John de Sohn

John De Sohn

Björn Johnsson, better known by his stage name John De Sohn, is a Swedish DJ and music producer well known for his dance music with very strong pop crossover. He is signed to the Sony Music label.[1]

De Sohn started at a very young age. He took part in and won a number of DJ Battles awards.[2] De Sohn's first commercial success was in 2012 with "Long Time" featuring the vocals of Andreas Moe, followed in 2013 by the songs "Dance Our Tears Away", which featured the vocals of Kristin Amparo, and "Under the Sun (Where We Belong)", again with Moe.

Discography

Year Album Peak positions
SWE
[3]
2014 Far from Home 51
2019 Made For You

Singles

Year Single Peak positions Album
SWE
[3]
2012 "Long Time"
(featuring Andreas Moe) 		36
2013 "Dance Our Tears Away"
(featuring Kristin Amparo) 		16
"Under the Sun (Where We Belong)"
(featuring Andreas Moe) 		11
2014 "Taking It Back"  –
"Wild Roses" 47
"You Only Love Me" 52
2015 "Rush"
(featuring Violet Days) 		—[A]
2016 "En runda till"
(featuring Albin and Mattias Andréasson) 		47
2017 "Standing When It All Falls Down"
(featuring Roshi) 		86
[5]
"Hum with Me" 19
[6]
2018 "Go to Sleep" —[B]
"Forever Young"
(featuring Liamoo) 		38
[8]
"Happy Kids" —
2019 "Made for You" —
"Say What You Want" —
"Love You Better"
(with Rasmus Hagen) 		—[C]
2020 "Just Like You"[10]
(with RØRY) 		—
"Lovers for the Weekend"[11]
"Used to Be Love"
(with William Segerdahl) 		—[D]
2021 "When the World Was Happy"[13]
(with Inyang Bassey) 		—

Notes

  1. ^ "Rush" did not enter the Swedish Singles Chart, but peaked at number three on the Swedish Heatseeker chart.[4]
  2. ^ "Go to Sleep" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number 14 on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[7]
  3. ^ "Love You Better" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number five on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[9]
  4. ^ "Used to Be Love" did not enter the Swedish Singles Chart, but peaked at number 16 on the Swedish Heatseeker chart.[12]

Remixes

List of remixes, showing year released and original artists
Year Title Original artists Ref.
2010 "Freedom" (John de Sohn Remix) Alex Lamb featuring Christina Skaar [14]
"Mayon" (John de Sohn Remix) Alaa [15]
"Harem" (John de Sohn Remix) Starkillers & Alex Sayz [16]
2011 "Grenade" (John de Sohn Remix) Bruno Mars [17]
"Dirty Talk" (John de Sohn Remix) Wynter Gordon [18]
"Turn Around (5,4,3,2,1)" (John de Sohn Remix) Flo Rida [19]
"So Good" (John de Sohn Remix) Alex Lamb featuring Easton Davis [20]
"Avi" (John de Sohn Remix) Marcus Prime & WeSmile featuring Jennifer Åkerman [21]
"Love is Chemical" (John de Sohn Remix) Micha Mood [22]
2012 "Free to Go" (John de Sohn Remix) Alex Sayz feat. Nadia Ali [23]
2013 "Check You Out" (John de Sohn Remix) Darin [24]
"Hold On" (John de Sohn Remix) StoneBridge, Matt Aubrey & Holevar featuring H Watkins [25]
"Hurricane" (John de Sohn Remix) Alaa featuring Jennifer Åkerman [26]
"Deeper Love" (John de Sohn Remix) Andy G, Henri Leo Thiesen & Fran Garcia feat. Max'c [27]

References

  1. ^ "BeatMyDay: John de Sohn page". Archived from the original on 2013-02-24. Retrieved 2013-01-28.
  2. ^ Bad Decision Thursday: BDTPodcast – Ep.41 featuring John de Sohn Archived 2014-03-14 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ a b "John de Son discography". swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  4. ^ "Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 37, 2015" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Sverigetopplistan - Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  6. ^ "Sverigetopplistan - Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Veckolista Heatseeker – Vecka 15, 13 april 2018". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  8. ^ "Sverigetopplistan - Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  9. ^ "Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 47". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  10. ^ "Just Like You by John De Sohn". Spotify. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  11. ^ Lovers For The Weekend, retrieved 2020-04-24
  12. ^ "Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 36" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  13. ^ "When The World Was Happy - Single by John De Sohn & Inyang Bassey on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  14. ^ "Freedom (Remixes) [feat. Christina Skaar] - Album by Alex Lamb on Apple Music". iTunes. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  15. ^ "Mayon - Single by Alaa on Apple Music". iTunes. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  16. ^ "Harem - EP by Starkillers on Apple Music". iTunes. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  17. ^ "The Grenade Remixes - Single by Bruno Mars on Apple Music". iTunes. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  18. ^ "Big Beat Spring 2011 - Album by Various Artists on Apple Music". iTunes. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  19. ^ "Turn Around (5,4,3,2,1) [Remixes] - Album by Flo Rida on Apple Music". iTunes. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  20. ^ "So Good (feat. Easton Davis) - Album by Alex Lamb on Apple Music". iTunes. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  21. ^ "Avi (feat. Jennifer Åkerman) - Single by Marcus Prime on Apple Music". iTunes. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  22. ^ "Love is Chemical - EP by Micha Mood on Apple Music". iTunes. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  23. ^ "Free to Go (feat. Nadia Ali) [Remixes], Pt. 1 - EP by Alex Sayz on Apple Music". iTunes. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  24. ^ "Check You Out (John de Sohn Remix) - Single by Darin on Apple Music". iTunes. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  25. ^ "Hold On (feat. H Watkins) - EP by StoneBridge on Apple Music". iTunes. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  26. ^ "Hurricane feat. Jennifer Åkerman (John de Sohn Remix) - Single by Alaa on Apple Music". iTunes. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  27. ^ "Deeper Love (feat. Max'c) - EP by Andy G on Apple Music". iTunes. Retrieved 7 March 2019.