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Frans Jeppsson Wall (born 19 December 1998), also known mononymously as Frans, is a Swedish singer-songwriter. He represented host nation Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm with the song "If I Were Sorry", finishing in fifth place.

Life and career

2006–2015: Early career

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Frans Jeppsson Wall in 2008 during the time of his second chart topper "Fotbollsfest"

Frans was born in Ystad, Sweden. Frans's father Mark was born in Nigeria to a Nigerian mother and a British father.[1] At the age of eight, Mark moved to London. Frans' mother is Swedish. He was thus raised speaking both English and Swedish.[2] During most of his life, Frans has been a part-time resident in London and he also studied music there for an entire year when he was 15 at The Norwood School.[3][4] He has a younger brother named Casper and a twin sister, named Filippa.[5] He is best known for his football anthems with the band Elias, including the 2006 hit "Who's da Man",[6] dedicated to Swedish footballer Zlatan Ibrahimović.[7][8] The song, credited to Elias and featuring vocals by Frans, stayed at the top of Sverigetopplistan, the official Swedish Singles Chart, for 13 weeks.[8]

For Christmas 2006, he scored a minor hit with his song "Kul med Jul" (English: Fun with Christmas),[9] which peaked at number 24 on the Swedish singles chart.[10] Another sports-related chart entering by Frans was the 2008 song "Fotbollsfest",[11] a song launched in support of the Sweden national football team.[12] The song peaked at number one on the Swedish singles chart, which it did in its second week of charting.[13]

2016–present: Melodifestivalen and Eurovision

After years of absence from music, Frans returned with his participation in Melodifestivalen 2016 in a bid to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song "If I Were Sorry",[14][15] which he co-wrote with Oscar Fogelström, Michael Saxell and Fredrik Andersson. He performed it in Gävle during the fourth and last semi-final leg of the competition on 27 February 2016, going on to secure a place in the final on 12 March 2016 in Stockholm, Sweden.[15][16]

Immediately after his performance, the single was released. It became very popular and went straight to number one of Sverigetopplistan during the first week following its release.[17] It also charted on the Spotify Viral charts in Switzerland, Taiwan, Iceland, Uruguay, the United Kingdom, Spain, Norway, France, Denmark, Turkey and Germany.[18] He won the Melodifestivalen final on 12 March 2016 with 156 points, and went on to represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest, also held in Stockholm.[19][20] At the age of 17, Frans became the second youngest ever Melodifestivalen winner after Carola Häggkvist, who was 16 when she won in 1983.[21] In the Eurovision final, "If I Were Sorry" placed fifth overall.[22][23]

Discography

Studio albums

Title Details Peak chart positions
SWE
[24]
Da Man 20
Present
  • Released: 24 July 2020
  • Label: Cardiac Records
  • Format: CD, digital download
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles

As lead artist

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
SWE
[24]
AUT
[25]
BEL (FL)
[26]
FRA
[27]
GER
[28]
NLD
[29]
SPA
[30]
SWI
[31]
UK
[32]
"Kul med Jul" 2006 24 Da Man
"Fotbollsfest"
(featuring Elias)
2008 1 rowspan="7" Шаблон:N/a
"If I Were Sorry" 2016 1 2 34 36 12 34 25 25 61
"Young Like Us" 89
"Liar" 2017 Шаблон:Efn
"One Floor Down" 2019
"Snakes"
"Do It Like You Mean It"
(featuring Yoel905)
Шаблон:Efn
"Amsterdam" Present
"Ada"[37] Шаблон:N/a
"On a Wave"[38] 2020 Present
"Monday"[39]
"Mm mm mm"[40]
"My Favourite Waste of Time" 2021 Шаблон:N/a
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

As featured artist

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
SWE
[24]
"Who's da Man"
(Elias featuring Frans)
2006 1 Da Man
"Loving U"
(Nicole Cross featuring Frans)
2018 Шаблон:N/a
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

References

Notes

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Sources

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