100 SONGS is a record label started with the conviction that music is the reason.
100 SONGS releases singles, only.
We know that there is so much unleashed talent and so many unreleased fantastic songs out there, and our aim is to deliver that music to your ears. 100 SONGS leans on the A&R expertise of it’s founders as well as the ability and curiosity of finding new routes to expose great music with our promotion team. 100 SONGS is the modern way of discovering great songs and allowing great artists to develop with the world as their playground. Miriam Bryant and Ace Wilder are two artists who started their journey through 100 SONGS.
100 SONGS was founded in 2012 by
Ola Håkansson,
Ben Malén,
Klas Lunding
and X5.
OLA HÅKANSSON
Ola Håkansson has been in the music business since the 60’s. Started as the lead singer in Ola & Janglers, the first Swedish pop band to enter The Billboard hot 100 in 1969. In the 70’s he formed the million-seller group Secret Service. During the 80’s he produced and wrote songs together with Tim Norell for artists like Jerry Williams, Lili & Susie and Jackie Quartz among others. In 1992 he founded Stockholm Records as a j/v with Polygram. Over the years the company had significant international success with million-selling acts like The Cardigans, Army Of Lovers and A-Teens. He was rewarded with The Jury Special Prize in 2005 at the Grammy Award. In 2006 he received The Government’s Anniversary Prize for outstanding contributions to Swedish music. In 2007 he founded TEN Music Group Where his the President and CEO. Ten is a 360 company with artists like Erik Hassle, Elliphant, Niki And The Dove, Icona Pop and Zara Larsson among others.
BEN MALÉN
Ben Malén have been a Major contributor to the Scandinavian music export since the mid 90’s. With a long list of great signings over the years such as Broder Daniel, The Sounds, A Camp, Alina Devercerski, Asaf Avidan etc and Writers&Producers such as Carl Falk, Michel Zitron, Niklas Frisk, Vincent Pontare etc. as the MD for Tom Bone Music, Air Chrysalis and Chrysalis Music Germany. Since 2012 Ben have his new venture Stereoscope Music Scandinavia, where he works with a.o Miriam Bryant, Andreas Mattsson, Victor Rådström and Nadia Nair.
KLAS LUNDING
Klas Lunding started his first record label Stranded Rekords in 1979. Since then he has found and contracted artists like Håkan Hellström, Ratata, Titiyo, Leila K, Ceasars, Broder Daniel, Olle Ljungström and The Soundtrack Of Our Lives under different labels such as Telegram Records Stockholm. In 1989 he was rewarded a Swedish Grammy Award. Today he is managing Telegram Publishing together with Isse Samie and Håkan Hellström.