Martin Svensson also known as Martin (born 11 March 1978) is a Swedish singer, author and musician.
Music He started as a solo artist. His debut single "Rymdraket" from his 1997 debut album Pojkdrömmar. His biggest hit remains though "(Du är så) Yeah Yeah Wow Wow", a song he wrote himself and sang at Melodifestivalen 1999 in a bid to represent Sweden in the 1999 Eurovision Song Contest in Jerusalem. He finished 4th overall, but the single reached the top of the Swedish Singles Chart. There was also an English version of the song entitled "(You Are So) Yeah Yeah Wow Wow".
He also took part in Melodifestivalen 2002 with the song "Du och jag (i hela världen)", but was eliminated from first round finishing seventh in day 2 of the competition. In 2003, he formed a Swedish rock band called Nina Rochelle
Author Martin Svensson also began a career as a writer with Hej! Mitt namn var Elton Persson (Hello! My name vas Elton Persson) followed up by Din heder (Meryem's honour) in 2009.GrandAgency.se Martin Svensson biography page
Personal life Svensson was born in Kalmar, Sweden. His family moved to Varberg in 1981.
In 1998, Svensson met Swedish-Kurdish pop singer Dilbihar Demirbag known as Dilba at a party, and they later married in the summer of 2000. A divorce was filed in 2002.
Discography Solo Albums Title Year Peak positions SWE Pojkdrömmar 1997 38 En helt vanlig Svensson 1999 26 Lyxproblem och moderna storningar 2000 Martin och Sibirien 2002
Singles Title Year Peak positions Album SWE "Rymdraket" 1997 14 Pojkdrömmar "Videofilm"1998 12 "Teater känns det som" 20 "(Du är så) Yeah Yeah Wow Wow"1999 1 En helt vanlig Svensson "Fiskar som viskar" 21 "Dumkåt"2000 21 Lyxproblem och moderna storningar "Jag vill inte motionera" 25 "Du och jag (i hela världen)"2002 52 Martin och Sibirien "VM-guld 2002" 10
With Nina Rochelle Albums 2003: Om Sverige vill ha det så 2005: Mörkertal 2006: Måndagsfolket
Singles 2003: "Taxi 43" 2003: "(Happy) Jag hatar att det är så" 2004: "Stockholm kommer förstöra mig" 2005: "Mörkertal" 2005: "Rött ljus" 2006: "Måndagsfolket"
Bibliography Novels 2007: Hej! Mitt namn var Elton Persson 2009: Din heder
Children / Youth 2010: När inget annat hjälper 2011: Musik för tondöva 2012: Knacka tre gånger och andra spöhistorier 2013: Min första bakbok 2013: Glutenfritt är gott 2014: Julius och pusskalaset 2014: Julius spelar teater 2015: Julius på solsemester 2015: Julius och mobbarna 2015: Bästa lekboken 2016: Vad är grejen med kroppen? 2016: Julius firar jul 2016: Sanningen om Dixie del 1 2016: Sanningen om Dixie del 2 2017: Sanningen om Dixie del 3
Editing and narration 2016: Skattarkammarön 2016: Robin Hood 2017: Varghunden 2017: Trollkarlen från Oz
Joint books 2011: Dingo Dingo - Den manliga frigörelsen (with Bob Hansson and Leif Eriksson) 2014: Johannes Brost Dö inte nyfiken (with Johannes Brost and Leif Eriksson) 2015: 501 svenska platser du måste se innan du dör (with Leif Eriksson) 2016: Alexander Gustafsson – The Mauler (with Alexander Gustafsson and Leif Eriksson) 2017: 101 svenska öar du måste se innan du dör (with Leif Eriksson) 2017: Samantha Fox – Min berättelse (with Samantha Fox and Leif Eriksson) 2017: Joakim Lundell – Monster (with Joakim Lundell and Leif Eriksson)
References
External links Martin Svensson Official website Martin Svensson MySpace site