Wrethov
| Anderz Wrethov | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Anderz Wrethov |
| Born |
11 April 1979 Sweden |
| Genres | Pop, rock, dance-pop, pop rock, Europop, R&B |
| Occupation(s) | Songwriter, producer, artist |
| Labels | Warner Music, Universal Music, Sony Music, EMI, SM Entertainment, J Storm, Pony Canyon, Avex, Johnny's Entertainment |
| Associated acts | Marcus & Martinus, Margaret, Samir & Viktor, Arash, Mohombi, Gunther and the Sunshine Girls, Arashi, Super Junior, NEWS, KAT-TUN, Bobby Farrell |
| Notable instruments | |
| Guitar, piano, singing | |
Anderz Wrethov (born 11 April 1979) is a Swedish songwriter, producer and artist.
Wrethov graduated from Musikhögskolan in Malmö in 2002. He sings and plays the piano and guitar.
Already as a child, Anderz passion for music, performing and songwriting has been the main thing in life. He started up playing the guitar at the age of seven after hearing dad's vinyl with Diana Ross and the Supremes.
Some years later he began to take piano lessons and started to write songs with his older sister Elin. He soon had his first live show at the local music school in Vellinge, South Sweden where Anderz is born and raised.
A couple of years later Anderz started up his first band, playing melodic hard rock and they soon won the attention from the local media with their own composed songs and powerful live shows. Later he also started to produce and write pop and dance songs and found a new way of creating music beyond his rock band. At the age of 16 Anderz formed a new band with a more funky pop sound, Mighty Nice and got his first record deal and released one album in Sweden and Japan.
After graduating from the Malmoe Academy of Music, where Wrethov had studied guitar, piano and song, he got his first break-through as a producer and songwriter. Wrethov began his international career, with several hit songs in Scandinavia, UK and Germany as a result. Later, Wrethov established his name in Japan and South Korea by writing for the biggest J and K-pop stars, generating huge record sales and earning him several gold and platinum awards.
Wrethov has written and produced songs for Mohombi, Marcus & Martinus, Arash, Margaret, Medina, Günther and the Sunshine Girls, Bobby Farrell from Boney M, Samantha Fox, Twenty Twenty, Ch!pz, Carlito (Dr. Bombay) and Swedish singing artists like Samir & Viktor, Hasse Andersson, Markoolio, Panetoz, David Lindgren. Anderz Wrethov wrote several hit songs for Asian mega-stars such as Arashi, KAT-TUN, Tackey & Tsubasa, Super Junior, News, Nana Tanimura, By2, Show Luo, Lead (Japanese Group) and Tegomass. His songs sold over 15 million copies. He received many gold and platinum records.
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