Barbados is a Swedish dansband

Dansband

Dansband is a Swedish term for a band that plays dansbandsmusik . Dansbandsmusik is often danced to in pairs. Jitterbug and foxtrot music are often included in this category. The music is primarily inspired by swing, schlager, country, jazz, and rock...

, formed in 1992, who have had several Swedish chart successes. The band, with lead singer Magnus Carlsson

Magnus Carlsson

Lars Magnus Carlsson is a Swedish singer and former member of the bands Alcazar and Barbados.- Early life :Magnus Carlsson grew up in Fristad, outside Borås...

, became widely known after their second place in Melodifestivalen 2000

Melodifestivalen 2000

Melodifestivalen 2000 was the selection for the 40th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 39th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1394 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was broadcast on SVT2 and Sveriges Radio's P4 network...

. The band has replaced lead singer three times. First Magnus Carlsson left the group in 2002 and later became a member of the group Alcazar

Alcazar (band)

Alcazar is a Swedish eurodance group which has established themselves as one of Sweden's most successful music groups with a string of hits since their debut single in 1999. Worldwide, Alcazar sold over 12 million records between 2001 and 2004...

. Mathias Holmgren, a former Fame Factory student was the new lead singer, but was forced to leave the band in 2004. Chris Lindh replaced him, before leaving the band in 2007. The current lead singer is Björn Lagerström.

Melodifestivalen

The band has participated in the Melodifestivalen music contest four times:

• 2000
  Melodifestivalen 2000
  Melodifestivalen 2000 was the selection for the 40th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 39th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1394 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was broadcast on SVT2 and Sveriges Radio's P4 network...
  
  : Se mig, placed second
• 2001
  Melodifestivalen 2001
  Melodifestivalen 2001 was the selection for the 41st song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 42nd time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1567 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition...
  
  : Allt som jag ser, placed second
• 2002
  Melodifestivalen 2002
  Melodifestivalen 2002 was the selection for the 42nd song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 41st time that this system of picking a song had been used. Five semifinals had taken place to select the ten songs for the final, in Växjö, Norrköping, Sundsvall, Falun and a...
  
  : Världen utanför, placed fourth
• 2003
  Melodifestivalen 2003
  Melodifestivalen 2003 was the selection for the 43rd song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 42nd time that this system of picking a song had been used. Five semifinals had taken place to select the ten songs for the final, in Jönköping, Gothenburg, Luleå, Sundsvall and...
  
  : Bye, Bye, placed tenth and last

Both lead singer Mathias Holmgren and Magnus Carlsson have participated in Melodifestivalen

Melodifestivalen

Melodifestivalen is an annual music competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television and Sveriges Radio . It determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest, and has been staged almost every year since 1959...

 as solo singers.

With Magnus Carlsson

• 1994: Barbados
• 1997: The Lion Sleeps Tonight
• 1998: Nu kommer flickorna
• 1999: Belinda
• 1999: Rosalita
• 2000: Kom hem
• 2000: When the Summer is Gone
• 2002: Världen utanför

Collections

• 2001: Collection 1994-2001
• 2003: Rewinder
• 2005: The Best of Barbados

External links

• Official web site