Jakob Hellman
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Hellman performing at Solid Sound Festival in Uddevalla, Sweden in 2014
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| Background information | |
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20 October 1965 Vuollerim, Sweden |
| Genres | pop, rock |
| Years active | 1988–present |
| Labels | EMI |
Jakob Hellman, born 20 October 1965 in Vuollerim, Norrbotten County, is a Swedish pop singer. Although his only album to date, ...och stora havet, was released in 1989, he is still well known in his native country.
The son of two teachers, Jakob Hellman grew up in rural north Sweden, just south of the polar circle. In school, he was in the same class as Zemya Hamilton, later to be known as the lead singer of house music act Clubland.
In the lyrics of his first single, Hellman states that he was "born between the mirror and the grammophone" ("född mellan spegeln och grammofon"), attesting to his early pop star ambitions. At a young age, he played in a local band, Ampere, with his friends Anders Viklund, Ulf Johansson and Tommy Johansson. In a 2006 interview, the members recalled singing through a megaphone at the start, since they did not have a proper microphone. At the start, the only song they could play was "Smoke on the Water". Later, "Do You Wanna Dance?" and "The House of the Rising Sun" were added to the repertoire.
Jakob Hellman's family later moved to Falun, where he played with a band named Fortune. In the mid-1980s, Jakob Hellman moved to . Since the 1990s, Hellman resides in Malmö in Southwestern Sweden. He became a father for the first time in 2009. In July 2014, he married Karolina Svensson and went on a summer tour of Sweden.
Without previous experience of the music business, Jakob Hellman sent his demo to ten different record companies in December 1987. Magnus Nygren, at the time A&R at the Swedish division of EMI Music, took interest and arranged a meeting. Much to his own surprise, Hellman soon had a record contract in his hand. Recordings started in the EMI studio in the suburb of Skärmarbrink in 1988. Hellman also spent some time touring, opening for the rock band Wilmer X.
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