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Ben Mitkus
Born (1994-12-23) 23 December 1994 (age 29)
Lithuania
GenresPop
Occupation(s)Singer, YouTuber
Years active2014–present
LabelsUniversal Music
PartnerNicci Hernestig

Ben Mitkus (born 23 December 1994) is a Swedish television personality and singer. He also maintains a YouTube channel with over 530,000 subscribers.

He came to Sweden from Lithuania with his family at the age of four and resides in Järfälla, Stockholm.[1] He auditioned for Idol 2014, and also participated in the series Ung och bortskämd, broadcast on [[TV3]], where he placed second in the final.[1] Mitkus has a YouTube account, which in 2016 had 36 million views, where he posts videos of himself singing.[1] Mitkus is signed to Universal Music.[1]

In 2018, he participated in Farmen VIP along with several Swedish celebrities.[2] He was the first celebrity to be eliminated from the Farm.[3] In 2016, Mitkus released the single "Kills Me", which peaked at number 56 on the Sverigetopplistan singles chart.[4]

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
SWE
[5]
"Kills Me" 2016 56 Non-album singles
"Ridin" 34
"Please Be Mine For Christmas"
"Heartbreak Love Song"
"U Know" 2017
"Do U Love Me" 80
"Heartbreak Love Song" - Acoustic Version The Acoustic Sessions - EP
"Christmas Love"
"Ridin" - Acoustic Version
"So This Is Christmas (War Is Over)"
"Kills Me" - Acoustic Version
"When You Wish Upon A Star"
"Faster Than Lightning" 2018 Non-album singles
"Saturday" [A]
"Trofé" [B]
"Samma Gamla Du" 2019
"Blundar Du Så Blundar Jag"
"On/Off" 2020
"Efternamn"
"Över Hela Stan" 2020

Notes

  1. ^ "Saturday" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number nine on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[6]
  2. ^ "Trofé" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number three on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Här är allt du behöver veta om Ben Mitkus i Farmen VIP i TV4". Nyheter24. 18 March 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Farmen-Ben om tårkaoset". Aftonbladet. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Starka känslor när Ben Mitkus tvingas lämna". Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Ben Mitkus – Kills Me - Popmuzik". popmuzik.se. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  5. ^ "Discography Ben Mitkus". sverigetopplistan.se. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  6. ^ "Veckolista Heatseeker – Vecka 36, 7 september 2018". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  7. ^ "Veckolista Heatseeker – Vecka 52, 28 dezember 2018". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 29 December 2018.