Higher is a Swedish English language

English language

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 single by Erik Grönwall

Erik Grönwall

Erik Grönwall is a Swedish singer and songwriter. In December 2009, he won Swedish Idol.During several of the shows he received standing ovations from the jury for his performances. His first single, "Higher", sold gold on digital downloads after onlythree days...

, winner of the Swedish version

Idol (Sweden)

Idol is a Swedish reality-competition talent show airing on TV4. It debuted in August 2004, and it has since become one of the most popular shows on Swedish television...

 of Idol

Idol series

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 in its sixth season

Idol 2009

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 in 2009. He sang the winning song when he was declared winner on 11 December 2009.

The single taken from his debut self-titled album Erik Grönwall

Erik Grönwall (album)

Erik Grönwall is the debut self-titled album of Erik Grönwall, winner of the Swedish singing television competition Idol 2009.It entered the Swedish Albums Chart straight in at #1 staying there for 4 weeks .- Erik Grönwall - Track listing :-Release history:-Charts and certifications:...

went straight to #1 on the Swedish Single Charts

Sverigetopplistan

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 on 18 December 2009 and stayed at number for 5 weeks (18 and 25 December 2009 and 1, 8 and 15 January 2010) making it both the Swedish Christmas and the New Year number one. After being toppled from top position for one week by Lady Gaga

Lady GaGa

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's Bad Romance

Bad Romance

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 on the charts of 22 January 2010, the song returned once again to the top on the chart dated 29 January 2010 for a 6th week at #1.

The song is written by Pär Westerlund and Joakim Olovsson. It was sung in the final by both Erik Grönwall and runner-up Calle Kristiansson

Calle Kristiansson

Calle Kristiansson born July 5, 1988 in Kristianstad is a Swedish singer who came first runner-up in Idol 2009 after the winner Erik Grönwall. On December 23, 2009 Kristiansson released his first music album containing 11 songs from his performances on Idol....

. The song is included in Erik Grönwall's self-titled album Erik Grönwall.

Year (2009-2010)	Top position
Swedish Singles Chart Sverigetopplistan Sverigetopplistan, earlier known as Topplistan and Hitlistan and other names, is since October 2007 the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from Swedish Recording Industry Association ....	1