Swedish singer Magnus Bäcklund had two major dreams in life.
To become an airline pilot and to be a singer.
In 1990 he decided to make reality of at least one of those two dreams, and he packed his bags and moved to USA to get his training to become a commercial pilot.
With the ink still wet on his certificate, he returned to Sweden and started his search for a job with an airline. This was a lousy timing. Times were bad for the airlines and non of them hired pilots.
Magnus found an ad on an American website where the band "Random Thoughts" were looking for a lead singer. He sent a tape over, with just no expectations at all. But a week later he got a phonecall from Philadelphia, the band wanted him.
So he packed his bags again and went back to USA and a week later he was in a studio, recording his first album.
Instead of flying aircrafts, he was now a singer, touring the US with a rock band.
Some months later, his wife Sofie realized she was pregnant. When the time came for the big happening, they decided to return to Sweden.
Back in his home country, he heard about a new TV-show, Fame Factory. The format of the show was a little bit like American Idol, but in the form of an artist school where the students actually had classes all day long, learning all aspects of being an artist.
The show was a reality show, broadcasted six days a week, and every saturday there was a final where the students with less points had to leave the school.
He made it to the final and once there, he won the whole thing.
He now teamed up with another of the students, Jessica Andersson, and together they formed the duo Fame.
Three months after winning the Fame Factory, he and Jessica participated in the Swedish Song Contest (Qualification for the Eurovision Song Contest) and after a thrilling final, they stood as winners of the show and were sent to represent Sweden at the big final in Riga.
Now the career took a crazy turn. They were suddenly superstars and found themselves constantly touring.
After a couple of years touring with FAME, both Magnus and Jessica wanted to try a career of there own, so they decided to put FAME on hold for a while and go solo.
This became obvious to the public when they once again participated in the Swedish Song Contest in 2006, but this time as competitors, with their own songs. Magnus made it to the big final and ended up on a fantastic fifth place with his song "The name of love".
His first solo album "Never say never" was released in October 2006 and received geat reviews.
Today Magnus has two careers as he landed a job as a first officer for the regional airline NEXTJET in Sweden by the end of march in 2008.
Magnus has a motto "nothing is impossible if you just beleive" !!
snart har det gamla året flytt och vi väntar förväntansfullt på ett nytt,där jag hoppas din passion får bli din vision när ledstjärnan lyser över dej 2010...god jul magnus kram maria
Hei Magnus. Jeg er innom en liten tur for å ønske deg en fin Lørdag og avslappende Søndag. Håper du har det bra og nyter livet. Hilsninger fra Norge og Lill ;)
Hei kjære Magnus. Har du det bra og er du frisk i disse dager ? Jeg håper det og at du og dine nyter helgen . Her er alt vel . Har fri og masse og gjøre. Ville bare ønske deg en riktig god helg og si at du er ikke glemt. Tenker på deg og håper du har det fint. Kram från Lill
hej,de var ett tag sen sist, hoppas allt är bra med dej. jag håller på jobba med en låt och äntligen börjar de likna nåt,anyway,ville bara kolla in om de hänt nåt nytt sen sist ha de allra bäst kram Maria
Ja det va jättetrevligt, action hela tiden du e duktig du min vän. Men visst va vi i publiken också duktiga???????? Duktiga musiker hade du också med dig........................... Eloge till er alla
Kram min vän.
Ps . tog kort som jag tänkte lägga ut på min sida , men min son hade ställt in kameran på inspelning så det blev inte så bra, vänta tills jag får tag i honom hahahah.
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