Albatraoz
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Albatraoz at Strand Hotel in Borgholm, Sweden, in 2014. Above: Harvidsson, Salle and Savvo. Below: Reinholdsson and AronChupa. | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Borås, Sweden |
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| Years active | 2012–present |
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| Website |
albatraozofficial |
| Members |
AronChupa Måns Harvidsson Andy Reinholdsson Salle Savvo |
Albatraoz is a Swedish electro-hip hop band from Borås, formed in 2012. The band consists of AronChupa, Måns Harvidsson, Nicklas "Savvo" Savolainen, Andreas "Andy" Reinholdsson and Sahlberg "Salle" Rasmus.
Career
In 2009 Aron Ekberg, Måns Harvidsson, Andreas Reinholdsson, Nicklas Savvolainen and Rasmus Sahlberg become members of the Swedish fourth division professional football club Byttorps IF and began their careers as footballers.[1] In 2012 they formed the group as a hobby and recorded a demo produced by Aron. The group went professional when they signed with Sony Music.[2] On August 2, 2013, their debut single was released, the self-titled "Albatraoz".[3] The song reached thirty-six in Swedish Singles Chart and remained nineteen weeks on the chart.[4] "Albatraoz" was certified platinum in Sweden.[5]
In January 2014 the song reached 8.5 million plays on Spotify and the group toured to promote the song.[6] On April 18, 2014 the group released their second single, "Arriba", but the song didn't peak in the charts.[7]
Members
- AronChupa (Aron Ekberg) – Record producer, DJ, vocals
- AndyBar Maskinen (Andreas Reinholdsson) – vocals
- Måns Harvidsson – vocals
- Salle (Rasmus Sahlberg) – DJ, record producer
- Savo (Nicklas Savolainen) – vocals
Discography
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions |
Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
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| SWE [8] | ||||||||||||||
| "Albatraoz"[9] | 2013 | 36 | Non-album single | |||||||||||
| "Arriba"[10] | 2014 | 89 | ||||||||||||
| "Wunderbar"[11] | 2015 | — | ||||||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
References
- ↑ "Fußballvereins Byttorps IF (in schwedisch)". Aftonbladet. April 19, 2011.
- ↑ "Boråsbandet "Albatraoz" skapade viral succé som ledde till samarbete med Sony Music". My News Desk. April 19, 2011.
- ↑ "Albatraoz - Single by Albatraoz". iTunes. April 19, 2011.
- ↑ "ALBATRAOZ - ALBATRAOZ (SONG)". Swedish Charts. April 19, 2011.
- 1 2 "Albatraoz - DOUBLE PLATINA AWARD!". Albatraoz Official. April 19, 2011.
- ↑ ""Albatraoz" gjorde hitlåt på bakfyllan". Afton Bladet. April 19, 2011.
- ↑ "Arriba - Single by Albatraoz". iTunes. April 19, 2011.
- ↑ List of Albatraoz songs on chart:
- All: "Discography Albatraoz". swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved July 11, 2014.
- "Arriba": "See: Veckans Singellist - Week: 30 april 2014". swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on December 26, 2015. Retrieved July 11, 2014.
- ↑ "Albatraoz - Albatraoz". Spotify. April 19, 2011.
- ↑ "Albatraoz - Arriba". Spotify. April 19, 2011.
- ↑ "Albatraoz - Wunderbar". Spotify. April 19, 2011.