Swedish singer
Musical artist
Magnus Backlund
, (born 16 November 1965 in
Kristinehamn
,
Varmland
, Sweden) is a Swedish singer. He was part of the Swedish duo
Fame
with
Jessica Andersson
between 2002 and 2006 after they met at the reality television show
Fame Factory
. After the breakup of the band, he developed a solo singing career, releasing an album
Never Say Never
in 2006 immediately after the break-up.
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Beginnings in
Fame Factory
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He gained fame after taking part in the 2002 series of the television show
Fame Factory
which he won. The Swedish record manager Bert Karlsson proposed to put him in a duo with another Fame participant Jessica Andersson. The duo was called
Fame
.
In Fame
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Fame was formed in 2003 and under that banner, he took part in 2003 in
Melodifestivalen
under the name
Fame
, with the "
Give Me Your Love
" that earned favour with the Swedish public and the jury winning in a landslide victory in
Melodifestivalen 2003
at the
Stockholm Globe Arena
. They went on to participate in the
Eurovision Song Contest
, eventually garnering 107 points, which put them in fifth place.
With Eurovision success, Fame put up a full studio album also titled
Give Me Your Love
. It included 14 tracks, 11 in English and 3 in Swedish. The track list had 8 songs performed by the duo, 4 solo tracks by Jessica Andersson herself (i.e. "Ett kort ogonblick", "Single Girl", "Anyway You Want It" and "Sag att du stannar kvar") and 2 solo tracks by Magnus Backlund
In 2004, Fame tried yet again for
Melodifestivalen 2004
, this time with "
Vindarna vander oss
" ("The Winds Turn Us"), finishing just sixth overall. Fame folded in 2006, with both continuing with solo careers.
Solo career
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As a solo act, he took part in
Melodifestivalen 2006
with the song "The Name of Love" appearing in the first semi-final on 18 February 2006, and earned a place in "Andra Chansen" (literally a "second chance") held on 12 March 2006, that allowed him a showing in the finals. Andersson was taking part with another song, but failed to make it to the finals. Backlund's song finished fifth overall that year. It also charted in
Sverigetopplistan
, the official Swedish Singles Chart reaching number 6. Magnus Backlund capitalizing on his showing in the final released his album
Never Say Never
in 2006 that included "The Name of Love".
Backlund took part in
Eskilstunarevyn
that premiered beginning of 2007 and lasted for a few months. On 16 February 2007, he released a single "Burn" featuring
Linda Lampenius
that became his biggest success reaching number 4 in the Swedish charts.
In 2007 he performed at Cirkus in Stockholm with
Robert Wells
' show
Rhapsody in Rock
.
He was a television celebrity in the Swedish game show
Sa ska det lata
(meaning That's the spirit) based on the Irish show
The Lyrics Board
. In 2008 he competed against
Molly Sanden
on the show and in 2010, with
Linda Bengtzing
.
In summer 2009, he toured with the band Thunderballs and
Tom Jones
in the show
The Hitstory
. He also took part in the Goteborg Culture Festival.
Personal life
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Backlund works part time as a commercial pilot in the airline NextJet.
Discography
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Albums
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Singles
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Year
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Single
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Peak positions
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Certification
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Album
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SWE
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2003
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"Higher"
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43
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Non-album release
(
Fame Factory
performance)
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2006
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"The Name of Love"
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6
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From his album
Never Say Never
Melodifestivalen 2006 performance
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2007
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"Burn"
(feat. Linda Lampenius)
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4
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