page_title: Frans Jeppsson Wall
section_title: 2006–2015: Early career
hierarchical_section_title: Frans Jeppsson Wall / Life and career / 2006–2015: Early career
caption_attribution_description: Svenska: Frans Jeppsson-Wall lanserar sin och Elias kamplåt "Fotbollsfest" på Nösnäsvallen i Stenungsund vid herrlandslagets träningsläger där inför EM 2008. English: Frans Jeppsson-Wall at the Swedish national team's training camp at Nösnäsvallen in Stenungsund (Sweden), a few weeks before the European Championships 2008.
context_page_description: Frans Jeppsson Wall, better known as Frans, is a Swedish singer-songwriter. He won Melodifestivalen 2016 and represented the host nation, Sweden, in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm, Sweden, with the song "If I Were Sorry" finishing in fifth place.
context_section_description: Frans was born in Ystad, Sweden. He is best known for his football anthems with the band Elias, including the 2006 hit "Who's da Man", dedicated to Swedish footballer Zlatan Ibrahimović. The song, credited to Elias and featuring vocals by Frans, stayed at the top of Sverigetopplistan, the official Swedish Singles Chart, for 13 weeks.
  For Christmas 2006, he scored a minor hit with his song "Kul med Jul", which peaked at number 24 on the Swedish singles chart. Another sports-related chart entering by Frans was the 2008 song "Fotbollsfest", a song launched in support of the Sweden national football team. The song peaked at number one on the Swedish Singles chart, which it did in its second week of charting.
caption: Frans Jeppsson Wall in 2008 during the time of his second chart topper "Fotbollsfest"
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