John Ballard

John Ballard (born 14 April 1951) is a Scottish singer-songwriter and record producer, based in Gothenburg, Sweden, where he has a recording studio (Tuff Studios). At Tuff Studios he has produced amongst others, Ace of Base (their first three albums), as well as co-writing some of their songs.

Discography

Ballard has also written songs for the Eurovision Song Contest and also performed twice in the Swedish qualification rounds of ESC in the 1980s:

Other projects Ballard founded the successful Swedish band Bubbles, and wrote and recorded most of their songs.

He wrote and recorded "Somewhere" (performed by Bubbles), the title track for the European release of Ice Age.

He wrote most of the tracks for the Swedish boy band Together, including the track "Vänner" (Friends) which went to number one in Sweden.