Anders Wollbeck
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Anders Wilhelm Axel Wollbeck (born 10 February 1958 in Stockholm)[1] is a Swedish songwriter and producer. He plays the guitar and keyboard. He is part of the songwriting and production duo Vacuum together with Mattias Lindblom.[2]
Career
Wollbeck has worked with a number of artists in his career including Army of Lovers, Alcazar, Midi, Maxi & Efti, Vacuum, Rachel Stevens, Monrose, Tarja Turunen, Cinema Bizarre, Vengaboys and Tata Young. A number of songs co-written by Wollbeck have become international hits. He has also written and produced soundtrack music for the Tatort episode Kalter Engel.[3]
Personal life
Wollbeck is married to Marie Sundström-Wollbeck, who designed most of Army of Lovers sleeves.[4] The couple has two children and resides in Stockholm.[5]
Selected discography
- "Crucified", "Obsession" and Ride The Bullet by Army of Lovers. Crucified was recently featured in the multi million selling computer game Just Dance 4. A re-recorded version of the song peaked at number 18 in 2014 in the Billboard Dance/Club Chart.[6]
- "Crying at the Discoteque" by Alcazar
- "I Breathe" by Vacuum (Gold sales in Sweden)
- "I Walk Alone", "Die Alive", "Into The Sun", "Victim of Ritual" "Innocence", and "Diva" by Tarja Turunen
- "Home" by Julie Berthelsen (2xPlatinum sales in Denmark) [7]
- "What You Don’t Know" by Monrose. #6 in Germany.
- "Negotiate with Love" by Rachel Stevens.[2]
- "Accidental" by Garou. From the album Piece of My Soul, Gold sales in Canada, Poland and Russia.
- "Rocket To Uranus" by Vengaboys
- "Gib Mer A Chance" by Baschi. Gold sales in Switzerland.[8]
- "Beginning" by Girls' Generation
- "Heavensent", "The Other People" and "Get Off" by Cinema Bizarre from the top ten German album Final Attraction
- "Love Is The Law" by Tata Young
- "Wild Like That" by Jeanette Biedermann
- "Your Life" by Till Brönner from the German top ten album At The End Of The Day
- "Chu" by f(x) (Platinum sales in South Korea)
- "I Only Know How To Love by The Tenors featured on the Billboard number one album "The Canadian Tenors"
- "Y3K" by Tohoshinki featured on the number one Japan and Global Album Chart album TIME[9]
- "You Set Fire To My Life", "Out Of The Blue", "Karma" and "Love Falls" by Tina Arena. (Platinum Sales in Australia)
- "Eventide", "Crime Of Passion" and "When The Music Dies" by Nad Sylvan. Nominated for the 2017 Progressive Music Awards .[10]
- "Spaceship Earth" by Burningfields
- "Sanctified" by Black Shark Club
Board of Directors assignments
- STIM (Swedish Performing Rights Society. From 2015) [11]
- SKAP (The Swedish Society of Songwriters, Composers and Authors. From 2016) [12]
- Export Music Sweden (Organization for promoting Swedish music outside of Sweden. From 2016) [13]
- Extended Licensing Committee of ICE Services Ltd (Joint venture by STIM, GEMA and PRS For Music. From 2016)
- UniSong (Organization for Swedish songwriters and producers. From 2012) [14]
References
- ^ Anders Wollbeck at the Swedish Film Database. Retrieved 21 November 2010.
- ^ a b "Svenskar bakom Rachel Stevens-låt". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Tidningarnas Telegrambyrå. 25 January 2005. Retrieved 21 November 2010.
- ^ [1]
- ^ Marie Sundström-Wollbeck at Discogs.com
- ^ Anders Wollbeck bio at IMDb.com
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/artist/279937/army-lovers/chart/
- ^ "Album Top-40". Hitlisten. IFPI Danmark & Nielsen Music Control. 26 March 2004. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
- ^ http://www.baschi.com/bio-2/
- ^ http://www.musikindustrin.se/2013/03/22/forlag-universal-musics-svenska-latskrivare-varldsetta/
- ^ http://teamrock.com/news/2017-06-28/the-progressive-music-awards-are-back/
- ^ https://www.stim.se/en/stim/stim-organization
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-03-31. Retrieved 2017-03-30.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ http://exms.org/om-exms/
- ^ http://www.unisong.se/styrelsen/
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