# Michel Zitron

Michel Henry Allan Zitron (Swedish pronunciation:; born 29 June 1981) is a Swedish record producer, singer-songwriter and DJ. He has, along with his main music partner John Martin, worked with Avicii, Alesso, Afrojack, Martin Garrix, Taio Cruz, Tinie Tempah and most notably Swedish House Mafia. He is also co-writer and was the vocalist on Tiësto's track "Red Lights".

## Early life

Zitron was born to a Finnish-Romani father and a Finnish mother, and grew up in Tensta, Stockholm. He attended a Finnish-language school until he was 12 years old.

## Music career
### 2018: VCATION

On 27 July 2018, Michel Zitron along with John Martin launch a new music project called "VCATION". This was followed by the duo's debut single under this name entitled "Lay Low". Their second single, "When We Went Gold", was released on 21 September 2018. VCATION's first song of 2019 was released on 18 January and was called "Whiskey and Cola".

## Discography
### Singles
#### As featured artist

List of singles as featured artist, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name :
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album |
| Title | Year | SWE | AUT | BEL | CAN | FIN | GER | IRE | NL | UK | US | US Dance | Certifications | Album |
| "Red Lights" (Tiësto featuring Michel Zitron) [Uncredited] | 2013 | 9 | 8 | 28 | 41 | 11 | 29 | 3 | 42 | 6 | 56 | 5 | GLF: Gold ARIA: Platinum BPI: Silver RIAA: Gold | A Town Called Paradise |
| "Sweetest Heartache" (Style of Eye & Asalto featuring Michel Zitron) | 2014 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| "Now That I've Found You" (Martin Garrix featuring John Martin and Michel Zitron) | 2016 | — | 70 | — | — | — | — | — | 73 | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| "Never Alone" (Felix Jaehn and Mesto featuring Michel Zitron) | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| "Hold On" (Martin Garrix and Matisse & Sadko featuring Michael Zitron) | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |||||||||||||||

### Songwriting and production credits

| Title | Year | Artist(s) | Album | Credits |
| "Save The World" | 2011 | Swedish House Mafia featuring John Martin | Until Now | Co-writer |
| "Don't You Worry Child" | 2012 | Swedish House Mafia featuring John Martin | Until Now | Co-writer |
| "Anywhere For You" | 2014 | John Martin | Non-album single | Producer |
| "In My Blood" | 2015 | Alesso | Forever | Co-writer |
| "Together" | 2016 | Martin Garrix and Matisse & Sadko | Seven | Producer |
| "Happy That You Found Me" | 2024 | Danny Saucedo | Non-album single | Co-writer |

### Releases under an alias
#### As VCATION (with John Martin)

| Title | Year | Album |
| "Lay Low" | 2018 | Non-album single |
| "When We Went Gold" | 2018 | Non-album single |
| "Whiskey and Cola" | 2019 | Non-album single |

## Awards and nominations
### Grammis Awards

| Year | Category | Work | Outcome | Ref. |
| 2013 | Best Composer | — | Nominated | |