Remee
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 Remee atDansk Melodi Grand Prix 2012 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Mikkel Johan Imer Sigvardt |
| Also known as | Remee Sigvardt Jackman |
| Born | 8 November 1974 Frederiksberg,Denmark |
| Genres | Pop,R&B,hip hop |
| Occupation(s) | Rapper, songwriter, producer, composer |
| Years active | 1989–present |
Remee Sigvardt Jackman(néMikkel Johan Imer Sigvardt;bornFrederiksberg,8 November 1974), better known asRemee,is a Danish rapper, songwriter, producer and composer.[1]
Career
[edit]Remee has written more than 60 hits and has sold over 25 million records.[citation needed]He has co-written several songs withThomas Troelsen.[citation needed]
Early music career
[edit]Remee was a rapper in the pop groupSound of Seductionand inThomas Blachman's jazz and hip-hop project in the early and mid-1990s. In 1998, Remee broke through as a producer/songwriter for the pop duoS.O.A.P,with the debut albumNot Like Other Girls.At theDanish Grammy Awards,the group was honored with two prizes, and Remee was nominated for the Producer of the Year. In 1999, he wrote and co-produced "Let Love Be Love", sung byJuice,SOAP and Christina Undhjem, as well as Remee. The track is, according toDR,one of the most played songs ever on Danish radio.[2]
In 2003, he helped writeJamelia's international hit "Superstar",which was originally released by Danish singerChristine Milton,and won him a BritishIvor Novello Award.Later that year, he co-hosted thefirst Junior Eurovision Song ContestalongsideCamilla Ottesen.
In 2005, Remee andNicolai SeebachandRasmus Seebachcomposed the tribute song for the victims of theBoxing Day tsunami.Remee, along with several Danish celebrities, performed the song "Hvor små vi er".The song went 13 times platinum and raised more than 3 million Danish kroner (500,000 US dollars) for the tsunami victims.
2008–10:X Factor,Eurovision 2008
[edit]In 2008, he became one of the original judges withThomas BlachmanandLina Rafnsearching for talent in the Danish version of the TV-showX-Factor.He mentored the Under 25s category, which consisted ofMartin Hoberg Hedegaard,Laura Arensbak Kjaergaard andBasim Moujahid.All of his acts reached the semi-final, with Hedegaard and Kjaergaard finishing as winner and runner-up respectively.[citation needed]
The same year, he co-wrote the German entry for theEurovision Song Contest 2008,"Disappear",performed byNo Angels.[citation needed]
In 2009, Remee returned to the judging panel alongside Blachman and Rafn for the show's second season. Remee mentored the Groups category for his second season, which consisted ofAlien Beat Club,Asian Sensation and Tårnhøj. Alien Beat Club reached the final, but lost out to Rafn's last actLinda Andrews.Remee continued as a judge for the third season, withSoulshockandPernille Rosendahlreplacing Blachman and Rafn. He mentored the Under 25s category, which consisted of Tine Midtgaard Madsen, Jesper Boesgaard and Anna "Faroe" Nygaard. Nygaard was eliminated in week 5 of the live shows, Boesgaard was eliminated in week 6 and Nygaard lost out toThomas Ring Petersen,mentored by Rosendahl. Remee confirmed his departure after the final of season 3 and his replacement for the fourth season wasCutfather.[citation needed]
2013–present: Return toX Factor
[edit]In 2013, Remee returned as a judge for theseventh season ofX Factoralongside original fellow judgesThomas BlachmanandLina Rafn,replacingAnne Linnet.[3]For his fourth year on the show, Remee was given the Over 23s category, which consisted of Lucy Mardou, Pernille Nordtorp and Steffen Gilmartin. Gilmartin was eliminated in week 4, Nortorp was eliminated in week 6 and Mardou lost out in the final toAnthony Jasmin,mentored by Blachman.[citation needed]
It was confirmed in August 2014 that Remee would return forseason 8in 2015.[4]Remee won as winning mentor in season 8 withEmilie Esther,again inseason 9withEmbraceand inseason 10withMorten Nørgaard;Remee is now the mentor with the most wins in DanishX Factorhistory.[citation needed]
Personal life
[edit]At the age of 23, Remee had a daughter, Emma Imani.[5]
He was in a relationship with Maria Leander from 2001 to 2008.[6]
From 2009 to 2010, he dated Michala Kjær.[7]He dated model Simona Popovic from 2010–2014.[8]
At the end of 2012, Remee officially changed his name from Mikkel Johan Imer Sigvardt to Remee Sigvardt Jackman. Jackman is his biological father's name and Sigvardt is his adoptive father's name.[9]
He started dating model Mathilde Gøhler in 2014.[10]In 2015, they had a daughter.[11]While celebrating his birthday on 11 November 2017, he proposed to Gøhler and she accepted.[12]
Discography
[edit]- Jamelia"Superstar"
- Beverley Knight"Keep This Fire Burning"
- Monrose"Hot Summer"
- No Angels"Disappear"
- Robyn"Don't Stop The Music", "Keep This Fire Burning"
- Sarah Connor"Under My Skin"
- BoA"Eat you up", "Just Like That"
- TVXQ"Mirotic"
- f(x)"Hot Summer","Gangsta Boy "
- Super Junior"MONSTER"
- Bent Fabric"Jukebox", "Shake"
- Safri Duo"All the people in the world"
- C21"All That I Want"
- Jokeren/L.O.C./Niarn"Gravøl"
- Martin Hoberg Hedegaard"Show the World", "Report to the Dancefloor"
- S.O.A.P."S.O.A.P. Is In The Air", "Like A Stone In The Water", "This Is How We Party", "Stand By You", "Not Like Other Girls", "Ladidi Ladida", "Mr. DJ"
- Cinema Bizarre"Forever or Never"
- Corbin Bleu"Deal with It"(withJay Sean)
- Christine Milton"Superstar", "Whicketywhack", "So Addictive"
- Terri Walker"Whoopsie Daisy"
- The Saturdays"If This Is Love"
- S.O.S."Welcome to My World", "Love Like 7", "Until Im Saticefied", "We could Have Been"
- Blue"Only Words I Know"
- Sarah Connor"Sexy As Hell"
- O-Town"We Fit Together"
- Diverse"Hvor Små Vi Er"
- Private"Killer on the Dancefloor"
- S Club 7"Stand By You"
- Shayne Ward"Next To Me", "Stand By Your Side"
- Shaznay Lewis"On the Radio"
- Eye Q"The World Outside My Door"
- Lee Ryan"Real Love"
- SHINee"Love Like Oxygen", "Juliette" (withJay Sean), "Forever or Never"
- Jeanette Biedermann"Undress to the Beat"
- Girls' Generation"Echo"
- EXO"History" (withYoo Young-jin,Thomas Troelsen)
- 2YOON"Why Not" (with Mich Hansen, Keeley Hawkes, Nevil, Robert S, Thomas Troelsen)
- Anti Social Media"The Way You Are"
- Emilie Esther"Undiscovered"
Compilation albums
[edit]- Grænseløs Greatest(1999)
Awards
[edit]- 2004:Ivor Novello Awardsfor Jamelia "Superstar".
- 2008: BMI Awards for Corbin Bleu "Deal with It".
- 2008: Comet Awards Germany "Song of the Year" for Monrose "Hot Summer".
- 2008: Eurovision Winner Germany for No Angels "Disappear".
- 2008: TV Awards Denmark - 'TV show of the year' for "X-factor".
References
[edit]- ^"Den danske film database".Danskefilm.dk.Retrieved28 September2014.
- ^"X Factor dommerbiografi: Remee".DR.14 October 2007.Retrieved28 October2018.
- ^"Tilbage til rødderne: Den originale dommertrio genforenes".Dr.dk.Retrieved28 September2014.
- ^"Den originale dommertrio fortsætter X Factor-succesen".Retrieved29 October2018.
- ^"Løs affære gjorde Remee til far".Retrieved28 October2018.
- ^"Remee om bruddet: Jeg elsker stadig Maria".Retrieved28 October2018.
- ^"Remee og Michala går fra hinanden".Retrieved28 October2018.
- ^"Remee: Vi er ikke kærester mere - BILLED-BLADET".Retrieved28 October2018.
- ^"Remee: Derfor skiftede jeg navn".Retrieved28 October2018.
- ^"Se videoen: Remees nye kæreste nøgen i bølgerne".Retrieved28 October2018.
- ^"Remee er blevet far til en pige - BILLED-BLADET".Retrieved28 October2018.
- ^"Remee skal giftes: Sådan friede han".Retrieved28 October2018.
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