Axel Ehnström

Axel Ehnström
Birth name Axel Ehnström
Born 23 October 1990
Kirkkonummi, Finland
Genres Pop, Folk, folk pop, Electronic, Rock
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter
Years active 2011–present
Labels Elements music, Sony/ATV

Axel Ehnström is a Finnish songwriter (born on 23 October 1990 in Kirkkonummi, Finland). He is most famous for representing Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany with the song "Da Da Dam".

Beginnings

Ehnström's family belongs to the Swedish-speaking minority in Finland. Before Eurovision, he adopted the name Paradise Oskar from author Astrid Lindgren's children's book "Rasmus and the Vagabond" and used it as a pseudonym when releasing music on the internet. Ehnström studied vocals at the pop and jazz Conservatory in Helsinki, and composition at Metropolia University of Applied Sciences.

Eurovision Song Contest 2011

Ehnström participated in the Finnish national selection Euroviisut 2011 with the song "Da Da Dam" to represent Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 which was held in Düsseldorf, Germany in May 2011. The song was written by himself and arranged together with Leri Leskinen.

Ehnström participated in the second semi-final of the national selection, and qualified for the final along with two other artists. In the final after the 10 artists performed their songs, Oskar along with Father McKenzie and Saara Aalto went through to the second round known as the "Super Final". Oskar was declared the winner, receiving the highest number of SMS and televotes with 46.7% of the votes.[1]

Oskar won the Marcel Bezençon Press Award given to the best entry as voted on by the accredited media and press during the 2011 Eurovision event.[2]

Debut album Sunday Songs 2011

Paradise Oskar signed a record deal with Finland’s leading record company Warner Music Finland. Paradise Oskar's debut album Sunday Songs was released digitally on May 2 across Europe. All songs on the album are written and composed by Paradise Oskar himself. The producer for the album is Leri Leskinen who has worked with major superstars in Finland. The executive producer was Warner Music Finland´s newly appointed A&R manager Lasse Kurki.

2011-2014

After Eurovision, Ehnström has worked as a songwriter published by Elements Music. He's been involved with several gold and platinum certified albums and has worked with artist such as Isac Elliot, Anna Abreu, Christopher, Noize Generation, Elaiza and Kasmir.

Recently, Axel has worked in Germany for example with Blitzkids, Philipp Leu and I Heart Sharks and in the US with, for example, the Grammy nominated producers Kadis & Sean. He has also workded with Sofi De La Torre,[3] of which the song ‘Vermillion’ is noted on Billboard as one of the best tracks of 2014.[4] Axel has also worked with artists such as Madeline Juno and ROMN.

Discography

Albums

Album Title Album details Chart positions
FIN
[5]
Sunday Songs 4

Singles

Year Single Peak chart position Album
FIN
[5]		 AUT
[6]		 GER
[7]
2011 "Da Da Dam" 6 64 46 Sunday Songs
"Sunday Everyday" — — —

As Songwriter


References

  1. ↑ Schacht, Andreas. "Finland sends Paradise Oskar to Düsseldorf!". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
  2. ↑ Schacht, Andreas. "Finland wins the Marcel Bezençon Press Award.". Eurovision. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  3. ↑ http://sofidltmusic.tumblr.com/ 2.2.2015
  4. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6236626/sofi-de-la-torre-vermillion-interview Retrieved 2.2.2015
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Paradise Oskar - Finnish Charts". finnishcharts.com/ Hung Medien.
  6. ↑ "Paradise Oskar - Austrian Charts". austriancharts.at/ Hung Medien.
  7. ↑ "charts.de - Paradise Oskar". charts.de/ Media Control.

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