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Erik Hassle is a Swedish pop singer-songwriter. He signed with TEN Music Group in 2007 and through TEN Erik also signed with Roxy Recordings for Sweden, Island Records for Europe and Universal Republic for North America.
Hassle was raised in a rural village two hours south of Stockholm and originally aspired to be a professional footballer. He grew up listening to soul music and realized his love of music early after listening to Wilson Pickett. He attended Rytmus, a musical secondary school in Stockholm where famous Swedish singer Robyn trained. He signed a deal with the Swedish music company TEN Music Group. Later Erik also signed to Roxy Recordings for Sweden, Island Records for Europe and Universal Republic for North America.
Hassle released his first single, "Hurtful" in September 2008. It went to reach No. 11 in his native Sweden and peaked at No. 2 in Denmark. He later released his second single "Don't Bring Flowers," which peaked at No. 25 in Sweden, and his album Hassle which debuted at No. 2 and stayed in the Swedish charts for 10 weeks.
He toured with Mika in the UK in early 2010 as the supporting act and was very well received by Mika's fans. He also supported Mika at the closing night of the iTunes Festival in June 2009.
In May 2010 his single, "Hurtful" was picked as "Single of the Week" on iTunes Store, in which people could download his song free. Hassle released an extended play (EP) entitled The Hassle Sessions: Volume One consisting of cover songs, in August 2010 in the United Kingdom.
In 2010, Erik Hassle featured the English version of the single "Alors on danse", from the album of the same name by Stromae. The track was made available through Spotify.
“Are You Leaving” was the first single from Erik Hassle’s mini-album Mariefred Sessions. The album was the result of a collaboration between Erik Hassle and Jocke Berg & Martin Sköld from the Swedish band Kent. Mariefred Sessions was released in Sweden on March 23, 2011.
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