AronChupa

Aron Michael Ekberg (born 30 March 1991), better known by his stage name AronChupa, is a Swedish record producer, songwriter, artist and DJ. Aron attended Academy of Art University from 2011-2013 and was a standout footballer for the Urban Knights before starting his music career and moved back to Sweden.[1] He gained international success with his 2014 hit song "I'm an Albatraoz", which reached number 1 on the Swedish Singles Chart and in Denmark, and reached top 10 in many charts across Europe. It also reached number 25 in the UK and number 10 in the US dance charts. His younger sister, Nora Ekberg, better known professionally as Little Sis Nora, provided the vocals for the track and starred in the music video, but never appeared as featured artist on the track. The music video has over 1.1 billion views on YouTube and is one of AronChupa's most viewed videos.

AronChupa
Aron in 2014
Background information
Birth nameAron Michael Ekberg
Born (1991-03-30) 30 March 1991
Borås, Sweden
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • DJ
  • singer
  • songwriter
  • record producer
Instruments
  • Synthesizer
  • guitar
  • vocals
Years active2012–present
Labels
  • House of Albatraoz
  • Sony
Associated actsAlbatraoz, Little Sis Nora
Websitewww.houseofalbatraoz.com

Career
AronChupa (below, right) among the members of Albatraoz.

Aron started his professional music career in Swedish electro house-hip hop band, Albatraoz, founded in 2012 by himself along with four of his best friends whom he had met while growing up. On 2 August 2013, their debut single was released, the self-titled song "Albatraoz"[2]and shortly after they signed with Sony Music.[3] The song reached 36 on the Swedish Singles Chart and remained on the chart for 18 weeks.[4] "Albatraoz" was certified double platinum in Sweden.[5] In January 2014 the song had reached 8.5 million plays on Spotify and the group toured to promote the song.[6] The band followed up with a few singles, including "Arriba" and "Wunderbar", while touring Scandinavia from 2013-2017 before dissolving in 2017.

On 20 March 2014 Ekberg released his debut solo single, I'm an Albatraoz, with his younger sister, Nora Ekberg, better known as Little Sis Nora, on vocals. After some success independently Ekberg also signed his solo project to Sony Music. The song reached number 1 in Sweden and Denmark and top 10 in Germany, Austria, Norway, Finland, Australia and the Netherlands. It was certified double platinum in Sweden and Australia and platinum in New Zealand, Italy and Denmark.[7][8] The music video also has over 1.1 billion views on Youtube.

His second single dropped on 20 November 2015, titled "Fired Cuz I Was Late", and peaked at number 100 in Sweden.[9]

On 26 February 2016 Ekberg released his third solo single, "Little Swing", which features Little Sis Nora. The song gained slight recognition in the UK when Vodafone UK started using it in their roaming advert campaign.

AronChupa is known for often having his sister, Little Sis Nora, sing on his songs and to star in his music videos. Reportedly, Ekberg himself writes the manuscripts, directs and produces the videos using his own production company, House of Albatraoz.

On 17 July 2020 he released the song "The Woodchuck Song". The song peaked at number 12 on Spotify's "Sweden Viral 50".

Discography
For the discography with his group, see Albatraoz discography.

Singles
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
SWE
[9]		 AUS
[10]		 AUT
[11]		 DEN
[12]		 FIN
[13]		 GER
[14]		 ITA
[15]		 NLD
[16]		 NOR
[17]		 NZ
[18]		 POL
[19]		 UK
[20]
"I'm an Albatraoz"[A] 2014 12215472531325 Non-album singles
"Fired Cuz I Was Late"[29] 2015 100———————————
"Little Swing"[30]
(featuring Little Sis Nora)		 2016 —[upper-alpha 1]———————————
"She Wants Me Dead"
(with Cazzette featuring The High)		 ————————————
"Bad Water"
(featuring J & The People)		 ————————————
"Llama in My Living Room"
(featuring Little Sis Nora)		 2017 ——————————23—
"Rave in the Grave"
(with Little Sis Nora)		 2018 93—————————21—
  • ZPAV: 3× Platinum[33]
"Hole in the Roof"
(with Little Sis Nora)		 2019 ——————————29—
"Thai Massage"
(with Little Sis Nora)		 2020 ————————————
"First Class Jazz" ————————————
"The Woodchuck Song"
(with Little Sis Nora)		 83———————————
"What Was in That Glass"
(with Little Sis Nora)		 ————————————
"Trombone"

(with Little Sis Nora)

 2021
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
Notes
  1. "Little Swing" did not enter the Sverigetopplistan chart, but peaked at number one on the Heatseeker chart.[31]

2016

2017
  • Dirtywknd - Dirty Weekend (AronChupa Remix)
  • Marcus & Martinus - Make You Believe In Love (AronChupa Remix)
  • This Diamond Life feat. Karen Harding - The Weekend
  • The Collapsable Hearts Club feat. Jim Bianco & Petra Haden - Easy Street (AronChupa Remix) / Featured in "The Cell", an episode of The Walking Dead aired on November 6, 2016.

Notes
  • A^ : Swedish singer and AronChupa's younger sister Nora Ekberg provides the vocals for the tracks.

References
  1. "The Official Athletics Website of The Academy of Art University - Aron Ekberg - 2013 Men's Soccer". 22 December 2015. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  2. "Albatraoz – Single by Albatraoz". iTunes. 19 April 2011.
  3. "Boråsbandet "Albatraoz" skapade viral succé som ledde till samarbete med Sony Music". My News Desk. 19 April 2011.
  4. "ALBATRAOZ – ALBATRAOZ (SONG)". Swedish Charts. 19 April 2011. Archived from the original on 2 December 2014.
  5. "Veckolista Singlar - Vecka 47, 20 november 2014". Hitlistan. 19 April 2011. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014.
  6. ""Albatraoz" gjorde hitlåt på bakfyllan". Afton Bladet. 19 April 2011.
  7. "AronChupa – I'm An Albatraoz – Gold certification". Amprofon. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  8. "AronChupa – I'm an Albatraoz" (in Swedish). Grammofon Leverantörernas Förening. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  9. "Discography AronChupa". swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  10. "AronChupa Discography". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  11. "Ö3 Austria Top 40 – AronChupa". Ö3 Austria Top 40. 11 October 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  12. "Danish charts". Tracklisten. 30 May 2011. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
  13. "Discography AronChupa". Irish-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
  14. "charts.de: AronChupa". charts.de (in German). Media Control GfK International. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  15. "Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana". FIMI. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
  16. Hung, Steffen. "Discografie" (in Dutch). Dutch Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung). Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  17. "Norway Chart History". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
  18. "AronChupa – I'm an Albatraoz". Charts.nz. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  19. Peak chart positions for singles in Poland:
  20. "ARONCHUPA | Official Charts Company". 6 June 2015. Archived from the original on 6 June 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  21. "Veckolista Singlar - Vecka 47, 20 november 2014" (in Swedish). Grammofon Leverantörernas Förening. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  22. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2015 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 10 August 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  23. "IFPI Austria – Gold & Platin". Archived from the original on 8 June 2009. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  24. "17/10-2014 - Certificeringer IFPI Denmark". IFPI Denmark. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
  25. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank". Archived from the original on 27 June 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  26. "Italian single certifications – AronChupa – I'm An Albatraoz". FIMI. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
  27. "American certifications – AronChupa". RIAA. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  28. "New Zealand single certifications – AronChupa – I'm An Albatraoz". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  29. "Fired Cuz I Was Late". iTunes. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
  30. "Little Swing". iTunes. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  31. "Veckolista Heatseeker – Vecka 12, 24 mars 2016" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  32. "Albums and singles certified Diamond in 2020" (in Polish). ZPAV. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  33. "Albums and singles certified Platinum in 2020" (in Polish). ZPAV. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
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