AronChupa

AronChupa
Birth name Aron Michael Ekberg
Born 30 March 1991
Borås, Sweden
Genres
Occupation(s)
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • synthesiser
Years active 2012–present
Labels
Associated acts Albatraoz
Association football career
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing positionGoalkeeper
Club information
Current team
Byttorps IF[1]
Number11
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2009–presentByttorps IF10(4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Aron Michael Ekberg (born March 30, 1991), better known by name AronChupa, is a Swedish singer, songwriter, DJ, record producer, professional footballer and record label owner. He is a member of electro-hip hop group Albatraoz, formed in 2012. Aron also is member of the football club Byttorps IF, playing in the Swedish fourth division.[2] He gained prominence with his 2014 song "I'm an Albatraoz", which reached number 1 on the Swedish Singles Chart and also topped the charts in Denmark.

Career

Aron started his career as a footballer in the Swedish fourth division football club Byttorps IF. In the club he met Måns Harvidsson, Nicklas "Savo" Savolainen, Andreas "AndyBarMaskinen" Reinholdsson and Rasmus "Salle" Sahlberg and became friends. In 2012 they founded the electro-hip hop group Albatraoz and shortly after signed with Sony Music Sweden.[3] On August 2, 2013, was released their debut single, the self-titled "Albatraoz".[4] The song reached thirty-six on the Swedish Singles Chart and remained on the chart for nineteen weeks.[5] "Albatraoz" was certified gold in Sweden.[6] In January 2014 the song reached 8.5 million plays on Spotify and the group toured to promote the song.[7] On April 18, 2014 the group released their second single, "Arriba", but the song did not chart.[8]

On August 8, 2014 he released his debut solo single, "I'm an Albatraoz",[9] featuring the vocals of his sister Nora Ekberg.[10] The song was originally in a hip hop style, but a second version with electronic beats was chosen.[11] The song reached number one in Sweden and Denmark and the top 10 in Germany, Austria, Norway, Finland, Australia and the Netherlands.

Discography

Extended plays

List of albums
Title Album details
Russ[12]

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
SWE
[13]		 AUS
[14]		 AUT
[15]		 DEN
[16]		 FIN
[17]		 FRA
[18]		 GER
[19]		 CAN
[20]		 NL
[21]		 NOR
[22]		 NZ
[23]
"I'm an Albatraoz"[A] 2014 1 2 2 1 5 7 4 8 2 5 3 N/A
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Promotional singles

Song Year Album
"Copacabana"[29] 2014 N/A
"Heaven On Earth"[30]

Notes

References

  1. ↑ "Skytteliga - Herrar, Utveckling Elit Sydvästra". Idrott Online. April 19, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Fußballvereins Byttorps IF (in schwedisch)". Aftonbladet. April 19, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Boråsbandet "Albatraoz" skapade viral succé som ledde till samarbete med Sony Music". My News Desk. April 19, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Albatraoz - Single by Albatraoz". iTunes. April 19, 2011.
  5. ↑ "ALBATRAOZ - ALBATRAOZ (SONG)". Swedish Charts. April 19, 2011.
  6. ↑ "Veckolista Singlar - Vecka 47, 20 november 2014". Hitlistan. April 19, 2011.
  7. ↑ ""Albatraoz" gjorde hitlåt på bakfyllan". Afton Bladet. April 19, 2011.
  8. ↑ "Arriba - Single by Albatraoz". iTunes. April 19, 2011.
  9. ↑ "I'm an Albatraoz - Single by AronChupa". iTunes. April 19, 2011.
  10. ↑ "I'm an Albatraoz". Energy 94,0 FM. April 19, 2011.
  11. ↑ "He, AronChupa". Magistrix. April 19, 2011.
  12. ↑ "Russ - AronChupa". Spotify. 2011-05-30. Retrieved June 4, 2011.
  13. ↑ "Discography AronChupa". swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved July 11, 2014.
  14. ↑ "AronChupa Discography". Hung Medien. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
  15. ↑ "Ö3 Austria Top 40 - AronChupa". Ö3 Austria Top 40. 2012-10-11. Retrieved September 13, 2012.
  16. ↑ "Dannish charts". Tracklisten. 2011-05-30. Retrieved June 4, 2011.
  17. ↑ "Discography AronChupa". Irish-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved April 24, 2011.
  18. ↑ "I'm an Albatraoz - France Charts". lescharts.com Hung Medien.
  19. ↑ "charts.de: AronChupa". charts.de (in German). Media Control GfK International. Retrieved June 23, 2014.
  20. ↑ "Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana". FIMI. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
  21. ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discografie" (in Dutch). Dutch Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung). Retrieved July 5, 2013.
  22. ↑ "Norway Chart History". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved August 6, 2013.
  23. ↑ "AronChupa – I'm an Albatraoz". Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  24. ↑ "Veckolista Singlar - Vecka 47, 20 november 2014" (in Swedish). Grammofon Leverantörernas Förening. Retrieved October 16, 2014.
  25. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2015 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved February 10, 2015.
  26. ↑ "17/10-2014 - Certificeringer IFPI Denmark". IFPI Denmark. Retrieved October 17, 2012.
  27. ↑ "Italian single certifications – AronChupa – I'm An Albatraoz". FIMI. Retrieved October 17, 2012.
  28. ↑ "New Zealand single certifications – AronChupa – I'm An Albatraoz". Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
  29. ↑ "AronChupa - Copacabana". Spotify. January 2014.
  30. ↑ "AronChupa - Heaven On Earth". Beat Bay. January 2014.

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