Anders Wollbeck

Wollbeck (left) with Vacuum colleague Mattias Lindblom.

Anders Wilhelm Axel Wollbeck (born 10 February 1958 in Stockholm)^[1] is a Swedish songwriter and producer. He plays the guitar and keyboard. He is part of the songwriting and production duo Vacuum together with Mattias Lindblom.^[2]

Career

Wollbeck has worked with a number of artists in his career including Army of Lovers, Alcazar, Midi, Maxi & Efti, Vacuum, Rachel Stevens, Monrose, Tarja Turunen, Cinema Bizarre, Vengaboys, and Tata Young. A number of songs co-written by Wollbeck have become international hits. He has also written and produced soundtrack music for the Tatort episode Kalter Engel.^[3]

Personal life

Wollbeck is married to Marie Sundström-Wollbeck, who designed most of Army of Lovers sleeves.^[4] The couple has two children and resides in Stockholm.^[5]

Selected discography

• "Crucified", "Obsession" and Ride The Bullet by Army of Lovers. Crucified was featured in the multi million selling computer game Just Dance 4 in 2012. A re-recorded version of the song peaked at number 18 in 2014 in the Billboard Dance/Club Chart.^[6]
• "Crying at the Discoteque" by Alcazar. Covered by Sophie Ellis-Bextor on the top 10 UK album Songs from the Kitchen Disco
• "I Breathe" by Vacuum (Gold sales in Sweden)
• "I Walk Alone", "Die Alive", "Into The Sun", "Victim of Ritual" "Innocence", and "Diva" by Tarja Turunen
• "Home" by Julie Berthelsen (2xPlatinum sales in Denmark) ^[7]
• "What You Don’t Know" by Monrose. #6 in Germany.
• "Negotiate with Love" by Rachel Stevens.^[2]
• "Accidental" by Garou. From the album Piece of My Soul, Gold sales in Canada, Poland and Russia.
• "Rocket To Uranus" by Vengaboys
• "Gib Mer A Chance" by Baschi. Gold sales in Switzerland.^[8]
• "Beginning" by Girls' Generation
• "Heavensent", "The Other People" and "Get Off" by Cinema Bizarre from the top ten German album Final Attraction
• "Love Is The Law" by Tata Young
• "Wild Like That" by Jeanette Biedermann
• "Your Life" by Till Brönner from the German top ten album At The End Of The Day
• "Chu" by f(x) (Platinum sales in South Korea)
• "I Only Know How To Love by The Tenors featured on the Billboard number one album "The Canadian Tenors"
• "Y3K" by Tohoshinki featured on the number one Japan and Global Album Chart album TIME^[9]
• "You Set Fire To My Life", "Out Of The Blue", "Karma" and "Love Falls" by Tina Arena. (Platinum Sales in Australia)
• "Eventide", "Crime Of Passion", "Diva Time", "I Am The Sea" and "When The Music Dies" by Nad Sylvan. Nominated for the 2017 Progressive Music Awards .^[10]
• "Spaceship Earth", "Hear Me" and "Nostalgia" by Burningfields
• "Sanctified" by Black Shark Club

Board of Directors assignments

• STIM (Swedish Performing Rights Society. From 2015) ^[11]
• SKAP (The Swedish Society of Songwriters, Composers and Authors. From 2016) ^[12]
• Export Music Sweden (Organization for promoting Swedish music outside of Sweden. From 2016) ^[13]
• Extended Licensing Committee of ICE Services Ltd (Joint venture by STIM, GEMA and PRS For Music. From 2016)
• UniSong (Organization for Swedish songwriters and producers. From 2012) ^[14]

References

1. Anders Wollbeck at the Swedish Film Database. Retrieved 21 November 2010.
2. "Svenskar bakom Rachel Stevens-låt". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Tidningarnas Telegrambyrå. 25 January 2005. Retrieved 21 November 2010.
3. "Interview mit den Komponisten - Tatort - ARD | das Erste".
4. Marie Sundström-Wollbeck at Discogs.com
5. Anders Wollbeck bio at IMDb.com
6. "Army of Lovers - Chart history | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Archived from the original on 2013-06-26.
7. "Album Top-40". Hitlisten. IFPI Danmark & Nielsen Music Control. 26 March 2004. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
8. "Biographie".
9. "FÖRLAG Universal Musics svenska låtskrivare världsetta". 22 March 2013.
10. "The Progressive Music Awards Are Back!". 28 June 2017.
11. "Så styrs Stim".
12. "Board | SKAP". Archived from the original on 2017-03-31. Retrieved 2017-03-30.
13. "OM ExMS". 26 June 2013.
14. "Styrelsen – UniSong". Archived from the original on 2017-03-31. Retrieved 2017-03-30.

External links

• Anders Wollbeck at IMDb