Birth name Daniel Karlsson Years active 2007–present Genres Rock music, Pop music Instruments Vocals, Guitar Music group Pain of Salvation | Occupation(s) Singer, Songwriter Role Singer Origin Jonkoping, Sweden Name The Moniker | |
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Born 31 August 1981 (age 43) ( 1981-08-31 ) Labels 5 'O Clock Records/Warner Music Albums Maktub, 12:5, The Perfect Element - Part I, Remedy Lane, One Hour by the Concrete Similar People Sara Varga, Swingfly, Brolle, Linda Bengtzing, Gustaf Hielm | ||
THE MONIKER - Live acoustic performance @ Livelöpet; Aftonbladet.se
Daniel Karlsson (born 31 August 1981 in Norrahammar, Jönköping, Sweden) is a Swedish singer and songwriter. He later on took the name The Moniker as his stage name.
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- THE MONIKER Live acoustic performance Livelpet Aftonbladetse
- The Pilot The White Buffalo Guitar Center
- As Daniel Karlsson
- As The Moniker
- In popular culture
- Albums
- Singles
- References
The Pilot - The White Buffalo | Guitar Center
As Daniel Karlsson
Karlsson participated in Idol 2007. He finished in fourth place behind winner Marie Picasso, runner-up Amanda Jenssen and third-placed Andreas Sjöberg. His interpretation of John Farnham's "You're the Voice" was included in the album Det bästa från Idol 2007 (The Best from Idol 2007).
In October 2008 Karlsson released his first single "Would You Believe". recorded a music video for the song.
As The Moniker
In March 2011, under the name The Moniker, he took part in the Melodifestivalen 2011 with his a song he had composed entitled "Oh My God!" and coming third behind winner Eric Saade with "Popular" and runner-up Danny Saucedo with "In the Club".
He again took part in Melodifestivalen in 2012 with the song "I Wanna Be Chris Isaak (This Is Just the Beginning)." After the first round of voting it was revealed that he came last, failing to advance further in the competition.
In popular culture
Daniel Karlsson took part, alongside Karl Martindahl and Robin Bengtsson in the charity single "Wake Up World", the official release for "Hjälp Haiti".