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Formed in 2009, Dirty Loops is a Swedish band that covers famous pop hits like Lady Gaga’s “Just Dance” or Britney Spears’ “Circus” in their very own way, using mainly jazz and funky approaches - but not exclusively of course. Jonah Nilsson (vocals, keyboards), Henrik Linder (bass) and Aron Mellergårdh (drums) are quite young but well experienced in what they’re doing. Their first original album, Loopified, was released in Japan in April 2014, w ... ith subsequent release in Europe and America shortly after. The album contains 12 songs, 10 of which are original material. A Japanese special edition containing one more original song, one more cover and a DVD was also released. The band's three members all studied music at Södra Latin together. Nilsson studied classical theory while Linder and Mellergårdh studied Jazz. After high school they attended the Royal College of Music in Stockholm together. Jonah Nilsson has also studied music at Bethel College. Henrik Linder attended Adolf Fredrik Music School as a child. The band was formed in 2010. Henrik Linder began his music career at age four as a pianist. At age 13, he began playing bass. Jonah Nilsson started singing even as a child, while his parents were in the choir of the Katarina Church, Stockholm. At age 11 he began playing piano. He was a background singer and played piano on Danny Saucedos tour in 2005, the year when Danny debuted on the Swedish TV show Idol. History The band used to gather in a rehearsal room in the old town and play together. Then, one day they decided to record a music video in a fusion version of Lady Gaga's "Just Dance " . Then they quickly became an internet phenomenon. With millions of views on Youtube and Myspace with covers of Justin Bieber, Britney Spears, Adele, and Lady Gaga, the phone started ringing. First on the ball was producer and songwriter Andreas Carlsson (Swedish Idol). In February 2011, he was tipped off to investigate Dirty Loops' covers on Youtube. The same evening, he sought out to contact the band and mere days thereafter, became the band's manager. September 3, 2011 the band played along with Danny Saucedo on Swedish Rockbjörnen, Aftonbladet Music gala. The manager Andreas Carlsson has placed great emphasis on building the band's trademark. Above all, he advises to be careful with what they put up on and what they publish on the Internet. They have set up in several television interviews but have not played in any TV studios. Andreas Carlsson has helped the band to get a global record deal. In 2012, the band traveled to the U.S. to face several major music profiles, among others, singer Brian McKnight, drummer Simon Phillips and bassist Nathan East . Eventually they signed a record contract with world renowned producer and record label director David Foster and Universal Music subsidiary Verve. Debut album Loopified Dirty Loops had their breakthrough via Youtube where millions of people have heard their work. Since 2013, The band has also started a collaboration with Google and have already had several so-called hangouts on Google+. According to their manager, the band has big plans for a future using social media. See more [+]