2016_in_Swedish_music
2016 in Swedish music
Overview of the events of 2016 in Swedish music
The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 2016 in Swedish music.
January
- 25
- The draw to determine which country will participate in which semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 took place in Stockholm City Hall. Sweden is pre-allocated to vote and perform in the first semi-final for scheduling reasons.[1][2]
February
- 6 – Start of the 56th edition of the Melodifestivalen. The next three semi-finals will take place on February 13, 20, and 27.[3]
- 15
- The announcement of jazz saxophonist and composer Jonas Kullhammar as the recipient of the 2016 Gullinpriset (awarded in memory of the saxophonist Lars Gullin (1928–1976)).[4]
- 26 – A remix of Zara Larsson's hit single "Lush Life", featuring Tinie Tempah, is released, and soon becomes a top 10 hit internationally.[5]
March
- 5 – The Melodifestivalen second chance took place on March 5.
- 12 – The final of the Melodifestivalen was executed on March 12, 2016.[6]
April
- 23 – The Gamlestaden Jazzfestival opened in Gothenburg, Sweden (April 23 – 30).[7]
May
- 14
- The final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 took place at the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm.[8]
- Sweden finishes as no 9 as the only Scandinavian country to reach the final.
June
- 8 – The 24th Sweden Rock Festival started in Norje (June 8 – 11).[9]
- 15 – Max Martin was awarded the Polar Music Prize.[10]
- 30 – The 4th Bråvalla Festival opened near Norrköping (June 30 - July 2).[11]
July
- 10 – Jonas Kullhammar was awarded Gullinpriset at a concert at Sanda Church in memory of late saxophonist Lars Gullin (1928–1976).[12]
August
- 12 – Malmöfestivalen opened (August 12 – 19).[13]
September
October
- 7 – The 33rd Stockholm Jazz Festival started in Stockholm, Sweden ( October 7–16).[14]
November
December
January
More information Day, Album ...
| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Anders Hillborg: Sirens; Cold Heat; Beast Sampler | Esa-Pekka Salonen and The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra | BIS Records | [15] | |
| 29 | Some Other Time – A Tribute To Leonard Bernstein | Nils Landgren | ACT Music | [16] |
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February
More information Day, Album ...
| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Songbook | Lars Danielsson | ACT | [17] | |
| 12 | Piano Mating | Mats Gustafsson | Blue Tapes and X-Ray Records | [18] | |
| 17 | Picture You | The Amazing, including with guitarist Reine Fiske | Partisan Records | [19] | |
| 26 | Mare Nostrum II | Jan Lundgren | ACT | [20] |
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March
More information Day, Album ...
| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Trees Of Light | Anders Jormin / Lena Willemark / Karin Nakagawa | ECM | [21] | |
| 18 | Forevergreens | Dan Berglund's Tonbruket | ACT | [22] |
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April
May
More information Day, Album ...
| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | Då Som Nu För Alltid | Kent | RCA, Sony Music | [23] |
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June
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| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | World On Fire | Yngwie Malmsteen | RCA, Sony Music | [24] | |
| 3 | Good Karma | Roxette | Parlophone/Roxette | Produced by Christoffer Lundquist, Clarence Öfwerman, Per Gessle | [25] |
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July
August
More information Day, Album ...
| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Du Gamla Du Fria | Håkan Hellström | Warner | [26] |
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September
More information Day, Album ...
| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | Dödliga Klassiker | Bob Hund | Woah Dad! | [27] | |
| Orphée | Jóhann Jóhannsson | Deutsche Grammophon | [28] |
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October
More information Day, Album ...
| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | Homeward Bound | Sabina Ddumba | Warner Music Sweden | [29] | |
| Lady Wood by Tove Lo (Island Records | Sabina Ddumba | Island Records | [30] |
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November
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| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Christmas Card from a Painted Lady | Kikki Danielsson | Lionheart/Universal | Produced by Sören Karlsson | [31] |
| 25 | Häxan | Dungen | Mexican Summer | [32] |
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December
Unknown date
- Efter Regnet by Freddie Wadling
- Mitt hjärta klappar för dig by Benny Anderssons orkester[33]
- January
- 17 – Carina Jaarnek, singer and Dansband artist (cerebral haemorrhage) (born 1962).[34]
- February
- 29 – Josefin Nilsson, singer and actress (born 1969).[35]
- May
- 1 – Sydney Onayemi, disc jockey (born 1937).
- 4 – Olle Ljungström, singer and guitarist (born 1961).[36]
- 16 – Fredrik Norén, jazz drummer and band leader (born 1941).[37]
- June
- 2 – Freddie Wadling, singer and songwriter (born 1951).[38]
- September
- November
- 12 – Jacques Werup, musician, author, poet, stage artist, and screenwriter (born 1945).[40]
- Music of Sweden
- Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016
- List of number-one singles and albums in Sweden (see 2016 section on page)
- Van Eersel, Dennis (23 December 2015). "Eurovision 2016: Semi-finals Allocation Draw on 25th of January". ESCDaily.com. Archived from the original on 25 December 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- "Allocation Draw: The results!". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
- Dahlander, Gustav (15 September 2015). "Hit kommer Melodifestivalen 2016 – se alla städerna". svt.se (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
- "Jonas Kullhammar får Lars Gullin-priset". Sveriges Radio. Retrieved 2016-02-16.
- "iTunes Store (SE) – Music – Zara Larsson – Lush Life (feat. Tinie Tempah) [Remixes] – Single". iTunes Store (SE). 26 February 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- "Sweden: Melodifestivalen 2016 tour announced". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 2016-02-13.
- "GMLSTN JAZZ 2016". GmlStnJazz.com. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
- "Stockholm to host 2016 Eurovision Song Contest". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
- "Sweden Rock Festival 2016 Setlist". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
- "Polar talks - June 15 2016". Polar Music Prize. Archived from the original on 2018-03-07. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
- "Bråvalla 2016". Festicket.com. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
- "Jonas Kullhammar får Lars Gullin-priset". Sveriges Radio. Retrieved 2016-02-16.
- "Välkommen till MALMÖFESTIVALEN – 12–19 augusti 2016!". MalmoFestivalen.se. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
- "Stockholm Jazz Festival 7 – 16 oktober 2016". Stockholm Jazz Festival. Retrieved 2016-10-22.
- Clements, Andrew (2016-01-27). "Hillborg: Sirens; Cold Heat; Beast Sampler CD review – there's no doubt orchestras enjoy playing his music". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-02-19.
- "Nils Landgren: Some Other Time – A Tribute To Leonard Bernstein – CD". ACT Music. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
- "Lars Danielsson Songbook". ACT Music. Retrieved 2016-02-13.
- "Mats Gustafsson – Piano Mating". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
- "The Amazing – Picture You". consequence.net. Retrieved 2016-11-08.
- "Jan Lundgren – Mare Nostrum II – CD". ACT Music. Retrieved 2016-02-13.
- "Anders Jormin / Lena Willemark / Karin Nakagawa – Trees Of Light". ECM Records. Archived from the original on 2015-03-02. Retrieved 2016-11-08.
- "Tonbruket – Forevergreens". ACT Music. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
- "Kent: Då Som Nu För Alltid" (in Norwegian). Gaffa.com. Retrieved 2017-01-21.
- "Yngwie Malmsteen's 'World On Fire' Album Gets Release Date". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 2017-01-21.
- Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
- "Här är omslaget till Håkans nya album" (in Swedish). Expressen. 2016-08-19. Retrieved 2017-01-21.
- "bob hund – Dödliga Klassiker". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
- Schelm, Benjamin (2016-09-13). "Jóhann Jóhannsson: Orphée". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
- "Homeward Bound – Sabina Ddumba". iTunes. Retrieved 2017-01-21.
- Campbell, Chuck (2016-11-01). "Music review: Tove Lo's 'Lady Wood' doesn't cut it". Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
- Håkan Steen (9 December 2016). "Fröjd att höra Kikki sjunga" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- "Announcing: Dungen – Häxan". Mexican Summer. Retrieved 2017-01-21.
- "Sverigetopplistan - Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan. Archived from the original on October 14, 2016. Retrieved August 5, 2016. Click on "Veckans albumlista".
- "Dansbandsdrottningen Carina Jaarnek död" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 2016-01-17. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
- Amster, Harry (2016-02-29). "Dansbandsdrottningen Carina Jaarnek död" (in Swedish). Svenska Dagbladet. Retrieved 2016-12-05.
- Olle Ljungström (54) er død Archived 2016-05-06 at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian)
- "Fredrik Norén". Dead-People.com. Retrieved 2016-12-05.
- "Freddie Wadling är död – blev 64 år" (in Swedish). Expressen. 2016-06-03. Retrieved 2016-12-05.
- Millroth, Thomas (2016-11-14). "Minnesord om Jacques Werup" (in Swedish). Helsingborgs Dagblad. Retrieved 2016-12-05.