Johan Becker
Johan Henrik Peter Becker born in Helsinki on 27 March 1971 and brought up in Närpes, Finland. He took interest in music and in his teens played the drums as part of a metal band in Finland. He moved to Sweden in 1997 aspiring to become a songwriter.
Now a Finnish-Swedish singer, in 2004, he took part in Fame Factory winning the title. He found chart success with "Let Me Love You", one of his performances in Fame Factory reaching number on the Sverigetopplistan, the official Swedish Singles Chart. Other performances during the show included "She's So High" and "Learning to Live" but without appearing in the charts. His song "As Long as We're Together" had a brief appearance in local Swedish charts.
Also in 2004, he also wrote the song "Här stannar jag kvar" for Sandra Dahlberg for Melodifestivalen 2004 and appeared with her during the show.
In 2004–2005, he was part of the pop duo The Wallstones with Karl Martindahl. They had initial success with the 2004 hit "Good Old Stonecake". The song reached #3 in Swedish Singles Chart. In 2005, The Wallstones took part in Melodifestivalen 2005 with "Invisible People" The song also reached number 6 on the Swedish Singles Chart. The duo had one more release entitled "C'mon Julie". All appeared in the duo's 2005 album Pleasure and Pain before they split up.
Johan Becker joined Star Pilots in 2005.
On September 9, 2006, he married Carola Szücs and has two daughters Bianca and Olivia.
He has cooperated with various artists like Girls Generation, Exile, A-Teens, Peter Jöback. Exile's song "Rising Sun" written by Becker was a big hit for them in 2011 in Japan reaching number 1 in Japanese Oricon chart. The song was the official charity anthem after the tsunami disaster of 2011. He was one of the winners at the Japanese JASRAC Foreign Work Award alongside Sharon Vaughn and the Thott Brothers.
With Fredrik Thomander, he co-wrote the Girls Generation single "Paparazzi" that also reached number 1 on Oricon charts in 2012.
More information Year, Title ...
Year |
Title |
Peak positions |
Certification |
SWE [5][6] |
2004 |
"Good Old Stonecake" (as part of The Wallstones) |
3 |
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2005 |
"Invisible People" (as part of The Wallstones) |
6 |
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2005 |
"Let Me Love You" (as Johan Becker) |
3 |
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Mathias Singh
Mathias Singh, born 1977, is a professional dancer, choreographer and dance teacher at Danscenter in Stockholm. besides Star Pilots, he was involved in a production of a Swedish version of the musical West Side Story. He was the host of the children's program Lattjo Lajban. With Sandra Dahlberg, he has hosted the program Prinsessan Sandra och Prinskörven and has long cooperated with other Star Pilot member Emilio Perrelli with artists like EMD, Linda Bengtzing, Darin, Carola Häggqvist, Rebound, Jasmine Kara, Ola Svensson, Danny, September, Elin Lanto, Lovestone and Sibel. He also runs the dance magazine 5678.
Emilio Perrelli
Emilio Perrelli born April 18, 1975, in Spångavägen besides his membership in Star Pilots is a choreographer and together with Mathias Singh has worked with EMD, Danny Saucedo, September, Rebound, Carola Häggqvist and Darin. With Matias Singh, he also runs dance magazine 5678.
Emilio Perrelli's cousin Sebastian Ingrosso is a member of the Swedish House Mafia.