Kobojsarna

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Kobojsarna
Background information
OriginMalmö, Sweden
Genres
InstrumentsAbleton Live, Logic Studio, Propellerheads Reason
Years active2003-present
LabelsWarner Chappell Music (Northlane Studio)
MembersMikael Collin
Emil Carlin
Richard Mellberg (former)
Websitekobojsarna.se

Kobojsarna is a Eurodance group from Sweden, founded in 2003 by Mikael Collin (previously Danielsson), Emil Carlin, and Richard Mellberg (previously Pettersson). Richard left the group in 2010. Kobojsarna is the only group ever to win the Russ "Song of the Year" in Norway twice, and also twice in a row. They won both in 2007 with Sång Om Ingenting and in 2008 with Jag Vet Du Vill Ha Mig. Then in 2011 they came in second place with La Perla. Their single Kobojsarna is a very popular band in Norway, the band has appeared at the VG-Lista Topp 20 and Russ events a number of times, both of which are highly popular with Norwegian youths. Kobojsarnas song Studentsången is one of Sweden's most played student songs during the graduation period in Sweden.

Kobojsarna has an average of 175.000 listeners on Spotify every month[1] with more than 71 million streams in total on Spotify.

Musical career

In 2006, before

Bobster
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In 2007, Kobojsarna won "Song of the Year" in Norway with "Sång om Ingenting".[5] Previous to that year, the only other Swedish artist to win was Basshunter who won in 2006 with Boten Anna. Then in 2008 they won again, as the first group ever to have won twice. And the first group ever to also win twice in a row. Later, in 2011 they came in second place with their song "La Perla".

In their career, Kobojsarna created two music videos. The most recent one, "Jag vet att du vill ha mig", was created by Kobojsarna themselves. They have also made a remix of Markoolio's Emma, Emma, and have been remixed by artists such as Richi M and Ali Payami.

Kobojsarna at We Love The 2000s in Telenor Arena, Oslo 2018

Their 2011 re-release of "Bambi", which is aptly called "Bambi 2011", placed in the Top 10 on the iTunes Electronic Chart in just one day, at 4th place.


Discography

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions
NOR
[6]
SWE
[7]
2006 "Sång om ingenting" 22
2007 "Studentsången" 20
"Jag vet att du vill ha mig" 6 44
2008 "Bambi"
2009 "Another One"
"Unbelievable"
2010 "Burn It to the Ground"
"La Perla"
2011 "Bambi 2011"
"Timeless"
2012 "Vadodara 2012"
"Saints"
2015 "Patriots 2015"
"—" denotes a recording that did not
chart or was not released in that country.

Production credits

Title[a] Year
"Sång om ingenting" 2007
"Studentsången" 2007
"Bambi" 2008
"La Perla" 2010
"Bambi 2011" 2011
"Vadodara 2012" 2012
"Patriots 2015" 2015

Notes

  1. russ celebration
    promotion, showing the title of the song used for the following russ years.

References

  1. ^ "Kobojsarna". Spotify. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
  2. ^ "Fyra nyanser av genombrott". Sydsvenskan. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
  3. ^ "Sverigetopplistan". Sverigetopplistan (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-02-16.
  4. ^ "Sverigetopplistan". Sverigetopplistan (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-02-16.
  5. ^ "Den egentlige russelåten". NRK P3 (in Norwegian). 2011-04-20. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
  6. ^ "Discography Kobojsarna". Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  7. ^ "Discography Kobojsarna". Retrieved 19 May 2019.

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