Bárður Háberg

Bárður Háberg (born 1979; also spelled Bardur Haberg) is a musician, songwriter and composer. He is one of two owners of the songwriting/production company Baroli Music. Together they write and produce songs for singers from all around the world. The other owner of Baroli Music is Óli Jógvansson. In 2012 their songs had sold 1 million copies world-wide.[1]

Háberg was born in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands. He and Jógvansson have, along with two other songwriters, composed the music for the Disney TV-series Liv and Maddie.[2] He is also credited with two songs on the Shake It Up: I Love Dance album, which is the third and final soundtrack for the Disney Channel Original Series Shake It Up, the songs are: "Future Sounds Like Us" and "Afterparty".[3]The album charted as number 26 on Billboard 200[4] and number one on the U.S. Kid Albums (Billboard)[4] In March 2014 Baroli Music was honoured with the Faroese Music Award.[5]

Musical career

Háberg is a multi-instrumentalist and started his musical career already as a child. He has been in several bands in the Faroe Islands and has performed as a freelance musician with various singers. Now he is mostly active in composing and producing music together with Óli Jógvansson. Their music has been released internationally in countries such as USA, Japan, Netherlands, Taiwan, Brazil and Italy.

Baroli Music

Bárður Háberg and Óli Jógvansson started Baroli Music in 2006. They both live in the capital of the Faroe Islands and collaborate with various internationally successful companies such as Universal Music, The Kennel Publishing/Universal Music Publishing (with whom they had an exclusive songwriting contract between 2010–2012), Avex, Sony and Phrased Differently.

Discography

Some of the songs, which Bárður Háberg has composed and/or produced:

Honour

References

  1. Hansen, Uni Leitisstein (12 October 2012). "Á altjóða popptindunum" (in Faroese). Kringvarp Føroya (The National Faroese Radio and Television). Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  2. "Dove Cameron Better In Stereo - Theme Song Version: Liv And Maddie". Allmusic. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  3. "Bardur Haberg". imdb.com. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  4. 1 2 Shake It Up: I <3 Dance – Various Artists – Awards. Allmusic. Retrieved September 5, 2013.
  5. Tróndarson, Sveinur (16 March 2014). "FMA - seinni hálvleikur: Simme fekk ársins tónleikaheiður" (in Faroese). Portal.fo. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  6. imdb.com, Liv and Maddie (2013– ) Full Cast & Crew
  7. Itunes.apple.com
  8. Mojim.com
  9. sowanessa.blogspot.com
  10. yes24.com (in Korean)
  11. Music.fo

http://www.billboard.com/artist/5769898/dove-cameron/chart?f=1103

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