Swedish House Mafia is/was a
Swedish electronic music trio consisting of three
house disc jockeys and
producers,
Axwell,
Steve Angello, and
Sebastian Ingrosso. The group officially formed in late 2008. The, so called,
supergroup placed at #10 on the
DJ Magazine Top 100 DJ Poll 2011.
[1] On June 24th, 2012, the group announced via their website that their current tour would be their last together.
[2]
Releases
The first production that was released by Axwell, Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso was "Get Dumb". It was produced with
Laidback Luke and released in 2007.
[3] In 2009, they released Leave The World Behind with
Laidback Luke and
Deborah Cox.
[4] In 2010, Swedish House Mafia signed a record deal with
UMG's
Polydor Records (formerly
Polygram)
[5][6] after a fallout from previous record label
EMI, due to differing ideas. They released their first official single, "
One (Your Name)", under the name
Swedish House Mafia on
Beatport on 26 May 2010, where it achieved international success, charting at number 7 in the
UK Singles Chart. The next single, "
Miami 2 Ibiza", featuring
Tinie Tempah, charted at number 4 in the UK Chart in September 2010. Both singles were taken from the
Until One
album; a collection of productions and remixes from both Swedish House
Mafia and as the group as individuals. It has achieved a BPI Gold Sales
award in the
United Kingdom.
In early 2011, Swedish House Mafia released a new single, "Save the
World," featuring John Martin on vocals, which charted at number 10 in
the UK Chart, released in May 2011.
[7] On March 12, 2012, Swedish House Mafia released their newest single, titled "Greyhound."
Final tour
On June 23, 2012, it was announced via the group's website that their
final leg of their 2012 tour will be their last: "Today we want to share
with you, that the tour we are about to go on will be our last. We want
to thank every single one of you that came with us on this journey. We
came, we raved, we loved."[8]
They stated three show dates, with the last leg of their tour set to be
announced in August. It is unknown whether the group members will
collaborate with each other again.
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