Eric Saade is a Swedish pop singer born on the 29th October 1990 in Kattarp, a small village in Helsingborg Municipality, Scania, Sweden.
He began writing songs at 13 and signed his first record deal at 15. Saade then spent two years with the boy band What’s Up!, with which he released an album, In Pose, and left the band in February 2009 to pursue a solo career.
After finishing third in the Swedish song contest Melodifestivalen 2010 with the single Manboy, he made his breakthrough in Sweden and won a Scandipop Award as the Brightest New Hope for 2010.
He then released his first solo album, Masquerade, in May 2010, won Melodifestivalen 2011 with the single Popular, allowing him to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011, and placing third in the competition.
He then release the albums Saade Vol. 1 & Saade Vol. 2 in 2011, Forgive Me in 2013 and finally Så mycket bättre säsong 8 – Tolkningarna in 2017, which peaked at #44 on the Swedish Charts.