Tom Hugo
Tom Hugo (Hermansen) (born 1979 in Kristiansand, Norway) is a Norwegian singer, songwriter and musician. Tom Hugo is currently living in Oslo and Hamburg (Germany).
Career
Recording artist
In 2007, Hugo moved to Hamburg and started working with Káme Entertainment and All Access Entertainment.[1] In 2009, I apologise EP was released on the indie-label BrilJant/Indigo. He released his debut-album Sundry Tales in Germany June 2012. The single Open Up Your Eyes released in summer 2011 peaked at #100 on German radio-charts.[2]
Sundry Tales was also released in Norway on HW Records/Musikkoperatørene, and peaked at 23rd place on the Norwegian charts.[3] The single Open Up Your Eyes peaked at #20 on the Norwegian radio-charts,[4] and follow-up single "Million Doors" was A-listed 12 weeks at Norway's largest radio-station (NRK P1).[5]
Hugo has played many live-shows in both his home-countries, including a support-tour for The Overtones[6] and festivals like Palmesus 2012,[7] Welt Astra Tag, Reeperbahn-festval and Quart 09. He has also played live on the TV-shows ZDF MorgenMagazin[8] and God Morgen Norge (TV2-Norway), and he will be seen in the prime-time TV-show Beat for Beat in Norway 23.11.2012.[9]
Radiojam
As well as being an artist and songwriter, Hugo is one of the vocalists in the Norwegian band Radiojam.[10]
Songwriting
Tom Hugo has co-written songs for artists in Europe and Asia. In Japan, Korean supergroup TVXQ released "Very Merry Xmas" on 27.11.2013, a song co-written by Tom and Chris Busek.[11] In summer 2013, Hugo co-wrote the B-side "Sunny Day Hero" taken from SHINee's Gold-selling maxi-single "Boys Meet U".[12]
He has written 3 tracks together with Y'akoto for her album Baby Blues, released by Warner Bros. Germany in 2012. The co-written single Without You did fairly well in radio. The album peaked at #20 in Germany, and was nominated for an Echo-award in 2013.[13] Together with Finnish songwriter Erik Nyholm, he wrote the single Hard to love you performed by [Sebastian Wurth] which was released in 2011. The single peaked at #18 on the German charts.[14] In 2010, Meg Pfeiffer recorded Love is Easy co-written by Tom Hugo, Tebey and Sebastian Kirchner for her album Bullrider (#63 on German charts). Hugo was until recently signed by Universal Music Publishing in Germany.
Discography (solo)
- 2009: I Apologise EP
- 2011: Open Up Your Eyes
- 2012: Sundry Tales
References
- ↑ http://www.tomhugo.com/tomhugo/
- ↑ "Charts Deutschland Hauptchart" - Top200 - Wochenauswertung Chartwoche 34/2011 (19.08.2011 - 25.08.2011) www.musictrace.de
- ↑ http://lista.vg.no/artist/tom-hugo/5831
- ↑ IFPI Norway Week 31.2011 ( 28.07.2011 - 03.08.2011 ) 04.08.2011
- ↑ http://www.nrk.no/kanal/nrk_p1/1.8092614
- ↑ http://www.thetoners.net/index.php/2012/09/22/the-toners-talk-to-tom-hugo/
- ↑ http://www.palmesus.com/artister/tom-hugo/
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNncckvOX40
- ↑ http://www.nrk.no/programmer/tv/beat_for_beat/1.8299761
- ↑ http://www.radiojam.no
- ↑ http://www.generasia.com/wiki/Very_Merry_Xmas
- ↑ Boys Meet U (Shinee song)
- ↑ http://www.yakoto.de/news/2013-02-04/nominiert-f-r-einen-echo-2013
- ↑