Albatraoz
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Albatraoz at Strand Hotel in Borgholm, Sweden, in 2014. Above: Harvidsson, Rasmus and Savvo. Below: Reinholdsson and AronChupa. | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Borås, Sweden |
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| Years active | 2012–present |
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| Website |
albatraozofficial |
| Members |
Andy Reinholdsson AronChupa Måns Harvidsson Rasmus Sahlberg Savvo |
Albatraoz is a Swedish electro-hip hop group from Borås, formed in 2012. The band consists of AronChupa, Måns Harvidsson, Nicklas "Savvo" Savolainen, Andreas "Andy" Reinholdsson and Sahlberg "Salle" Rasmus.
Career
In 2009 Andreas Reinholdsson, Aron Ekberg, Måns Harvidsson, Nicklas Savvolainen and Rasmus Sahlberg become members of the Swedish fourth division professional football club Byttorps IF and began their careers as footballers.[1] In 2012 they formed the group as a hobby and recorded a demo produced by Aron. The group went professional when they signed with Sony Music.[2] On August 2, 2013, their debut single was released, the self-titled "Albatraoz".[3] The song reached thirty-six in Swedish Singles Chart and remained nineteen weeks on the chart.[4] "Albatraoz" was certified platinum in Sweden.[5]
In January 2014 the song reached 8.5 million plays on Spotify and the group toured to promote the song.[6] On April 18, 2014 the group released their second single, "Arriba", but the song didn't peak in the charts.[7]
Members
- AndyBar Maskinen (Andreas Reinholdsson) – vocals
- AronChupa (Aron Ekberg) – record producer, DJ, vocals
- Måns Harvidsson – vocals, rap
- Salle (Rasmus Sahlberg) – DJ, producer
- Savo (Nicklas Savolainen) – Rap, Vocals
Discography
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions |
Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
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| "Albatraoz" | 2013 | 36 | N/A | |||||||||||
| "Arriba" | 2014 | — | ||||||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
References
- ↑ "Fußballvereins Byttorps IF (in schwedisch)". Aftonbladet. April 19, 2011.
- ↑ "Boråsbandet "Albatraoz" skapade viral succé som ledde till samarbete med Sony Music". My News Desk. April 19, 2011.
- ↑ "Albatraoz - Single by Albatraoz". iTunes. April 19, 2011.
- ↑ "ALBATRAOZ - ALBATRAOZ (SONG)". Swedish Charts. April 19, 2011.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Veckolista Singlar - Vecka 47, 20 november 2014". Hitlistan. April 19, 2011.
- ↑ ""Albatraoz" gjorde hitlåt på bakfyllan". Afton Bladet. April 19, 2011.
- ↑ "Arriba - Single by Albatraoz". iTunes. April 19, 2011.
- ↑ "Discography Albatraoz". swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved July 11, 2014.