Tony Nilsson

Tony Nilsson is a Swedish singer-songwriter (born in Boden, Norrbotten County, Sweden in 1977). He is signed to Peermusic. A prolific composer of songs, he has contributed to a string of hits by well-known Swedish artists. Many of his songs have featured in Melodifestivalen and in the Swedish Singles Chart. Nilsson lives with artist and fellow songwriter Mirja Breitholtz.

Nilsson had a hit with "Natalie", a song he had written. It was featured in 2006 in the compilation album Absolute Summerhits 2006. In 2007, a cover version by Ola Svensson became a huge summer hit in Sweden.

In 2010 he wrote the song "If You Love Me", which was recorded and released by British X Factor winner Joe McElderry. The same year Nilsson started collaborating with Swedish singer Darin. Together they wrote "Can't Stop Love" for the Swedish royal wedding and most of the other songs on Darin's album Lovekiller. The album went straight to No. 1 in the charts and was certified gold after only one week.

Discography

Songs in Melodifestivalen 2008: "Love in Stereo" by Ola Svensson (co-written with Mirja Breitholtz), Round 2 of Andra Chansen 2009: "Disconnect Me" by Marie Serneholt (co-written with Peter Boström), 6th place (Semi-final) "The Queen" by Velvet (Jenny Pettersson) (co-written with Henrik Jansson), 6th place (Semi-final) 2010: "Doctor Doctor" by Elin Lanto (co-written with Mirja Breitholtz), 7th place (Semi-final) "The Saviour" by Anders Ekborg (co-written with Henrik Jansson), 6th place (Semi-final) "Headlines" by Alcazar (co-written with Peter Boström), Round 1 of Andra Chansen "You're Out of My Life" by Darin Zanyar (co-written with Henrik Jansson), 4th place 2011: "Like Suicide" by Christian Walz (co-written with Fernando Fuentes and Henrik Jansson), 5th place (Semi-final) 2012: "Goosebumps" by Hanna Lindblad (co-written with Hanna Lindblad and Linda Sundblad), 7th place (Semi-final) "Shout It Out" by David Lindgren (co-written with Fernando Fuentes), 4th place

Other songs 2007: "Natalie" by Ola Svensson 2007: "S.O.S." by Ola Svensson 2010: "If You Love Me" by Joe McElderry (b-side to Ambitions single) 2010: "Lovekiller" by Darin 2010: "Microphone" by Darin 2010: "Can't Stop Love" by Darin 2011: "Hit the Lights" by Selena Gomez & The Scene 2011: "DNA" by Aynur Aydın 2012: "Loaded" by Agnes 2012: "Human Touch" by Agnes 2012: "Watching It Burn" by Agnes 2012: "Like God" by Agnes 2012: "Better than You" (feat. Rita Ora) by Conor Maynard 2012: "Headphones" by Conor Maynard 2012: "Nobody Knows" by Darin 2012: "Perfect Crime" by David Lindgren 2012: "Encore" by David Lindgren 2013: "Intro" by David Lindgren 2013: "Move That Thing" by David Lindgren 2013: "Back 2 Life" by David Lindgren 2013: "Ignite" by David Lindgren 2013: "Armagedon" by David Lindgren 2013: "Requiem" by Ulrik Munther