Axel Ehnström
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Axel Ehnström |
| Born | 23 October 1990 Kirkkonummi, Finland |
| Genres | Pop, Folk, folk pop, Electronic, Rock |
| Occupation | Singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals, Guitar, Piano |
| Years active | 2011–present |
| Labels | Elements Music, Sony/ATV |
Axel Ehnström is a Finnish songwriter and musician (born on 23 October 1990 in Kirkkonummi, Finland). He is known for writing songs for artists such as Phoebe Ryan, Lost Frequencies and Alle Farben.
Songwriting career
After Eurovision, Ehnström has worked as a songwriter published by Elements Music. He has been involved with several gold and platinum certified albums and has worked with artists such as Phoebe Ryan, Lost Frequencies, Isac Elliot, Anna Abreu, Christopher, Alle Farben, RAF Camorra, Dennis Kruissen, Madeline Juno and Kasmir. He also co-wrote Sofi De La Torre's song "Vermillion", which Billboard declared one of the best songs of 2014. Ehnström's recent notable credits include a feature on Lost Frequencies' single ''All Or Nothing'' and the co-writing of Alle Faben's hugely successful song Bad Ideas, which was the most played song on the German radio for four weeks in a row.
The 2016 Finnish music industry report by Music Finland, showed that Ehnström had more international songwriting cuts than any other Finnish songwriter that year.[1] In 2018, the Finnish Music Publishers association awarded Ehnström with the music export award of the year for his work in the German music market.[2]
Eurovision Song Contest 2011
Ehnström represented Finland as Paradise Oskar in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 with the song "Da Da Dam" placing 21st in the finals held in Düsseldorf, Germany. Ehnström received the Marcel Bezençon Press Award given to the best entry as voted on by the accredited media and press during the 2011 Eurovision event.[3] Paradise Oskar's debut album Sunday Songs was released via Warner Music Finland on May 2, 2011.
Discography
Albums
| Album Title | Album details | Chart positions |
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| FIN [4] | ||
| Sunday Songs |
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Songwriting credits
| Year | Single | Peak chart position | Album | Artist | |||||
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| FIN [4] |
NO [4] |
AUT [5] |
GER [6] |
BEL [4] |
SWI [4] | ||||
| 2011 | Da Da Dam | 6 | – | 64 | 46 | – | – | Sunday Songs | Paradise Oskar |
| Sunday Everyday | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 2013 | New Way Home | 1 | 14 | – | – | – | – | Wake Up World | Isac Elliot |
| 2014 | Wowwowwow | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | AMK Dropout | KASMIR |
| 2015 | Bandana | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | Sensuroimaton Versio | Anna Abreu |
| 2016 | Mein Leben | – | – | 12 | 3 | – | – | Ghost | RAF Camora |
| 2016 | Bad Ideas | – | – | 4 | 7 | – | 79 | Music is my best friend | Alle Farben |
| 2016 | All Or Nothing | – | – | – | – | 10 | – | Less Is More | Lost Frequencies |
| 2017 | Superman | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Pretty Pink |
| 2017 | James Has Changed | – | – | – | – | – | – | James | Phoebe Ryan |
| 2018 | Woke up in Bangkok | – | Deepend | ||||||
References
- ^ "Suomen musiikkialan talous ja vienti 2016". Music Finland. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
- ^ "Axel Ehnström palkittiin vuoden vientitekona". Music Finland. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
- ^ Schacht, Andreas. "Finland wins the Marcel Bezençon Press Award". Eurovision. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ a b c d e "Paradise Oskar - Finnish Charts". finnishcharts.com/ Hung Medien.
- ^ "Paradise Oskar - Austrian Charts". austriancharts.at/ Hung Medien.
- ^ "charts.de - Paradise Oskar". charts.de/ Media Control.
External links
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