Tom Hugo

Tom Hugo, 2018

Tom Hugo Hermansen (born 1979 in Kristiansand, Norway[1]) is a Norwegian singer, songwriter and musician. He is currently living in Oslo.

Career

Recording artist

In 2007, Hugo moved to Hamburg and started working with Káme Entertainment and All Access Entertainment.[2] In 2009, I apologise EP was released on the indie-label BrilJant/Indigo. He released his debut-album Sundry Tales in Germany June 2012. The single Open Up Your Eyes released in summer 2011 peaked at #100 on German radio-charts.[3]

Sundry Tales was also released in Norway on HW Records/Musikkoperatørene, and peaked at 23rd place on the Norwegian charts. The single Open Up Your Eyes peaked at #20 on the Norwegian radio-charts,[4] and follow-up single "Million Doors" was A-listed 12 weeks at Norway's largest radio-station (NRK P1).[5]

Hugo has played many live-shows in both his home-countries, including a support-tour for The Overtones[6] and festivals like Palmesus 2012,[7] Welt Astra Tag, Reeperbahn-festival and Quart 09. He has also played live on the TV-shows ZDF MorgenMagazin[8] and God Morgen Norge (TV2-Norway), and he will be seen in the prime-time TV-show Beat for Beat in Norway 23.11.2012.[9]

Radiojam

As well as being an artist and songwriter, Hugo is one of the vocalists in the Norwegian band Radiojam.[10]

Songwriting

Tom Hugo has co-written songs for artists in Europe and Asia. In Japan, Korean supergroup TVXQ released "Very Merry Xmas" on 27.11.2013, a song co-written by Tom and Chris Busek.[11] In summer 2013, Hugo co-wrote the B-side "Sunny Day Hero" taken from SHINee's Gold-selling maxi-single "Boys Meet U".[12]

He has written 3 tracks together with Y'akoto for her album Baby Blues, released by Warner Bros. Germany in 2012. The co-written single Without You did fairly well in radio. The album peaked at #20 in Germany, and was nominated for an Echo-award in 2013.[13] Together with Finnish songwriter Erik Nyholm, he wrote the single Hard to love you performed by [Sebastian Wurth] which was released in 2011. The single peaked at #18 on the German charts.[14] In 2010, Meg Pfeiffer recorded Love is Easy co-written by Tom Hugo, Tebey and Sebastian Kirchner for her album Bullrider (#63 on German charts). Hugo was until recently signed by Universal Music Publishing in Germany.

Discography

Solo
  • 2009: I Apologise EP
  • 2011: Open Up Your Eyes
  • 2012: Sundry Tales

References

  1. ↑ "Tom Hugo Hermansen – 3 roller i norsk næringsliv". www.proff.no.
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-11-22.
  3. ↑ "Charts Deutschland Hauptchart" - Top200 - Wochenauswertung Chartwoche 34/2011 (19.08.2011 - 25.08.2011) www.musictrace.de
  4. ↑ IFPI Norway Week 31.2011 ( 28.07.2011 - 03.08.2011 ) 04.08.2011
  5. ↑ NRK. "A, B og C-lista uke 17 2012".
  6. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-11-22.
  7. ↑ "Artister - Palmesus". www.palmesus.com.
  8. ↑ jez4711 (11 August 2011). "Tom Hugo : Open Up Your Eyes / ZDF Morgenmagazin 11.08.2011" – via YouTube.
  9. ↑ NRK. "Beat for Beat - høsten 2012".
  10. ↑ "livemusikk". livemusikk.
  11. ↑ "Very Merry Xmas - generasia". www.generasia.com.
  12. ↑ Boys Meet U (Shinee song)
  13. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2013-11-26.
  14. ↑ Hung, Steffen. "norwegiancharts.com - Discography Tom Hugo". norwegiancharts.com.
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