BILLBOARD "POPULAR UPRISINGS"
(taken from Billboard: May 26, 2001)

EUROPEAN DARLING:
Swedish pop singer Andreas Johnson has been a hit artist in Europe, due largely to the single "Glorious," a top 10 hit in several countries including Sweden, the U.K., France, Germany, and Ireland. Liebling, the album that features teh song, has also been a hit in Europe.

Liebling is set for a U.S. release June 12 on Reprise Records. American audiences have been exposed to the song via HBO, which has used the track for on-air promotions. Triple-A radio and dance clubs have also given the song early airplay. "Glorious" has been a dance hit stateside. Earlier this year, the song reached No. 8 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, and No. 36 on the Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales Chart.

BILLBOARD REVIEW OF "GLORIOUS"
(taken from "Reviews and Previews": May 26, 2001)

"Glorious" has more than taken its time to gain stateside notice. Originally released two years ago, it became a top 10 hit in nearly a dozen nations, including the U.K., France, Germany, and 28-year-old Andreas Johnson's native Sweden. A dance remix has been playing in clubs here for more than a year, but it took the song's use in a promo for HBO's The Sopranos to really nab the attention needed to propel it to mainstream glory. Set against a tidal wave of lush orchestral strings, ironclad guitars, and battering percussion, this is one of those tracks whose musical palette is so colorful that it will immediately turn heads toward the radio speakers - and it only gets better when Johnson breaks into the joyous falsetto-tinged chorus. The song is founded in rock, along the lines of "Bitter Sweet Symphony," but it's easily accessible enough to lead an across-the-board charge. Add that to Johnson's poster-boy looks and the U.S. release of his acclaimed Liebling in June, and you come up with a top 40 and modern rock summertime smash.

- CT

REPRISE RECORDS RELEASES ANDREAS JOHNSON’S BREAKTHROUGH ALBUM, LIEBLING IN U.S. ON JUNE 12.

SWEDISH SINGER-SONGWRITER’S SECOND SOLO EFFORT INCLUDES THE INTERNATIONAL SMASH HIT, “GLORIOUS”

Chances are, you’ve heard Andreas Johnson, whether you know it or not. If you are among the 15 million viewers who tune in each week to watch The Sopranos, you’ve heard the first single from his new album, Liebling, which Reprise will release stateside on June 12. Just before the beginning of each Sopranos episode, HBO airs a promo spot for upcoming programming. The soundtrack to that spot is Johnson’s “Glorious.”

This pre-release airplay of “Glorious” has left Americans wondering about the source of the single, which has been mistaken for a U2 tune or a Verve song. Yet listeners in countries around the world know “Glorious” as the work of Andreas Johnson. In fact, it is a top 10 hit in 10 countries, including the U.K., France, Germany, Ireland, and Andreas’ birthplace, Sweden. The U.S. already seems to be responding similarly: According to Radio and Records, “Glorious” was the second most added song at AAA in its first week of radio airplay.

London’s Express has called the song “an unforgettable three minutes and 29 seconds of gorgeous, soaring guitar pop that manages to be both uplifting and devastatingly sad at the same time.” In the year that has passed since Liebling’s Swedish release, Johnson has garnered two Swedish equivalents of Grammy nominations for the record, performed on MTV Europe, and appeared on England’s Top of the Pops.

Liebling consists of “Glorious” and 11 other Andreas Johnson originals. The album was produced by the renowned Swedish producer Kvint, who also contributed keyboards, guitar, and additional vocals.