A-Lee

A-Lee started in the hip-hop/rap duo Cam'N A-Lee with rapper Cam'leon. In 2005, Cam'N A-Lee won the by:Larm's Audience Award[15][16] and were nominated for Årets Urørt by NRK P3 with the song "What Do You Mean" featuring Chicosepoy, a member of the Norwegian rap group Karpe Diem.[17] The duo Cam'N A-Lee disbanded in end 2006 after the release of their EP Schmokin' Skills.[18]

In January 2007, A-Lee was signed by Norwegian hip hop producer Tommy Tee on his label Tee Productions. A-Lee appeared on few Tommy Tee's releases but during 2008, A-Lee and Tommy Tee decided to go separate ways on good terms.

In Summer 2008, after recording a first demo, A-Lee went to New York City to meet people from music industry working in labels such as Jay-Z's Roc Nation, Eminem's Shady Records and Ryan Leslie's NextSelection Lifestyle Group. From this experience, A-Lee received positive feedbacks which motivated him to continue on his way. Back from New York City, A-Lee started working on new songs which he recorded between Norway and Switzerland.

In fall 2009, A-Lee founded his own record label EE Records with his manager Shahrouz Ghafourian[2] and released his first official single "Bump Off".[19] He also collaborates with famous multi-platinum duo Madcon on the single "Keep Talking".[20] In December 2009, A-Lee signed a distribution deal with Scandinavian biggest independent label Bonnier Amigo Music Group (now known as Cosmos Music Group) to release his debut album Missing.[5][6]

In May 2010, A-Lee released his breakthrough single "World So Cold" which sold Platinum in Norway[3][21] and reached #12 at Norwegian Official Charts VG-Lista.[7][8] The single was the most played song on radio NRK mP3 in 2010[22][23] and was also the 6th most played song on all Norwegian radio in 2010.[24]

In January 2011 A-Lee released the single "The One" which sold 2× Platinum in Norway[2][3][21] and reached #7 at Norwegian Official Charts VG-Lista.[7][8] A-Lee was also certified the most-played Norwegian artist on radio in Norway in 2011[1][2][9] and his single "The One" was the most-played song on all Norwegian radio in 2011[1][2][9] and ranked #2 at the NRJ Radio Norway best song of 2011.[25] The song "The One" was also nominated for Best Norwegian Hit at NRJ Music Awards 2012.[26]
Again in 2011, A-Lee released the singles "Hear The Crowd" (Gold in Norway,[2][3][21] 7th most played song on all Norwegian radio in 2011)[9] and "Before My Eyes" (Gold in Norway).

From all this success, British music manager and former CEO of RCA Label Group (UK) Craig Logan became interested by A-Lee and brought his music to RCA/Sony Music UK which proposed A-Lee a worldwide record contract in August 2011. Unfortunately, due to the restructuring of Sony Music in September and October 2011,[27] the contract could not be finalized.

In January 2012, A-Lee and his label EE Records signed a licensing deal with Sony Music[1][2] and started working on his second album Forever Lost. A-Lee also had two nominations at the NRJ Music Awards 2012: Best Norwegian Act and Best Norwegian Hit.[26]

In May 2012, A-Lee released his summer smash hit "Feelgood" which went 4× Platinum in Norway.[2][3][21] In June 2012, he was part of the VG-Lista Tour 2012[10] where he performed his summer smash hit "Feelgood" in particular at the huge annual show VG-Lista Rådhusplassen in Oslo[11] where he attended for the third consecutive year after 2010 and 2011.[12][13] "Feelgood" reached also #1 for most played music video of The Voice TV Norway in 2012 and #3 for most played song of The Voice radio Norway in 2012.

In September 2012, A-Lee released his single "Over You" (Platinum in Norway) produced by Martin K (signed on StarRoc, the label owned by Jay-Z and Stargate).[1][28] Famous Dutch model Sylvia Geersen who was the runner-up of Dutch reality television show Holland's Next Top Model[29][30] is playing the main role in the "Over You" music video.[31] "Over You" reached also #6 for most played music video of The Voice TV Norway in 2012.

In October 2012, A-Lee released his new album Forever Lost,[1][3] which is full of hits produced by Martin K (Jessie J, Lionel Richie, Sugababes), Bernt Rune Stray (Rihanna, Ne-Yo, Whitney Houston), BPM (Sarah from X-Factor Denmark), Thomas Eriksen (Aaliyah, Franz Ferdinand, The Saturdays), Slipmats (Jennifer Hudson) and Ground Rules.[2]

Following the Forever Lost release, A-Lee signed a worldwide publishing deal with the successful company BMG Chrysalis.[3][4] A-Lee was also part of the TV show Cover Me[32] broadcast in October 2012 on Norwegian television channel TV2. He performed "People Get Moving" a song he especially wrote for the TV show.[33]

In January 2013, A-Lee is, for the second consecutive year, nominated 2 times for the NRJ Music Awards 2013 in the categories Best Norwegian Act and Best Norwegian Hit for his successful smash single "Feelgood".[3][34] A-Lee attended the edition 2013 of Midem which is held been annually in and around the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès in Cannes, France.

In August 2013, A-Lee released his new single "Flashy" featured by Swedish pop artist Eric Saade who also released the song on his album Forgive Me which reached #1 at Swedish Official Charts Sverigetopplistan.

In May 2014, A-Lee released the single "New Day" and its music video.[35]

In May 2015, A-Lee released his new single "Rainbow" and its music video.[36]