This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Ulf Lundell - Högtryck
02. Robyn - Robyn
03. Carola - Störst av allt
04. Kent - Du & Jag Döden
05. Amy Diamond - This Is Me Now
06. Nanne - 20 år med Nanne
07. Svenska Akademien - Resa Sig Opp
08. Messhuggah - Catch Thirtythree
09. Helena Paparizou - My Number One
10. Sofia Karlsson - Svarta ballader
11. Timbuktu - Alla vill till himmelen men ingen vill dö
12. Electric Banana Band - Electric Banana Band och Trazan & Banarnes bästa
13. Laleh - Laleh
14. Anna Ternheim - Somebody Outside
15. Jill Johnson - Being Who You Are
16. Shirley Clamp - Lever Mina Drömmar
17. Caroline W. - Bossa Supernova
18. Bodies Without Organs - Protoype
19. Lars Winnerbäck - Vatten Under Broarna
20. Bo Sundström - Skåne

Via Think Small, here's a newish Swedish twee act called The Budgies: http://www.tbc.se/budgies/

Stylus gives props to Robyn's latest album: http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=3060

Here's this week's MTVe UpNorth video chart:

01. Kristin Frogner - Stars Above My Head
02. Sara Nunes - Simon Can't Sing
03. DAD - Scare Yourself
04. Smak - Nousen
05. Ane Brun / Ron Sexsmith - Song No. 6
06. Paperboys - Wiggle It
07. Carpark North - Human
08. Darin - Why Does It Rain
09. Swan Lee - Love Will Keep You Warm
10. Paris - 60 Minutes
11. Looptroop - Fort Europa
12. Humane - Wish God Was A Woman
13. Jaqee - Karma
14. Chick Habit - Rule The World
15. Eskobar - Even If You Know Me
16. Jori Hulkkonen - Lo Fiction
17. PH3 - Det Där
18. Prominent - Let's Talk It Over
19. Nick & Jay - Kan Du Hora Hende Synge
20. Ayesha - The Rose

Challengers:
01. Soak The Sin - Hands Up
02. Robyn - Be Mine
03. Håkan Hellström - Dom Kommer Kliva På Dig Igen
04. Beezewax - I'm Not Where I'm Supposed To Be
05. Diefenbach - Favourite Friend

Go here to vote for your favorite.

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

01. Smak - Nousen (FIN)
02. Vink - Triathlon (FIN)
03. Technicolour - Teach me love (FIN)
04. Discore - Rautakahle (FIN)
05. Korpiklaani - Hunting song (FIN)
06. Apocalyptica feat. Lauri Ylönen - Life burns! (FIN)
07. Millencolin - Ray (SWE)
08. Kent - Palace & main (SWE)
09. Anniina - Who's about to cry (FIN)
10. @junkmail - Hyvä minä (FIN)

Challengers:
11. Maija Vilkkumaa - Kesä (FIN)
12. Robyn - Be mine (SWE)
13. Turbonegro - High on the crime (NOR)

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Robyn - Robyn
02. Carola - Störst av allt
03. Kent - Du & Jag Döden
04. Amy Diamond - This Is Me Now
05. Nanne - 20 år med Nanne
06. Sofia Karlsson - Svarta ballader
07. Timbuktu - Alla vill till himmelen men ingen vill dö
08. Doktor Kosmos - Ett enkelt svar:
09. Electric Banana Band - Electric Banana Band och Trazan & Banarnes bästa
10. Shirley Clamp - Lever Mina Drömmar
11. Helena Paparizou - My Number One
12. Caroline W. - Bossa Supernova
13. Jill Johnson - Being Who You Are
14. Laleh - Laleh
15. Eldkvarn - Atlantis
16. Bo Sundström - Skåne
17. Anna Ternheim - Somebody Outside
18. Moneybrother - To Die Alone
19. Darin - The Anthem
20. Christer Sjögren - Love Me Tender

Kinda off-topic, but still interesting: the Washington Post is running a net-diary documenting a journalist's trip to Finland: http://blogs.washingtonpost.com/finlanddiary/?nav=sc

Fluxblog praises "Konichiwa bitches", the hip-hop crossover single from Swedish popstar Robyn: http://www.fluxblog.org/2005/05/gifted-all-natural-and-splitting-seams.html

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Robyn - Robyn
02. Carola - Störst av allt
03. Kent - Du & Jag Döden
04. Nanne - 20 år med Nanne
05. Sofia Karlsson - Svarta ballader
06. Timbuktu - Alla vill till himmelen men ingen vill dö
07. Shirley Clamp - Lever Mina Drömmar
08. Eldkvarn - Atlantis
09. Bo Sundström - Skåne
10. Moneybrother - To Die Alone
11. Laleh - Laleh
12. Candlemass - Candlemass
13. Jill Johnson - Being Who You Are
14. Jimmy Jansson - Som en blixt!
15. Darin - The Anthem
16. Nordman - Anno 2005
17. Caroline W. - Bossa Supernova
18. Bodies Without Organs - Prototype
19. Christer Sjögren - Love Me Tender
20. Looptroop - Fort Europa

Pitchfork reviews the reissue of the first Dungen album: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/d/dungen/1999-2001.shtml

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Carola - Störst av allt
02. Robyn - Robyn
03. Nanne - 20 år med Nanne
04. Kent - Du & Jag Döden
05. Candlemass - Candlemass
06. Shirley Clamp - Lever Mina Drömmar
07. Sofia Karlsson - Svarta ballader
08. Eldkvarn - Atlantis
09. Bo Sundström - Skåne
10. Nordman - Anno 2005
11. Timbuktu - Alla vill till himmelen men ingen vill dö
12. Lena Philipsson - Det gör ont en stund på natten men inget på dan
13. Moneybrother - To Die Alone
14. Laleh - Laleh
15. Looptroop - Fort Europa
16. Caroline W. - Bossa Supernova
17. Jill Johnson - Being Who You Are
18. Jimmy Jansson - Som en blixt!
19. Bodies Without Organs - Prototype
20. Darin - The Anthem

The BBC's Radio 3 is running a feature on EST aka Esbjörn Svensson Trio: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/jazzon3/pip/vj6k6/ (via)

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Robyn - Robyn
02. Kent - Du & Jag Döden
03. Nanne - 20 år med Nanne
04. Looptroop - Fort Europa
05. Eldkvarn - Atlantis
06. Lena Philipsson - Det gör ont en stund på natten men inget på dan
07. Nordman - Anno 2005
08. Bo Sundström - Skåne
09. Shirley Clamp - Lever Mina Drömmar
10. Sofia Karlsson - Svarta ballader
11. Moneybrother - To Die Alone
12. The Tough Alliance - New School
13. Timbuktu - Alla vill till himmelen men ingen vill dö
14. Martin Stenmarck - Think Of Me (New Version)
15. Freddie Wadling - Jag är monstret
16. Jill Johnson - Being Who You Are
17. Laleh - Laleh
18. Totta Näslund - Totta 8: Greatest Hits!
19. Darin - The Anthem
20. Hammerfall - Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken

HIM reports that acclaimed engineer Andy Wallace will be mixing the band's forthcoming album. Some of Wallace's credits include work on albums from Slayer, Korn, Ben Folds Five, Helmet, Rage Against the Machine, Rollins Band and tons more.

Dolores Recordings will be putting out a ton of vinyl in April. First up on April 15 comes the gatefold LP version of The Caesars' latest "Paper tigers" in a 500 copy limited run. On that same day they'll also release a trio of singles: Björn Olsson - "Partille", Robyn - "Bum Like You" and Broder Daniel - "Luke Skywalker (Demo'93)". And that's not all - Dolores will also be releasing vinyl editions of both their "Who will buy these wonderful evils?" compilations on April 25. Only 300 copies of those, so you might need to act fast if you want one. As always, order 'em through Hotstuff.se.

Fluxblog has a track from Swedish pop star Robyn today: http://www.fluxblog.org/2005/03/echo-in-my-head-robyn-be-mine-in-this.html

P3 Musikjournalen is saying that pop starlet Robyn will be with various artists such as Klas Åhlund and The Knife on a new album, tentatively due out around summer next year.

The write-ins have been tabulated and the nominees for the 25th annual Rockbjornen have been announced. Here's the categories I care about:

Best Swedish male:
Per Gessle
José González
Moneybrother
Timbuktu
Lars Winnerbäck

Best Swedish female:
Carola
Lisa Miskovsky
Pauline
Robyn
Elin Sigvardsson

Best Swedish group:
Alcazar
Backyard Babies
Broder Daniel
Kent
The Cardigans

Best Swedish song:
Per Gessle - Här Kommer Alla Känslorna
Lisa Miskovsky - Lady Stardust
Backyard Babies - Minus Celsius
Timbuktu - The Botten Is Nådd
Broder Daniel - When We Were Winning

Best Swedish album:
Moneybrother - Blood Panic
Broder Daniel - Cruel Town
The Cardigans - Long Gone Before Daylight
Per Gessle - Mazarin
Lars Winnerbäck - Söndermarken

Best Swedish newcomer:
José González
Jamie Meyer
Moneybrother
Pauline
Elin Sigvardsson

Finland's The Rasmus is also nominated in the best international song, group and album categories. Go here to vote: http://www.rockbjornen.se

Here's the nominees for the NRJ Radio Awards categories that are relevant to this site:

Best Nordic artist:
Per Gessle
Outlandish
The Rasmus
Lene Marlin
Jay-Kid

Best Nordic song:
The Rasmus - "In The Shadows"
Outlandish - "Aicha"
Per Gessle - "Här kommer alla känslorna (på en och samma gång)"
Beats And Styles - "Dynamite"
Lene Marlin - "You Weren't There"

Best Swedish male artist:
Per Gessle
Timbuktu
Bosson
Dr Alban
Jamie Meyer

Best Swedish female artist:
Sahlene
Robyn
Lisa Miskovsky
September
Dilba

Best Swedish group:
Kent
Da Buzz
The Sounds
Alcazar
Antique

Best Swedish newcomer:
September
Miio
User
Fame
Ana

Best Swedish song:
Per Gessle - "Här kommer alla känslorna (på en och samma gång)"
Da Buzz - "Alive"
Alcazar - "Not A Sinner, Nor A Saint"
Timbuktu - "The botten is nådd"
Lisa Miskovsky - "Lady Stardust"

Winners will be announced during the live broadcast awards show on January 25 in Stockholm. Go here to cast your votes: www.nrjradioawards.com.

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

01. v/a - Lilla Melodifestivalen 2003
02. Bo Kaspers orkester - Vilka tror vi att vi är
03. Per Gessle - Mazarin
04. Lasse Stefanz - Det här är bara början
05. User - User
06. Carola - Guld platina & passion - det bästa
07. Fred Åkerström - Freds bästa
08. Pauline - Candy rain
09. The Cardigans - Long gone before daylight
10. Ainbusk - En samling
11. E.S.T. - Seven days of falling
12. Bad Cash Quartet - Midnight prayer
13. Robyn - Don't stop the music
14. Anna-Lotta Larson - Tidlöst
15. Lisa Nilsson - Samlade sånger 1992-2003
16. Mustasch - Ratsafari
17. Pugh Rogefeldt - Pughs bästa
18. Lars Winnerbäck & Hovet - Söndermarken
19. Jill Johnson - Discography
20. Sten & Stanley - Samlade tv-hits

Darkane has postponed plans to begin recording their next record due to guitarist Klas Ideberg recent surgery for a slipped disc in his back and also because the band wants more time to finish building their own studio. They are still planning on a springtime release through Nuclear Blast.