On May 3, Sweden’s music business will come collectively for the fortieth version of its Grammis awards present to honor its finest and brightest musical skills. As one of many gala’s sponsors, we’re honored to be presenting the award for Best New Artist, a class that includes Cornelia Jakobs, BELL, Olivia Lobato, Hooja, and Stella Explorer as its nominees.
To rejoice, we invited these rising skills to the Spotify studio in Stockholm and gave them every the possibility to document a canopy for our Spotify Singles program. Cornelia, BELL, and Olivia every picked a tune from an artist who was beforehand nominated in the identical class. And to make issues fascinating, they picked a tune that had private that means to them.
Now we’re excited to share the three new tracks from these thrilling artists:
“It Takes a Fool to Remain Sane” by Cornelia Jakobs
(Originally recorded by 2001 nominee The Ark)
“Genom Eld” by BELL
(Originally recorded by 2011 winner Oskar Linnros)
“Måndagsbarn” by Olivia Lobato
(Originally recorded by 2007 winner Veronica Maggio)
“The studio is the beating heart of our HQ and a place where both established and aspiring artists can build their careers, realize their visions, and create new chapters in their catalogs,” says Sophia Olofsson, Music Program Lead at Spotify. “We don’t own any rights to the music we record here; rather, the studio is a way for us to contribute to the future and progression of the music industry. It’s an amazing luxury to be so close to the creative process, tell stories together with the artists, and open doors for new collaborations.”
We’re dedicated to supporting artists in any respect levels of their careers, and our partnership with the Grammis is only one of some ways we’re spotlighting the subsequent technology of expertise within the music business.
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