Daniel Karlsson is a Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 singer and songwriter

Songwriter

A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...

. He later on took the name The Moniker as his stage name

Stage name

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.

As Daniel Karlsson

Karlsson participated in Idol 2007

Idol 2007

The fourth season of Swedish Idol premiered on September 3, 2007 and continued until its grand finale on 7 December, when 28-year-old Marie Picasso was crowned winner. It was the first season to feature an all-female finale, and is to date the only season to crown a winner who had previously fallen...

. He finished in fourth place behind winner Marie Picasso

Marie Picasso

Marie Picasso is a Swedish singer, host and model who first rose to fame as a housemate on the popular reality television show Big Brother, before going on to win the fourth series of the Swedish singing competition Idol.-Big Brother:In 2002, Picasso appeared as a housemate on the hugely popular...

, runner-up Amanda Jenssen

Amanda Jenssen

Jenny Amanda Katarina Jenssen is a Swedish singer and Idol 2007 runner-up. Jenssens first album released in 2008 became one of that year's most sold music albums in Sweden which saw it peak at number 1 on the Swedish album chart...

 and third-placed Andreas Sjöberg. His interpretation of John Farnham

John Farnham

John Peter Farnham, AO, formerly billed as Johnny Farnham , is an English-born Australian pop singer. He was a teen pop idol from 1964 to 1979, and has since forged a career as an adult contemporary singer. His career has mostly been as a solo artist although he briefly replaced Glenn Shorrock as...

's "You're the Voice

You're the Voice

As a lead promotion for their first live album Rock the House Live! in 1991, US rock band Heart released their live version of "You're the Voice" as a single. It was captured during the US leg of their Brigade world tour in November 1990...

" was included in the album Det bästa från Idol 2007 (The Best from Idol 2007).

In October 2008 Karlsson released his first single "Would You Believe". recorded a music video for the song.

As The Moniker

In March 2011, under the name The Moniker, he took part in he Melodifestivalen 2011 with his a song he had composed entitled "Oh My God!" and coming third behind winner Eric Saade

Eric Saade

Eric Saade born 29 October 1990) is a Swedish pop singer and children's television presenter. After two years with the boyband What's Up!, he left in February 2009 to pursue a solo career. Eric Saade represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Germany after winning the national...

 with "Popular

Popular (Eric Saade song)

"Popular" is an English language song written by Fredrik Kempe in 2008 and performed by Swedish singer Eric Saade. It was an entry by Saade in the Melodifestivalen 2011 contest, in a bid to represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany. On 12 May, the song qualified...

" and runner-up Danny Saucedo

Danny Saucedo

Danny Saucedo is a Swedish singer and songwriter often presented just as Danny, who competed as one of the finalists in Idol 2006 - the Swedish version of Idol where he got to the top 6 before being eliminated.Danny has released three music albums and eleven music singles...

 with "In the Club

In the Club

"In the Club" is an English language song by Swedish singer Danny Saucedo. The song written by Figge Boström, Peter Boström and Saucedo himself...

".

In popular culture

Daniel Karlsson took part, alongside Karl Martindahl

Karl Martindahl

Karl Glenn Martindahl is a Swedish singer and son of Swedish footballer Glenn Martindahl.-Beginnings:...

 and Robin Bengtsson

Robin Bengtsson

Robin Bengtsson is a Swedish singer who took part in Swedish Idol 2008 finisheing third behind winner Kevin Borg and runner-up Alice Svensson. In mid-2009, he was signed by Merion Music label releasing the single "Another Lover's Gone"...

 in the charity single "Wake Up World

Wake Up World

"Wake Up World" is the 2010 official single for the Swedish charity "Hjälp Haiti" . The song was written by Erik Anjou and interpreted by Karl Martindahl, Daniel Karlsson and Robin Bengtsson...

", the official release for "Hjälp Haiti".

Discography

All positions in the Swedish Singles Chart:
As Daniel Karlsson

• 2007: "You're the Voice
  You're the Voice
  As a lead promotion for their first live album Rock the House Live! in 1991, US rock band Heart released their live version of "You're the Voice" as a single. It was captured during the US leg of their Brigade world tour in November 1990...
  
  " (peaked at #41)
• 2008: "Would You Believe" (peaked at #9)

As The Moniker

• 2011: "Oh My God!" (peaked at #4)

External links

• The Moniker official website