Biography

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Måns Petter Albert Zelmerlöw (born June 13, 1986 in Lund, Sweden) is a Swedish pop singer. He is probably best known for his 2007 song "Cara Mia," which was his entry in that year's Melodifestivalen.
dol, Melodifestivalen 2007 and debut album

In 2005 Måns took part in the Swedish version of Idol coming an overall 5th when he was eliminated on November 11 after 8 weeks on the show. Måns was placed in bottom 3 twice and the bottom 2 once due to which he was eliminated.
Week # Theme Song choice Original artist
Audition N/A "Hero" Enrique Iglesias
Final Qualifier N/A "Flying Without Wings" Westlife
Week 1 My Own Idol "Millennium" Robbie Williams
Week 2 80's "The Look" Roxette
Week 3 Swedish Hits "Astrologen" Magnus Uggla
Week 4 Pop Hits "Escape" Enrique Iglesias
Week 5 Disco "Relight My Fire" Dan Hartman
Week 6 Cocktail "It's Not Unusual" Tom Jones
Week 7 (1) Rock "Beautiful Day" U2
Week 7 (2) Rock "The Reason" Hoobastank

In 2006 he took part in Let's Dance, where with dance partner Maria Karlsson, he triumphed and took 1st place. As well as appearing as Danny Zuko in the Swedish version of musical Grease, Måns signed a record deal with M&L Records, a division of Warner Music Sweden to release an album. In November 2006 in was announced that Måns would compete in Melodifestivalen 2007, Sweden's competition to determine their Eurovision entry for the corresponding year. Måns competed with the song "Cara Mia" in the 3rd semi-final on February 17, 2007 in Örnsköldsvik where he progressed to the final in Stockholm. In the March 10 final at Globen, "Cara Mia" finished in third place behind winners The Ark and runner-up Andreas Johnson. "Cara Mia" was released as a single and Måns' debut album Stand by For... followed shortly after. The album performed very well, reaching number 1 in Sweden and being certified platinum by IFPI. The album produced four singles, all reaching the top 50 in Sweden. Stand By For... has been released in Poland in the September 2007. In 2007 Måns also starred in the musical version of Footloose.
Melodifestivalen 2009 & MZW

In 2008 Måns went back to the studio to write for his second solo album MZW. On November 18, 2008 it was announced that Måns would once again compete in Melodifestivalen, this time with the song "Hope & Glory". The 2009 edition of Melodifestivalen featured many former Melodifestivalen entrants including Sarah Dawn Finer, Sofia, BWO, and Amy Diamond. Måns took part in semi-final 2 on February 14, 2009 where he once again progressed to the final at Globen. At the final on March 14, "Hope & Glory" won 4th place despite receiving the most votes from the Jury. In late March, 2009 Måns released his second album MZW which has so far been certified gold by the IFPI and has reached number 1 on the Swedish album charts, the album has also been released in Poland. In 2009 Måns played a summer tour of Sweden performing songs from both albums.
Melodifestivalen 2010

On 10 November 2009 it was revealed that Måns would host Melodifestivalen 2010, alongside Dolph Lundgren and Christine Meltzer. He hosted the first Semi-Final and the Final with Lundgren and Meltzer, and the remaining Semi-Finals with only Meltzer. In the opening of the Second Chance round he performed the Duran Duran song "A View to a Kill," and in the Final he sang the Survivor song "Eye of the Tiger" with his fellow presenters.
Personal life

Måns has been dating Swedish singer and former A*Teens member Marie Serneholt since 2008. He has one younger sister. He enjoys football, tennis and golf.

Albums
Year Information Sweden[2] Sales and Certifications
2007 Stand By For...

* First studio album
* Released: March 24, 2007
* Label: Warner Bros. Records
* Format: CD

1
Swedish sales: 48,000

IFPI: Platinum
2009 MZW

* Second studio album
* Released: March 25, 2009
* Label: Warner Bros. Records
* Format: CD

1
Swedish sales: 34,000

IFPI: Gold[3]
2010 Christmas with Friends

* First Christmas album
* Released: November 25, 2010[4]
* Label: Warner Bros. Records
* Format: CD

N/A
Swedish sales: N/A

IFPI: N/A

Singles
Year Title Chart positions Album
SWE FIN
2007 "Cara Mia" 1 4 Stand By For...
"Work of Art (Da Vinci)" 16 —
"Brother Oh Brother" 7 12
2008 "Miss America" 47 —
2009 "Hope & Glory" 2 — MZW
"Hold On" 22 —
"Rewind" (Polish release only) — —
Featured Singles
2007 "All I Want for Christmas Is You" (with Agnes Carlsson) 3 — Single only
2010 "Precious to Me" (with Maria Haukaas Storeng) — — Single Only
Other charted songs
2007 "Maniac" — — Stand By For...
2009 "Impossible" 48 — MZW

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