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 recently featured in the multi million selling computer game Just Dance 4. 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
• "I Breathe" by Vacuum (Gold sales in Sweden)
• "I Walk Alone", "Die Alive", "Into The Sun" and "Victim of Ritual" by Tarja Turunen
• "Home" by Julie Berthelsen (2xPlatinum sales in Denmark) ^[7]
• "What You Don’t Know" by Monrose
• "Negotiate with Love" by Rachel Stevens.^[2]
• "Accidental" by Garou
• "Rocket To Uranus" by Vengaboys
• "Beginning by Girls' Generation
• "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^[8]
• "You Set Fire To My Life" and "Out Of The Blue" by Tina Arena. (Platinum Sales in Australia)

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.
4. Marie Sundström-Wollbeck at Discogs.com
5. Anders Wollbeck bio at IMDb.com
6. http://www.billboard.com/artist/279937/army-lovers/chart/
7. "Album Top-40". Hitlisten. IFPI Danmark & Nielsen Music Control. 26 March 2004. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
8. http://www.musikindustrin.se/2013/03/22/forlag-universal-musics-svenska-latskrivare-varldsetta/

External links

• Anders Wollbeck at the Internet Movie Database