2010s: Swedish House Mafia, Avicii, Loreen
The 2010s started off with the releases and success of Agnes and Robyn. Agnes, the runner up of Sweden's Idol 2005, succeeded in Europe and especially the UK market in 2009/2010 with the single "Release Me", which entered the charts at number three and sold over 300,000 copies. It peaked at #6 on the Billboard Eurochart Hot 100 Singles. Carlsson was also signed to Universal Music/Interscope in the US, and started the promotion for the forthcoming album Dance Love Pop during the summer 2010. Robyn returned with her Body Talk series.
2010 also saw the rising success of the Swedish House Mafia, a collaboration between the Swedish DJs and producers Axwell, Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso. Another DJ, Avicii got a smash-hit with "Seek Bromance", and was ranked as sixth on the Top 100 DJs list. Both Swedish House Mafia and Avicii went on to achieve further chart success in numerous countries.
In 2011 the Swedish indie-artist Lykke Li released her second album Wounded Rhymes, and continued her success from her earlier Youth Novels with singles like "Get Some" and "I Follow Rivers", which topped the charts in Belgium and Romania.
Stockholm based electro-pop group Niki & the Dove emerged in 2010, coming fifth on the BBC Sound of...2012 list. They released their first album, Instinct, to great critical acclaim that year.
In 2012, Swedish Eurovision Song Contest 2012 winner Loreen charted at number one in several countries across Europe, making her one of the most successful winners of the contest in recent years.
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