Petter | |
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 Petter opening Orange Scene on Roskilde Festival 2009 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Petter Alexis Askergren |
| Also known as | Petter |
| Born | (1974-05-25) 25 May 1974 (age 50) Sweden |
| Genres | Hip hop |
| Occupations |
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| Website | www |
Petter Alexis Askergren (born 25 May 1974), who simply uses his given name Petter as a stage name, is a rap artist from Stockholm, Sweden, rapping in Swedish. He debuted in 1998 with the album Mitt sjätte sinne (My Sixth Sense), which became a success and started the Swedish hip hop boom in the late 1990s and early 2000s. He owns a record company called Bananrepubliken (English: The Banana Republic). He also studied art history at Uppsala University for some time.[citation needed] He has also worked with the famous Norwegian rap producer Tommy Tee several times in his career. Petter also frequently works with Swedish disk jockey Patrik Elofsson who goes by the stage name DJ Sleepy.
In 2014 he hosted Musikhjälpen in Uppsala.
Petter was diagnosed with ADHD in 2011.[1]
| Album | Year | Peak positions | Certification | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWE [2] | NOR [3] | |||
| Mitt sjätte sinne | 1998 | 5 | — |
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| Bananrepubliken | 1999 | 1 | 34 |
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| Petter | 2001 | 16 | — |
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| Ronin | 2004 | 5 | 37 | |
| P | 2006 | 1 | — |
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| God Damn It | 2007 | 12 | — | |
| En räddare i nöden | 2010 | 11 | — | |
| Början på allt | 2013 | 5 | — |
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| Mitt folk | 2015 | 12 | — | |
| Skeppsholmen | 2016 | 3 | — | |
| Lev nu | 2018 | 6 | — | |
| 9818 | 17 | — | ||
| Dö sen | 9 | — | ||
| Varholmsgatan | 2020 | 24 | — | |
| Hälsa Stockholm | 2022 | 34 | — | |
| Vart trött sen 98 | 2023 | 14 [5] | — | |
| Album | Year | Peak positions |
|---|---|---|
| SWE [2] | ||
| X – Greatest Hits | 2008 | 31 |
| 3 Original Album Classics | 2009 | — |
| Samlar ut den | 2010 | 3 |
| Mitt sjätte sinne (Jubileumsutgåva) | 2013 | 29 |
| Lev nu dö sen | 2019 | — |
| Single | Year | Peak positions | Certification | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWE [2] | ||||
| "Vinden har vänt" | 1998 | 6 |
| Mitt sjätte sinne |
| "Du vet att jag gråter" (with Kaah [sv]) | 51 | |||
| "Mikrofonkåt" | 1999 | 53 | ||
| "Saker & ting" (featuring Eye N' I [sv]) | 2 |
| Bananrepubliken | |
| "Så klart!" (featuring Eye N' I) | 2000 | 6 |
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| "Rulla med oss" (featuring Timbuktu, PeeWee [sv] and Eye N' I) | 34 | |||
| "Tar det tillbaka" | 2001 | 13 | Petter | |
| "Ey yo" (featuring ADL [sv]) | 35 | |||
| "En sonett till dig" (featuring Luckz and Governor Andy [sv]) | 2002 | — | ||
| "Fredrik Snortare och Cecilia Synd" | 2004 | 11 | Ronin | |
| "Repa skivan" (featuring AFC) | 28 | |||
| "Tidens tempo"[11] (featuring Timbuktu) | — | |||
| "Det går bra nu" | 2006 | 3 |
| P |
| "Storstadsidyll" | — | |||
| "God Damn It" | 2007 | 14 | God Damn It | |
| "Logiskt" (featuring Säkert!) | 10 | |||
| "Reflexion 07"[13] (featuring Anna Ternheim) | — | |||
| "Goda dagars magi"[14] | 2008 | — | ||
| "Min click"[15] (featuring Kihlen) | — | X – Greatest Hits | ||
| "Slag under bältet"[16] | 2009 | — | En räddare i nöden | |
| "Fri nu"[17] | — | Non-album single | ||
| "För alla dom" (with Ison & Fille and Mogge) | 21 | |||
| "Fast för evigt"[18] | 2010 | — | En räddare i nöden | |
| "Gör min dag" (featuring Magnus Carlson) | 47 | |||
| "Längesen" (featuring Veronica Maggio) | 2 [19] |
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| "Stockholm i mitt hjärta" | 9 | Samlar ut den | ||
| "Dansa din djävul" | 33 | |||
| "En tuff brud i lyxförpackning" | 24 | |||
| "Hjärtats ensamma slag"[21] | — | |||
| "Satellites"[22] | — | |||
| "Fulla för kärlekens skull"[23] | — | |||
| "Baksmälla" (with September) | 3 |
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| "Krafter"[24] (featuring Adolphson & Falk) | 2011 | — | En räddare i nöden | |
| "Måste vidare"[25] | — | Non-album single | ||
| "Håll om mig" (with Daniel Adams-Ray) | 2013 | 25 [26] |
| Början på allt |
| "2013Live"[28] (with Ison & Fille) | — | Non-album single | ||
| "King"[29] (with Lilla Namo) | — | Början på allt | ||
| "Början på allt"[30] (featuring Eye-n-I) | — | |||
| "Kul på vägen" (featuring Sam-E and Sara Zacharias [sv]) | 2015 | 67 | Mitt folk | |
| "Leva & dö" (featuring Daniel Boyacioglu [sv]) | —[A] | |||
| "Vi är" | 68 | |||
| "Mitt folk" (featuring Daniel Adams-Ray) | —[B] | |||
| "Svarta rävar" (featuring Linnea Olsson) | —[C] | |||
| "Följer mig"[34] (featuring Rosh [sv]) | — | |||
| "Cityljus"[35] (featuring Yasin and Blen [sv]) | — | |||
| "Pris på mitt huvud" (featuring Daniel Adams-Ray) | 2016 | 75 [36] | ||
| "Skärvor på mitt golv"[37] | — | |||
| "Då var då, nu är nu" (featuring Mauro Scocco) | —[D] | |||
| "Se på mig nu" (featuring Linnea Henriksson) | 5 [39] | Skeppsholmen | ||
| "Toppen av ett berg" (featuring Madi Banja) | 2018 | 4 [40] |
| Lev nu |
| "En grej i taget" (featuring Mapei and MagnusTheMagnus) | 97 [42] | |||
| "Regnet" (featuring Molly Sandén and Sami) | 29 [43] | |||
| "Brevet" (featuring David Jassy) | —[E] | Dö sen | ||
| "Blommorna" (with Miss Li) | 2019 | —[F] | Non-album single | |
| "Kung för en dag" (featuring Magnus Uggla) | 23 [46] | Så mycket bättre – Tolkningarna | ||
| "Stockholm" (featuring Tjuvjakt) | 42 [47] | |||
| "Sanningen" (featuring Linnea Henriksson) | 31 [39] | |||
| "Jag lovar" | 29 | |||
| "Bonfire" | —[G] | |||
| "Astronaut" (featuring OBLX) | 2020 | 82 [49] | Non-album single | |
| "Astronaut" (Varholmsgatan version) (featuring Maja Francis) | 68 [50] | Varholmsgatan | ||
| "Dom får mig aldrig levande" (featuring Thomas Stenström) | 35 | |||
| "Ögonblick" (with Imenella [sv]) | —[H] | Non-album singles | ||
| "Bara för bra"[52] (featuring Myra Granberg) | 2021 | 37 | ||
| "Förutom dig"[53] | 57 [54] | |||
| "Hundratusen" (featuring Gammal) | 2022 | —[I] | Hälsa Stockholm | |
| "Komma över dig" (featuring Benjamin Ingrosso) | 23 [56] | |||
| "Tar det tillbaka igen" (with Adaam) | 2023 | 26 [57] | Vart trött sen 98 | |
| "Längesen (Epilog)" (with Simon Superti) | 28 [58] | |||
| "Skimmer" (featuring Reyn) | 2024 | —[J] | Non-album single |
| Single | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWE [2] | FIN [60] | NOR [61] | |||
| "Crossing Borders" (Tommy Tee featuring Petter and Diaz) | 1999 | — | — | 9 | Norske byggeklosser [no] |
| "Stockholm–Helsinki" (Fintelligens featuring Petter and PeeWee) | 2000 | — | 1 | — | Renesanssi [fi] |
| "Städer när jag blöder" (Saska featuring Thåström and Petter) | 30 | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "Fatta förstå"[62] (Ayo [sv] featuring Petter) | — | — | — | ||
| "Vår stil" (DJ Sleepy [sv] featuring Petter and Eye-n-I) | — | — | — | ||
| "Vill ha!" (Feven featuring Petter) | 2001 | 38 | — | — | Hela vägen ut |
| "Giftig" (Mange Schmidt featuring Petter) | 2007 | 2 | — | — | Känslan kommer tillbaks |
| "Inga problem" (remix)[63] (Snook featuring Veronica Maggio and Petter) | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "Håbet"[64] (Dee Pee [da] featuring Petter and Patrick B) | 2009 | — | — | — | Perspektivet |
| "Sanna min ord"[65] (Stress featuring Petter and Johnel) | 2011 | — | — | — | Playlist |
| "Over"[66] (Madcon featuring Petter) | 2018 | — | — | — | Contakt Vol. 2 |
| "Kivijalka"[67] (Fintelligens featuring Petter) | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "Sjel"[68] (Adam Falk featuring Petter) | — | — | — | ||
| Song | Year | Peak positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE [2] | |||
| "Fyrverkeri" (Tjuvjakt featuring Petter) | 2018 | —[K] | okokokokokokok |
| "Lev nu dö sen" (featuring Vargas & Lagola) | 39 | Lev nu | |
| "Faller av" (featuring Thomas Rusiak, PeeWee and Eye-N-I) | —[L] | 9818 | |
| "Ikväll" (featuring Ana Diaz) | 71 [71] | Dö sen | |
| "Barnängens ängar" (featuring Joel Alme) | 2020 | —[M] | Varholmsgatan |
| "Hälsa Stockholm" (featuring Molly Hammar) | 2022 | —[N] | Hälsa Stockholm |
| "Glatta livet" (featuring Titiyo) | —[O] |
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