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1 Biography  





2 Discography  



2.1  Albums  



2.1.1  Compilation albums  







2.2  Singles  



2.2.1  Charting singles  





2.2.2  Other singles  







2.3  Others  







3 Television, theatre, etc.  



3.1  Television  





3.2  Radio  





3.3  Theatre  





3.4  Film  





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Thomas Di Leva
Magnusson in 2008
Background information
Birth nameSven Thomas Magnusson
Born (1963-10-23) 23 October 1963 (age 60)
Gävle, Sweden
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • Years active1980–present
    Websitedileva.se
    Musical career
    Instrument(s)Vocals

    Sven Thomas Magnusson (born 23 October 1963), known by his stage names Thomas Di Leva or simply Di Leva, is a Swedish singer and songwriter.[1]

    Biography

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    Sven Thomas Magnusson was born 1963 in Gävle, Gävleborg County, Gästrikland, Sweden. At 14 years of age, he changed his name from Magnusson to Di Leva, inspired both by his mother's Italian maiden name and idols like Leonardo da Vinci and Charlie Chaplin. Thomas started his career with the band The Pillisnorks, debuting with the EP 4 Visitors on 1 January 1980. Later, Di Leva formed the band Modern Art, which subsequently became Modærn Art. In autumn 1981, Di Leva signed a record contract as a solo artist with the recently started company Adventure. The following year, Di Leva released his debut album, Marginal Cirkus. After a short time at the company Stranded, Billy Bolero took Di Leva to the newly started company Papa Records, and with the release of the album På ett fat Di Leva became known throughout the country. Di Leva said "I want to create great art in the form of simple music for the large audience." With the song "Kom till mig", recorded with strings from Fläskkvartetten and Raj Montana Band, Di Leva reached the Trackslistan ranking in 1985 for the first time and made his first hit. The following year he released his third album, Pussel.

    Vem ska jag tro på was released in autumn 1987 and became Di Leva's breakthrough album. The album was produced in the cellar of record company Mistlurs Records at Roslags Street with 2nd producer Kaj Erixon. On the album's first track, "I morgon", new tone atmosphere and new sound effects can be heard[citation needed], with Johan Vävare performing using oscillator and keyboard sounds. The album was nominated by Slitz as best album of the year and placed second in the Aftonbladet re-vote of the yearly Rockbjörnen award in the category 'Best Swedish album'. He took part in Melodifestivalen 2012 with the song "Ge aldrig upp (Never give up)" but failed to qualify to the finals.

    Discography

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    Albums

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    (Credited as Di Leva, except where indicated)

    Year Album SWE
    Peak[2]
    Notes
    1982 Marginal Cirkus Re-released in 2001
    1985 På ett fat Re-released in 1989
    1986 Pussel 41
    1987 Vem ska jag tro på? 17
    1989 Rymdblomma 7
    1991 Noll 6
    1993 Naked Number One 6 Re-released in 1995
    1993 Love Is The Heart 22
    1997 Jag är du 13
    I Am You 13 English version of album Jag är du
    2000 Älska 5
    2004 Tiden Faller 2
    2004 Free Life
    2006 Hoppets Röst 8
    2006 Mantra Miracles
    2010 Lovestar 10
    2011 Hjärtat Vinner Alltid 10
    2013 Innan solen går upp 58

    Compilation albums

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    Year Album SWE
    Peak[2]
    Notes
    1995 Flashback #02
    1999 För Sverige i rymden – Di Levas bästa 1
    2005 Själens krigare: Samlade Sånger 1980–2005 8
    2012 Vi har bara varandra – Di Levas klassiker 20

    Singles

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    (Vinyl 1980–1991/1993) (CD 1988/1990–2004)

    Charting singles

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    Year Single SWE
    Peak[2]
    Album
    1993 "Naked Number One" 34 Naked Number One
    1994 "Everyone Is Jesus" 11
    1996 "Den glada stjärnan" 43
    2004 "Vad är frihet?" 29

    Other singles

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    Others

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    Television, theatre, etc.

    [edit]

    Television

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    Radio

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    Theatre

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    Film

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    Publications

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    Citations

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    1. ^ "Thomas Di Leva". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Retrieved 30 January 2011.
  • ^ a b c "Di Leva discography". swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
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