Swedish House Mafia (SHM) is a Swedish house music supergroup consisting of Axwell, Steve Angello, and Sebastian Ingrosso.
The group officially formed in late 2008, was placed at number ten on the DJ Mag Top 100 DJ Poll 2011, and has been called “the faces of mainstream progressive house music”, while being credited for “setting the tone for the EDM boom of the early 2010s, more than any other act in modern dance music”.
Before Swedish House Mafia, Axwell, Steve Angello, and Sebastian Ingrosso performed as solo DJs in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Angello and Ingrosso knew each other as children growing up in Stockholm, and would often collaborate under various aliases in their early careers. Collaborations with Axwell came later in the decade as the pair discovered the Swedish DJ by a chance meeting. Towards the mid-2000s Axwell, Angello, and Ingrosso found themselves often playing shows together, with fellow Swedish DJ Eric Prydz joining them for some shows.
The name Swedish House Mafia came about after friends and fans began labeling the four as they played more and more shows together with the four being first officially referred to as “Swedish House Mafia” in March 2007 by the Winter Music Conference.
Full Name: Swedish House Mafia
Nationality: Swede
Genre: Progressive house electro househousebig room
Occupation: Musicians
Record label: Virgin, EMIAstralwerks, PolydorUMG, Ministry of Sound Columbia, Sony MusicRepublic
Instruments: Logic Pro Pioneer CDJ Teenage Engineering OP-1
Net-worth: $30 million
Career:
The first production that was released by the group was “Get Dumb” which was produced with Laidback Luke and released in 2007.
In 2009, Swedish House Mafia teamed up with Laidback Luke again to produce the track “Leave the World Behind” which featured vocals by Deborah Cox.
Although none of these songs were released under the name Swedish House Mafia, the latter would eventually feature on the group’s first compilation album Until One.
In 2010, Swedish House Mafia signed a record deal with UMG’s Polydor Records (formerly Polygram) after a falling-out with previous record label EMI, due to differing ideas. They released “One”, their first official single under the name Swedish House Mafia, on Beatport on May 2, 2010, where it achieved international success, charting at number 7 in the UK Singles Chart.
The group followed this with an equally well-received vocal version featuring Pharrell Williams, retitled “One (Your Name)”. Their next single, “Miami 2 Ibiza”, with Tinie Tempah, was released on October 1, 2010. It charted at number 4 on the UK Chart and was featured on Tempah’s debut studio album Disc-Overy.
On November 29, 2010, Swedish House Mafia released their first DVD documentary called Take One. The movie was filmed over the course of 2 years, 253 gigs and 15 countries by Swedish directors Henrik Hanson & Christian Larson.
The documentary starts with Swedish House Mafia in the studio with Laidback Luke working on “Leave the World Behind” and concludes at Ultra Music Festival in 2010 premiering their hit “One”.
Swedish House Mafia released a new single, “Save the World”, featuring John Martin on vocals, the song was a commercial success and charted at number 10 in the UK Chart and 4 in Sweden.
Later that year on December 16, they released the track “Antidote” with Knife Party and their solo effort “Greyhound” on March 12, 2012.
After the end of their One Last Tour, it was confirmed that the group would create a second documentary called Leave the World Behind, which was released in select theatres during spring 2014. It was officially premiered at SXSW film festival on March 27.
“Leave the World Behind” is currently available for rental and purchase on iTunes and was released on Blu-ray and DVD on September 2, 2014.
Swedish House Mafia played the first of three shows at the Tele2 Arena in Stockholm as part of their 2019 tour — to be named Save the World, after their 2011 single of the same name.
The three nights saw a new stage design featuring wall-to-wall projection and a platform built into the stage. Their setup also changed adding drum samplers manned by Ingrosso and a synthesizer manned by Axwell on opposite sides of the stage, whilst Angello was in the middle with CDJs and all three meeting in the middle to a DJ.
On 21 October 2021 they released the single “Moth to a Flame” with the Weeknd. The group released the version of “One” that Jacob Mühlrad composed for the Save The World Tour, officially titled “One Symphony,” on New Years Day 2022. Paradise Again is now scheduled to be released on 15 April 2022.
Paradise Again
Until One
Until Now
One Night Stand: The Live Album
One Last Tour: A Live Soundtrack
“One (Your Name)”
“Miami 2 Ibiza”
“Save the World”
“Antidote”
“Greyhound”
“Don’t You Worry Child”
“It Gets Better”
“Lifetime”
“Moth to a Flame”
Awards:
Best International Success:
Best Electronic/Dance Album
Best House/Garage Track “Leave the World Behind”
Best Electro/Tech House Track “One (Your Name)”
Best Breakthrough Group
Best Electro/Tech House Track “Don’t You Worry Child”
Best Music Video “Don’t You Worry Child”
Best Swedish Act
Best Swedish Act
Best Electronic
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Swedish House Mafia are an iconic electronic music group known for their energetic performances and chart-topping hits, and fans are always eager to know more about their real names, ages, and net worth.