Eric Khaled Saade (Swedish: [ËˆÃªË rɪk saËˆÃ¢Ë dÉ›]; Arabic: إريك
سعادة‎, romanized: ʾĪrik SaÊ¿Ä da, IPA: [ˈÊ"iË rik
saˈʕaË dÉ ]; born October 29, 1990), is a Swedish singer.He spent
two years with the boy band What's Up!, leaving the band in February
2009 to pursue a solo career. After winning the Swedish
Melodifestivalen 2011 with "Popular", Saade represented Sweden at the
Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Germany, placing third.Saade was born
in Kattarp, a small village in Helsingborg Municipality, Scania,
Sweden, to Marlene Jacobsson, a Swede, and Walid Saade, a Palestinian
from Lebanon. After his parents divorced when he was four, he lived
with his mother. Saade is the second of eight siblings and
half-siblings.Saade began singing after seeing Michael Jackson on TV,
and his other musical influences are Robbie Williams, Bryan Adams, the
Backstreet Boys and Justin Timberlake.
سعادة‎, romanized: ʾĪrik SaÊ¿Ä da, IPA: [ˈÊ"iË rik
saˈʕaË dÉ ]; born October 29, 1990), is a Swedish singer.He spent
two years with the boy band What's Up!, leaving the band in February
2009 to pursue a solo career. After winning the Swedish
Melodifestivalen 2011 with "Popular", Saade represented Sweden at the
Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Germany, placing third.Saade was born
in Kattarp, a small village in Helsingborg Municipality, Scania,
Sweden, to Marlene Jacobsson, a Swede, and Walid Saade, a Palestinian
from Lebanon. After his parents divorced when he was four, he lived
with his mother. Saade is the second of eight siblings and
half-siblings.Saade began singing after seeing Michael Jackson on TV,
and his other musical influences are Robbie Williams, Bryan Adams, the
Backstreet Boys and Justin Timberlake.
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