The Family (songwriters)

Swedish songwriting and music production team

The Family

Background information
Genres|

* Pop
* pop rock
* electropop
* R&B

Occupations|

* Songwriter
* record producer

Years active| 2013–present
Labels|

* Northbound Music Group

Members| Joy Deb
Linnéa Deb
Anton Hård af Segerstad

The Family is a Swedish songwriting and music production team consisting of the married couple Joy & Linnéa Deb and Anton Hård Af Segerstad. They have worked with artists such as Fifth Harmony, JoJo, and Måns Zelmerlöw. Together they wrote and composed the Eurovision Song Contest winning song "Heroes" performed by Måns Zelmerlöw in 2015. The song has had huge success and is the third-highest-scoring song in the history of the ESC.[1] "Heroes" also peaked at #1 in 22 countries and was certified 5× Platinum in Sweden.[2]

## Biography

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The trio first met in 2013 while competing with different songs in the Swedish Eurovision Song Contest (Melodifestivalen). Anton competing with the song "Begging" performed by Anton Ewald which finished in fourth place,[3] and Joy's & Linnea's contribution "You" performed by Robin Stjernberg. "You" won the Swedish ESC and went on to the finals, (also) held in Sweden, Malmö.[3] As from this point they slowly started to collaborate and in 2014 they presented their first contribution to next years ESC (Melodifestivalen) as a production-group with "Echo" performed by Outtrigger.[4]

Now working together they continued their success writing more and bigger hits. In 2016 The Family managed to get four different contributions in the Swedish ESC. -Performed by Lisa Ajax, Ace Wilder, Molly Pettersson Hammar and ISA. The Family were appointed "Songwriter of the year" in the contest.[5]

As of 2016 the Family is based in the Stockholm-based studio Northbound where they've started working more towards the US pop-market. The trio wrote and produced the first record "Top Down" on Fifth Harmony's album Reflection. They also wrote JoJo's comeback single "Save My Soul".

In 2016, "Oh Lord" was released with the British vocal harmony boy band MiC LOWRY. The song was the group's debut single and it was written by The Family, Augustine Grant and Phil Collins,[6] as the song contains lyrics and music from Collins' song "In the Air Tonight".

## Songwriting discography

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Below is a selection of songs written and produced by The Family.

Year  | Artist  | Title  | Role  | Notes

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2012 | Dada Life | Feed the Dada |  |
2013 | Robin Stjernberg | You | Writer | In 2013 the song broke a Swedish record for most played song during one day.[7] Swedish Grammy nominee for "Song of the Year" 2014.[8] 3× Platinum in Sweden.[2]
2013  | Anton Ewald  | Begging  |  |
2014 | Ace Wilder | Busy Doin' Nothin' | Writer | Nr 1 on "the Swedish Singles chart".[9] Swedish Grammy nominee for song of the year in 2015.[10] 3× Platinum in Sweden.[11]”
2015 | Fifth Harmony | Top Down | Writer & producer | First record on Reflection Album. The album hit nr 1 on US iTunes and entered at number 5 on the US ‘Billboard 200’.[12] Album certified Gold in the US.[13]
2015 | Måns Zelmerlöw | Heroes | Writer & producer | Winner of ESC 2015.[1] Nr 1 in 22 Countries. Sold 5× Platinum in Sweden.[2] Gold in Spain,[14] Norway[15] and Austria.[16] "Heroes" also peaked top 10 in 20 different countries,[17][18][19][20][21][22] whereas in 5 of the countries it positioned nr.1.[23][24][25]
2015 | JoJo | Save My Soul | Writer & producer | The track reached No.3 on "the real-time Billboard + Twitter Trending 140" chart.[26] It also peaked position 33 on US Billboards "Pop Digital Songs" chart.[27]
2015 | Nause | This is The World I Know |  |
2016 | Ace Wilder | Don't Worry | Writer & producer | The song is featured in the trailer for Bridget Jones's Baby.[28]
2016 | Lisa Ajax | My Heart Wants Me Dead | Writer & producer | It took part in Melodifestivalen 2016.[29] It peaked position no.10 on "the Swedish Single" chart[30]
2016 | SAARA | California |  |
2016  | Kim Cesarion | Therapy  |  |
2016  | MiC LOWRY | Oh Lord  | Writer & producer  | MiC LOWRY's debut single.
2017  | Lisa Ajax | I don't give A  | Writer & producer  | Melodifestivalen 2017
2017  | Loreen | Statements  | Writer & producer  | Melodifestivalen 2017
2017  | The Fo&O  | Love like this  | Writer & producer  |
2017  | Iggy Azalea feat. Anitta  | Switch  | Writer & producer  |

## References

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2. ^ a b c "Sverigetopplistan". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
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4. ^ "Alla artister i Melodifestivalen 2014 presenterade – de tävlar i Göteborg och Örnsköldsvik - Melodifestivalen". Svt.se. Archived from the original on 2013-12-01.
5. ^ "Regerande mästarna kan ta storslam – se låtskrivarna i Melodifestivalen 2016 - Melodifestivalen | SVT.se". Svt.se. Archived from the original on 2015-12-04.
6. ^ "MiC LOWRY – Oh Lord". Genius.com. Retrieved 2017-06-14.
7. ^ "Lionheart Music Group - Robin Stjernberg slog rekord på Spotify - Mynewsdesk". Archived from the original on 2013-04-27. Retrieved 2013-04-05.
8. ^ "Nominerade Amason, Smith & Thell och Benjamin Ingrosso gör exklusiva liveframträdanden på Grammis". 23 January 2020.
9. ^ "Sverigetopplistan". Sverigetopplistan.se. Archived from the original on 15 November 2017. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
10. ^ "Nominerade Amason, Smith & Thell och Benjamin Ingrosso gör exklusiva liveframträdanden på Grammis". 23 January 2020.
11. ^ "Ifpi Sverige - För dig som gör eller använder inspelad musik". Ifpi.se. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
12. ^ "Taylor Swift's '1989' Spends 11th Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart". Billboard. 11 February 2015.
13. ^ "Gold & Platinum". Recording Industry Association of America.
14. ^ "Måns Zelmerlöw - Heroes - Elportaldemusica.es: Novedades y Listas Oficiales de Ventas de Música en España". Elportaldemusica.es. Archived from the original on 2015-06-03.
15. ^ "Trofeoversikt - IFPI - Gull og Platina". Ifpi.no. 17 April 2020.
16. ^ "IFPI Austria - Verband der Österreichischen Musikwirtschaft". Archived from the original on 2012-02-09. Retrieved 2012-01-02.
17. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company". Official Charts.
18. ^ "ZPAV :: Bestsellery i wyróżnienia - AirPlays - Top - Archiwum". Bestsellery.zpav.pl. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
19. ^ "Luxembourg Digital Songs : Jun 13, 2015 | Billboard Chart Archive". Billboard.com. Archived from the original on 2015-10-28.
20. ^ "The World's #1 Music Discovery, Rating, and Purchasing Experience!". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-06-07.
21. ^ "GFK Chart-Track". 29 May 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-05-29. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
22. ^ "ARC 100 - datum izlaska: 29. Veljače 2016. :: Hrvatski radio". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-07-04.
23. ^ "Swedish Charts Portal". Swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
24. ^ "Netlistinn viku 21, 2015 » IcelandicMusic.com". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
25. ^ "Greece Albums". Billboard. 2 January 2013.
26. ^ "Watch JoJo's Emotional Video for 'Save My Soul,' Directed by Zelda Williams". Billboard. 8 January 2016.
27. ^ "Music". Billboard.com. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
28. ^ "Ace Wilder's "Don't Worry" features on Bridget Jones's Baby film trailer". Wiwibloggs.com. July 2016.
29. ^ "Bidragsbibeln: Lisa Ajax – My Heart Wants Me Dead i Melodifestivalen 2016 - Melodifestivalen | SVT.se". Svt.se. Archived from the original on 2016-03-28.
30. ^ "Lisa Ajax - My Heart Wants Me Dead". Swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 24 June 2022.

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