2014 in Swedish music
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The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 2014 in Swedish music.
Events[edit]
January[edit]
February[edit]
- 1 – The Melodifestivalen first semi-final took place. The three next semi-finals was executed on February 8, 15, and 22.
March[edit]
- 1 – The Melodifestivalen second chance took place on March 1.
- 8 – Final of the Melodifestivalen was on March 8, 2014.[1] Sanna Nielsen's song "Undo (Sanna Nielsen song)" won the competition.
April[edit]
- 28 – Swedes Max Martin, Ilya Salmanzadeh and Shellback produced "Problem" by Ariana Grande and Iggy Azalea.[2][3]
May[edit]
June[edit]
- 26 – The 2nd Bråvalla Festival opened near Norrköping (June 26 - 28).[5]
July[edit]
- 5 – Ghost (Swedish band) performed at the European Sonisphere Festival at Knebworth Park, Knebworth, England.[6]
August[edit]
September[edit]
October[edit]
November[edit]
December[edit]
Album and singles releases[edit]
January[edit]
February[edit]
- 4 – Years by Markku Ounaskari / Kari Heinilä / Lena Willemark / Anders Jormin (Eclipse Records).[7]
March[edit]
- 3 – Truth Serum EP by Tove Lo, her album released on March 3. The album speaks about a love and personal story.[8]
- 7 – Behind The Sun by Motorpsycho with Reine Fiske (Rune Grammofon).[9]
- 12 – Kent released La Belle Epoque on March 12.
- 28 – Momento Magico by guitarist Ulf Wakenius (ACT Music).[10]
- 31 – My Silver Lining single by First Aid Kit, a folk-pop song.[11]
April[edit]
- 30 – Tigerdrottningen, the eleventh studio album by Kent, was released on April 30.
May[edit]
- 13 – Hail the Apocalypse by the band Avatar is scheduled for release.[12]
June[edit]
- 10 – Stay Gold the third album by First Aid Kit was released in the United States.[13]
July[edit]
August[edit]
September[edit]
October[edit]
November[edit]
December[edit]
Unknown date[edit]
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G – Hidros6 Knockin' by Mats Gustafsson & NU Ensemble (Not Two Records).[14]
Deaths[edit]
- February
- 11 – Alice Babs, Swedish singer and actress (born 1924).
- July
- 24 – Christian Falk, record producer and musician (born 1962).
- October
- 11 – Mats Rondin, cellist and conductor (born 1960).
See also[edit]
- Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014
- List of number-one singles and albums in Sweden (see 2014 section on page)
References[edit]
- ^ Dahlander, Gustav (10 September 2013). "Städerna klara: Hit kommer Melodifestivalen 2014" (in Swedish). SVT. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
- ^ "Ariana Grande: "Max Martin is a genius"" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 16 June 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
- ^ "How Ariana Grande and Max Martin Made 'Problem' the Song of the Summer". Rolling Stone. 22 May 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
- ^ Andersson, Jan (2014-02-11). "Ny jazzfestival i Gamlestan" (in Swedish). Göteborgs-Posten. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
- ^ "Bråvalla 2014". SongKick.com. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
- ^ "Mastodon, Slayer, Alice In Chains, Ghost B.C and more added to Sonisphere 2014". Kerrang!. 2014-01-06. Archived from the original on 2014-01-11. Retrieved 2014-01-11.
- ^ "Years by Ounaskari-Heinilä-Willemark-Jormin". Eclipse Records. Retrieved 2016-02-17.
- ^ "Tove Lo: "Det är rå och ärlig pop"" (in Swedish). SvD.sedate=25 February 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
- ^ "Motorpsycho: Behind The Sun (CD/2LP)". Rune Grammofon. Archived from the original on 2014-09-24. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
- ^ "Ulf Wakenius – Momento Magico". ACT Music. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
- ^ "My Silver Lining Single". Retrieved March 31, 2014.
- ^ AVATAR Interview: Vocalist Talks ‘Hail the Apocalypse’
- ^ "Columbia Records twitter on March 31, 2014". Retrieved March 31, 2014.
- ^ "Mats Gustafsson & NU Ensemble* – Hidros6 Knockin'". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-02-14.