Mattias Andréasson (born 29 March 1981), also known as dmaSOUL, is a Swedish singer known for participating in "Swedish Idol 2007," in which he came in the 5th place. As a student, he attended the Adolf Fredrik's Music School in Stockholm. He was part of Swedish band E.M.D., which was active between 2007 and 2010.
"Idol".
For his first audition in "Idol 2007", Mattias sang the Musiq Soulchild hit "Just Friends". During the Qualifying week he sang "Never Again" by Justin Timberlake, and "Again" by Lenny Kravitz.
Mattias was voted out of "Idol" on 16 November 2007, finishing 5th overall.
After "Idol".
Andréasson's version of Elton John's "Your Song" was released as a single and reached 48th place on the Swedish Singles Chart.
During Autumn 2007, he formed Swedish trio E.M.D., with previous "Idol" contestants Erik Segerstedt and Danny Saucedo. Their first single, a cover of Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart and Sting's hit "All For Love", rose to 3rd place on Hitlistan on 20 December of the same year. The band broke up in late 2010.
Mattias Andréasson took part in "Melodifestivalen 2012", a preliminary round to pick the representative of Sweden in the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest in Baku, by singing the song "Förlåt mig" (meaning Forgive Me in Swedish) written by him. He sang it in the third semi-final, held on 18 February 2012 in Tegera Arena, Leksand, but he did not qualify for the final.
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