| Jonathan Fagerlund | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Jonathan Fagerlund |
| Also known as | Jonathan |
| Born | January 8, 1991 |
| Origin | Jönköping, Sweden |
| Genres | Pop |
| Occupations | Singer, Songwriter, Musician |
| Instruments | Vocals, Guitar |
| Years active | 2004 - present |
| Associated acts | Streetwize |
| Website | Official Site |
Jonathan Fagerlund, sometimes just Jonathan is a Swedish singer, born January 8, 1991 in Jönköping, Sweden. He has released two albums Flying and Welcome to My World and 5 singles. He is signed to Dreamline Music record label. He has also taken part in Melodifestivalen. Before his solo career, he had taken part in a television series and was, for a brief time, a member of "Streetwize", an international boy band project based in Britain and Ireland.
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In 2004, at the young age of 13, Jonathan took part in Super Troupers on Sweden's TV4 television station. He finished 5th overall out of 10 finalists with the song This is the Moment / Nu eller aldrig[1]
In 2005, he joined the international boy band project called "Streetwize" [2][3] alongside Lee Mulhern, Donal Skehan and Lee Hutton. He toured with the group in the United Kingdom, Ireland, United States and Sweden. Disapppointed by the slow progress of the group project, he decided to leave the band Streetwize and return to his homeland and start a solo musical career.
He released his debut album Flying in 2008 with collaborations from producers and songwriters Samuel Waermö, Andreas Carlsson and Savan Kotecha.[4] His first ever official single was Angeline.[4] It had heavy air play on Swedish pop radio stations, but failed to crack the top 20. The next single released in Sweden "Playing Me" released in February 2008 and topped at #4 for two consecutive weeks in the Swedish Singles Chart in March 2008. It had also topped the iTunes charts of most downloads in Sweden. A third single followed in 2008 "Dance in the Shadows". Jonathan went on tour with Nickelodeon for their highly popular summer music festival.
Jonathan also took part in the 2009 series of Melodifestivalen with the new song "Welcome to My Life"[5] written by Samuel Waermö and Didrik Thott Jonathan in a bid to represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009[6] held in Moscow, Russia. The Swedish contest was won by another singer Malena Ernman. In his second album Welcome to My World, he collaborated with Alice Svensson, a childhood friend and Idol 2008 runner-up in the song "Save Our Yesterdays".
Tracklist:
Tracklist:
| Year | Album | Chart | Peak position |
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| Flying | - | |||
| 2009 | Welcome to My World | Swedish Albums Chart[7] | 53 | Stayed one week in the chart (29 May 2009) |
| Year | Single | Chart | Peak position |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | "Playing Me" | Swedish Singles Chart[8] | 4 | Stayed 7 weeks Two consecutive weeks at #4 |
| 2009 | "Welcome to My Life" | Swedish Singles Chart[9] | 23 | On its first week of entry |