Ola Svensson
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Ola Nils Håkan Svensson (born 23 February 1986), professionally known simply as Ola, is a Swedish pop singer born in Lund
Lund
-Main sights:During the 12th and 13th centuries, when the town was the seat of the archbishop, many churches and monasteries were built. At its peak, Lund had 27 churches, but most of them were demolished as result of the Reformation in 1536. Several medieval buildings remain, including Lund...

 in the southern region of Skåne, Sweden
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....

. He first appeared on Idol (Sweden)
Idol (Sweden)
Idol is a Swedish reality-competition talent show airing on TV4. It debuted in August 2004, and it has since become one of the most popular shows on Swedish television...

 in 2005. He has sold over 135 000 records in Sweden and his songs have been played on the radio just under 200,000 times in Sweden. In 2010, Ola's songs were played over 12 million times on Swedish Spotify. Ola started 2011 by winning a Scandipop Award for Best Male Solo Single with 'All Over The World'.

Early life

He took piano lessons since he was 5 years old and was heavily influenced by his grandfather, who died when Ola was 8 years old. He introduced Ola to singing as a child and later, he joined a boys choir in his hometown of Lund. Ola becoming one of Sweden’s most successful artists was not obvious from the start. For a long time, football (soccer) was his life. Joining Division 1 club Lunds BK
Lunds BK
Lunds BK is a football club from Lund, Sweden founded in 1919. The club currently plays in Division 1 Södra and at the same time time also plays in the Tipselit....

, he carried forward a dream of becoming a professional.

Idol 2005

Before going on Idol
Idol series
The British talent search television series Pop Idol has spawned spin-offs in 42 territories, in what is now referred to as the "Idols" format, as described by FremantleMedia...

, he took part in a school musical and was told by school mates that he should attend the auditions held for Swedish Idol in the nearby town of Malmö
Malmö
Malmö , in the southernmost province of Scania, is the third most populous city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg.Malmö is the seat of Malmö Municipality and the capital of Skåne County...

.

He took part in the auditions singing the following songs:
  • Audition in Malmö: "This I Promise You
    This I Promise You
    "This I Promise You" is a ballad by 'N Sync, released as the third single in America and the fourth single in Europe from their fourth studio album, No Strings Attached, in 2000...

    " from 'N Sync
    'N Sync
    N Sync was an American boy band formed in Orlando, Florida, in 1995 and launched in Germany by BMG Ariola Munich, *NSYNC consisted of JC Chasez, Justin Timberlake, Lance Bass, Joey Fatone and Chris Kirkpatrick...

  • Audition: "Mandy
    Mandy (song)
    "Mandy", originally titled "Brandy", is a song jointly written and composed by Scott English and Richard Kerr."Brandy" had been a hit in 1971 for Scott English in the UK and in 1972 for Bunny Walters in New Zealand...

    " from Barry Manilow
    Barry Manilow
    Barry Manilow is an American singer-songwriter, musician, arranger, producer, conductor, and performer, best known for such recordings as "Could It Be Magic", "Mandy", "Can't Smile Without You", and "Copacabana ."...

     / Westlife
    Westlife
    Westlife are an Irish boy band established on 3 July 1998. They are to disband in 2012. The group's line-up was Nicky Byrne, Kian Egan, Mark Feehily, Shane Filan, and Brian McFadden . The group are the only act in British and Irish history to have their first seven singles peak at number one...

  • Final audition: "Against All Odds
    Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)
    "Against All Odds " is a song by British singer Phil Collins recorded for soundtrack to the 1984 film of the same name. It is a power ballad in which its protagonist implores an ex-lover to "take a look at me now", knowing that reconciliation is "against all odds" while considering it worth trying...

    " from Phil Collins
    Phil Collins
    Philip David Charles "Phil" Collins, LVO is an English singer-songwriter, drummer, pianist and actor best known as a drummer and vocalist for British progressive rock group Genesis and as a solo artist....

     (duet)
  • Qualifying final: Show Me Heaven
    Show Me Heaven
    Australian singer Tina Arena released her version of the song as the fifth single for her 1994 album Don't Ask.-Chart performance:-Other cover versions:...

     from Maria McKee
    Maria McKee
    Maria Luisa McKee is an American singer and songwriter. She is best known for her work with Lone Justice and her 1990 UK solo chart-topping hit, "Show Me Heaven".-Music:...



Qualifying for the live finals of the Swedish Idol 2005
Idol 2005
The second season of Swedish Idol premiered in August 2005 and continued until its grand finale on 2 December, when 17-year-old Agnes Carlsson from Vänersborg was crowned winner. The series was the first to crown a female Idol and is to date the sole season to be won by either a public or judges'...

, he sang the following songs during the contest:
  • Live week 1: My All
    My All
    "My All" is a song by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey from her sixth studio album, Butterfly . It was released as the album's fourth and second commercial single on April 21, 1998 by Columbia Records. The song was written and produced by Carey and Walter Afanasieff...

     from Mariah Carey
    Mariah Carey
    Mariah Carey is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. She made her recording debut with the release of her eponymous studio album in 1990, under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, whom she later married in 1993...

     (Theme: My Own Idol)
  • Live week 2: "True Colors
    True Colors (song)
    "True Colors" is a song written by songwriters Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly, additional lyrics by Cyndi Lauper. It was both the title track and the first single released from Cyndi Lauper's second album. It was the only original song on the album that Lauper did not help write...

     from Cyndi Lauper
    Cyndi Lauper
    Cynthia Ann Stephanie "Cyndi" Lauper is an American singer, songwriter, actress and LGBT rights activist. She achieved success in the mid-1980s with the release of the album She's So Unusual and became the first female singer to have four top-five singles released from one album...

     (Theme: The 1980s)
  • Live week 3: "Kom Igen Lena!" from Håkan Hellström
    Håkan Hellström
    Håkan Hellström is a Swedish musician. He got his Swedish breakthrough in the year 2000 with the song "Känn ingen sorg för mig Göteborg"...

     (Theme: Swedish hits)
  • Live week 4: "Cry Me A River
    Cry Me a River (Justin Timberlake song)
    "Cry Me a River" is the second single from Justin Timberlake's solo debut album Justified. Released on December 17, 2002, the single, which features guest vocals and production by Timbaland & Scott Storch, won Timberlake a Grammy Award for "Best Male Pop Vocal Performance" in 2004.-Background...

     from Justin Timberlake
    Justin Timberlake
    Justin Randall Timberlake is an American pop musician and actor. He achieved early fame when he appeared as a contestant on Star Search, and went on to star in the Disney Channel television series The New Mickey Mouse Club, where he met future bandmate JC Chasez...

     (Theme: Pop hits)


He was eliminated receiving fewest votes after week 4 and came 8th overall in the 2005 competition. He was then contacted no less than a week after the show by record producer, Jonas Saeed, willing to sign Ola and work on his first single and album.

Rise to Fame

Despite coming eighth in Idol, he is a contestant that proves that the results of a TV show, such as Idol, do not matter when reality takes over. The record deal was soon signed, and his debut album Given to Fly
Given to Fly (album)
Given to Fly is the debut album released by Swedish pop singer Ola.It was released in Sweden in June 2006, and debuted at #1 in the official Swedish album chart.-Track listing:#"Rain"#"Cops Come Knocking"#"How We Do It"#"Given to Fly"#"Till the End"...

 soared straight to number one in the Swedish album chart.

A poll was set up on his website for the fans opinion on what song would be his new single. The options were a cover of "Rain" by Anthony Callea or "How We Do It", a song to be on the up-coming album. Over 60% of the votes were for "Rain".

He has since had a number one hit with songs "Rain", "Natalie", "S.O.S.", "Feelgood", "Sky's The Limit", "Unstoppable" and "Overdrive". He also had a smaller hit with "Brothers" (his second single in 2006), although, this was not as popular and peaked at 4. The song "Brothers" is based on his two older brothers, Jonas and Daniel, who are adopted from El Salvador.

In 2007, Ola recorded the song "Du Är Musiken I Mig" with Molly Sandén
Molly Sandén
Molly Sandén is a Swedish singer. She's sister to Frida and Mimmi Sandén.-Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006 :...

. The song is the Swedish version of "You Are the Music in Me
You Are the Music in Me
"You Are the Music in Me" is the second single released in the UK from the Original Disney Channel Movie, High School Musical 2.-Music video:...

" from High School Musical 2.

In 2010, Ola recorded the song "Fire" from Camp Rock 2 with Mohamed Ali and Endre Nordvik for a Scandinavian release of the film.

Ola regularly partakes in the RIX FM Festival and in 2009, took part in NRJ in the Park and the Diggiloo Tour with Mojje, Lasse Holm
Lasse Holm
Lars-Eric Gustav "Lasse" Holm, born 9 December 1943 in Stockholm, Sweden, is known as a composer, lyricist and singer.Since childhood, he was interested in music and was a member of a lot of pop music and rock music groups in the 1960s: Doug and the Millsmen, The Spacemen and The Moonlighters...

 and others.

Summer 2010 saw Ola begin his own tour around Sweden, and played often at RIX FM festivals and on his own stage.

In 2010, Ola collaborated with the UK artist Labrinth
Labrinth
Timothy McKenzie , better known by his stage name Labrinth, is an English singer-songwriter and record producer. McKenzie is signed to Simon Cowell's record label Syco, becoming the first non-talent show signing in six years...

 on the track 'Let It Hit You' which is included on Ola's third studio album.

In 2011, a fan-based Street Team was created in Sweden to help promote Ola in his home country. This proved to be successful and there are now Street Teams in Sweden, the US, the UK, Russia, Germany, Argentina, Poland, Lithuania, Hungary, the Netherlands and Brazil.

Television and Radio

In 2007, he did some promotional work for the song "Du Är Musiken I Mig" with Molly Sandén in London, whilst filming a short TV documentary on his daily life, titled "My Life As Ola".

Ola has been on several Swedish TV shows including Så Ska Det Låta, Bobster and Vi I Femman. He has also done several interviews with shows such Gomorron Sverige, Förkväll
Förkväll
Förkväll is a Swedish daily talk show that started airing in 2006 on TV4 in Sweden.Förkväll focuses on life style and popular culture and is an attempt to compete with the SVT show Gokväll, but for a younger demographic....

 and Vakna! Med The Voice, recorded on film. He has also taken part in Sommarkrysset in Gröna Lund
Gröna Lund
Tivoli Gröna Lund or Grönan is an amusement park in Stockholm, Sweden. It is located on the seaward side of the Djurgården island and is relatively small compared to other amusement parks, mainly due to its central location, which limits expansion. Gröna Lund is a popular venue for concerts during...

, Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...

 with his singles "Rain", "Natalie", "Feelgood", "Sky's The Limit" and "Overdrive". He also took part in the Polish "Sopot Festival" and "Hity Na Czasie" in August 2009 with hit song, "S.O.S".

Ola regularly does radio interviews with Rix FM, Mix Megapol
Mix Megapol
Mix Megapol is a private Swedish radio network controlled by ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG. It launched in 1993 under the name Skärgårdsradion . Later that year the name was changed to Radio Megapol when the broadcasting permissions were auctioned out. In 1997 the word "Mix" was added and their slogan...

 and Sveriges Radio
Sveriges Radio
Sveriges Radio AB – Swedish Radio Ltd – is Sweden's national publicly funded radio broadcaster. The Swedish public-broadcasting system is in many respects modelled after the one used in the United Kingdom, and Sveriges Radio - like Sveriges Television - shares many characteristics with...

.

In November 2009, Ola won Körslaget
Körslaget
Körslaget is a Swedish entertainment TV program on TV4. The format was developed by Friday TV and based on an idea from Caroline af Ugglas, Heinz Liljedahl and Patrik Hambraeus.-Season 1:*Körslaget 2008...

 with his male choir from hometown, Lund.

Melodifestivalen

Ola participated in Melodifestivalen 2008 and made it to the second semifinal on the 16th February with the entry "Love in Stereo." He went on to the second chance in Kiruna
Kiruna
Kiruna is the northernmost city in Sweden, situated in Lapland province, with 18,154 inhabitants in 2005. It is the seat of Kiruna Municipality Kiruna (Northern Sami: Giron, Finnish: Kiiruna) is the northernmost city in Sweden, situated in Lapland province, with 18,154 inhabitants in 2005. It is...

 on 8 March where he got through the first round although was beaten in the second round by Sibel
Sibel Redzep
Sibel Redzep, is a Macedonian-born Swedish pop singer of Turkish descent. She is known from the Swedish television show Idol 2005, where she was the second runner up....

.

On 6 February 2010, Ola participated in the first Semi-Final of Melodifestivalen 2010
Melodifestivalen 2010
Melodifestivalen 2010 was a Swedish song contest held between February and March 2010. It was the selection for the 50th song to represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest, and was the 49th edition of Melodifestivalen...

 in Örnsköldsvik
Örnsköldsvik
Örnsköldsvik is a locality and the seat of Örnsköldsvik Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden with 28,617 inhabitants in 2005.Its natural harbour and archipelago is in the Gulf of Bothnia and the northern boundaries of the High Coast area. It is well known as an exporter of paper products...

 with the pop-song "Unstoppable," achieving second place after Salem Al Fakir
Salem Al Fakir
Lars Salem Al Fakir is a Swedish soul/pop musician and singer of Syrian origin.-Early years:Salem learned to play violin at the age of four and subsequently toured Russia as a solo violinist at the age of fourteen, but returned to Sweden to study jazz piano.-Recording artist:During his career he...

 and 'Keep On Walking'. He participated in the final at Globen on 13 March, achieving seventh place with 47 points and the highest amount of points from the international jury.

Discography

Ola has released three studio albums, Given to Fly
Given to Fly (album)
Given to Fly is the debut album released by Swedish pop singer Ola.It was released in Sweden in June 2006, and debuted at #1 in the official Swedish album chart.-Track listing:#"Rain"#"Cops Come Knocking"#"How We Do It"#"Given to Fly"#"Till the End"...

, Good Enough
Good Enough (album)
Good Enough is the second studio album to be released by Swedish pop singer Ola. The album originally debuted and peaked at #6 on the Swedish albums chart, however it reached a new peak at #2, when re-released with a new track listing in 2008....

 and Ola
Ola (album)
Ola is the third album released by Swedish pop singer Ola.It was released in Sweden in September 2010, and debuted at #3 in the official Swedish album chart. It is the first release on Ola's own label Oliniho Records, after buying himself out of his deal with Universal Music...

. Good Enough was re-released to include Melodifestivalen song "Love In Stereo" and single "Feelgood", (hence the re-released album called Good Enough - The Feelgood Edition. It also featured remixes of S.O.S and Natalie, and an acoustic version of 'If You Gave Me Your Love' which was recorded live at a P3 session. He also released a Polish edition of the album, available in Poland for his fans there.

In June 2010, Ola released an EP on iTunes Sweden which featured new single Overdrive, two new tracks from the up-coming album titled "All Over The World" and "Still Remember" and a remix of his previous single "Unstoppable".

His third album 'Ola' was released in Sweden on 15 September 2010 and was the first album to be released on Ola's own label, Oliniho Records.

In August 2011 Ola released single 'All Over The World' in South Africa via record company David Gresham Records.

In October 2011 Ola released single 'All Over The World' in the USA via UltraBeat Records and in the UK via 3Beat and All Around The World
All Around The World (record label)
All Around the World Productions Limited is a record label from Blackburn, England. The label specialises in Dance Music and most recently R&B.-History:AATW was founded by directors Matt Cadman & Cris Nutall in 1991....

.

Albums

  • 2005 - My Own Idol - Idol 2005
  • 2006 - Given to Fly
    Given to Fly (album)
    Given to Fly is the debut album released by Swedish pop singer Ola.It was released in Sweden in June 2006, and debuted at #1 in the official Swedish album chart.-Track listing:#"Rain"#"Cops Come Knocking"#"How We Do It"#"Given to Fly"#"Till the End"...

     (#1)
  • 2007 - Good Enough
    Good Enough (album)
    Good Enough is the second studio album to be released by Swedish pop singer Ola. The album originally debuted and peaked at #6 on the Swedish albums chart, however it reached a new peak at #2, when re-released with a new track listing in 2008....

     (#6)
  • 2008 - Good Enough - The Feelgood Edition (#2)
  • 2010 - Ola
    Ola (album)
    Ola is the third album released by Swedish pop singer Ola.It was released in Sweden in September 2010, and debuted at #3 in the official Swedish album chart. It is the first release on Ola's own label Oliniho Records, after buying himself out of his deal with Universal Music...

     (#3)

Singles

Year Single Chart position Album
Sweden
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....

2006 "Rain" 1 Given to Fly
Given to Fly (album)
Given to Fly is the debut album released by Swedish pop singer Ola.It was released in Sweden in June 2006, and debuted at #1 in the official Swedish album chart.-Track listing:#"Rain"#"Cops Come Knocking"#"How We Do It"#"Given to Fly"#"Till the End"...

"Brothers" 4
2007 "Natalie
Natalie (song)
Natalie is a Swedish English language song written by Tony Nilsson which he released in 2006 under the name Tony. It was also included in the compilation Absolute Summerhits 2006.-Ola Svensson version:...

"
1 Good Enough
Good Enough (album)
Good Enough is the second studio album to be released by Swedish pop singer Ola. The album originally debuted and peaked at #6 on the Swedish albums chart, however it reached a new peak at #2, when re-released with a new track listing in 2008....

"Du Är Musiken I Mig" (with Molly Sandén
Molly Sandén
Molly Sandén is a Swedish singer. She's sister to Frida and Mimmi Sandén.-Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006 :...

)
21 High School Musical 2
High School Musical 2 (soundtrack)
High School Musical 2 is the soundtrack album for the Disney Channel Original Movie of the same name. It is the third best selling album of 2007, behind Josh Groban's Noël and Daughtry's Daughtry in the U.S....

"S.O.S.
S.O.S. (Ola Svensson song)
S.O.S. is a Swedish English language hit for Swedish singer Ola Svensson written by Tony Nilsson, taken from his third album Good Enough, also appearing in Good Enough - The Feelgood Edition. The hit credited to just Ola was a #1 hit on the Swedish Singles Chart on the chart dated 22 November 2007,...

"
1 Good Enough
Good Enough (album)
Good Enough is the second studio album to be released by Swedish pop singer Ola. The album originally debuted and peaked at #6 on the Swedish albums chart, however it reached a new peak at #2, when re-released with a new track listing in 2008....

2008 "Love in Stereo" 2 Good Enough - The Feelgood Edition
"Feelgood
Feelgood (song)
Feelgood is a Swedish English language hit by Ola Svensson in 2008 taken from his album Good Enough - The Feelgood EditionThe song reached #2 of the Swedish Singles Chart on the chart of 4 September 2008. The single went on to sell in excess of 40,000 copies domestically, and was certified 2×...

"
2
2009 "Sky's the Limit
Sky's the Limit (Ola Svensson song)
Sky's the Limit is a Swedish 2009 English language song by Ola Svensson that reached #1 on 10 July 2009, where it stayed for 1 week.-Charts:...

"
1
2010 "Unstoppable (The Return of Natalie)"
Unstoppable (Ola Svensson song)
Unstoppable, full title "Unstoppable " is a Swedish English language hit sung by the Swedish singer Ola Svensson and was recorded in 2010...

1 Ola
Ola
Ola may refer to:-Places:Panama*Olá, a townRussia*Ola, Russia, an urban-type settlement in Magadan Oblast, Russia*Ola River, a river near Ola, Russia in Magadan Oblast, RussiaUnited States*Ola, Arkansas, a city...

"Overdrive
Overdrive (Ola Svensson song)
"Overdrive" is an English language song by Swedish singer Ola Svensson, that reached the top of Sverigetopplistan, the Swedish Singles Chart. It was released on Universal Records. It reached #1 on the Swedish charts on 23 July 2010.-Charts:...

"
1
"Fire" (with Mohamed Ali
Mohamed Ali (singer)
Mohamed Ahmed Ali is a Danish singer of mixed Egyptian and Iraqi origin.Ali was born at Nørresundby, Aalborg. In 2009, he took part in Season 2 of The X Factor, coming third after winner Linda Andrews and runners up Alien Beat Club. After the series, he signed a contract with Sony Music...

 and Endre Nordvik)
- Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam
Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam (soundtrack)
Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam is the official soundtrack of the film with the same name. The soundtrack was released on August 10, 2010, following four single releases. The soundtrack debuted at #3 on Billboard 200 album charts with over 41,000 copies sold in the first week.-Track listing:Standard...

"All Over the World" 3 Ola
Ola
Ola may refer to:-Places:Panama*Olá, a townRussia*Ola, Russia, an urban-type settlement in Magadan Oblast, Russia*Ola River, a river near Ola, Russia in Magadan Oblast, RussiaUnited States*Ola, Arkansas, a city...

2011 "RIOT" 3

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