Alexander Michael Tidebrink Stomberg (born 3 May 1994), known by his stage name A7S, is a Swedish singer, disc jockey, producer and songwriter. His collaboration "Breaking Me" with German artist Topic was released on 19 December 2019. It reached top 10 positions in 24 countries including the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, Canada, Australia and Ireland. With "Breaking Me", A7S also reached the British single charts for the first time and garnered his first number-one in the Portuguese charts. Tidebrink has worked with artists such as Clean Bandit, Lil Baby, Bebe Rexha, J Balvin, Ellie Goulding, Nicky Romero,[2] Hardwell, Smith & Thell and Vigiland.[3]
His song "Breaking Me" peaked as #6 in the world on Spotify's global chart in 2020 and his song Your Love (9PM) was the 6th most played song on radio in the world 2021. [4] [5]
A7S co-wrote the song "Only Thing We Know" by Alle Farben, which was certified gold in Germany[6] and Austria.[7]"Only Thing We Know" also went #1 on the German airplay charts which was the second number one on German airplay for Tidebrink. He also wrote and is featured artist on the track "Be Your Friend"[8] by Vigiland which peaked at number 7 on the Swedish chart[9] and was the fourth most streamed track in Sweden in 2018.[10]
His first 2020 single "Why Do You Lie to Me", together with Topic, features American rapper Lil Baby, and was released on 28 August 2020.[11]
In 2021, A7S teamed up again with Topic and remade ATB's number-one hit "9 PM (Till I Come)" collaborating with the German producer who had issued the song originally in the 1990s, André 'ATB' Tanneberger. Retitled "Your Love (9PM)", the record was released on Positiva Records and charted in a number of markets including Germany and on the UK Singles Chart (reaching number 23 on 12 February 2021).[12][13][14][15]
| Single | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWE [16] |
AUS [17] |
AUT [18] |
CAN [19] |
GER [20] |
IRE [21] |
NLD [22] |
SWI [23] |
UK [24] |
US Dance/ Elec. [25] | ||||
| "Addicted" (with Vigiland) |
2015 | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
| "Be Your Friend" (with Vigiland & Ted Nights) |
2018 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| |
| "Nice to Meet You" (with Vigiland) |
43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ||
| "We're the Same" (with Vigiland) |
2019 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| |
| "Breaking Me" (with Topic) |
11 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | |||
| "Why Do You Lie to Me" (with Topic featuring Lil Baby)[35] |
2020 | — | 94 | — | — | 98 | — | — | 86 | — | — | ||
| "Your Love (9PM)" (with Topic and ATB)[36] |
2021 | 64 | 18 | 8 | 77 | 6 | 8 [37] |
7 | 6 | 8 | 10 | ||
| "Nirvana"[40] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "On and On" (with S1mba)[41] |
2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Kernkraft 400 (A Better Day)" (with Topic)[42] |
— | — | 34 | — | 26 | — | 29 | 100 | — | — |
| ||
| "Jumpstart" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Dumb" | 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Lost in the Music" | 2024 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Monster" (with Alok) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Out My Head" (with Topic) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Eyes On Me"[43] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Lighter" (with David Guetta and WizKid)[44] |
2025 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released. | |||||||||||||
| Single | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMR [45] |
SVK [46] |
UK [47] |
US Dance/ Elec. [48] | |||
| "Everything but You"[49] (Clean Bandit featuring A7S) |
2022 | 38 | 53 | 55 | 20 | TBA |
| "Location" (Cheat Codes featuring A7S) |
2023 | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart, was not eligible to chart, or was not released in that territory. | ||||||
| Artist | Single | Year | Peak positions | Certifications | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUT | DEN | GER | SWI | ||||
| Christopher | "Bad" | 2018 | — | 10 [50] |
— | — |
|
| Alle Farben | "Only Thing We Know" (with Kelvin Jones and Younotus) |
24 [7] |
— | 20 [52] |
41 | ||
| Hugel (DJ) Topic (DJ) Arash (singer) Daecolm | "I adore you" | 2024 | |||||
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | P3 Guld | Song of the year | As a Writer and Artist "Vigiland ft. Alexander Tidebrink - Be your friend" | Nominated | [54] |
| 2018 | 1Live Krone | Song of the year | As a Writer "Alle farben - Only thing we know" | Nominated | [55] |
| 2020 | Denniz Pop Awards | Rookie songwriter/producer | Alexander Tidebrink/A7S | Nominated | [56] |
| 2020 | 1Live Krone | Song of the Year | A7S "Breaking Me" | Nominated | [57] |
| 2021 | 2021 Billboard Music Awards | Song of the year | A7S "Breaking Me" | Nominated | [58] |
| 2021 | 1Live krone Awards | Best single | A7S "Your Love (9PM)" | Nominated | [59] |
| 2021 | Brit Awards | International Song Of The Year | A7S "Your love(9pm)" | Nominated | [60] |
| 2021 | Musikförläggarnas pris | International Success Of The Year | A7S/Alexander Tidebrink | Nominated | [61] |
| 2022 | 1Live krone Awards | Best dance single | A7S "Kernkraft 400 (A Better Day)" | Nominated | [62] |
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