Magnus Carlsson

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Magnus Carlsson
Background information
Birth name	Lars Magnus Carlsson
Born	June 24, 1974 (1974-06-24) (age 37) Fristad, Borås, Sweden
Genres	Dansband pop, Pop, disco, Schlager
Occupations	Singer
Instruments	Vocals, piano
Years active	1994–present
Website	www.magnusonline.se (Swedish)

Lars Magnus Carlsson (born June 24, 1974 in Borås, Sweden) is a Swedish singer and former member of the bands Alcazar and Barbados.

Early life

Magnus Carlsson grew up in Fristad, outside Borås. He attended comprehensive upper secondary school for 2 years with a focus on musical training, and four further years at the Faculty of Arts in Gothenburg University, where he studied to be a music and song/voice teacher.

Career

Carlsson was first a singer in the Swedish dansband Barbados. Though near the end of 2002, he left Barbados and joined the Pop-disco group Alcazar.

Carlsson participated in Melodifestivalen every year between 2000 and 2007 inclusive, except for 2004, either with Barbados, Alcazar or as a solo act.

At the end of 2002, Carlsson decided to leave Barbados, and on December 13, 2002, Carlsson became an official member of the pop group Alcazar. On January 24, 2003 he performed his last concert with Barbados.

In February 2006, he was a contestant in Melodifestivalen's semi-final in Karlstad with "Lev Livet!", composed by Anders Glenmark and Niklas Strömstedt, and qualified for the final in Globen.

In 2007 Magnus performed in the third heat of Melodifestivalen 2007 in Örnsköldsvik with "Live Forever", an eighties-inspired electropop dance song. The entry came in 5th place and was knocked out of the contest but still became the 6th most frequently played song on Swedish radio in 2007. The song was released as a single on March 5, 2007, and reached the status of gold certificate.

Discography

Solo albums

• 2010: Pop Galaxy
• 2009: Christmas - Deluxe Edition
• 2008: Re:collection 93-08
• 2007: Live forever - The album
• 2007: Live forever - The album Bonus edition, only web release
• 2007: Live forever - The album Deluxe edition, only web release
• 2006: Spår i snön
• 2006: Magnus Carlsson
• 2001: En ny jul

Solo singles

• 2011: "The Kiss"
• 2010: "The Best In Me" (26th in Swedish Charts)
• 2010: "Feel You" (10th in Swedish charts)
• 2009: "This Is Disco" (3rd in Swedish charts)
• 2009: "Sommar'n Som Aldrig Säger Nej"
• 2008: "I Was Born This Way"
• 2008: "Crazy Summer Nights" (4th in Swedish charts)
• 2007: "Waves of love" (18th in Swedish charts)
• 2007: "Live forever" (3rd in Swedish charts)
• 2006: "Wrap myself in paper" (2nd in Swedish charts)
• 2006: "Mellan vitt och svart" (2nd in Swedish charts)
• 2006: "Lev livet!" (1st in Swedish charts)
• 2002: "Finns det mirakel"
• 2001: "Mitt vinterland"

External links

• Official website

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Name	Carlsson, Magnus
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