Mads Lillelund Langer[1] (né Langer Clausen; born 14 January 1984) is a Danish singer-songwriter, who became internationally known for his cover of "You're Not Alone" by the British band Olive.[2] He is a multi platinum artist in his home country Denmark.
Mads Langer | |
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 Mads Langer performs acoustically in Amsterdam, 22 December 2010 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 14 January 1984 Aabenraa, Denmark |
| Origin | Skive, Denmark |
| Genres | Pop, rock |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter Multi-instrumentalist |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar, piano, keyboard, Mellotron |
| Years active | 2005–current |
| Labels | Copenhagen Records Sony Music |
| Website | www.madslanger.com |
The follow-up to Reckless Twin was a 2016 album featuring his hit single “3AM” which he co-produced with Jamie Hartman.[3] Langer’s forthcoming full-length reclaims a certain unfettered spirit from his first attempts at songwriting. “I feel like I can learn a lot from my earliest material, because it was so pure,” says Langer, who began playing piano at age 3 and writing songs at 8. “With the new album, I made a point of getting back to what I first loved about music: those moments where a song comes together and you don’t really know how it happened, and it just gives you the chills.”
Discography
editStudio albums
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||
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| DEN [4] | |||||||
| Attention Please |
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— | |||||
| Mads Langer |
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12 | |||||
| Behold |
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2 | |||||
| Behold Deluxe |
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2 | DEN: Gold[4] | ||||
| In These Waters |
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1 | DEN: Platinum[4] | ||||
| Reckless Twin |
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1 [6] |
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| Where Oceans Meet |
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24 [7] |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||||||
Live albums and EPs
edit- Fact-Fiction. Pop – or ??? (EP, 2008), Copenhagen Records
- Amstrdm EP (EP, 2011), Sony Music
- Side Effects (EP, 2014), Sony Music
- All the Time, Sometimes (EP, 2017)
Singles
edit| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN [4] |
Other charts | ||||
| 2009 | "Fact-Fiction" | 17 | Gold | Mads Langer | |
| "You're Not Alone" | 17 | AUT #41 BEL (Vl) #29 (Ultratip) BEL (Wa) #20 (Ultratip) IT #6 NED #52 SWI #32 |
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| 2012 | "Microscope" | 37 | BEL (Vl) #29 (Ultratip) | Behold | |
| 2013 | "Elephant" | 4 | Gold | In These Waters | |
| "Heartquake" | 17 | ||||
| "I en stjerneregn af sne" | 1 | TBA | |||
| "No Gravity" | 35 | TBA | |||
| 2014 | "Bringing Back Tomorrow" (with Tim Christensen) |
3 | Side Effects | ||
| "Fact-Fiction / Silverflame" (with Tim Christensen) |
25 | ||||
| 2015 | "3 AM" | 5[8] | |||
| 2017 | "Flawless" | 16 [9] |
All the Time, Sometimes | ||
| 2018 | "Tag mig med" | 11 [10] |
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Other singles (charting)
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN [4] | ||||
| 2012 | "Overgir mig langsomt" | 1 | Platinum | Toppen af Poppen Vol. 3 |
| "Ikk hate" | 15 | |||
| "København (Fra en DC 9)" | 2 | |||
| "Deep Sleep" | 22 | |||
| "Alle har en drøm" | 7 |
Other singles (non-charting)
- 2005: "Breaking News"
- 2006: "Poem with No Rhyme"
- 2009: "Wake Me Up in Time"
- 2009: "Too Close" (with Mike Sheridan)
- 2009: "Last Flower"
- 2011: "Riding Elevators"
- 2012: "Something New"
Notes and references
edit- ^ "Proff Company Registry: Mads Lillelund Langer".
- ^ HotPopNews (2011, January 18). Mads Langer covers "You`re not alone" from Olive Archived 2011-07-12 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ "Songwriter Jamie Hartman re-signs publishing deal with Reservoir - and pays it a big compliment". 11 October 2017.
- ^ a b c d e danishcharts.dk – Discography Mads Langer. Retrieved 2011-05-20.
- ^ "Certificeringer - ifpi.dk" (in Danish). IFPI Danmark. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
- ^ "Home". hitlisten.nu.
- ^ "Album Top-40 Uge 40, 2021". Hitlisten. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
- ^ "Hitlisten.NU".
- ^ "Track Top-40 Uge 4, 2018". Hitlisten. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
- ^ "Track Top-40 Uge 51, 2018". Hitlisten. Retrieved 26 December 2018.