About Swedish House Mafia
Swedish House Mafia, as the name suggests, is a Swedish music group which was formed in 2008. The members of this group are Axwell, Sebastian Ingrosso and Steve Angello.
Steve and Sebastian are childhood friends and they grew up together in Stockholm. Both friends later met with Axwell and they started producing tracks together. Initially, they used to produce tracks with each other but later they involved producers like Eric Prydz. The first production released by the trio was ‘Leave The World Behind’, which featured Deborah Cox. This was produced in 2009 with Laidback Luke. It was released on Axtone Records. In 2010, the group signed a contract with EMI.
The first official single of the Swedish House Mafia group was "One (Your Name)" which was released in May 2010. This was the first track released under the band name Swedish House Mafia. This single brought them huge popularity and reached at number 7 in the UK Singles Chart. Their next single "Miami 2 Ibiza", was another great success, which featured Tinie Tempah. This single reached at number 4 in the UK chart. Both these hit singles were from their album "Until One". This album has a number of tracks which were released by them under their band’s name and also as individuals. The album also got UK’s BPI Gold Sales award.
In 2010 at the MTV European VMA awards, the group was awarded with the ‘Best Swedish Act’ award. In 2011, the Swedish House Mafia released their next single ‘Save The World’. The single featured John Martin and reached at number 10 in the UK chart.
