Per Gessle

Swedish musician and songwriter

Per Håkan Gessle (Swedish pronunciation: [¹pæːr ²ɡɛsːlɛ] (audio speaker iconlisten); born 12 January 1959) is a Swedish pop singer-songwriter, guitarist, and harmonicist. He is the lead singer of the Swedish pop group Gyllene Tider and formed Roxette with Marie Fredriksson.

Per Gessle
Gessle in 2014
Gessle in 2014
Background information
Birth namePer Håkan Gessle
Born (1959-01-12) 12 January 1959 (age 65)
Halmstad, Sweden
Genres
Occupation(s)Musician, songwriter
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • harmonica
  • keyboards
Years active1976–present
Labels
WebsiteGessle.com

Singles change

Year Single SWE
Certifications
(sales thresholds)
(SWE)
1997 "Do You Wanna Be My Baby?" 1 Gold
"Kix" 28
"I Want You to Know" 48
2002 "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" 44
2003 "Här kommer alla känslorna (På en och samma gång)" 1 Platinum
"På promenad genom stan" 20
"Tycker om när du tar på mej" 9
2005 "C'mon"/"Jo-Anna Says" 5
2006 "Hey Mr. DJ" 23
"I Like it Like That" 47
2007 "En händig man" 1
"Jag skulle vilja tänka en underbar tanke" 29
"Pratar med min müsli (hur det än verkar)" 47
2008 "Silly Really" 1
"I Didn't Mean to Turn You On" 47
2009 "Sing Along" 41
2017 "Småstadsprat"
(with Lars Winnerbäck)
72
[1]
2018 "Name You Beautiful"
(featuring Helena Josefsson)
[A]

Notes change

  1. "Name You Beautiful" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number 10 on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[2]

References change

  1. "Sverigetopplistan - Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  2. "Veckolista Heatseeker – Vecka 22, 1 juni 2018". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 1 June 2018.