Petter (rapper)
| Petter | |
|---|---|
 Petter opening Orange Scene on Roskilde Festival 2009 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Petter Alexis Askergren |
| Also known as | Petter |
| Born |
25 May 1974 Sweden |
| Genres | Rap |
| Occupation(s) | Rapper |
| Website |
www |
Petter Alexis Askergren, (born 25 May 1974), who simply uses his given name Petter as a stage name, is a rap artist from Stockholm, Sweden, rapping in Swedish. He debuted in 1998 with the album Mitt sjätte sinne (My Sixth Sense), which became a success and started the Swedish hip hop boom in the late 1990s and early 2000s. He owns a record company called Bananrepubliken (English: The Banana Republic). He also studied art history at Uppsala University for some time. He has also worked with the famous Norwegian rap producer Tommy Tee several times in his career. Petter also frequently works with Swedish disk jockey Patrik Elofsson who goes by the stage name DJ Sleepy.
Petters lyrics often paints pictures of his hometown Stockholm where he grew up, and he frequently raps about his love to Stockholm. He has become a symbol for Stockholm city and during 2012 he collaborated with the Swedish artist Artan Mansouri in a charity project in the name of the city. The profit was donated to Stockholm stadsmission, which helps homeless people in Stockholm.[1]
In 2014 he hosted Musikhjälpen in Uppsala.
Discography
Studio albums
| Year | Album | Peak position SWE [2] |
Certification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Mitt sjätte sinne | 5 | 2× Platinum |
| 1999 | Bananrepubliken | 1 | 3× Platinum |
| 2001 | Petter | 16 | Gold |
| 2004 | Ronin | 5 | |
| 2006 | P | 1 | Gold |
| 2007 | God Damn It | 12 | |
| 2010 | En räddare i nöden | 11 | |
| 2013 | Början på allt | 5 | |
| 2015 | Mitt folk | 12 | |
| 2016 | Skeppsholmen | 3 [3] |
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Compilation albums
| Year | Album | Peak position SWE [2] |
Sales | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | X – Greatest Hits | 31 | ||
| 2013 | Mitt sjätte sinne (Jubileumsutgåva) | 29 | ||
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart peak | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE | |||
| 1998 | "Vinden har vänt" | 6 | Mitt Sjätte Sinne |
| "Du vet att jag gråter" (Petter & Kaah) | 51 | ||
| 1999 | "Mikrofonkåt" | 53 | |
| "Saker & ting" (feat. Eye N'I) | 2 | Bananrepubliken | |
| 2000 | "Så klart!" (feat. Eye N'I) | 6 | |
| "Rulla med oss" (feat. Timbuktu, Peewee, Eye N'I) | 34 | ||
| 2001 | "Tar det tillbaka" | 13 | Petter |
| 2002 | "Ey yo" (feat. ADL) | 35 | |
| 2004 | "Fredrik Snortare & Cecilia Synd" | 11 | Ronin |
| "Repa skivan" (feat. AFC) | 28 | ||
| 2006 | "Det går bra nu" | 3 | P |
| "Storstadsidyll" (feat. Håkan Hellström) | - | ||
| 2007 | "God Damn It" | 14 | God Damn It |
| "Logiskt" (feat. Säkert!) | 10 | ||
| 2008 | "Goda dagars magi" | - | |
| "Min click" (feat. Kihlen) | - | X - Greatest Hits | |
| 2009 | "Slag under bältet" | - | En räddare i nöden |
| "För alla dom" (Ison & Fille and Mogge) | 21 | Non album single | |
| 2010 | "Fast för evigt" | - | En räddare i nöden |
| "Gör min dag" (feat. Magnus Carlson) | 47 | ||
| 2013 | "Håll om mig" (with Daniel Adams-Ray) | 28 | |
| 2015 | "Kul på vägen" (feat. Sam-E & Sara Zacharias) | 67 | |
| "Vi är" | 68 | Skeppsholmen | |
| 2016 | "Pris på mitt huvud" (feat. Daniel Adams-Ray) | 75[4] | |
| "Se på mig nu" (feat. Linnea Henriksson)/small> | 5[5] | Skeppsholmen | |
As featured performer
| Year | Artist | Single | Peak position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Fintelligens | "Stockholm - Helsinki" (feat. Petter & PeeWee) | - |
| 2000 | Saska | "Städer när jag blöder" (feat. Thåström & Petter) | 30 |
| 2001 | Feven | "Vill ha" (feat. Petter) | 38 |
| 2001 | Clemens | "En gång till" | - |
| 2007 | Mange Schmidt | "Giftig" (feat. Petter) | 2 |
| 2007 | Snook | "Inga Problem" (feat. Veronica Maggio & Petter) | - |
| 2007 | Dee Pee (DK) | "Håbet" (feat. Patrick B (DK) & Petter) | - |
See also
References
- ↑ http://test.kingsizemagazine.se/Fashion.aspx?ArtNo=24710
- 1 2 Chart History
- ↑ "Sverigetopplistan - Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 5 November 2016. Click on "Veckans albumlista".
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20150813152609/http://www.sverigetopplistan.se/. Archived from the original on August 13, 2015. Retrieved August 28, 2015. Missing or empty
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External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Petter Askergren. |
- Official website
- Petter discography at MusicBrainz