simsalabim" Sofie (2004 Egmont Music, SWE #9) Single
"Super Rockstar Girl" Sofie (2004 Egmont Music, SWE) Album
"Touch me" Günther & The Sunshinegirls Feat Samantha Fox (2004 Warner Music, SWE #1) Single
"The world of chips" Chipz (2005 Universal Music, Netherlands No. 1 platinum, Germany No. 5 gold, Austria No. 6, Switzerland #12) Album
"Carneval" Chipz (2005 Universal Music, Netherlands No. 1, Germany No. 28, Austria #28) Single
"Arash" Arash (2005 Warner Music, gold in Czech Republic) Album
"Tutti Frutti Summerlove" Günther & The Sunshinegirls (2005 Warner Music, SWE No. 27, FIN #12) Single
"Christmas Song" Günther & The Sunshinegirls (2005 Warner Music, SWE #21) Single
"Nie zatrzyma nikt" Patrycia Markowska (2005 Universal, Poland #1) Single
"Fiesta" Carlito (2006 Dreamusic, JPN #17) Album
"Like fire tonight" Günther & The Sunshinegirls (2006 Warner Music, SWE #17) Single
"Past Present Future" Chipz (2006 Universal Music, Netherlands No. 1 gold) Album
"Äntligen" Emil Sigfridsson (2006 Mariann, SWE #27) Album
"Make a big splash" Chipz (2007 Universal Music, Netherlands #3) Single
"Best" Tackey & Tsubasa (2007 Avex, JPN No. 1 gold) Album
"U" Super Junior (2007 SM Entertainment, South Korea #1) Single
"The Hitz Collection" Chipz (2007 Universal Music, Netherlands #10) Album
"One Love" Arashi (2008 Johnny's Entertainment, JPN No. 1, 2X platinum) Single
"Donya" Arash (2008 Warner Music, gold in Poland) Album
"Upp och hoppa" Frida (2008 Warner Music, SWE #9) Single
"Hoppa upp!" Frida (2008 Warner Music, SWE #25) Album
"Bamboo Song" Bobby Farrell (2008 Dreamusic) Single
"Buy Buy buy" By2 (2008 Ocean Butterfly China) Single
"CDX" Chipz (2008 Universal Music, Netherlands #1) Album
"Tanabata Matsuri" Tegomass (2009 Johnny's Entertainment JPN No. 1 gold) Single
"Summer SMTown" SMTown (2009 SM Entertainment, South Korea #1) Album
"Always" Aysel & Arash (2009, SWE No. 3, Greece No. 2, NOR #18) Singel – Eurovision Song Contest 2009 No. 3
"Change Ur World" KAT-TUN (2010 Johnny's Entertainment, JPN No. 1 platinum) Single
"Runaway" Wrethov (2010 Universal Music/NuAgeMusic, SWE #11) Single
"Fighting Man" NEWS (2010 Johnny's Entertainment, JPN No. 1 gold) Single
"Nana Best" Nana Tanimura (2011 Avex, JPN #15) Album
"Ultimate Wheels" KAT-TUN (2011 Johnny's Entertainment, JPN No. 1 platinum) Single
"Tegomasu no Mahou" Tegomass (2011 Johnny's Entertainment, JPN No. 1 gold) Album
"One Love One Goal" Wrethov (2011 Universal Music) Single – The official song for Sweden in FIFA Women's World Cup 2011
"One more chance" FutureProof (2011 LAB Records) Single
"Black Wedding" ReBound Rubies (2011 Sony Music) Single
"Maniac" FutureProof feat Kayne (2011 LAB Records) Single
"Sheytonaki" Cameron Cartio (2011 Shefra Music) Single
"Saurusplaneetta" SauruXet (2011 Leka Production, FIN #2) Album
"Chain" KAT-TUN (2012 Johnny's Entertainment, JPN No. 1 gold) Album
"How Low Can You Go" FutureProof (2012 LAB Records) Single
"Jag är Markoolio" Markoolio (2012 Sony Music, SWE #3) Album
"The Show" SHOW (2012 Pony Canyon, JPN #36) Album
"25th hour" Twenty Twenty (2012 Twenty Twenty) Album
"Still" LEAD (2012 Pony Canyon, JPN #4) Single
"One Life" Kase and Wrethov (2012 NuAgeMusic/Universal) Single
"Stay young" The United (2013 Farm Records Japan) Single
"So Wicked" The United (2013 Farm Records Japan) Single
"Break Down" Kase and Wrethov (2013 Wrethov Music/NuAgeMusic) Single
"Jalla Dansa Sawa" Behrang Miri (2013 EMI, SWE No. 4 platinum) Single
"C'est Comme Ca" Behrang Miri (2013 EMI) Single
"Colour my life" Orange caramel (2013 Avex, JPN 21#) Album
"Kings of the World" Kase and Wrethov (2014 Wrethov Music/NuAgeMusic) Single
"Live Forever" Gromee feat Wrethov (2014 NuAgeMusic) Single
"Children of the Sun" Dirty Rush and Gregor Es feat Wrethov (2014 Big & Dirty Recordings) Single
"Aleo" Mahan Moin (2014 Warner Music) Single
"Schmackeboom" Le Tac (2014 Warner Music) Single
"When The Sun Comes Up" Ellen Benediktson (2014 Warner Music) Single
"Doga Doga" Medina feat Arash (2014 Warner Music) Single
"Insomnia" Ellen Benediktson (2015 Warner Music) Single
"Superman" Arash (2015 Warner Music) Album
"Guld och gröna skogar" Hasse Andersson (2015 Warner Music, SWE No. 3, 3X platinum) Single
"Mange kommer hem till dig" Mange Makers (2015 Warner Music) Single
"Tekoon Bede" Arash (2015 Warner Music) Single
"In Memories" (from Avengers: Age Of Ultron) Wrethov (2015 Marvel Music) Single
"Bada Nakna" Samir & Viktor (2016 Warner Music, SWE No. 1, 3X platinum) Single
"Kizunguzungu" SaRaha (2016 Warner Music, SWE No. 2, 2X platinum) Single
"We Are Your Tomorrow" David Lindgren (2016 Warner Music, gold) Single
"10th Anniversary Best" KAT-TUN (2012 Johnny's Entertainment, JPN #1 gold) Album
"Cool Me Down" Margaret (2016 Warner Music, platinum) Single
"Abzolut - EM låt" Robin Paulsson (2016 Warner Music) Single
"Infinity" Mohombi (2016 Capitol Records) Single
"Kengele" SaRaha (2016 Warner Music) Single
References
- ^ Barclay, Simon. Eurovision Song Contest – The Complete & Independent Guide 2010. Simon Barclay. pp. 144–. ISBN 978-1-4457-8415-1. Retrieved 18 August 2011.