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tomas ledin

tomas folke jonas ledin -lrb- , born 25 february 1952 in rätan , sweden -rrb- is a swedish singer , songwriter , guitarist , and producer .
he grew up in the town of sandviken , sweden .
tomas ledin started his career in 1972 when his first single , `` då ska jag spela '' , was a big hit .
other successful songs followed : `` blå , blå känslor '' -lrb- 1973 -rrb- , -lrb- covered by björn skifs -rrb- , `` knivhuggarrock '' -lrb- 1975 -rrb- , `` festen har börjat '' -lrb- 1976 -rrb- , and `` i natt är jag din '' -lrb- 1977 -rrb- .
at the beginning of the 70s , ledin was influenced by hippie fashion and demonstrated against the vietnam war .
he also took part in a swedish stage production of the musical `` godspell '' in 1975 and performed in 140 concerts in the swedish folkparks in 1977 .
in 1979 , abba member benny andersson offered him a chance to record for the group 's company polar music .
the singer joined abba on their 1979-1980 tour as a backing vocalist , but also got the opportunity to sing his own composition `` not bad at all '' during the show .
tomas ledin also appeared on the `` abba live '' dvd and on the `` super trouper '' video .
he won the swedish melodifestivalen in 1980 and represented sweden in the eurovision song contest that year with `` just nu ! '' .
the song was a big hit in scandinavia , and also in greece and portugal since ledin recorded an english version , `` right now ! '' .
in 1982 , he released the duet `` never again '' with agnetha fältskog of abba fame ; the song reached number one in chile -lrb- in its spanish version `` ya nunca más '' -rrb- and was popular across europe .
ledin also composed `` take good care of your children '' , which fältskog released in 1983 on her album `` wrap your arms around me '' .
another composition by the singer , `` i got something '' , was released by anni-frid lyngstad of abba on her album `` something 's going on '' .
in the 80s , ledin was very successful in scandinavia but his career abroad failed to reach the same level .
he nevertheless toured germany and the netherlands on a small scale in 1982 , and the following year , he played in front of 60,000 people at the olympic stadium in berlin , in a show with other international acts .
he decided to put an end to his career in 1984 and started to act as a producer for record station , his wife 's record company .
he discovered other singers and successfully produced artists such as pugh rogefeldt and magnus uggla .
in 1985 , he organized a concert for anc featuring several swedish artists .
three years later , tomas ledin started to compose again and wrote songs in english .
the album `` down on the pleasure avenue '' was released but was not successful .
ledin was very disappointed but started to compose again , in swedish this time .
he started to enjoy success again in 1990 when he released a compilation and a new album , `` tillfälligheternas spel '' , and has been one of the best selling artists in sweden since then .
in 2000 , 260,000 copies of his compilation album `` festen har börjat -lrb- samlingsalbum -rrb- '' were sold in sweden , which meant he was awarded three platinum records there .
the same year he was also awarded a gold record in finland for the first time .
in 2002 , he went on the biggest tour ever planned in scandinavia and performed in 27 shows in sweden and 8 shows in the rest of scandinavia .
more than 250,000 people saw this show in northern europe .
he has been married since 1983 to record company president marie ledin , daughter of stig anderson .
they have two sons , john and theo .
