Andreas Öberg

Andreas Öberg (born 6 August 1978) is a Swedish guitarist, songwriter, and music producer.

Andreas Öberg
Andreas Öberg in June 2009  in Samois-sur-Seine, north-central France
Andreas Öberg in June 2009 in Samois-sur-Seine, north-central France
Background information
Born (1978-08-06) 6 August 1978
Stockholm, Sweden
GenresPop, jazz, soul
Occupation(s)Musician, songwriter, record producer
Instrument(s)Guitar
Years active1997–present
LabelsResonance
WebsiteOfficial

Music career

Posed photo of Öberg looking down at his guitar
Öberg in 2008

Öberg was born in Stockholm on 6 August 1978. When he was seven, he took classical guitar lessons at school. He played electric guitar when he was twelve years old under the influence of a teacher who played blues and jazz fusion. He studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm.[1]

He began his professional career at eighteen when he worked with Viktoria Tolstoy and Svante Thuresson. In 2006, he signed with Resonance Records. He described his music at this time as a combination of jazz, funk, soul, Latin, and Brazilian music. He recorded with the Resonance Big Band on an album that received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Instrumental Arrangement. In 2009 he started a web site, Andreas' Guitar Universe, where he teaches online classes. He has worked with Barbara Hendricks, Hank Jones, Les Paul, Eros Ramazzotti, and Toots Thielemans.[1]

Öberg was hired to write a song for a commercial that appeared on Swedish television. Since then he has composed for Universal Music. He wrote a song with Andreas Carlsson, who encouraged him to write lyrics in addition to music. As a songwriter Öberg has collaborated with Melanie Fontana and Ludwig Göransson. He has written and produced pop music for the Swedish, American, and Japanese markets.[1]

In 2015 Shinee's album, Odd (including "Romance", co-written by Öberg), topped the Korean Gaon album chart for two consecutive weeks and the Billboard World Albums chart at the end of May 2015.[2]

In May 2016, Namie Amuro released her single "Mint" where both the A- and B-sides ("Mint" and "Chit Chat") were co-written and co-produced by Öberg. The song sold more the 250,000 digital copies in Japan and was certified Platinum. In June 2016, Exo released their album Ex'Act, which included "Stronger", cowritten by Öberg. The album was the most sold in the world according to Global Album chart[3] and has sold more than one million physical copies.[4]

Öberg won the Hagström Guitar Award and the Gevalia Music Prize in 2004[5] and the International Guitar Competition Prize in Montreux in 2006.[6] He has taught classes at the Musicians Institute in Hollywood.[7]

Discography

  • Andreas Invites Yorgui & Ritary (Hot Club, 2004)
  • Young Jazz Guitarist (Hot Club, 2005)
  • Solo (Hot Club, 2006)
  • Live in Concert (2006) (DVD)
  • My Favorite Guitars (Resonance, 2008)
  • Six String Evolution (Resonance, 2010)
  • Live (Hot Club, 2013)

Notable writing credits

Year Artist Song Appearance on album
2012 VIXX "Starlight" Super Hero
2013 Shinee "Breaking News" Boys Meet U
NU'EST "Beautiful Ghost" Sleep Talking
BoA "Message" Who's Back?
VIXX "B.O.D.Y" Voodoo
2014 Shinee "365" I'm Your Boy
"Downtown Baby"
2015 Cross Gene "Amazing - Bad Lady -"" Play With Me
Oh My Girl "Hot Summer Nights" Oh My Girl
"Curious"
"Say No More" Closer
"Round About"
BoA "Love and Hate" Kiss My Lips
"Smash"
"Lookbook" Watashi Kono Mama de Ii no Kana
Shinee "Romance" Odd
"Black Hole"
"Chocolate" Married To The Music
Gamaliel Audrey Cantika "Terbang" Stronger
"Cinta"
Super Junior "Forever With You" Devil
F(x) "Glitter" 4 Walls
VIXX "Stop it girl" Chained Up
Girls' Generation-TTS "Dear Santa" Dear Santa
"Dear Santa (English Version)"
2016 Oh My Girl "B612" Windy Day
"Knock Knock"
"Windy Day"
Exo "Stronger" Ex'Act
"Winter Heat" For Life
"Coming Over" Countdown
NCT 127 "Once Again" NCT #127
Red Velvet "Sunny Afternoon" Russian Roulette
Shinee "U Need Me" 1 of 1
Twice "One In A Million" TWICEcoaster: Lane 1
Momoland "Love Sick" Momoland The Best ~Korean Ver.~
"Welcome to Momoland"
2017 Red Velvet "Would U" Non-album single
Oh My Girl "Perfect Day" Eternally
"In My Dreams"
"Agit"
Exo-CBX "Tornado Spiral" Girls
"Girl Problems"
Taemin "Flame of Love" Taemin
"Door"
Loona "Puzzle" Choerry
Girls' Generation "Only One" Holiday Night
Monsta X "Dramarama" The Code
2018 Oh My Girl "Butterfly" Secret Garden
"Love O'clock"
"Magic"
Monsta X "#GFYL" Piece
Shinee "Retro" The Story of Light: Epilogue
Gfriend "Love In The Air" Sunny Summer
NCT 127 "No Longer" Regular-Irregular
Exo "Wait" Love Shot
BoA "Mannish Chocolat" Watashi Kono Mama de Ii no Kana
2019 Monsta X "Alligator" Take.2 We Are Here
NCT 127 "Wakey-Wakey" Awaken
Everglow "Moon" Arrival of Everglow
Pentagon "Summer!" Sum(me:r)
Got7 "#Summervibes" Love Loop
Red Velvet “Umpah Umpah” The ReVe Festival: Day 2
“Ladies Night”
“La Rouge” (Special Track) The ReVe Festival: Finale
2020 The Boyz "Whiplash" Chase
SuperM "So Long" Super One
"Step Up"
"Better Days"
Red Velvet - Irene & Seulgi “Diamond” Monster
NCT “Dancing in the Rain” NCT 2020 Resonance
2021 Red Velvet "Better Be" Queendom
D.O. “Si Fueras Mia” Empathy
“It’s Love”
NCT 127 "Breakfast" Sticker
2022 Taeyeon “Some Nights” INVU
Red Velvet "Feel My Rhythm" The ReVe Festival 2022 – Feel My Rhythm
“Bamboleo”
Girls' Generation “Seventeen” Forever 1
NCT 127 “Playback” 2 Baddies
2023 El7z Up "Cheeky" 7+Up

References

  1. "Andreas Öberg Interview". Soundgraphics (in Japanese). September 2012. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  2. Jeff Benjamin (28 May 2015). "SHINee Earn Second No. 1 on World Albums With 'Odd'". Billboard. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  3. "global album chart". allkpop.com. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  4. "million seller". soompi.com. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  5. "Gevalias musikpris till jazzgitarristen Andreas Öberg - Kraft Foods". News.cision.com (in Swedish). 19 November 2004. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  6. "What's Hot With Jazz Guitar: Andreas Oberg". Guitar Site. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
  7. Gold, Jude (June 2011). "Andreas Oberg Harnesses the Hypnotic Harmonies of the Whole-Tone Scale". Guitar Player. 45 (7): 108.
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