Remee

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Remee
Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2012
Background information
Birth nameMikkel Johan Imer Sigvardt
Also known asRemee Sigvardt Jackman
Born (1974-11-08) 8 November 1974 (age 49)
Frederiksberg, Denmark
GenresPop, R&B, hip hop
Occupation(s)Rapper, songwriter, producer, composer
Years active1989–present

Remee Sigvardt Jackman (né Mikkel Johan Imer Sigvardt; born Frederiksberg, 8 November 1974), better known as Remee, is a Danish rapper, songwriter, producer and composer.[1]

Career

Remee has written more than 60 hits and has sold over 25 million records.[citation needed] He has co-written several songs with Thomas Troelsen.[citation needed]

Early music career

Remee was a rapper in the pop group

Juice, SOAP and Christina Undhjem, as well as Remee. The track is, according to DR, one of the most played songs ever on Danish radio.[2]

In 2003, he helped write

Ivor Novello Award. Later that year, he co-hosted the first Junior Eurovision Song Contest alongside Camilla Ottesen
.

In 2005, Remee and Nicolai Seebach and Rasmus Seebach composed the tribute song for the victims of the Boxing Day tsunami. Remee, along with several Danish celebrities, performed the song "Hvor små vi er". The song went 13 times platinum and raised more than 3 million Danish kroner (500,000 US dollars) for the tsunami victims.

2008–10: X Factor, Eurovision 2008

In 2008, he became one of the original judges with

Basim Moujahid. All of his acts reached the semi-final, with Hedegaard and Kjaergaard finishing as winner and runner-up respectively.[citation needed
]

The same year, he co-wrote the German entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008, "Disappear", performed by No Angels.[citation needed]

In 2009, Remee returned to the judging panel alongside Blachman and Rafn for the show's second season. Remee mentored the Groups category for his second season, which consisted of

Thomas Ring Petersen, mentored by Rosendahl. Remee confirmed his departure after the final of season 3 and his replacement for the fourth season was Cutfather.[citation needed
]

2013–present: Return to X Factor

In 2013, Remee returned as a judge for the

seventh season of X Factor alongside original fellow judges Thomas Blachman and Lina Rafn, replacing Anne Linnet.[3] For his fourth year on the show, Remee was given the Over 23s category, which consisted of Lucy Mardou, Pernille Nordtorp and Steffen Gilmartin. Gilmartin was eliminated in week 4, Nortorp was eliminated in week 6 and Mardou lost out in the final to Anthony Jasmin, mentored by Blachman.[citation needed
]

It was confirmed in August 2014 that Remee would return for

season 10 with Morten Nørgaard; Remee is now the mentor with the most wins in Danish X Factor history.[citation needed
]

Personal life

At the age of 23, Remee had a daughter, Emma Imani.[5]

He was in a relationship with Maria Leander from 2001 to 2008.[6]

From 2009 to 2010, he dated Michala Kjær.[7] He dated model Simona Popovic from 2010–2014.[8]

At the end of 2012, Remee officially changed his name from Mikkel Johan Imer Sigvardt to Remee Sigvardt Jackman. Jackman is his biological father's name and Sigvardt is his adoptive father's name.[9]

He started dating model Mathilde Gøhler in 2014.[10] In 2015, they had a daughter.[11] While celebrating his birthday on 11 November 2017, he proposed to Gøhler and she accepted.[12]

Discography

Compilation albums

  • Grænseløs Greatest (1999)

Awards

  • 2004: Ivor Novello Awards for Jamelia "Superstar".
  • 2008: BMI Awards for Corbin Bleu "Deal with It".
  • 2008: Comet Awards Germany "Song of the Year" for Monrose "Hot Summer".
  • 2008: Eurovision Winner Germany for No Angels "Disappear".
  • 2008: TV Awards Denmark - 'TV show of the year' for "X-factor".

References

  1. ^ "Den danske film database". Danskefilm.dk. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  2. ^ "X Factor dommerbiografi: Remee". DR. 14 October 2007. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Tilbage til rødderne: Den originale dommertrio genforenes". Dr.dk. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  4. ^ "Den originale dommertrio fortsætter X Factor-succesen". Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Løs affære gjorde Remee til far". Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  6. ^ "Remee om bruddet: Jeg elsker stadig Maria". Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  7. ^ "Remee og Michala går fra hinanden". Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  8. ^ "Remee: Vi er ikke kærester mere - BILLED-BLADET". Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  9. ^ "Remee: Derfor skiftede jeg navn". Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  10. ^ "Se videoen: Remees nye kæreste nøgen i bølgerne". Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  11. ^ "Remee er blevet far til en pige - BILLED-BLADET". Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  12. ^ "Remee skal giftes: Sådan friede han". Retrieved 28 October 2018.

External links

Preceded by
None (first contest)
Junior Eurovision Song Contest presenter
2003
With: Camilla Ottesen
Succeeded by
Stian Barsnes Simonsen
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