Ola

Ola Nils Håkan Svensson (born 23 February 1986), professionally known simply as Ola, is a Swedish artist and songwriter. Ola has so far released three albums and 11 singles. Eight of his releases have been number one on the Swedish album and single charts, and many have sold both gold and platinum. Six of Ola's singles have been top 5 at Swedish airplay. In June 2010, Ola started his own record company, Oliniho Records, and during 2011 his company signed several international deals, amongst them the US and UK. Ola is now releasing his music all over the world. 2012 began with Ola's first promotional tour of the US to support the release of "All Over The World". Whilst there, he also found the time to shoot the video for his single "I'm In Love", the first to be taken from his upcoming fourth studio album. The single was co-written by Ola and some others, alongside one of the more successful songwriters and producers in the world, Shellback, who has also written and produced for artists such as Pink and Usher. "I'm in Love" was released in Sweden on 7 May 2012. Early lifeedit: For a long time, football (soccer) was his life and a couple of years before Ola decided to focus on making a career for himself in music he earned his living as a first division football player. Music careeredit: Ola broke through when participating in Swedish Idol 2005. The record deal was soon signed, and his debut album Given to Fly soared straight to number one in the Swedish album chart. He has since had seven no. 1 hit singles. In 2010, Ola collaborated with the UK artist Labrinth on the track "Let It Hit You", which is included on Ola's third studio album. It was around this time that Ola felt he wanted to move in a different direction musically from his Swedish label, Universal. He bought himself out of his contract and continued making his third album. In order to release the album independently, he established his own label, Oliniho Records. The venture proved a success when his self-released album Ola went straight to the top of the charts and was a critical success, with Aftonbladet claiming "It is an album of 10 hit singles." Since the album's release in Sweden, Ola has gone on to sign record deals in UK, US, Russia, Spain and South Africa amongst others. The first UK single, "All Over The World", received much attention, becoming the most played video on 4 Music and The Box and being championed by Scott Mills on BBC Radio One. In the US it has entered the Hot Dance Airplay Chart and the Billboard Dance Chart. In March 2012, Ola embarked on his first promo tour of the United States, promoting the single "All Over The World". During this time, he also shot the video to his single "I'm In Love" in Los Angeles. Throughout the last few years, he has spent a lot of time touring Sweden and other countries, playing both festivals and club gigs. Ola has had 14 nominations for both Rockbjörnen and a Grammy Award and, in 2008, he was awarded a Rockbjörn Best Song Of The Year award. Television and radioedit: Ola is a regular on TV and radio in Sweden and has done several interviews with shows such as Gomorron Sverige, Förkväll, Vakna! Med The Voice, Sommarkrysset, Faddergalan, Celebration of the National Day and the morning shows on SVT1 and TV4, amongst others. Outside of Sweden, he also took part in the Polish "Sopot Festival" and "Hity Na Czasie" in August 2009 with the hit song, "S.O.S".

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