Jörgen Elofsson
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Jörgen Elofsson at The 55th Annual Grammy Awards
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| Born | 14 January 1962 |
| Nationality | Swedish |
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| Years active | 1978-present |
| Website | jorgenelofsson.com |
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Jörgen Elofsson (Kjell Åke Jörgen Elofsson) was born 14 January 1962 in Ängelholm, Sweden, is a Swedish grammy-nominated songwriter.
One of the writers of the songwriter-team at the legendary studio Cheiron Studios (Denniz PoP, Max Martin, Kristian Lundin, Andreas Carlsson, Rami Yacoub, Per Magnusson, David Kreuger, Herbie Crichlow, Jake Schulze, Alexander Kronlund, & Alexandra Talomaa) where he made a big success with songs such as Britney Spears "Sometimes" & "(You Drive Me) Crazy" just to name a few.
He's also known for co-writing hit songs like Kelly Clarkson's "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)", which was nominated for Song the Year and Record of the Year at the 2013 Grammy Awards. Westlife's "Fool Again", "Unbreakable", "Evergreen" and etc.
His musical career started when he was 16, and was the lead singer and guitarist in several local groups between 1978 and 1986. Bands: Air, Egon Pretty Band, Art Light, Garbo and Sitting Ducks. .
Only a few months later Jörgen signed his first record deal, with CBS. A solo career under the artist name "Shane" was launched and the first single, "Dance With Another", lifted from his 1989 debut album, "Man in Me", was released. In 1993 the artist known as Shane came to an end.
Jörgen Elofsson - "I decided that I wanted to concentrate solely on writing music and not being an artist."
Elofsson then became a full-time songwriter in 1994, when he worked with the Swedish artist Carola.
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