Vargas and Lagola

Vargas & Lagola
Origin Sweden
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Songwriters
  • producers
  • musicians
  • singers
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • piano
  • guitar
  • bass
  • keyboard
  • drums
  • violin
Years active 2006–present
Associated acts
Website http://www.vargasandlagola.com/
Members

Vargas & Lagola are a Swedish songwriting, production and artist duo of Vincent Pontare (Vargas) and Salem Al Fakir (Lagola).

They have worked with many pre-eminent artists, including: Avicii, Axwell Ʌ Ingrosso, David Guetta, Galantis, Madonna, Seinabo Sey and more. In addition to their songwriting and production work, they release pop music as Vargas & Lagola.[1]

Career

Vincent Pontare and Salem Al Fakir have gone from successful solo artists to Swedish Grammy Award winning songwriters and producers.[2] Among the first co-writes with together are Avicii’s 2013 Billboard Hot 100 single "Hey Brother" and "Younger" by Seinabo Sey.[3]

At the 2014 Swedish Grammy Awards Vargas & Lagola and Magnus Lidehäll were awarded Composer of the Year after writing for Veronica Maggio’s album "Handen i fickan fast jag bryr mig" and the Petter album "Början på allt", and work with artists like Galantis.[4] In 2014 they wrote numerous songs on Mapei’s album "Hey Hey" and Avicii’s "The Days" and "Divine Sorrow" (with Wyclef Jean).[5] Vargas & Lagola followed up with another successful year in 2015 co-writing most songs on Seinabo Sey’s highly acclaimed debut album "Pretend" and songs for Madonna’s "Rebel Heart" album.[6][7]

Vargas & Lagola have co-written some of the biggest hits by Swedish artists Axwell Ʌ Ingrosso – "More Than You Know" (2017), "Sun Is Shining" (2015) and Avicii – "Without You(feat. Sandro Cavazza)" (2017), "Waiting For Love" (2015).[8]

Discography

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
SWE
[9]
"Rolling Stone"[10] 2017 — Non-album singles
"Dolores (The Awakening)"[11] —
"As Long As I Have To"[12] —
"Sun Is Shining (Band Of Gold)"[13] —
"More Than You Know (Acoustic)"
(featuring Agnes)[14]		 —
"Roads"[15] 2018 17

Other appearances

List of songs, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
SWE
[17]		 US Dance
"Friend of Mine"[18]
(Avicii featuring Vargas & Lagola)		 2017 544 Avīci (01)
"Lev nu dö sen"
(Petter featuring Vargas & Lagola)		 2018 —— Lev nu

Songwriting and production credits

Year Artist Title Album
2012 Swedish House Mafia "Save The World" Until Now
Sebastian Ingrosso & Tommy Trash "Reload" Non-album single
Dada Life "Kick Out The Epic Motherf**ker" Non-album single
Nause "Hungry Hearts" Non-album single
Avicii "Silhouettes" Non-album single
2013 Katy Perry "Love Me" Prism
Avicii "You Make Me" True
"Hey Brother"
2014 John Martin "Anywhere For You" Non-album single
Galantis "Smile" Galantis (EP)
"You"
"Help"
Dada Life "Born To Rage" Non-album single
"One Smile"
Mapei "Blame It On Me" Hey Hey
"As 1"
"Second to None"
"Step Up"
Wyclef Jean "Divine Sorrow"
(featuring Avicii)		 Non-album single
Avicii "The Days" The Days/Nights
David Guetta "Bang My Head" Listen
2015 Madonna "HeartBreakCity" Rebel Heart
"Wash All Over Me"
"Messiah"
"Rebel Heart"
Galantis "Gold Dust" Pharmacy
"Dancin' To The Sound Of A Broken Heart"
"Kill Em' With The Love"
"Call If You Need Me"
"You"
Avicii "Waiting For Love" Stories
Seinabo Sey "Younger" Pretend
"Poetic"
"Hard Time"
"Easy"
"Words"
"Sorry"
"Still"
"Ruin"
"Burial"
"Pistols At Dawn"
2016 MishCatt "Another Dimension" Highlighter
Miike Snow "Heart Is Full" iii
2017 Johnossi "On A Roll" Blood Jungle
Avicii "Friend Of Mine"
(featuring Vargas & Lagola)		 Avīci (01)
"Without You"
(featuring Sandro Cavazza)
Toby Radall "Hold You Down" ONE.
Axwell Λ Ingrosso "More Than You Know" More Than You Know
"Something New"
"This Time"
"Renegade"
"Sun Is Shining"
"On My Way"
"Dreamer"
Axwell "Barricade"
2018 Seinabo Sey "I Owe You Nothing" TBA
"Remember"
(featuring Jacob Banks)
"Breathe"
Ghost "Dance Macabre" Prequelle
"Life Eternal"
MagnusTheMagnus "It Don't Impress Me"
(featuring Madi Banja)		 Non-album single

Songwriting and production credits for local Swedish artist

Year Artist Title Album
2013 Veronica Maggio "Sergels torg" Handen i fickan fast jag bryr mig
"Jag lovar"
"Hela huset"
(featuring Håkan Hellström)
"Va kvar"
"Låtsas som det regnar"
"Hädanefter"
"Dallas"
"Bas gillar hörn"
"I min bil"
Petter "Mighty"
(featuring Newkid)		 Början på allt
"Början på allt"
(featuring Eye N'I)
"April"
"Håll om mig"
(featuring Daniel Adams-Ray)
"Tills döden skiljer oss åt"
"King"
(featuring Lilla Namo)
"Maj"
"Arbete"
"Alla vet"
(featuring Agnes)
"Fristad"
"Juni"
"Sitter på en dröm"
"Minnen del II"
"Släpp mig fri"
2016 Veronica Maggio "Den första är alltid gratis" Den första är alltid gratis
"Vi mot världen"
"Pang pang"
2018 Petter "Kliv på!"
(featuring Eye N'I)		 Lev nu
"Lev nu dö sen"
(featuring Vargas & Lagola)

Awards and nominations

Year Awards Category Nomination Outcome Ref.
2014 Swedish Grammy Awards Composer of the Year Vincent Pontare, Salem Al Fakir & Magnus Lidehäll Won [19]
The Swedish MPA Awards International Success of the Year Vincent Pontare, Salem Al Fakir & Magnus Lidehäll Nominated [20]
2015 Swedish Grammy Awards Composer of the Year Vincent Pontare, Salem Al Fakir & Magnus Lidehäll [21]
The Swedish MPA Awards International Success of the Year Vincent Pontare and Salem Al Fakir [22]
2016 Swedish Grammy Awards Composer of the Year Vincent Pontare, Salem Al Fakir, Magnus Lidehäll & Seinabo Sey [23]
2018 Swedish Grammy Awards Composer of the Year Vargas & Lagola [24]

References

  1. ↑ "Production Duo Vargas & Lagola launch themselves with party-house banger "Rolling Stone"". 27 January 2017 – via www.thelineofbestfit.com.
  2. ↑ "Grammisvinnarna genom åren" (in Swedish) – via www.grammis.se.
  3. ↑ "Avicii Chart History" – via www.billboard.com.
  4. ↑ "Grammis 2014". 20 February 2014 – via www.umusicpub.com/se.
  5. ↑ "Wyclef Jean and Avicii team up for "Divine Sorrow"". 19 November 2014 – via www.mynewsdesk.com/dk.
  6. ↑ "Seinabo Sey releases debut album 'Pretend'". 23 October 2015 – via www.umusicpub.com/se.
  7. ↑ "Madonna releases new album 'Rebel Heart'". 9 March 2015 – via www.umusicpub.com/se.
  8. ↑ "Spotlight Avicii - "Without You" feat Sandro Cavazza" (in Swedish). 14 August 2017 – via www.musikindustrin.se.
  9. ↑ http://www.sverigetopplistan.se
  10. ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/rolling-stone/1196407973?i=1196408402
  11. ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/dolores-the-awakening/1232881978?i=1232881982
  12. ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/as-long-as-i-have-to/1235917283?i=1235917286
  13. ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/sun-is-shining-band-of-gold/1252091309?i=1252091310
  14. ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/more-than-you-know-feat-agnes-acoustic/1319670749?i=1319671186
  15. ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/roads/1344588172?i=1344588210
  16. ↑ http://www.sverigetopplistan.se (Click "search all records" and view 17th February 2017. Then click "visa" on "I Love You")
  17. ↑ http://www.sverigetopplistan.se
  18. ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/friend-of-mine-feat-vargas-lagola/1264907295?i=1264907296
  19. ↑ "Nominated 2014" (in Swedish).
  20. ↑ "Nominerade till Musikförläggarnas Pris 2014" (in Swedish). 29 September 2014.
  21. ↑ "Nominated 2015" (in Swedish).
  22. ↑ "Nominerade till Musikförläggarnas Pris 2015" (in Swedish). 28 September 2015.
  23. ↑ "Nominated 2016" (in Swedish).
  24. ↑ "Nominated 2018" (in Swedish).
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