Albatraoz

Albatraoz is a Swedish electro house-hip hop band from Borås, formed in 2012. The band consists of Aron "AronChupa" Ekberg, Nicklas "Savvo" Savolainen, AndyBar Maskinen and Sahlberg "Salle" Rasmus.

This article is about the band. For the song of band member AronChupa, see I'm an Albatraoz.

Albatraoz
Albatraoz at Strand Hotel in Borgholm, Sweden, in 2014. Above: Måns Harvidsson (former), Salle and Savvo. Below: AndyBar Maskinen and AronChupa.
Background information
Origin	Borås, Sweden
Genres	Electro house hip hop hip house EDM
Instruments	Music sequencer sampler synthesiser drum machine vocals
Years active	2012–present
Labels	Aron Ekberg
Website	albatraozofficial.com
Members	AronChupa Andy Reinholdsson Salle Savvo
Past members	Måns Harvidsson

Career

In 2009 Aron Ekberg, Måns Harvidsson, Andreas Reinholdsson, Nicklas Savvolainen and Rasmus Sahlberg become members of the Swedish fourth division professional football club Byttorps IF and began their careers as footballers.[1] In 2012 they formed the group as a hobby and recorded a demo produced by Aron. The group went professional when they signed with Sony Music.[2] On 2 August 2013 their debut single was released, the self-titled "Albatraoz".[3] The song reached thirty-six in Swedish Singles Chart and remained nineteen weeks on the chart.[4] "Albatraoz" was certified platinum in Sweden.[5]

In January 2014 the song reached 8.5 million plays on Spotify and the group toured to promote the song.[6] On 18 April 2014 the group released their second single, "Arriba", but the song didn't peak in the charts.[7]

Controversy

During a concert in February 2017 in Bohuslän, Sweden, the group made headlines after the member Måns Harvidsson had pressed a female audience member's face towards his groin on stage. This was witnessed by both a security guard at the club and by friends of the victim, who had also filmed the act with her mobile phone. In the recording it can be seen how Harvidsson grasps the victim by her hair and then presses her face against his genitals before he let her go. In an apology to the victim Harvidsson later explains that the girls would never understand the feeling and he compared it with how actors enters a role in a film. He also said, according to the victim and her friend, "how should I know that she didn't want if I didn't try?".[8][9]

After the incident the record company Sony Music decided to terminate all cooperation between them and Albatraoz. Harvidsson was also fired from the band the same day, all members cut off contact with him and apologized for the former member's violence.[10]

Two years after the incident, in February 2019, Uddevalla District Court sentenced Harvidsson to 80 day-fines for sexual harassment. He was also to pay 5 000 SEK in damages to the victim, which was half of what she had claimed. Harvidsson had during his case denied the charges and argued that in the event the court would find him guilty, no punishment should be given on the ground that his musical career had already suffered greatly. The court did however not find this reason enough. He was also accused by a second woman from the concert, who claimed that he had flicked her on the buttocks with a towel and kissed her on the neck. In this case the court dropped the charges citing lack of evidence.[11][12]

Members

Current

• AronChupa (Aron Ekberg) – record producer, DJ, vocals
• AndyBar Maskinen (Andreas Reinholdsson) – vocals
• Salle (Rasmus Sahlberg) – DJ, record producer
• Savo (Nicklas Savolainen) – vocals

Former

• Måns Harvidsson – vocals (2012–2017)

Discography

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Certifications	Album
		SWE [13]
"Albatraoz"[14]	2013	36	IFPI SWE: 2× Platinum[5]	Non-album single
"Arriba"[15]	2014	—
"Copacabana"[16]		—
"Wunderbar"[17]	2015	—
"General Zod"[18]	2016	—
"Defunkt" (with Ture Brute)	2019	—[upper-alpha 1]
"E (Ventex)" (featuring Ture Brute)	2020	12 [20]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Notes

1. "Defunkt" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number four on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[19]

References

1. "Fußballvereins Byttorps IF (in schwedisch)". Aftonbladet. April 19, 2011.
2. "Boråsbandet "Albatraoz" skapade viral succé som ledde till samarbete med Sony Music". My News Desk. April 19, 2011.
3. "Albatraoz - Single by Albatraoz". iTunes. April 19, 2011.
4. "ALBATRAOZ - ALBATRAOZ (SONG)". Swedish Charts. April 19, 2011.
5. "Albatraoz - DOUBLE PLATINA AWARD!". Albatraoz Official. April 19, 2011.
6. ""Albatraoz" gjorde hitlåt på bakfyllan". Afton Bladet. April 19, 2011.
7. "Arriba - Single by Albatraoz". iTunes. April 19, 2011.
8. Simon Lundberg; Agnes Källén (6 February 2017). "Här pressar Albatraoz-medlemmen ung tjejs ansikte mot sitt kön – mitt under konsert". Nyhter24 (in Swedish). Retrieved 6 February 2017.
9. Haddad, Prescilia (6 February 2017). "Svensk artist tryckte kvinnas ansikte mot sitt skrev". SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 6 February 2017.
10. Haddad, Prescilia (6 February 2017). "Artist ofredade Malin – sparkas nu från bandet". SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 6 February 2017.
11. Sennerteg, Niclas (6 February 2019). "Artist från Sjuhärad dömd för sexuellt ofredande" [Artist from Sjuhärad convicted of sexual assault]. Borås Tidning (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 7 November 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
12. Lindström, Frida (6 February 2019). "Svensk artist dömd för sexuellt ofredande" [Swedish artist convicted of sexual assault]. Gaffa (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 7 November 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
13. List of Albatraoz songs on chart:
    • All: "Discography Albatraoz". swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved July 11, 2014.
14. "Albatraoz - Albatraoz". Spotify. April 19, 2011.
15. "Albatraoz - Arriba". Spotify. April 19, 2011.
16. "Albatraoz - Copacabana". Spotify. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
17. "Albatraoz - Wunderbar". Spotify. April 19, 2011.
18. "Albatraoz - General Zod". Spotify. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
19. "Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 3". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
20. "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 7". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 15 February 2020.

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