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Jeppsson Wall in 2019
Background information
Birth name Frans Jeppsson Wall
Born (1998-12-19) 19 December 1998 (age 25)
Ystad, Scania, Sweden
Genres
  • Pop
  • folktronica
Occupations
Instruments Vocals
Years active 2006–present
Associated acts
  • Elias

Frans Jeppsson Wall (born 19 December 1998), also known mononymously as Frans, is a Swedish singer-songwriter. He represented host nation Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm with the song "If I Were Sorry", finishing in fifth place.

Life and career

2006–2015: Early career

Frans Jeppsson-Wall
Frans Jeppsson Wall in 2008 during the time of his second chart topper "Fotbollsfest"

Frans was born in Ystad, Sweden. Frans's father Mark was born in Nigeria to a Nigerian mother and a British father. At the age of eight, Mark moved to London. Frans' mother is Swedish. He was thus raised speaking both English and Swedish. During most of his life, Frans has been a part-time resident in London and he also studied music there for an entire year when he was 15 at The Norwood School. He has a younger brother named Casper and a twin sister, named Filippa. He is best known for his football anthems with the band Elias, including the 2006 hit "Who's da Man", dedicated to Swedish footballer Zlatan Ibrahimović. The song, credited to Elias and featuring vocals by Frans, stayed at the top of Sverigetopplistan, the official Swedish Singles Chart, for 13 weeks.

For Christmas 2006, he scored a minor hit with his song "Kul med Jul" (English: Fun with Christmas), which peaked at number 24 on the Swedish singles chart. Another sports-related chart entering by Frans was the 2008 song "Fotbollsfest", a song launched in support of the Sweden national football team. The song peaked at number one on the Swedish singles chart, which it did in its second week of charting.

2016–present: Melodifestivalen and Eurovision

After years of absence from music, Frans returned with his participation in Melodifestivalen 2016 in a bid to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song "If I Were Sorry", which he co-wrote with Oscar Fogelström, Michael Saxell and Fredrik Andersson. He performed it in Gävle during the fourth and last semi-final leg of the competition on 27 February 2016, going on to secure a place in the final on 12 March 2016 in Stockholm, Sweden.

Immediately after his performance, the single was released. It became very popular and went straight to number one of Sverigetopplistan during the first week following its release. It also charted on the Spotify Viral charts in Switzerland, Taiwan, Iceland, Uruguay, the United Kingdom, Spain, Norway, France, Denmark, Turkey and Germany. He won the Melodifestivalen final on 12 March 2016 with 156 points, and went on to represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest, also held in Stockholm. At the age of 17, Frans became the second youngest ever Melodifestivalen winner after Carola Häggkvist, who was 16 when she won in 1983. In the Eurovision final, "If I Were Sorry" placed fifth overall.

Frans announced the Swedish jury votes as spokesperson in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 on 11 May.

Discography

Studio albums

Title Details Peak chart positions
SWE
Da Man 20
Present
  • Released: 24 July 2020
  • Label: Cardiac Records
  • Format: CD, digital download
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles

As lead artist

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
SWE
AUT
BEL (FL)
FRA
GER
NLD
SPA
SWI
UK
"Kul med Jul" 2006 24 Da Man
"Fotbollsfest"
(featuring Elias)
2008 1
  • GLF: Gold
Non-album singles
"If I Were Sorry" 2016 1 2 34 36 12 34 25 25 61
  • GLF: 7× Platinum
  • BVMI: Gold
  • IFPI AUT: Gold
"Young Like Us" 89
"Liar" 2017
"One Floor Down" 2019
"Snakes"
"Do It Like You Mean It"
(featuring Yoel905)
"Amsterdam" Present
"Ada" Non-album single
"On a Wave" 2020 Present
"Monday"
"Mm mm mm"
"My Favourite Waste of Time" 2021 Non-album single
"Wasn't Meant to Be" 2024
"Don't Miss the Beat"
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

As featured artist

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
SWE
"Who's da Man"
(Elias featuring Frans)
2006 1
  • GLF: Platinum
Da Man
"Loving U"
(Nicole Cross featuring Frans)
2018 Non-album single
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Frans Jeppsson-Wall para niños

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