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The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 2011 in Swedish music.
(Go to LAST YEAR or NEX YEAR in Swedish music.)
Events
March
- 12 Eric Saade wins Melodifestivalen 2011 with his entry "Popular", he will represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany.
April
- 6 – Per Wiberg quits Opeth.
May
- May 12 – Eric Saade wins the second semi-final in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany.
- May 14 – Eric Saade comes third in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2011, Sweden best placement since 1999 when Sweden won.
- May 18 – Lady Gaga releases her new CD Born This Way Exclusively on the Swedish Music Streaming Program Spotify [1]
- May 18 – Adrian Lux signs with Universal Music Sweden.[2]
June
- June 28 – Where The Action Is 2011 festival in Gothenburg.[3]
July
- July 9 – Sonisphere In Globe Arena Stockholm.[4]
- July 28–30 – Storsjöyran in Östersund.[5]
August
- August 11–13 – Way Out West City festival in Gothenburg [6]
Albums released
January
- 11 – Öga, Näsa, Mun Single by Dungen (Third Man Records).[7]
February
- February 11 – Charm School is released which is Roxette's first album with new material since 2001's Room Service [8]
- February 14 – Love CPR by September (singer) is released
- February 23 – Carl Norén from Sugar Plum Fairy releases his solo debut album Owls.[9]
- February 23 – Thomas Di Leva releases his album Hjärtat vinner alltid [10]
- February 28 – Mohombi releases his Debut album MoveMeant (various dates in Europe) [11]
- February 28 – Roxette start its Charm School World Tour in Kazan, Rusia in front of 8.000 people. The tour will include all continents, including dates in the United States
March
- Mars 2 – Lykke Li releases her second album Wounded Rhymes [12]
- Mars 9 – Swingfly releases Awesomeness – An Introduction to Swingfly [13]
- Mars 11 – Danny Saucedo Releases In The Club [14]
- Mars 15 – Bob Hund releases Det Överexponerade Gömstället [15]
- 16
- Miss Li releases – Beats & Bruises [16]
- Unseen by The Haunted
- Mars 23 – Erik Hassle releases Mariefred Sessions
- 29 – Surtur Rising by Amon Amarth
April
- April 13
- Kikki Danielsson releases "Första dagen på resten av mitt liv.[17]
- Adam Tensta releases Scared Of The Dark [18]
- April 15 – Performocracy by The Poodles is released [19]
- 15
- Newkid releases Alexander JR Ferrer [20]
- The Unseen Empire by Scar Symmetry
- April 16 – Eva Eastwood – Lyckost [21]
- April 27 – Veronica Maggio Releases her third and highly anticipated album Satan i Gatan [22]
May
- 30 – Khaos Legions by Arch Enemy
June
- June 8 – Timbuktu releases his eight album Sagolandet [23]
- June 15 – In Flames release their tenth album Sounds of a Playground Fading [24]
- June 29 – Eric Saade releases his second solo album Saade with the Eurovision song contest entry as lead single.[25]
July
- July 27 – Takida will release their album. Title yet to be announced, but The Burning heart has been circulating.[26]
September
November
- 7 – For Funerals to Come (Reissue) by Katatonia
Unknown date
#
A
Agnes Carlsson TBA [27]
E
Europe (band) – TBA [28]
G
Gathania – TBA, Swedish IDOL contestant 2007 was reported working on material for 2011 [30]
New Artists
- Eric Amarillo – Swedish singer from Gothenburg SwEric Amarillo, musician, producer and DJ part of the duo The Attic with Michael Feiner [31]
- Newkid – Swedish singer from Stockholm released debut album
References
- ↑ http://www.spotify.com/se/blog/archives/2011/05/18/listen-to-lady-gagas-born-this-way-exclusively-on-spotify-premium-now/
- ↑ http://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/pressroom/universalmusic/pressrelease/view/adrian-lux-signar-med-universal-music-sverige-637001
- ↑ http://www.wtai.se/
- ↑ http://se.sonispherefestivals.com/
- ↑ http://www.storsjoyran.se/
- ↑ http://www.wayoutwest.se/
- ↑ "Dungen – Öga, Näsa, Mun". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
- ↑ http://www.emimusic.com/blog/2010/roxette-turn-on-the-charm/
- ↑ http://www.expressen.se/noje/recensioner/skivor/1.2340097/carl-noren-owls
- ↑ http://www.dileva.org/blogg
- ↑ http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B004L64X6Q/
- ↑ http://www.lykkeli.com/news,second-album-wounded-rhymes_49.htm
- ↑ http://kritiker.se/skivor/recension/?skiva=Swingfly__-__Awesomeness_-_An_Introduction_To_Swingfly
- ↑ http://www.qx.se/uploads/5a/9a690952f53ebaf476f104f481f324.pdf
- ↑ http://www.bobhund.se/nyheter
- ↑ http://www.national.se/missli/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=450&Itemid=209
- ↑ "Ginza Musik". Archived from the original on 26 April 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
- ↑ http://adamtensta.com/
- ↑ http://www.poodles.se/?p=693/
- ↑ http://www.nojesguiden.se/recensioner/musik/newkid-alexander-jr-ferrer
- ↑ http://www.evaeastwood.se/lyckost-1918473
- ↑ http://www.veronicamaggio.se/2011/05/13/satan-i-gatan-har-salt-guld/#more-86
- ↑ http://emi.se/2011/03/timbuktu-nytt-album-sagolandet-slapps-pa-emi-music-ny-lat-dansa-slapps-9-mars/
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-01-08. Retrieved 2008-01-11.
- ↑ http://cdon.se/musik/saade_eric/saade_vol.1_%282011%29-14466170
- ↑ http://cdon.se/musik/takida/tba_2011-14495184
- ↑ http://ttela.se/nojekultur/musik/1.680801-ett-gyllene-ar-for-agnes
- ↑ http://espyrock.com/interviews/joey-tempest-the-next-europe-album-will-be-out-in-2011
- ↑ http://www.universalmusic.se/blogg/nyheter/2011/1/14/e-type-back-2-life
- ↑ http://www.musiknyheter.nu/gathania-fran-idol-debuterar-med-ny-singel_20090202.html
- ↑ http://www.nrj.se/artister/eric-amarillo
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