INFORMATION

Life story 

Bo Martin Erik "E-Type" Eriksson is an Swedish electronic pop/rock artist. He was born on the 27th of August, 1965 (51 years old) in Uppsala. He is the son of Bo "Bosse" G. Eriksson who is known for the science TV-show Vetenskapens Värld  (World of Science.) His mother's name is Elisabeth and he has one sister, Erika. In his teen years, he moved to the western part of Stockholm, Bromma and now he lives in the middle of the city. 

  

Career 

How it all began

Martin has been active in 1990s-2000s. He has played drums in a Scandinavian metal group called 'Hexenhaus'  for a long time. After that he met up with a Swedish film and music video director and musician Stakka Bo in 1991 with three singles as the result of the co-operation. One of them is called "We've got the atmosphere" which climbed directly to the top of the Swedish charts. During the following year, E-Type went on to become a well known figure in the Swedish entertainment world as a popular host for Z-TV, film soundtrack composer and a song writer for several Swedish artists. In 1993 his first solo single "I'm falling" was released without reaching any great success.

  

Breakthrough

In 1994 the solo career took off when E-Type started the co-operation to work an album called "Made in Sweden" with the Cheiron-producers Denniz PoP, Max Martin and Amadin. The first result of the co-operation came in the same summer, when the single "Set the world on fire" was released. It climbed the charts like a speeding bullet and achieved gold sales status. It reached No. 1 on the Swedish Dance Chart and No. 2 on the Swedish sale-chart. 
 In the same year, the follow-up single "This is the way" reached No. 1 on the sale-chart and was the most sold single in Sweden for several weeks. In November, the album itself was released and it made it up to No. 2 on the album-chart. All in all, over 100 000 copies were sold in Sweden and the album was listened for 26 weeks.

  E-Type succeed so tremendously during 1994 and for that reason was heavily rewarded. In March, 1995 at the Swedish Dance Awards, he won three of the most prestigious prizes: Best song, Best artist and Newcomer.

  New Prosperity

Thanks for the triumph in the charts, apparently the whole world was screaming after E-Type. In 1995, Martin went on tour with his band and they travelled a lot around the globe. During the latter part of the year, E-Type was touring in Asia. In the spring of 1996, the US clubbers were acquainted with E-Type and both "This is the way" and "Set the world on fire" went Top 20 on the Billboard Club Chart. 

 There have been so many albums and hits one to another which entered the dance- and sale-chart at a high position. And awards too. E-Type has succeed mightily worldwide and enormously in all the nordic countries. E-Type's best-selling album Last man standing sold 3 million copies worldwide and went to #1 in Finland and Sweden going double-platinum and platinum. It includes hits "Angels Crying" and "Here I Go Again". 

2000s 

E-Type recorded the official song "Campione 2000" for Euro 2000. It was played every time the English football team Bolton Wanderers took to the field.
   
 Martin has took part in Melodifestivalen (the Swedish song contest that winner gets to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest) twice. First, in 2004 with the song "Paradise". He didn't won but the song reached #11 in Finland. Second time was in the spring of 2008 when he performed the song "Line of Fire" together with the rock band The Poodles. They didn't win either but came to the second place. 

 He has also published a book in 2000 called "Sveakampen", as a memoir sort in which his friends and family were depicted as Vikings.


 Martin has also acted in Swedish comedy series "Solsidan" and been in many Swedish television  shows, including "Så mycket bättre". 

SOURCES
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