Anders Wollbeck

Wollbeck (left) with Vacuum colleague Mattias Lindblom.

Anders Wilhelm Axel Wollbeck (born 10 February 1958 in Stockholm)^[1] is a Swedish songwriter and producer. He plays the guitar and keyboard. He is part of the songwriting and production duo Vacuum together with Mattias Lindblom.^[2]

Career

Wollbeck has worked with a number of artists in his career including Army of Lovers, Alcazar, Midi, Maxi & Efti, Vacuum, Rachel Stevens, Monrose, Tarja Turunen, Cinema Bizarre, Vengaboys and Tata Young. A number of songs co-written by Wollbeck have become international hits. He has also written and produced soundtrack music for the Tatort episode Kalter Engel.^[3]

Personal life

Wollbeck is married to Marie Sundström-Wollbeck, who designed most of Army of Lovers sleeves.^[4] The couple has two children and resides in Stockholm.^[5]

Selected discography

• "Crucified", "Obsession" and Ride The Bullet by Army of Lovers. Crucified was recently featured in the multi million selling computer game Just Dance 4. A re-recorded version of the song peaked at number 18 in 2014 in the Billboard Dance/Club Chart.^[6]
• "Crying at the Discoteque" by Alcazar
• "I Breathe" by Vacuum (Gold sales in Sweden)
• "I Walk Alone", "Die Alive", "Into The Sun" and "Victim of Ritual" by Tarja Turunen
• "Home" by Julie Berthelsen (2xPlatinum sales in Denmark) ^[7]
• "What You Don’t Know" by Monrose
• "Negotiate with Love" by Rachel Stevens.^[2]
• "Accidental" by Garou
• "Rocket To Uranus" by Vengaboys
• "Beginning by Girls' Generation
• "Chu" by f(x) (Platinum sales in South Korea)
• "I Only Know How To Love by The Tenors featured on the Billboard number one album "The Canadian Tenors"
• "Y3K" by Tohoshinki featured on the number one Japan and Global Album Chart album TIME^[8]
• "You Set Fire To My Life" and "Out Of The Blue" by Tina Arena. (Platinum Sales in Australia)

References

External links

• Anders Wollbeck at the Internet Movie Database