NEWS 2009
   
   
             
  Home Hello, the News on the front page was getting too long - so much happening, so here is some of the old news so it doesn't get lost:
  Max Martin
  Rami Yacoub          
  Arnthor Birgisson QUESTION        
  Lukasz Gottwald 15 November 2009: Earlier in the year we heard that Backstreet Boys were recording songs with Rami and Kristian Lundin for their album "This Is Us". We saw the picture on Twitter: http://twitpic.com/5pyvf  
  Songwriters  
  Articles We read the interview on Hitquarters with Rami, who spoke about recording songs with Backstreet Boys:  
  Awards http://www.hitquarters.com/index.php3?page=intrview/2009/August10_0_0_1.html  
  Cover Songs Then Backstreet Boys released "This Is Us" and there was no Rami or Kristian songs, so what happened??  
  Lyrics Let's hope these songs will be released as bonus tracks or B-sides.  
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  News 2008 VOTE FOR CHEIRON SONG OF THE YEAR FOR 2009 ON THE FORUM    
  News 2007, 2006 27 December 2009: The winner is.... "Figured You Out" by Backstreet Boys  
  Your Top 5 Written by Rami, Kristian Lundin, Carl Falk and is unreleased at the moment. Congratulations to all!  
       
  ARTISTS: 11 December 2009: We are voting for our Favourite Cheiron Song of the Year for 2009 on the forum for songs written or produced by ex-Cheiron songwriters!  
1 3T  
2 Ace of Base The first round of voting closed on 18 December 2009.  
3 Agnes Carlsson The final round of voting closes on 27 December 2009.  
4 A-ha Please vote at: www.cheiron-songwriters.de.vu  
5 Allison Iraheta    
6 Amy Diamond Nominations are: Credits:  
7 Ana Johnsson 1. Adam Lambert - If I Had You Max Martin, Shellback, Savan Kotecha  
8 Apocalyptica 2. Adam Lambert - Whataya Want From Me Max Martin, Shellback, Pink  
9 Army of Lovers 3. Allison Iraheta - Friday I'll Be Over U Max Martin, Shellback, Savan Kotecha, Tiffany Amber  
10 Artister of Amnesty 4. Allison Iraheta - Just Like You Max Martin, Shellback, Savan Kotecha  
11 Ashley Parker Angel 5. Backstreet Boys - Best That I Can Do Rami, Kristian Lundin, Carl Falk  
12 Avril Lavigne 6. Backstreet Boys - Bigger Max Martin, Shellback, Tiffany Amber  
13 Backstreet Boys 7. Backstreet Boys - Figured You Out Rami, Kristian Lundin, Carl Falk  
14 Bo Bice 8. Britney Spears - 3

Max Martin, Shellback, Tiffany Amber

 
15 Bon Jovi 9. Carrie Underwood - Quitter Max Martin, Shellback and Savan Kotecha  
16 Britney Spears 10. Europe - Gonna Get Ready Joey Tempest/Andreas Carlsson  
17 Bryan Adams 11. Europe - In My Time Joey Tempest/Andreas Carlsson  
18 Bullet For My Valentine 12. Europe - Last Look at Eden Joey Tempest, Andreas Carlsson, Europe  
19 Carolina Liar 13. Europe - New Love in Town Joey Tempest/Mic Michaeli/Andreas Carlsson  
20 Carrie Underwood 14. Janet Leon - Anymore Andreas Carlsson / Alex James / Jasmine Baird / Adam Messinger  
21 Celine Dion    
22 Cyndi Lauper 15. Janet Leon - Breakaway Andreas Carlsson / Kalle Engström / Alex James / Celetia Martin  
23 Darin    
24 Daughtry 16. Janet Leon - Heartache on the Dancefloor Andreas Carlsson / Kalle Engström / Harry Sommerdahl / Lolene Everett  
25 Dede    
26 Def Leppard 17. Janet Leon - Keep It On The Low Andreas Carlsson / Printz Board / Victoria Horn  
27 Drain 18. Janet Leon - Let Go Andreas Carlsson, Kalle Engstrom Brett Young  
28 Draxx 19. Janet Leon - Missing You Andreas Carlsson / Anders Bagge / Michael Jones / Jack Knight / Pär Åström  
29 E-Type    
30 Enrique Iglesias 20. Janet Leon - The Cover Up Andreas Carlsson / Desmond Child / Kalle Engström / Michael Jones  
31 Five    
32 Gary Barlow 21. Kelly Clarkson - My Life Would Suck Without You Lukasz Gottwald, Claude Kelly, Max Martin  
33 George 22. Kim Fransson - Another State of Mind Andreas Carlsson / Fredrik Hallström / Kim Fransson  
34 Herbie 23. Kim Fransson - Here Comes The Night Andreas Carlsson/Anders Bagge/Fredrik Hallström/Harry Sommerdahl/Kim Fransson  
35 Human Nature    
36 Its Alive 24.Kim Fransson - Kiss and Make Up Andreas Carlsson / Jörgen Elofsson / Kim Fransson  
37 James Blunt 25.Kim Fransson - Let That Feeling Grow Andreas Carlsson / Fredrik Hallström / Kim Fransson  
38 Jessica 26. Kim Fransson - The Hardest Lesson Andreas Carlsson / Desmond Child / Anders Bagge / Kim Fransson  
39 Kahsay    
40 Katy Perry 27. Kim Fransson - Three Floors Down Andreas Carlsson, Kim Fransson, Anders Bagge, Fredrik Hallstrom  
41 Kelis    
42 Kelly Clarkson 28. Koop Arponen - Insomnia Patric Sarin, Andreas Carlsson  
43 Lambretta 29. Leona Lewis - I Got You Arnthor Birgisson, Savan Kotecha, Max Martin  
44 Leila K 30. Leona Lewis - Naked Savan Kotecha, Leona Lewis, Kristian Lundin  
45 Lesley Roy 31. Leona Lewis - Outta My Head Savan Kotecha, Max Martin, Shellback  
46 Leona Lewis 32. Linda Sundblad - 2 All My Girls Max Martin/Alexander Kronlund/Linda Sundblad  
47 Linda Sundblad 33. Living Things - Let It Rain Max Martin/Living Things  
48 Living Things 34. Living Things - Oxygen Max Martin/Shellback/Living Things  
49 Marie Serneholt 35. Paloma Faith - Stargazer Jörgen Elofsson & Paloma Faith  
50 Marion Raven 36. Sarah Kreuz - Heartache on the Dancefloor Andreas Carlsson / Kalle Engström / Harry Sommerdahl / Lolene Everett  
51 Megan McCauley    
52 Michael Bolton 37. Sheri - Hit and Run Andreas Carlsson & Kalle Engström  
53 Michele 38. The Saturdays - Lose Control Jörgen Elofsson & Pär Westerlund  
54 Nick Carter 39. The Saturdays - One Shot Ina Wroldsen / Per Magnusson / David Kreuger  
55 NSync 40. The Saturdays - Open Up Ina Wroldsen / Per Magnusson / David Kreuger  
56 Pain      
57 Papa Dee Thank you to the forum members who helped compile this list and Julian (www.cheiron-music.com), whose site helped with some of the songwriting info!  
58 Pink  
59 Play _________________________________________________________________________________________________________  
60 Prime Sth DECEMBER 2009    
61 Rednex 3 December 2009: Today is the day that Julian from www.cheiron-music.com will reveal his exclusive interview with Andreas Carlsson! Great interview!  
62 Robyn  
63 Safe _________________________________________________________________________________________________________  
64 Shayne Ward NOVEMBER 2009  
65 Simple Plan 16 November 2009: Kether from Italy found this clip of Michael Bolton singing "Solo Una Donna" at Sanremo 2002 ("Only A Woman Like You" in Italian). Beautiful. Thanks Kether!  
66 Skye Sweetnam  
67 Solid Harmonie Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAAVf-VKTBY  
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69 Sugababes OCTOBER 2009  
70 Tobias Regner 15 October 2009: Britney's "3" debuts at No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100. This is Max Martin's 6th Billboard No.1! Congratulations to all involved!  
71 Twill  
72 The Veronicas Max Martin's previous No. 1's:  
73 Vanessa Hudgens 1. Britney Spears "...Baby One More Time" (2 weeks beginning 30 January 1999)  
74 Westlife 2. NSync's "It's Gonna Be Me" (2 weeks beginning the week of 29 July 2000)  
    3. Katy Perry's "I Kissed A Girl" (7 weeks beginning the week of 5 July 2008)  
  Contact 4. Pink's "So What" (1 week of 27 September 2008)  
    5. Kelly Clarkson's "My Life Would Suck Without You" (2 weeks beginning the week of 7 February 2009)  
    Link: http://www.billboard.com/#/news/3-to-1-britney-beats-odds-to-debut-atop-1004021929.story  
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    3 October 2009: Hitquarters have emailed me an open link to the recent feature on Cheiron Studios, "Swedes Behind The Scenes: Cheiron, Denniz PoP and the ongoing influence of Sweden in Pop Music - Sep 21, 2009". Thank you so much Haydn, I know Cheiron fans will appreciate this.  
     
     
    Link: http://www.hitquarters.com/index.php3?page=intrview/opar/intrview_Sweden_In_Pop_Article.html  
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    SEPTEMBER 2009  
    28 September 2009. Yesterday Andreas Carlsson released his autobiography "Live to Win". I believe this is in Swedish. I'm hoping it will also be released in English (please).  
     
    Link: http://www.andreascarlsson.se/  
       
    28 September 2009: Hitquarters have an article about Cheiron Studios and other Swedish songwriters and they also interviewed Per Magnusson recently!  
     
    Link: http://www.hitquarters.com/  
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    AUGUST 2009  
    25 August 2009: Hitquarters have been interviewing Swedish songwriters recently including Rami, Andreas Carlsson and RedOne and in the past have interviewed Kristian Lundin. They are great interviews. To read them you need to be a Hitquarters member, which only costs $15 USD for a year and is well worth it!  
     
     
    Link: http://www.hitquarters.com/  
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    5 August 2009: A discovery of an old song! Henrik from Sweden emailed to tell me that he found a non-released Max Martin song. The song is called "Jerusalem" and was written by Max Martin and Denniz Pop for Israel singer Ofra Haza. It was to be released on an album "Queen in Exile" but the album was never released. BUT the song is on youtube if you want to hear it. Thank you Henrik!  
     
     
     
    youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91AmyVm_osU  
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    JUNE 2009  
    27 June 2009: Sadly Michael Jackson has died on 25 June 2009. As Cheiron fans will know, Michael Jackson performed backing vocals on the 3T song "I Need You" produced by Denniz Pop and Max Martin.  
     
    Max Martin said this about working with Michael Jackson in the Time Magazine interview "The Music Man" by Jeff Chu (December 21, 2001):

On collaborations past, present and future:

Max Martin: " I actually recorded Michael Jackson on one of the 3-T tracks. The guy can definitely sing. It's absolutely amazing what he did that night in the studio. I actually had to walk off — it was me and Denniz sitting there doing the recording. When [Jackson] started singing, I just lost it. I had to walk out for a while. I just left him singing. That was weird."

 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    Link: Time - The Music Man  
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    APRIL 2009  
    13 April 2009: Julian has found a rare Max Martin track from 1996!: "Come Again" by Skibby feat. King Love  
    link: http://www.cheiron-music.com/frameset.html  
    very exciting, nice discovery Jules.  
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    FEBRUARY 2009  
    26 February 2009: Happy Birthday Max Martin! Have a wonderful day and a great songwriting year!  
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    5 February 2009: Kelly Clarkson's "My Life Would Suck Without you" stays at No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the second week. Congratulations to all involved. This is now Max Martin's 5th Billboard No.1. Excellent news.  
     
    Link: http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/life-is-good-for-clarkson-atop-hot-100-1003938622.story  
    Link: http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/kelly-clarkson-breaks-record-for-hot-100-1003935142.story  
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