Andreas Kleerup (born 1979), professionally known as Kleerup, is a Swedish electropop musician.
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Origin | Stockholm, Sweden |
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Years active | 2004–present |
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Website | kleerup.net (archived at Wayback Machine) |
Kleerup's career as a producer, composer, songwriter and artist began in music as a songwriter, going on to tour with Teddybears and Robyn as a musician. In 2007, Kleerup released "With Every Heartbeat" featuring Robyn, which reached No. 1 in the UK. The song appeared on top 10 lists in several countries in Europe and became a top 30 single on the Billboard Hot 100 in the USA.[citation needed]
Kleerup's debut album, Kleerup, was released in 2008. The album and Kleerup received six Grammy nominations and won in three categories: "Best Newcomer", "Best Producer", and "Best Composer". Among the collaborating artists on the album are Lykke Li, Robyn, and Neneh Cherry. The mini-album, As If We Never Won, followed in 2014.
The 2010s also saw Kleerup expand his career as a composer. In 2010, he and Carl Bagge composed the music for Stockholm City Theatre's 50th-anniversary performance, a musical adaptation of Nobel Prize laureate Harry Martinson's Aniara, performed by a double string quartet.
In 2010, NME name Kleerup one of the 20 hottest producers in music.[1]
In September 2014, Kleerup announced the first of two mini-LPs, As If We Never Won,[2] and shared credit of the song "Let Me In" with Susanne Sundfør. H&M used the track for their Fall Fashion 2014 advertising campaign in cinema, TV, and Online.
In addition to his work as a composer and songwriter, Kleerup has worked with and remixed such iconic artists as Lady Gaga, Moby, The Cardigans, and Nonono.
In March 2020, Kleerup released his latest album, 2.[3]
Kleerup is married. He has one child from an earlier relationship.[4]
Kleerup was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and Tourette syndrome in 2007.[4] He has also struggled with depression for long periods of his life and made a suicide attempt in 2009.[4]
Year | Album Title | Chart Positions | ||
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SWE | UK | |||
2008 | Kleerup | 7 | — | |
2012 | Aniara | 47 | — | |
2020 | 2 | — | — | |
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2009 | Hello Holla EP | — | — | |
Lead Singer Syndrome (with Markus Krunegård) |
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2014 | As If We Never Won | 52 | — | |
2016 | Det var den sommaren | — | — | |
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2005 | "Medication" | — | — | — |
2007 | "With Every Heartbeat" (with Robyn) | 18 | 7 | 1 |
2008 | "Longing for Lullabies" (with Titiyo) | 7 | 10 | — |
"3AM" (with Marit Bergman) | 35 | — | — | |
"Forever" (with Neneh Cherry) | 56 1 | — | — | |
2013 | "Requiem Solution" (with Loreen) | |||
2014 | "I Got You" (with Ola Salo) | |||
"Let Me In" (with Susanne Sundfør) | — | — | — | |
2015 | "Imorgon är en annan dag" | 43 | — | — |
"Så länge skutan kan gå" | 54 | — | — | |
"Beautiful Life" | 60[5] | — | — | |
2020 | "I Need Love"[6] (with Rebecca & Fiona) | — | — | — |
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released. |
1Not officially released as a single, but charted due to extensive downloading.
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