Grammy award winning UMPG songwriter Jimmy Napes has co-written the theme song for the new Bond film ‘Spectre’. ‘Writing’s On The Wall’ – performed by Sam Smith and written by Smith and Napes – is the first James Bond theme song recorded by a British male solo artist since 1965.
Swedish pop duo "Lilla Sällskapet" have released their sophomore album "Nattdjur" on Sony Music.
"Nattdjur" is the follow-up to their critically acclaimed 2012 debut album "Om Vingarna Bär".
Continuing the tradition of strong pop melodies, this album also showcase the growth of Erik Nordström and Mats Norman as songwriters, both bringing different elements of hip hop and rnb from their other projects into Lilla Sällskapet.
"We have always moved between genres and I personally have never understood people who only make one kind of music. What Erik and I do together becomes Lilla Sällskapet either way. We have our dynamic."- Mats Norman
Norwegian singer-songwriter Thomas Dybdahl, known for songs like "One Day You'll Dance For Me, New York City" and "This Love Is Here To Stay", is going on tour this fall.
The tour, "Europe And Beyond", will see Thomas playing unique intimate acoustic shows in his which fans will hear both new material from the upcoming EP that will be released early next year and known songs from his long career.
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After getting signed to UMPG in November of 2014, gathering 100.000.000 streams on two songs alone in just 9 months – Claes Remmered-Persson and Otto Petterson are now ready to invade the United States.
Their debut song ’UFO’ reached 67.000.000 streams on Spotify in only 8 months, earning them a well deserved #2 spot on the Official Swedish Chart. In June, Universal Music released the duos sophomore single ’Shots & Squats’ which was written together with UMPG writers Noël Svahn, David Landolf and Simon Strömstedt, earning them the #1 position on the Swedish Spotify Chart.
Vigiland is currently on tour, making sure everyone in Scandinavia is aware of the fact that the phenomenon from Västervik is here to stay, and meanwhile packing their bags for the U.S release where ’Shots & Squats’ is ready to be released through Republic Records in the early fall of 2015.
Robyn & La Bagatelle Magique's (Robyn, Markus Jägerstedt, and the late Christian Falk) mini-album 'Love Is Free' have landed the # 1 spot on the Billboard Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart. The mini-album reached 2.000 sold units, making it Robyn's second number one on the chart.
The EP is heavily influenced by 90s house music and features the debut single “Love Is Free”. The EP is available to stream on Spotify after the break.
Noonie Bao has released her new single 'Pyramids', co-written by UMPG Scandinavia's Linus Wiklund.
'Pyramids' is the follow-up to the single 'I'm In Love' (also co-written by Linus Wiklund).
The Australian UMPG artist Guy Sebastian will play Fryshuset in Stockholm August 28th.
Sebastian, who was the first artist ever to represent Australia in Eurovision Song Contest (and ended up in fifth place), is the first male artist to have six singles and two albums become number one on the australian charts.
Buy tickets over at LiveNation.se
Amason has released a video for 'Yellow Moon', the third and last installment of their video trilogy. Tobias Centerwall and Ben & Light has directed the three videos, starting with ”Duvan” and followed by the release of ”Kelly” a couple of weeks ago.
Earlier this year Amason released their debut album ”Sky City” to great reviews.
This summer they’re performing at Way Out West in Gothenburg, August 13th.
Check out the video over at Noisey.