Petter (rapper)

Petter Alexis Askergren, (born 25 May 1974), who simply uses his given name Petter as a stage name, is a rap artist from Stockholm, Sweden, rapping in Swedish. He debuted in 1998 with the album Mitt sjätte sinne (My Sixth Sense), which became a success and started the Swedish hip hop boom in the late 1990s and early 2000s. He owns a record company called Bananrepubliken (English: The Banana Republic). He also studied art history at Uppsala University for some time. He has also worked with the famous Norwegian rap producer Tommy Tee several times in his career. Petter also frequently works with Swedish disk jockey Patrik Elofsson who goes by the stage name DJ Sleepy.

Petter
Petter opening Orange Scene on Roskilde Festival 2009
Background information
Birth namePetter Alexis Askergren
Also known asPetter
Born (1974-05-25) 25 May 1974
Sweden
GenresRap
Occupation(s)Rapper
Websitewww.petter.nu

In 2014 he hosted Musikhjälpen in Uppsala.

Personal life

Petter was diagnosed with ADHD in 2011.[1]

Discography

Studio albums
Year Album Peak
position
SWE
[2]		 Certification
1998 Mitt sjätte sinne 5 2× Platinum
1999 Bananrepubliken 1 3× Platinum
2001 Petter 16 Gold
2004 Ronin 5
2006 P 1 Gold
2007 God Damn It 12
2010 En räddare i nöden 11
2013 Början på allt 5
2015 Mitt folk 12
2016 Skeppsholmen 3
[3]
2018 Lev nu 6
[4]
9818 17
[5]
Dö sen 9
[6]
2020 Varholmsgatan 24
[7]

Compilation albums
Year Album Peak
position
SWE
[2]		 Sales Certification
2008 X – Greatest Hits 31
2013 Mitt sjätte sinne (Jubileumsutgåva) 29

Singles
Year Single Chart peak Album
SWE
1998 "Vinden har vänt" 6 Mitt Sjätte Sinne
"Du vet att jag gråter" (Petter & Kaah) 51
1999 "Mikrofonkåt" 53
"Saker & ting" (feat. Eye N'I) 2 Bananrepubliken
2000 "Så klart!" (feat. Eye N'I) 6
"Rulla med oss" (feat. Timbuktu, Peewee, Eye N'I) 34
2001 "Tar det tillbaka" 13 Petter
2002 "Ey yo" (feat. ADL) 35
2004 "Fredrik Snortare & Cecilia Synd" 11 Ronin
"Repa skivan" (feat. AFC) 28
2006 "Det går bra nu" 3 P
"Storstadsidyll" (feat. Håkan Hellström) -
2007 "God Damn It" 14 God Damn It
"Logiskt" (feat. Säkert!) 10
2008 "Goda dagars magi" -
"Min click" (feat. Kihlen) - X - Greatest Hits
2009 "Slag under bältet" - En räddare i nöden
"För alla dom" (Ison & Fille and Mogge) 21 Non album single
2010 "Fast för evigt" - En räddare i nöden
"Gör min dag" (feat. Magnus Carlson) 47
2013 "Håll om mig" (with Daniel Adams-Ray) 28
2015 "Kul på vägen" (feat. Sam-E & Sara Zacharias) 67
"Vi är" 68 Skeppsholmen
2016 "Pris på mitt huvud" (feat. Daniel Adams-Ray) 75[8]
"Se på mig nu" (feat. Linnea Henriksson) 5[9] Skeppsholmen
2018 "Toppen av ett berg" (feat. Madi Banja) 4
"En grej i taget" (with Mapei and MagnusTheMagnus) 97
[10]
"Regnet" (featuring Molly Sandén and Sami) 29
[11]
"Lev nu dö sen" (featuring Vargas and Lagola) 39
[11]
"Faller av" (featuring Thomas Rusiak, PeeWee and Eye-N-I) —[upper-alpha 1] 9818
"Brevet" (featuring David Jassy) —[upper-alpha 2] Non-album single
"Ikväll" (featuring Ana Díaz) 71
[14]		 Dö sen
2019 "Kung för en dag" (featuring Magnus Uggla) 23
[15]		 Sa mycket battre
"Stockholm" (featuring Tjuvjakt) 42
"Sanningen" (featuring Linnea Henriksson) 31
[15]
"Jag lovar" 33
[16]
"Bonfire" —[upper-alpha 3]
2020 "Astronaut" (featuring OBLX) 82
[18]		 Non-album single
"Dom får mig aldrig levande" (featuring Thomas Stenström) 35
[19]
"Barnängens ängar" (featuring Joel Alme) —[upper-alpha 4]

Notes

  1. "Faller av" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number six on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[12]
  2. "Brevet" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number 17 on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[13]
  3. "Bonfire" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number 14 on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[17]
  4. While "Barnängens ängar" did not chart at the Swedish Singles Chart, it peaked at number five on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[20]
Year Artist Single Peak
position
2000 Fintelligens "Stockholm - Helsinki" (feat. Petter & PeeWee) -
2000 Saska "Städer när jag blöder" (feat. Thåström & Petter) 30
2001 Feven "Vill ha" (feat. Petter) 38
2001 Clemens "En gång till" -
2007 Mange Schmidt "Giftig" (feat. Petter) 2
2007 Snook "Inga Problem" (feat. Veronica Maggio & Petter) -
2007 Dee Pee (DK) "Håbet" (feat. Patrick B (DK) & Petter) -
gollark: I favour anarcho-anarchism.
gollark: Dethrone LyricLy! Establish a gollarkian dictatorship!
gollark: spam
gollark: What ħappened?
gollark: A large majority of what I say has likely already been said somewhere before.

See also

References
  1. Strömberg, Niklas (14 April 2011). "Petter: Jag har adhd". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  2. Chart History
  3. "Sverigetopplistan - Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 5 November 2016. Click on "Veckans albumlista".
  4. "Sverigetopplistan - Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 22 June 2018. Click on "Veckans albumlista".
  5. "Sverigetopplistan - Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 31 August 2018. Click on "Veckans albumlista".
  6. "Sverigetopplistan - Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 8 December 2018. Click on "Veckans albumlista".
  7. "Veckolista Album, vecka 25". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  8. "www.sverigetopplistan.se". Archived from the original on August 13, 2015. Retrieved August 28, 2015.
  9. "www.sverigetopplistan.se". Retrieved November 12, 2016.
  10. "Sverigetopplistan – Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  11. "Sverigetopplistan – Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  12. "Veckolista Heatseeker – Vecka 36, 7 september 2018". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  13. "Veckolista Heatseeker – Vecka 47, 23 november 2018". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  14. "Sverigetopplistan – Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  15. "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 46". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  16. "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 47". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  17. "Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 50". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  18. "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 7". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  19. "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 19". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  20. "Veckolista Heatseeker – Vecka 25". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
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