Tom Hugo
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Tom Hugo Hermansen (born 1979 in Kristiansand, Norway[1]) is a Norwegian singer, songwriter and musician. He is currently living in Oslo.
Career
Recording artist
In 2007, Hugo moved to Hamburg and started working with Káme Entertainment and All Access Entertainment.[2] In 2009, I apologise EP was released on the indie-label BrilJant/Indigo. He released his debut-album Sundry Tales in Germany June 2012. The single Open Up Your Eyes released in summer 2011 peaked at #100 on German radio-charts.[3]
Sundry Tales was also released in Norway on HW Records/Musikkoperatørene, and peaked at 23rd place on the Norwegian charts.[dead link] The single Open Up Your Eyes peaked at #20 on the Norwegian radio-charts,[4] and follow-up single "Million Doors" was A-listed 12 weeks at Norway's largest radio-station (NRK P1).[5]
Hugo has played many live-shows in both his home-countries, including a support-tour for The Overtones[6] and festivals like Palmesus 2012,[7] Welt Astra Tag, Reeperbahn-festival and Quart 09. He has also played live on the TV-shows ZDF MorgenMagazin[8] and God Morgen Norge (TV2-Norway), and he will be seen in the prime-time TV-show Beat for Beat in Norway 23.11.2012.[9]
Radiojam
As well as being an artist and songwriter, Hugo is one of the vocalists in the Norwegian band Radiojam.[10]
Songwriting
Tom Hugo has co-written songs for artists in Europe and Asia. In Japan, Korean supergroup TVXQ released "Very Merry Xmas" on 27.11.2013, a song co-written by Tom and Chris Busek.[11] In summer 2013, Hugo co-wrote the B-side "Sunny Day Hero" taken from SHINee's Gold-selling maxi-single "Boys Meet U".[12]
He has written 3 tracks[citation needed] together with Y'akoto for her album Baby Blues, released by Warner Bros. Germany in 2012. The co-written single Without You did fairly well in radio. The album peaked at #20 in Germany, and was nominated for an Echo-award in 2013.[13] Together with Finnish songwriter Erik Nyholm, he wrote the single Hard to love you performed by [Sebastian Wurth] which was released in 2011. The single peaked at #18 on the German charts.[14] In 2010, Meg Pfeiffer recorded Love is Easy co-written by Tom Hugo, Tebey and Sebastian Kirchner for her album Bullrider (#63 on German charts).[citation needed] Hugo was until recently signed by Universal Music Publishing in Germany.
Discography
- Solo
- 2009: I Apologise EP
- 2011: Open Up Your Eyes
- 2012: Sundry Tales
References
- ^ "Tom Hugo Hermansen – 3 roller i norsk næringsliv". www.proff.no.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-11-22.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Charts Deutschland Hauptchart" - Top200 - Wochenauswertung Chartwoche 34/2011 (19.08.2011 - 25.08.2011) www.musictrace.de
- ^ IFPI Norway Week 31.2011 ( 28.07.2011 - 03.08.2011 ) 04.08.2011
- ^ NRK. "A, B og C-lista uke 17 2012".
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-11-22.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Artister - Palmesus". www.palmesus.com.
- ^ jez4711 (11 August 2011). "Tom Hugo : Open Up Your Eyes / ZDF Morgenmagazin 11.08.2011" – via YouTube.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ NRK. "Beat for Beat - høsten 2012".
- ^ "livemusikk". livemusikk.
- ^ "Very Merry Xmas - generasia". www.generasia.com.
- ^ Boys Meet U (Shinee song)
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2013-11-26.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Hung, Steffen. "norwegiancharts.com - Discography Tom Hugo". norwegiancharts.com.
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