Here's this week's top 20 Swedish albums from Aftonbladet:

01. Sara Löfgren - Starkare
02. Per Gessle - Mazarin
03. Lisa Miskovsky - Fallingwater
04. Sophie Zelmani - Love Affair
05. Patrik Isaksson - Vi som aldrig landat
06. José González - Veneer
07. Arns rike - Arn the gothia
08. Peter LeMarc - Det som håller oss vid liv
09. Alice Babs - Alice babs bästa
10. Jill Johnson - Roots and wings
11. Moneybrother - Blood panic
12. Backyard Babies - Stockholm Syndrome
13. Nicolai Dunger - Here's my song you can have it....
14. Cornelis Vreeswijk - Cornelis Vreeswijks bästa
15. The Latin Kings - Omerta
16. Broder Daniel - Cruel Town
17. Viktoria Tolstoy - Shining on you
18. Miio - På vårt sätt
19. Tomas Andersson Wij - Stjärnorna i oss
20. Mauro Scooco - La dolce vita

New at Musique One Stop: pics of Moneybrother, The Legends and Hip Whips.

The winners of the Swedish Grammies for award categories I care about:

Best artist: Per Gessle - Mazarin
Best song: Per Gessle - Här kommer alla känslorna (på en och samma gång)
Best pop, female: Lisa Miskovsky - Fallingwater
Best pop, male: Per Gessle - Mazarin
Best popgroup: The Knife - Deep cuts
Best rock album, solo: Moneybrother - Blood panic
Best rock group: The Cardigans - Lone gone before daylight
Best composer: Per Gessle
Best lyrics: Timbuktu
Best producer: Joakim Berg and Simon Nordberg
Best newcomer: José González - Veneer
Best album: The Cardigans - Lone gone before daylight
Best folk music: Frifot - Sluring
Best hiphop/soul: Timbuktu - The botten is nådd!
Best hard-rock: The Haunted - One kill wonder
Best jazz: Esbjörn Svensson Trio - Seven days of falling
Best club/dance: Hundarna från Söder - Hundarna från Söder
Best open category: Pugh Rogefeldt - Pugh
MTV prize for best video: The Cardigans - You're the storm
Export prize: Esbjörn Svensson Trio

Read more: http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/noje/story/0,2789,430898,00.html (in Swedish)
Who's got pics of The Knife accepting the award in gorilla masks?

Streaming playlist: Singer/Songwriters, pt. 1

Here's this week's top 20 Swedish albums from Aftonbladet:

01. Sara Löfgren - Starkare
02. Lisa Miskovsky - Fallingwater
03. Per Gessle - Mazarin
04. José González - Veneer
05. Moneybrother - Blood panic
06. Patrik Isaksson - Vi som aldrig landat
07. Peter LeMarc - Det som håller oss vid liv
08. Sophie Zelmani - Love Affair
09. Tomas Andersson Wij - Stjärnorna i oss
10. Cornelis Vreeswijk - Cornelis Vreeswijks bästa
11. Backyard Babies - Stockholm Syndrome
12. Broder Daniel - Cruel Town
13. Nicolai Dunger - Here's my song you can have it....
14. The Latin Kings - Omerta
15. Jill Johnson - Roots and wings
16. The Knife - Deep Cuts
17. Viktoria Tolstoy - Shining on you
18. Miio - På vårt sätt
19. Pugh Rogefeldt - Pughs bästa
20. Elin Sigvardsson - Saturday Night Naive

Here's the top 20 Swedish albums of the week, as reported by Aftonbladet:

01. Per Gessle - Mazarin
02. Lisa Miskovsky - Fallingwater
03. José González - Veneer
04. Tomas Andersson Wij - Stjärnorna i oss
05. Moneybrother - Blood panic
06. Cornelis Vreeswijk - Cornelis Vreeswijks bästa
07. The Knife - Deep Cuts
08. Broder Daniel - Cruel Town
09. Sophie Zelmani - Love Affair
10. Backyard Babies - Stockholm Syndrome
11. Jill Johnson - Roots and wings
12. The Latin Kings - Omerta
13. Elin Sigvardsson - Saturday Night Naive
14. Pugh Rogefeldt - Pughs bästa
15. Peter LeMarc - Det som håller oss vid liv
16. Miio - På vårt sätt
17. Bo Kaspers orkester - Vilka tror vi att vi är
18. Lisa Nilsson - Samlade sånger 1992-2003
19. Markoolio - I skuggan av mig själv
20. Lisa Ekdahl - En samling sånger

The winners of the Manifest 2004 Sveriges Oberoende Musikpris (The Swedish Independent Music Prize):

Pop/rock: The Knife
Hard rock/punk: Nasum
Hip-hop/r&b/soul: Chords
Postrock/electronica: Sophie Rimheden
Dance/house/techno: Plej
Folk/world music: Frifot
Singer/songwriter: José González
Live artist of the year: Moneybrother
Newcomer of the year: Radio Dept.

More info: http://www.som.se/manifest/

The winners of the P3 Gold Awards:

Best male artist: Moneybrother
Best live artist (Guldmicken): Moneybrother
Best group: The Knife
Best song: Timbuktu - "The Botten Is Nådd"
Best female artist: Lisa Miskovsky
Best newcomer: Moneybrother
Best hip-hop/soul: Timbuktu
Best rock/metal: Nasum
Best dance: Jesper Dahlbäck
Best pop: Radio Dept.

The new Hives song they played is called "Walk Idiot Walk". It sounded okay.

Listen to the entire thing on-demand: http://www.sr.se/p3/p3guld/

Here's the top 20 Swedish albums of the week, as reported by Aftonbladet:

01. Per Gessle - Mazarin
02. Sophie Zelmani - Love Affair
03. Jill Johnson - Roots and wings
04. Carola - Guld platina & passion - det bästa
05. Lisa Miskovsky - Fallingwater
06. Christer Sjögren - För kärlekens skull
07. Georg Riedel orkester - Barn på nytt
08. Lasse Stefanz - Det här är bara början
09. José González - Veneer
10. Moneybrother - Blood panic
11. Peter LeMarc - Det som håller oss vid liv
12. Markoolio - I skuggan av mig själv
13. Mauro Scocco - La Dolce Vita
14. The Knife - Deep Cuts
15. Bo Kaspers orkester - Vilka tror vi att vi är
16. Helen Sjöholm / Anders Widmark - Genom varje andetag
17. Backyard Babies - Stockholm Syndrome
18. Bergman Rock - Bergman Rock
19. Björn Rosenström - Var får jag allt ifrån?
20. Lisa Nilsson - Samlade sånger 1992-2003

Here are some of the nominees for the Swedish Grammies:

Best Pop Female:
Jill Johnson - Roots and Wings
Lisa Miskovsky - Fallingwater
Miss Universum - Selfelected
Pauline - Candy Rain
Elin Sigvardsson - Saturday Light Naive

Best Pop Male:
Magnus Carlson - Ett Kungarike För En Kram
Per Gessle - Mazarin
José González - Veneer
Peter LeMarc - Det Som Håller Oss Vid Liv
Mauro Scocco - Beat Hotel

Best Pop Group:
Alcazar - Alcazarized
Bo Kaspers Orkester - Vilka Tror Vi Att Vi Är
Da Buzz - More Than Alive
David & The Citizens - Until The Sadness Is Gone
The Knife - Deep Cuts

Best Rock Album (solo):
Eagle-Eye - Cherry Sub Rosa
Christian Kjellvander - Introducing The Past
Lars Winnerbäck och Hovet - Söndermarken
Moneybrother - Blood Panic
Thomas Rusiak - In The Sun

Best Rock Group:
Bad Cash Quartet - Midnight Prayer
Broder Daniel - Cruel Town
The Cardigans - Long Gone Before Daylight
Fireside - Get Shot
Randy - Welfare Problems

Best Songwriter:
Karin & Olof Dreijer
Per Gessle
Lisa Miskovsky & Joakim Berg
Peter Svensson
Moneybrother (Anders Wendin)

Best Lyrics:
Timbuktu (Jason Diakté)
Per Gessle
Peter LeMarc
Nina Persson
Lars Winnerbäck

Best Producer:
Joakim Berg/Simon Norberg
Karin & Olof Dreijer
Pelle Gunnerfeldt
Jari Haapalainen
C. Öfwerman, C. Lundquist & P. Gessle

Best Hip-hop/Soul:
Advance Patrol - Utskrivna
Kaah - Jideblasko
Ken Det - Bortglömda
The Latin Kings - Omerta
Timbuktu - The Botten Is Nådd!

Best Hard Rock:
Backyard Babies - Stockholm Syndrome
Evergrey - Recreation Day
The Haunted - One Kill Wonder
Mustasch - Ratsafari
Opeth - Damnation

Best Jazz:
E.S.T. - Seven Days Of Falling
Rigmor Gustavsson - with I Will Wait For You
Nils Landgren and The Fleshquartet
Jonas Kullhammar Quartet - Plays Loud For The People
Oddjob - Koyo
Bobo Stenson/Lennart Åberg

Best Club/Dance Song:
Hundarna Från Söder - Hundarna Från Söder BAM
Koop - Waltz For Koop - Alternative Takes
Physics - First Flight NSD
Plej - Electronic Music From The Westcoast
Sophie Rimheden - Hi-Fi Mitek

Best Pop/Dance Band:
Barbados - Hela Himlen
Fame - Give Me Your Love
Jan Johansen - X My Heart
Jill Johnson - Discography
Lasse Stefanz - Det Här Är Bara Början

Go here for the full list: http://www.ifpi.se/02.images/01.top/02.subnav_pdf/08.grammis/pdf/Grammisnomineringar_2003.pdf

Streaming playlist: Guest DJ: Orosco

Here's this week's top 10 Nordic video chart from YLE/Morjen:

01. Paleface - Colgate Soulmate (FIN)
02. Eskobar - Loves strikes (SWE)
03. Briskeby - Halleluja (NOR)
04. Land og Synir - Smile (ICE)
05. Dinojax - Roadblocks ahead (DK)
06. Diablo - Read my scars (FIN)
07. Moneybrother - It's Been Hurting All The Way With You, Joanna (SWE)
08. Lisa Miskovsky - Lady Stardust (SWE)
09. Viikate - Leimu (FIN)
10. Hardcore Superstar - Honey Tongue (SWE)

Challengers:
01. The Crash - Still alive (FIN)
02. Nina Rochelle - (Happy) Jag hatar att det e så (SWE)
03. Outlandish - Walou (DK)

Here's the top 20 Swedish albums of the week, as reported by Aftonbladet:

01. Carola - Guld platina & passion - det bästa
02. Sophie Zelmani - Love Affair
03. Per Gessle - Mazarin
04. Lisa Miskovsky - Fallingwater
05. The Cardigans - Long Gone Before Daylight
06. Georg Riedel orkester - Barn på nytt
07. Peter LeMarc - Det som håller oss vid liv
08. Jill Johnson - Roots and wings
09. José González - Veneer
10. Miio - På vårt sätt
11. Markoolio - I skuggan av mig själv
12. Helen Sjöholm / Anders Widmark - Genom varje andetag
13. Bergman Rock - Bergman Rock
14. Moneybrother - Bloodpanic
15. Bo Kaspers orkester - Vilka tror vi att vi är
16. Lars Winnerbäck och Hovet - Söndermarken
17. Backyard Babies - Stockholm Syndrome
18. Mauro Scocco - La Dolce Vita
19. Björn Rosenström - Var får jag allt ifrån?
20. Christer Sjögren - För kärlekens skull

Dolores Records will be reissuing the out-of-print "Instrumentalmusik" solo debut album from Björn Olsson. There's no release date confirmed yet, but it should come as good news for those of you in Sweden contemplating ordering from the US where we can still get it.

Here's the nominees for the Swedish Manifest awards:

Pop/Rock:
Hell on Wheels - Oh my God What have I done
Radio Dept. - Lesser matters
Concretes - Concretes
Franke - Optimismens hån
The Knife - Deep cuts

Hardrock/Punk:
Arch Enemy - Anthems of rebellion
Burst - Prey on life
Cult of Luna - The beyond
Katationa - Viva emptiness
Nasum - Helvete

Hip hop/R&B/Soul:
Chords - The garden around the mansion
Speech Defect - Freshcoast gettin' rowdy
Soul Supreme - The Saturday nite agenda
Advance Patrol - Utskrivna
Kaah - Jideblasko international

Postrock/electronica:
Namur - Conquer me
Sagor & Swing - Allt hänger samman
Sophie Rimheden - Hi-fi
Slagsmålsklubben - Den svenske disco
Tape - Milieu

Dance/house/techno:
Hundarna från Söder - Hundarna från Söder
Forss - Soulhack
Plej - Electronic music from the Swedish leftcoast
Stateless - Art of no state
Steve Angello - ...presents tracks

Folk/World music:
Lisa Rydberg - Östbjörka
Frifot - Sluring
Anders Nygårds & Magnus Stinnerbom - Dalahyl
Anders Norrudde, Leo Svensson and Göran Fredriksson - Med hull och hår
Cerro Esperanza Band - Nubes del alma

Singer/Songwriter:
Ane Brun - Spending time with Morgan
Ulf Stureson - Allt jag ville säga
Christian Kjellvander - Introducing the past
Johan Borgert - Johan Borgert
José Gonzàlez - Veneer

Best live artist:
Looptroop
Moneybrother
Randy
Timbuktu med Damn
Killers

Best newcomer:
Miss Universum
José Gonzàlez
Shout Out Louds
Radio Dept.
Paris

Winners are chosen by the SOM (Svenska Oberoende Musikproducenter) (Swedish Independent Musicproducers) and will be announced at an awards ceremony on January 29 at Debaser in Stockholm.

Here's this week's MTV Up North Nordic video chart. The top 20 remains the same as last time, but at least there's new challengers to vote for.

01. The Rasmus - First Day Of My Life
02. Backyard Babies - Minus Celsius
03. Tim Christensen - Whispering At The Top Of My Lungs
04. Moneybrother - It's Been Hurting All The Way With You Joanna
05. Redrama - Hang It Up
06. Eskobar - Love Strikes
07. Erik Faber - Century
08. Outlandish - Aicha
09. Lisa Miskovsky - Lady Stardust
10. Fattaru feat. Masayah - Ton för ton
11. Paperboys - Hey Man
12. Beats & Styles - Dynamite
13. C21 - One Night In Bangkok
14. Christian Kjellvander - Portugal
15. The Latin Kings - Cashen Dom Tas
16. Negative - The Moment Of Our Love
17. Carpark North - Wild Wonders
18. Slow Train Soul - In The Black Of Night
19. Fintelligens - Vaan Sil On Väliä
20. Hardcore Superstar - Still I´m Glad

Challengers:
01. Eagle Eye Cherry - Don´t Give Up
02. Junior Senior - Shake Your Coconuts
03. Safri Duo feat. Clark Anderson - All The People In The World
04. Briskeby - Halleluja
05. Christine Milton - Superstar
06. Majid - Boys And Girls
07. September - We Can Do It
08. L.O.C. - Undskyld

Go to the MTVE.com site to watch and vote for your favorite.