Emil Assergård
Assergård in 2015.
Assergård in 2015.
Background information
Birth nameMats Emil Assergård
Born (1991-05-23) 23 May 1991
Undrom, Sollefteå, Sweden
OriginUndrom, Sweden
Occupation(s)
  • Singer-songwriter
  • Musician
Instrument(s)Vocals
LabelsUniversal Music
Websiteemilassergard.com

Mats Emil Assergård (born 23 May 1991 in Undrom, Sweden)[1][2] is a singer-songwriter and musician that creates music in Swedish. He has been signed to Universal Music since 2016.[3] Assergård currently resides in Stockholm.[4]

Career

Assergård has released three studio albums, with the first being Rakt från hjärtat, which was released in 2013.[1][5] His second album was released in 2015, called Den Ensamma Känslan.[6] His most recent album was released in 2019, which is called Leva Livet / En samling and it debuted and peaked at number five on the Swedish Album Chart and was subsequently certified Platinum in Sweden.[7][8] The record marked his first album release while being signed to Universal Music. He has since 2013 released a handful of singles, including "All In" and "Ego", which have accumulated combined streams of over 45 million on Spotify.[9] His song "Jag råkade sälja min bästa vän" was certified Gold in Sweden in late 2015.[10] Some of Assergård's most recent singles were released on 10 April 2020, called "Om Jag Vore DJ" and "Om Jag Vore DJ V2."[11] Assergård has also released three EPs during his career: Naket, which was released in 2013, Skön that was released in 2015 and Snö which also was released that year.[9] Assergård was nominated for the "Male live performer of the year" Rockbjörnen award in 2019, but Benjamin Ingrosso later received the award.[12][13] On 28 August 2020, Assergård released the single "Livet Suger".

He participated in Melodifestivalen 2021, but was eliminated in the semi-final.[14]

Discography

Adapted from Spotify.[9]

Albums

Title Year Peak chart positions
SWE
Rakt från hjärtat 2013 —
Den ensamma känslan 2015 —
Leva livet / En samling 2019 5
[7][upper-alpha 1]

Extended plays

Title Year Peak chart positions
SWE
Naket 2013 —
Skön 2015 —
Snö —

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Certification Album
SWE
"Nyår" 2013 — — Non-album singles
"Milfen" 2014 — —
"Skit i vad dom säger" — —
"Länge kvar" 2015 — —
"All In" 2016 53
[16]		 Länge livet/En samling
"Klä av mig" 2018 82
[17]		 —
"Solglasögon i december" 89
[18]		 — Non-album singles
"Lova mig" — —
"Sönder" 2019 — —
"Dom Vi Inte Tycker Om" 2020 — —
"Om Jag Vore DJ" — —
"Om Jag Vore DJ V2" — —
"Livet Suger" — —
"Om allting skiter sig" 2021 7
[19]		 —
"Dör för dig"[20] —[upper-alpha 2] —

Notes

  1. ↑ The album also placed at number 54 on the Swedish Year-end album chart in 2019.[15]
  2. ↑ "Dör för dig" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number six on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[21]

References

  1. 1 2 Landreus, Malkolm (19 December 2013). "Emil Assergård släpper nytt". allehanda (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 22 July 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  2. ↑ "Biografi". emilassergard. Archived from the original on 18 September 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  3. ↑ Ullerstam, Jerker (11 April 2016). "Emil Assergård skriver kontrakt med storbolag: "Det känns helt galet"". allehanda.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  4. ↑ Isberg, Emma (18 July 2019). "Doldisen om sin succékarriär: "Jag fattar ingenting"". NSD (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 19 July 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  5. ↑ "Rakt från hjärtat by Emil Assergård on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  6. ↑ "Den Ensamma Känslan by Emil Assergård on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  7. 1 2 "Veckolista Album, vecka 15, 2019". Sverigetopplistan. Archived from the original on 18 October 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  8. 1 2 "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 34, 2016" (Scroll down to number 85 on the chart). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  9. 1 2 3 "Emil Assergård". Spotify. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  10. ↑ Carlsson, Peter (5 December 2015). "Assergård säljer guld och släpper EP". allehanda (in Swedish). Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  11. ↑ "OM JAG VORE DJ by Emil Assergård". Spotify. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  12. ↑ "Emil Assergård nominerad till rockbjörnen – uppträder i Örnsköldsvik". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). 17 July 2019. Archived from the original on 18 July 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  13. ↑ Hartelius, Alex (13 August 2019). "Hov1 kungar över Rockbjörnen". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 30 August 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  14. ↑ "LISTA: De tävlar i Melodifestivalen 2021". Aftonbladet. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  15. ↑ "Årslista Album, 2019". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  16. ↑ "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 26, 2016". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  17. ↑ "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 5, 2018". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  18. ↑ "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 52, 2018". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  19. ↑ "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 9" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  20. ↑ Wigren, Helene (4 June 2021). "Emil Assergård släpper ny singel "Dör För Dig". Lyssna här" (Press release) (in Swedish). Warner Music Sweden. Mynewsdesk. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  21. ↑ "Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 23". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
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