Per Gessle
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Per Håkan Gessle is a Swedish
pop
singer-songwriter
, guitar
ist, and harmonicist. He is the lead singer of the Swedish pop group Gyllene Tider
and formed Roxette
with Marie Fredriksson
(being the chief songwriter in both bands). With Fredriksson's illness in 2002, he went back to recording and became a successful solo artist in native Sweden
, selling multi-platinum albums.
, in 1976. They quickly became a popular group in Sweden
, but after their fourth album, The Heartland Café
(1984), sold poorly compared to their previous albums, the group disbanded. Gessle wrote. "We decided to put Gyllene Tider to rest... until further notice."
In 1982, Gessle released his first solo album, Per Gessle
and after Gyllene Tider split-up his second album, Scener
, quickly appeared in 1985.
had been friends for a few years before they came together as Roxette in 1986. After the success of their first hit "Neverending Love
", which was written by Gessle, they quickly recorded Pearls of Passion
using material which was originally intended for Per's third solo album.
Roxette went on to achieve four U.S. #1's and two #2's, with their albums Look Sharp!
and Joyride attaining platinum status in a number of countries. After Roxette's early nineties success, Per released a demo compilation album in 1992, På väg, 1982-86. After the release of Crash! Boom! Bang!
and subsequent world tour, Roxette took a break.
and Gyllene Tider as backing musicians. Christoffer Lundquist from Brainpool would also come to collaborate with Per on later releases.
The World According to Gessle
, released in 1997, produced three singles, "Do You Wanna Be My Baby?
", "Kix
" and "I Want You to Know
". The videos to all three songs were directed by Jonas Åkerlund
. The World According to Gessle was re-released in 2008, with extra bonus material and demos.
In 1997 Hjärtats trakt - en samling
was released as a best-of album.
(1999) and Room Service (2001) to moderate success, Per continued with his solo work.
The subsequent album Mazarin
(2003), was very successful in Sweden
, going five times platinum
in 2004. This was his first album involving singer Helena Josefsson
, and brought Gessle numerous awards; four Grammis
awards: Best Artist, Best Male Pop Performer, Best Composer and Best Song. He also won three Rockbjörnen
awards: Best Swedish Male Artist, Best Swedish Album and Best Swedish Song — and a Guldälgen (The Golden Moose) Award for Best Song. The song "Här kommer alla känslorna (på en och samma gång)
", is Gessle's most successful release in Sweden, spending two months at #1, while gaining platinum status.
Also in 2004, saw Gessle and Gyllene Tider
reunited for a 25th-anniversary celebration that included the band's first album in 20 years, Finn 5 fel!
, and another wildly successful tour in Sweden. They beat the Ullevi
attendance record, after the reparations, which was later broken by U2 in 2009, and the band played to almost half a million fans. As a result, the group was honoured with four awards in Sweden.
, he continued his association with other Swedish artists. Helena Josefsson and Jens Jansson helped Per create his second English
album. Released in November 2005, the album contains all of Gessle's musical heritage. His father was a plumber and the 2-disc album contains a song dedicated to him, "Kurt - The Fastest Plumber in the West". In Sweden, the album sold platinum on the first day of release. The album was also released in several other European countries in April 2006.
, which shipped three times platinum. A single of the same name was released; "En händig man
". Later on October a book of "Att vara Per Gessle
" was released, telling some of the unknown facts about Gessle and his 30-years career.
In late 2008, Per Gessle released Party Crasher
, his seventh solo album and third in English. The first single off the album "Silly Really
" was released on 29 October 2008, which achieved critical acclaim from Expressen
, who called Per a "pop genius". After that, Per started the Party Crasher 2009 Tour
, with a band that included Helena Josefsson on backing vocals, while Marie Fredriksson
joined him on stage twice, in Amsterdam
and Stockholm
. This was eight years after their last live performance together during Roxette
's "Room Service Tour" in 2001.
(of Modern Talking
fame). He has also participated with the Swedish singer Nisse Hellberg in the project The Lonely Boys
.
In 1996 he worked with Belinda Carlisle
and wrote two songs for her album, A Woman and a Man
; "Always Breaking My Heart
" and "Love Doesn't Live Here". The former was released as a single, becoming a UK top 10 hit. Gessle also recorded a demo song for Carlisle, called "Liberty", which also was intended for the same album, but Carlisle turned down, asking for something more guitar-oriented. So Gessle came up with "Always Breaking My Heart".
) who own NoteHeads, a Swedish company which publishes the music notation program
Igor Engraver
.
, Öland Island, Sweden. The wedding took place in the same Swedish castle which was the setting for the music videos of Roxette's highly successful "Listen to Your Heart" and "Dangerous
" hits. Together they have one son, Gabriel Titus.
Live albums
Compilations
Videography
Singles
Singles
Other Charted Songs
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
, guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
ist, and harmonicist. He is the lead singer of the Swedish pop group Gyllene Tider
Gyllene Tider
Gyllene Tider is a Swedish pop group. The name Gyllene Tider translates as "Golden ages" or "Golden times". Few Scandinavians would not recognize the band's most famous song "Sommartider", often played on the radio during late spring and early summer...
and formed Roxette
Roxette
Roxette are a Swedish pop music duo, consisting of Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle . Formed in 1986, the duo became an international act from the late 1980s, when they released their breakthrough album Look Sharp!...
with Marie Fredriksson
Marie Fredriksson
is a Swedish pop singer-songwriter and pianist, best known for forming one half of the pop duo Roxette, which she created together with Per Gessle in 1986...
(being the chief songwriter in both bands). With Fredriksson's illness in 2002, he went back to recording and became a successful solo artist in native Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
, selling multi-platinum albums.
Early work
Per Gessle was a founding member of Gyllene TiderGyllene Tider
Gyllene Tider is a Swedish pop group. The name Gyllene Tider translates as "Golden ages" or "Golden times". Few Scandinavians would not recognize the band's most famous song "Sommartider", often played on the radio during late spring and early summer...
, in 1976. They quickly became a popular group in Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
, but after their fourth album, The Heartland Café
The Heartland Café
The Heartland Café is an album released by Swedish pop group Gyllene Tider on 17 February 1984. The group's first recorded foray into the English language, The Heartland Café was the second album to feature vocalist Marie Fredriksson singing back-up and proved to be a precursor to the Swedish...
(1984), sold poorly compared to their previous albums, the group disbanded. Gessle wrote. "We decided to put Gyllene Tider to rest... until further notice."
In 1982, Gessle released his first solo album, Per Gessle
Per Gessle (album)
Per Gessle was released on 8 April, 1983 and is the first solo album of Swedish pop artist Per Gessle. The album peaked at #5 on the Swedish albums chart. Before releasing this album, Gessle got famous as singer of the Swedish band Gyllene Tider...
and after Gyllene Tider split-up his second album, Scener
Scener
Scener was released on 25 October 1985 and is a studio album from Swedish pop artist Per Gessle. The album peaked at #39 on the Swedish albums chart.-Track listing:LP/MCSide-ASide-B...
, quickly appeared in 1985.
Roxette
Gessle and Marie FredrikssonMarie Fredriksson
is a Swedish pop singer-songwriter and pianist, best known for forming one half of the pop duo Roxette, which she created together with Per Gessle in 1986...
had been friends for a few years before they came together as Roxette in 1986. After the success of their first hit "Neverending Love
Neverending Love
"Neverending Love", written by Per Gessle, was the first release by the Swedish pop duo Roxette, and was later included on their debut album Pearls of Passion. Originally the single was only meant to be released outside of Sweden but EMI eventually changed their minds and released it in Sweden too...
", which was written by Gessle, they quickly recorded Pearls of Passion
Pearls of Passion
-Singles:*"Neverending Love":*#"Neverending love"*#"Neverending Love" *"Goodbye To You":*#"Goodbye To You"*#"So Far Away"*"Soul Deep":*#"Soul Deep" *#"Pearls Of Passion"*"I Call Your Name":*#"I Call Your Name"...
using material which was originally intended for Per's third solo album.
Roxette went on to achieve four U.S. #1's and two #2's, with their albums Look Sharp!
Look Sharp! (Roxette album)
Singles*"Chances"*"The Look"*"Dressed for Success"*"Listen to Your Heart"*"Dangerous"-Charts:-Credits:*Vocals — Per Gessle and Marie Fredriksson*Drums — Pelle Alsing*Programming and bass — Anders Herrlin...
and Joyride attaining platinum status in a number of countries. After Roxette's early nineties success, Per released a demo compilation album in 1992, På väg, 1982-86. After the release of Crash! Boom! Bang!
Crash! Boom! Bang!
Singles* "Sleeping in My Car"*# "Sleeping in My Car" *# "The Look" *# "Sleeping in My Car" * "Crash! Boom! Bang!"*# "Crash! Boom! Bang!" *# "Joyride"...
and subsequent world tour, Roxette took a break.
The World According to Gessle
In 1996, after a reunion and subsequent tour of Gyllene Tider, Per recorded his first English solo album, using BrainpoolBrainpool (band)
Brainpool is a pop music group from Lund, Sweden. The band was most popular in the mid-1990s, mostly in the Swedish indie-pop scene together with other bands like Eggstone or Beagle.-History:...
and Gyllene Tider as backing musicians. Christoffer Lundquist from Brainpool would also come to collaborate with Per on later releases.
The World According to Gessle
The World According to Gessle
2008 remastered re-release-Charts:-Credits:* Per Gessle - Words & Music, Vocals, Electric & Acoustic guitars, Harmonica, Tambourine, Vox Jaguar.* Marie Fredriksson - Additional vocals on "I'll Be Alright"...
, released in 1997, produced three singles, "Do You Wanna Be My Baby?
Do You Wanna Be My Baby?
"Do You Wanna Be My Baby?" is the first single from Per Gessle's album, The World According to Gessle. It peaked at the top of the Swedish charts for one week, in April 1997....
", "Kix
Kix (song)
"Kix" is the second single from the Per Gessle album, The World According to Gessle.-Music video:The video was directed by Jonas Åkerlund and featured several short scenarios, which were repeated over and over throughout the song....
" and "I Want You to Know
I Want You To Know
"I Want You to Know" is the third single from the Per Gessle album, The World According to Gessle.-Track listings and formats:*CD single# "I Want You to Know"# "Blue Umbrella" *Maxi CD# "I Want You to Know"# "Blue Umbrella"...
". The videos to all three songs were directed by Jonas Åkerlund
Jonas Åkerlund
Jonas Åkerlund is a Swedish film and music video director, and drummer. He is best known for directing music videos, which are often mock forms of movie trailers and short films...
. The World According to Gessle was re-released in 2008, with extra bonus material and demos.
In 1997 Hjärtats trakt - en samling
Hjärtats trakt - en samling
Hjärtats trakt – en samling was released on September 10, 1997 and is a compilation album from Swedish pop artist Per Gessle. One half of the duo Roxette...
was released as a best-of album.
Mazarin
After Roxette released Have a Nice DayHave a Nice Day (Roxette album)
-Singles:*"Wish I Could Fly"*#"Wish I Could Fly"*#"Happy Together"*#"Wish I Could Fly" *"Anyone"*#"Anyone"*#"Anyone" *#"Cooper"...
(1999) and Room Service (2001) to moderate success, Per continued with his solo work.
The subsequent album Mazarin
Mazarin (album)
Mazarin is studio album by Swedish pop musician Per Gessle, released on June 16, 2003.Per Gessle thought of this album as his little side project but it turned out to be a huge success, gaining five × platinum status in his home country...
(2003), was very successful in Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
, going five times platinum
Music recording sales certification
Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,...
in 2004. This was his first album involving singer Helena Josefsson
Helena Josefsson
Helena Marianne Josefsson is a Swedish singer and songwriter. She is the lead singer in the band Sandy Mouche and has been singing in Per Gessle's projects since 2003. In February 2007 she released her first solo album, Dynamo.-Biography:...
, and brought Gessle numerous awards; four Grammis
Grammis
The Grammis Awards are the Swedish equivalent of the Grammy Awards. The awards ceremony is generally held each year in February in Stockholm.The awards were established in 1969 and awarded until 1972 when they were cancelled....
awards: Best Artist, Best Male Pop Performer, Best Composer and Best Song. He also won three Rockbjörnen
Rockbjörnen
Rockbjörnen is a Swedish popular music award established by the Stockholm evening newspaper Aftonbladet in 1979. The award, which is awarded annually, is divided into several categories and is mostly concentrated around the genres Pop and Rock. The first award was however given to the Swedish...
awards: Best Swedish Male Artist, Best Swedish Album and Best Swedish Song — and a Guldälgen (The Golden Moose) Award for Best Song. The song "Här kommer alla känslorna (på en och samma gång)
Här kommer alla känslorna
"Här kommer alla känslorna ", is a song written and performed by Per Gessle, and is the first single from his album Mazarin...
", is Gessle's most successful release in Sweden, spending two months at #1, while gaining platinum status.
Also in 2004, saw Gessle and Gyllene Tider
Gyllene Tider
Gyllene Tider is a Swedish pop group. The name Gyllene Tider translates as "Golden ages" or "Golden times". Few Scandinavians would not recognize the band's most famous song "Sommartider", often played on the radio during late spring and early summer...
reunited for a 25th-anniversary celebration that included the band's first album in 20 years, Finn 5 fel!
Finn 5 fel!
Finn 5 fel! is an album from Swedish pop group Gyllene Tider, released on 9 June 2004. The album stayed at #1 in Sweden for six weeks. It was the first full studio album recorded by the group since 1984's The Heartland Café.-Track listing:...
, and another wildly successful tour in Sweden. They beat the Ullevi
Ullevi
Ullevi is a stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden. The stadium was built for the 1958 FIFA World Cup, but since then Ullevi has also hosted the 1995 World Championships in Athletics and the 2006 European Championships in Athletics, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup finals in 1983 and 1990, the UEFA Euro 1992...
attendance record, after the reparations, which was later broken by U2 in 2009, and the band played to almost half a million fans. As a result, the group was honoured with four awards in Sweden.
Son of a Plumber
With Son of a PlumberSon of a Plumber
Son of a Plumber is an album released by Swedish pop-rock singer and composer Per Gessle. It is the first album by Gessle to use a pseudonym artist name; Son of a Plumber. The album, which was officially released on 23 November 2005, is a double CD album packed with deeply personal and highly...
, he continued his association with other Swedish artists. Helena Josefsson and Jens Jansson helped Per create his second English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
album. Released in November 2005, the album contains all of Gessle's musical heritage. His father was a plumber and the 2-disc album contains a song dedicated to him, "Kurt - The Fastest Plumber in the West". In Sweden, the album sold platinum on the first day of release. The album was also released in several other European countries in April 2006.
En händig man and Party Crasher
In June 2007, he released another solo album in Swedish with the name En händig manEn händig man
En händig man is a Swedish language album released by Swedish pop-rock singer and composer Per Gessle. The title track "En händig man" was the first single, followed by the Promo / Digital-only single, "Jag skulle vilja tänka en underbar tanke", while the last single was "Pratar med min...
, which shipped three times platinum. A single of the same name was released; "En händig man
En händig man (song)
"En händig man" is a pop song written by Swedish singer and composer Per Gessle, which was released as the lead single from the album En händig man...
". Later on October a book of "Att vara Per Gessle
Att vara Per Gessle
Att vara Per Gessle – is a book, written by Swedish journalist Sven Lindström about Swedish pop-rock singer/songwriter and Roxette co-founder Per Gessle in 2007. The book is written in Swedish and contains a CD with 7 or 9 songs, depending on the issue of the book...
" was released, telling some of the unknown facts about Gessle and his 30-years career.
In late 2008, Per Gessle released Party Crasher
Party Crasher
Party Crasher is the third English solo album by Swedish pop-rock singer and composer Per Gessle. This is his second worldwide-released English solo album under his own name after The World According to Gessle in 1997. Originally scheduled for December 3 in Sweden, but it was released on November...
, his seventh solo album and third in English. The first single off the album "Silly Really
Silly Really
"Silly Really" is a pop song by Swedish singer and composer Per Gessle from his album Party Crasher. It was released as the lead single from the album on October 29, 2008. The song premiered at the Swedish radio-show MorronZoo, in the morning of October 24.The new remix of "Silly Really" will be...
" was released on 29 October 2008, which achieved critical acclaim from Expressen
Expressen
Expressen is one of two nationwide evening tabloid newspapers in Sweden, the other being Aftonbladet. Expressen was founded in 1944; its symbol is a wasp and slogans "it stings" or "Expressen to your rescue", always on the reader's side....
, who called Per a "pop genius". After that, Per started the Party Crasher 2009 Tour
Party Crasher Tour 2009
Party Crasher tour 2009 is a club European tour by Per Gessle in support of his studio solo album Party Crasher. The tour was held in Europe from 16 April, till 10 May 2009...
, with a band that included Helena Josefsson on backing vocals, while Marie Fredriksson
Marie Fredriksson
is a Swedish pop singer-songwriter and pianist, best known for forming one half of the pop duo Roxette, which she created together with Per Gessle in 1986...
joined him on stage twice, in Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
and Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
. This was eight years after their last live performance together during Roxette
Roxette
Roxette are a Swedish pop music duo, consisting of Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle . Formed in 1986, the duo became an international act from the late 1980s, when they released their breakthrough album Look Sharp!...
's "Room Service Tour" in 2001.
Collaborations
In 1990 Per Gessle wrote a single, "The Sweet Hello The Sad Goodbye", for Thomas AndersThomas Anders
Thomas Anders is a German singer, composer and record producer. Anders was the lead singer of Germany's popular pop-duo Modern Talking in 1984–1987 and in 1998–2003.-Early years:...
(of Modern Talking
Modern Talking
Modern Talking was a German dance pop duo consisting of Thomas Anders and Dieter Bohlen. Their music has often been classified as Europop. They have been referred to as Germany's most successful pop duo, and have had a number of hit singles, reaching the top 5 in many countries...
fame). He has also participated with the Swedish singer Nisse Hellberg in the project The Lonely Boys
The Lonely Boys
The Lonely Boys is a fiction book by Swedish author Mats Olsson about a young rhythm'n'pop band from the south of Sweden in 1965....
.
In 1996 he worked with Belinda Carlisle
Belinda Carlisle
Belinda Jo Carlisle is an American singer who gained worldwide fame as the lead vocalist of the Go-Go's, one of the most successful all-female bands and the first such group whose members wrote their own songs and played their own instruments...
and wrote two songs for her album, A Woman and a Man
A Woman and a Man
A Woman and a Man is the sixth studio album by American singer Belinda Carlisle, released in the United Kingdom on September 23, 1996 by Chrysalis Records. It was the first album Carlisle had released since departing Virgin Records...
; "Always Breaking My Heart
Always Breaking My Heart
"Always Breaking My Heart" is the second single from Belinda Carlisle's A Woman and a Man album, released in 1996 . It made the UK Top 10, peaking at #8....
" and "Love Doesn't Live Here". The former was released as a single, becoming a UK top 10 hit. Gessle also recorded a demo song for Carlisle, called "Liberty", which also was intended for the same album, but Carlisle turned down, asking for something more guitar-oriented. So Gessle came up with "Always Breaking My Heart".
Nordic Rox
Per Gessle also serves as the guiding creative force for Nordic Rox, Sirius XM Radio’s exclusive Scandinavian music show. On 25 January and 1 February 2009, Per, along with music journalist Sven Lindstrom, hosted a two part special celebrating the 100th episode of Nordic Rox, showcasing the 50 best Swedish songs of all time.Other business
Per Gessle is one of three people (also including Björn UlvaeusBjörn Ulvaeus
Björn Kristian Ulvaeus is a Swedish songwriter, composer, musician, writer, producer, a former member of the Swedish musical group ABBA , and co-composer of the musicals Chess, Kristina från Duvemåla, and Mamma Mia!...
) who own NoteHeads, a Swedish company which publishes the music notation program
Scorewriter
A scorewriter, or music notation program, is software used for creating sheet music.A scorewriter is to music notation what a word processor is to text.-Comparison with multitrack sequencer software:...
Igor Engraver
Igor Engraver
Igor Engraver is a music notation program, published by the Swedish company NoteHeads, and was produced for the Macintosh and Windows operating systems...
.
Personal life
He married his long-time girlfriend Åsa Nordin in 1993 at Borgholm CastleBorgholm Castle
Borgholm Castle in Borgholm, Sweden, is today only a ruin of the fortress that was first built in the second half of the 12th century and many times rebuilt in later centuries. It is linked to Halltorps estate, somewhat to the south...
, Öland Island, Sweden. The wedding took place in the same Swedish castle which was the setting for the music videos of Roxette's highly successful "Listen to Your Heart" and "Dangerous
Dangerous (Roxette song)
"Dangerous", written by Per Gessle, is the fourth single released from Roxette's album Look Sharp!. Gessle penned it just before Roxette's first tour in 1987. Released at the end of 1989, it was the group's third top 10 showing on the Billboard Hot 100, spending two weeks at #2 in February 1990. ...
" hits. Together they have one son, Gabriel Titus.
Discography
Albums- Per GesslePer Gessle (album)Per Gessle was released on 8 April, 1983 and is the first solo album of Swedish pop artist Per Gessle. The album peaked at #5 on the Swedish albums chart. Before releasing this album, Gessle got famous as singer of the Swedish band Gyllene Tider...
(1983) - ScenerScenerScener was released on 25 October 1985 and is a studio album from Swedish pop artist Per Gessle. The album peaked at #39 on the Swedish albums chart.-Track listing:LP/MCSide-ASide-B...
(1985) - The World According to GessleThe World According to Gessle2008 remastered re-release-Charts:-Credits:* Per Gessle - Words & Music, Vocals, Electric & Acoustic guitars, Harmonica, Tambourine, Vox Jaguar.* Marie Fredriksson - Additional vocals on "I'll Be Alright"...
(1997) - MazarinMazarin (album)Mazarin is studio album by Swedish pop musician Per Gessle, released on June 16, 2003.Per Gessle thought of this album as his little side project but it turned out to be a huge success, gaining five × platinum status in his home country...
(2003) - Son of a PlumberSon of a PlumberSon of a Plumber is an album released by Swedish pop-rock singer and composer Per Gessle. It is the first album by Gessle to use a pseudonym artist name; Son of a Plumber. The album, which was officially released on 23 November 2005, is a double CD album packed with deeply personal and highly...
(2005) - En händig manEn händig manEn händig man is a Swedish language album released by Swedish pop-rock singer and composer Per Gessle. The title track "En händig man" was the first single, followed by the Promo / Digital-only single, "Jag skulle vilja tänka en underbar tanke", while the last single was "Pratar med min...
(2007) - Party CrasherParty CrasherParty Crasher is the third English solo album by Swedish pop-rock singer and composer Per Gessle. This is his second worldwide-released English solo album under his own name after The World According to Gessle in 1997. Originally scheduled for December 3 in Sweden, but it was released on November...
(2008)
Live albums
- Gessle Over Europe (October 2009)
Compilations
- På väg, 1982-86 (1992)
- Demos, 1982-86 (1992)
- Hjärtats traktHjärtats traktHjärtats trakt was released on 20 April 1993 and is a compilation album from Swedish pop artist Per Gessle. The album includes songs taken from Gessle's solo albums Per Gessle and Scener. It was also released under license by the British record company Pickwick and it is the only Gessle album...
(1993) - Hjärtats trakt - en samlingHjärtats trakt - en samlingHjärtats trakt – en samling was released on September 10, 1997 and is a compilation album from Swedish pop artist Per Gessle. One half of the duo Roxette...
(1997) - Kung av sand - en liten samling 1983–2007 (2007)
- Original album serien (August 2011) (5-CD Box Set)
Videography
- En mazarin, älskling? (2003)
- Gessle Over Europe (Bonus DVD)
- En händig man på turné (2007)
Singles
- "Om du har lust" (1983)
- "Blå december" (1985)
- "Galning" (1985)
- "Inte tillsammans, inte isär" (1986)
- "Do You Wanna Be My Baby?Do You Wanna Be My Baby?"Do You Wanna Be My Baby?" is the first single from Per Gessle's album, The World According to Gessle. It peaked at the top of the Swedish charts for one week, in April 1997....
" (1997) - "KixKix (song)"Kix" is the second single from the Per Gessle album, The World According to Gessle.-Music video:The video was directed by Jonas Åkerlund and featured several short scenarios, which were repeated over and over throughout the song....
" (1997) - "I Want You to KnowI Want You To Know"I Want You to Know" is the third single from the Per Gessle album, The World According to Gessle.-Track listings and formats:*CD single# "I Want You to Know"# "Blue Umbrella" *Maxi CD# "I Want You to Know"# "Blue Umbrella"...
" (1997) - "I Wanna Be Your BoyfriendI Wanna Be Your Boyfriend"I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" is a song by the American punk rock band the Ramones. It was released in the US in 1976. It is the fourth track on their debut album, Ramones....
" (2002) - "Här kommer alla känslorna (På en och samma gång)Här kommer alla känslorna"Här kommer alla känslorna ", is a song written and performed by Per Gessle, and is the first single from his album Mazarin...
" (2003) - "På promenad genom stanPå promenad genom stan"På promenad genom stan" is a song written and performed by Per Gessle and is the second single from his album Mazarin. It describes a walk through his native city of Halmstad, describing various points of interest in the town. The song is a duet with Per's fellow Roxette-singer Marie Fredriksson,...
" (2003) - "Tycker om när du tar på mejTycker om när du tar på mej"Tycker om när du tar på mej", is a song written and performed by Per Gessle, and is the third single from his album Mazarin. The song peaked at #9 in Sweden-Track listing:#"Tycker om när du tar på mej" – 3:25...
" (2003) - "C'mon"/"Jo-Anna Says"C'mon/Jo-Anna Says"C'mon"/"Jo-Anna Says" is a double A-side single written and released by Swedish musician Per Gessle, from his Son of a Plumber project. This was the first double A-side released by Gessle...
(2005) - "Hey Mr. DJHey Mr. DJ (Won't You Play Another Love Song)"Hey Mr. DJ " is a duet performed by Sweden's Per Gessle and Helena Josefsson. The song written by Gessle was the second single to be released from his Son of a Plumber project....
" (2006) - "I Like it Like ThatI Like it Like That (song)"I Like It Like That" is a song written and performed by Swedish musician Per Gessle. It was the third and final single from his Son of a Plumber project....
" (2006) - "En händig manEn händig man (song)"En händig man" is a pop song written by Swedish singer and composer Per Gessle, which was released as the lead single from the album En händig man...
" (2007) - "Jag skulle vilja tänka en underbar tankeJag skulle vilja tänka en underbar tanke"Jag skulle vilja tänka en underbar tanke" is a pop song written by Swedish singer and composer Per Gessle. It is the second single released from the album En händig man, in digital format only. A promotional single was also released...
" (2007) (radio promo only) - "Pratar med min müsli (hur det än verkar)Pratar med min müsli"Pratar med min müsli " is a pop song written by Swedish singer and composer Per Gessle. It is the third single released from the album En händig man. It was originally intended as a promo-only single to be out on the beginning of October 2007...
" (2007) - "Silly ReallySilly Really"Silly Really" is a pop song by Swedish singer and composer Per Gessle from his album Party Crasher. It was released as the lead single from the album on October 29, 2008. The song premiered at the Swedish radio-show MorronZoo, in the morning of October 24.The new remix of "Silly Really" will be...
" (2008) - "Sing AlongSing Along"Sing Along" is a pop song by Swedish singer and composer Per Gessle from his album Party Crasher. It was released as the second single from the album on February 4, 2009, featuring two different sleeves, one red and one green....
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Charts
Albums| Year | Album | Peak Positions | Certifications Music recording sales certification Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,... (sales thresholds) (SWE) |
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| SWE 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 .... |
BEL Ultratop Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium, and it is also the name of most of those charts... |
NOR VG-lista VG-listen is a Norwegian record chart. It is weekly presented in the newspaper VG and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation program Topp 20. It is considered the primary Norwegian record chart, charting albums and singles from countries and continent around the world. The data is collected by... |
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| 1983 | Per Gessle Per Gessle (album) Per Gessle was released on 8 April, 1983 and is the first solo album of Swedish pop artist Per Gessle. The album peaked at #5 on the Swedish albums chart. Before releasing this album, Gessle got famous as singer of the Swedish band Gyllene Tider... |
5 | — | — | |
| 1985 | Scener Scener Scener was released on 25 October 1985 and is a studio album from Swedish pop artist Per Gessle. The album peaked at #39 on the Swedish albums chart.-Track listing:LP/MCSide-ASide-B... |
39 | — | — | |
| 1997 | The World According to Gessle The World According to Gessle 2008 remastered re-release-Charts:-Credits:* Per Gessle - Words & Music, Vocals, Electric & Acoustic guitars, Harmonica, Tambourine, Vox Jaguar.* Marie Fredriksson - Additional vocals on "I'll Be Alright"... |
1 | 45 | 35 | Gold |
| 2003 | Mazarin Mazarin (album) Mazarin is studio album by Swedish pop musician Per Gessle, released on June 16, 2003.Per Gessle thought of this album as his little side project but it turned out to be a huge success, gaining five × platinum status in his home country... |
1 | — | 6 | 5 × Platinum |
| 2005 | Son of a Plumber Son of a Plumber Son of a Plumber is an album released by Swedish pop-rock singer and composer Per Gessle. It is the first album by Gessle to use a pseudonym artist name; Son of a Plumber. The album, which was officially released on 23 November 2005, is a double CD album packed with deeply personal and highly... |
1 | — | — | Platinum |
| 2007 | En händig man En händig man En händig man is a Swedish language album released by Swedish pop-rock singer and composer Per Gessle. The title track "En händig man" was the first single, followed by the Promo / Digital-only single, "Jag skulle vilja tänka en underbar tanke", while the last single was "Pratar med min... |
1 | — | 36 | 3 × Platinum |
| Kung av sand - en liten samling 1983–2007 | — | — | — | Platinum | |
| 2008 | Party Crasher Party Crasher Party Crasher is the third English solo album by Swedish pop-rock singer and composer Per Gessle. This is his second worldwide-released English solo album under his own name after The World According to Gessle in 1997. Originally scheduled for December 3 in Sweden, but it was released on November... |
2 | — | — | Platinum |
| 2009 | Gessle Over Europe | 24 | — | — | |
| 2011 | Original album serien | 50 | — | — | |
Singles
| Year | Single | SWE 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 .... |
Certifications Music recording sales certification Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,... (sales thresholds) (SWE) |
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| 1997 | "Do You Wanna Be My Baby? Do You Wanna Be My Baby? "Do You Wanna Be My Baby?" is the first single from Per Gessle's album, The World According to Gessle. It peaked at the top of the Swedish charts for one week, in April 1997.... " |
1 | Gold |
| "Kix Kix (song) "Kix" is the second single from the Per Gessle album, The World According to Gessle.-Music video:The video was directed by Jonas Åkerlund and featured several short scenarios, which were repeated over and over throughout the song.... " |
28 | ||
| "I Want You to Know I Want You To Know "I Want You to Know" is the third single from the Per Gessle album, The World According to Gessle.-Track listings and formats:*CD single# "I Want You to Know"# "Blue Umbrella" *Maxi CD# "I Want You to Know"# "Blue Umbrella"... " |
48 | ||
| 2002 | "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" is a song by the American punk rock band the Ramones. It was released in the US in 1976. It is the fourth track on their debut album, Ramones.... " |
44 | |
| 2003 | "Här kommer alla känslorna (På en och samma gång) Här kommer alla känslorna "Här kommer alla känslorna ", is a song written and performed by Per Gessle, and is the first single from his album Mazarin... " |
1 | Platinum |
| "På promenad genom stan På promenad genom stan "På promenad genom stan" is a song written and performed by Per Gessle and is the second single from his album Mazarin. It describes a walk through his native city of Halmstad, describing various points of interest in the town. The song is a duet with Per's fellow Roxette-singer Marie Fredriksson,... " |
20 | ||
| "Tycker om när du tar på mej Tycker om när du tar på mej "Tycker om när du tar på mej", is a song written and performed by Per Gessle, and is the third single from his album Mazarin. The song peaked at #9 in Sweden-Track listing:#"Tycker om när du tar på mej" – 3:25... " |
9 | ||
| 2005 | "C'mon"/"Jo-Anna Says" C'mon/Jo-Anna Says "C'mon"/"Jo-Anna Says" is a double A-side single written and released by Swedish musician Per Gessle, from his Son of a Plumber project. This was the first double A-side released by Gessle... |
5 | |
| 2006 | "Hey Mr. DJ Hey Mr. DJ (Won't You Play Another Love Song) "Hey Mr. DJ " is a duet performed by Sweden's Per Gessle and Helena Josefsson. The song written by Gessle was the second single to be released from his Son of a Plumber project.... " |
23 | |
| "I Like it Like That I Like it Like That (song) "I Like It Like That" is a song written and performed by Swedish musician Per Gessle. It was the third and final single from his Son of a Plumber project.... " |
47 | ||
| 2007 | "En händig man En händig man (song) "En händig man" is a pop song written by Swedish singer and composer Per Gessle, which was released as the lead single from the album En händig man... " |
1 | |
| "Jag skulle vilja tänka en underbar tanke Jag skulle vilja tänka en underbar tanke "Jag skulle vilja tänka en underbar tanke" is a pop song written by Swedish singer and composer Per Gessle. It is the second single released from the album En händig man, in digital format only. A promotional single was also released... " |
29 | ||
| "Pratar med min müsli (hur det än verkar) Pratar med min müsli "Pratar med min müsli " is a pop song written by Swedish singer and composer Per Gessle. It is the third single released from the album En händig man. It was originally intended as a promo-only single to be out on the beginning of October 2007... " |
47 | ||
| 2008 | "Silly Really Silly Really "Silly Really" is a pop song by Swedish singer and composer Per Gessle from his album Party Crasher. It was released as the lead single from the album on October 29, 2008. The song premiered at the Swedish radio-show MorronZoo, in the morning of October 24.The new remix of "Silly Really" will be... " |
1 | |
| 2009 | "Sing Along Sing Along "Sing Along" is a pop song by Swedish singer and composer Per Gessle from his album Party Crasher. It was released as the second single from the album on February 4, 2009, featuring two different sleeves, one red and one green.... " |
41 | |
Other Charted Songs
| Year | Single | SWE 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 .... |
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| 2008 | "I Didn't Mean to Turn You On" | 47 |