Jens Lekman

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jens Lekman
Occupation	Songwriter
Date Of Birth	Feb 6, 1981(1981-02-06)
Age	43
Country	Sweden
Horoscope	Aquarius

Jens Lekman Biography

Jens Lekman is one of the most popular and richest Songwriter who was born on February 6, 1981 in Sweden. Lekman was born February 6, 1981 in Angered, Gothenburg, next to an Estrella chips factory. As a child, he was not particularly interested in music, but the age of fourteen he was asked to play bass in a friend’s cover band. This sparked his own songwriting and he quickly came to write hundreds of songs.

In 2003, Lekman self-released a 7″ vinyl EP, Maple Leaves. When the same EP was released on CD by the Swedish independent label Service Records later that year, he was a well-known name. The songs “Maple Leaves” and “Black Cab” were heavily played on Swedish national radio. He soon signed a contract with the American label Secretly Canadian for releases outside of Sweden. Heavy touring and his debut album soon followed.

A concert film shot from Lekman’s sold-out show with José González at Göteborg’s concert hall in December 2003 was broadcast by Swedish national television in 2005. In June 2005, a compilation CD of Lekman’s first three EPs (plus extra tracks) was released as Oh You’re So Silent Jens. Lekman’s cover of Scout Niblett’s “Your Beat Kicks Back Like Death” appeared on Secretly Canadian’s SC100 compilation. Night Falls Over Kortedala was released in Sweden on 5 September 2007 and worldwide on 9 October 2007. The single “Friday Night at the Drive-in Bingo” preceded the album’s release.

Live performances by Lekman have differed in style; at times he has performed alone with only a guitar and a CD player, sometimes doing a cappella versions of his songs, while at other times he has been accompanied by a choir and string quartet. In 2008, he toured with an all-female back-up band (dressed mostly in white) that provided basic rock instrumentation as well as horns and backing vocals. In December 2008 Jens played a short China tour organised by Split Works. In 2010, Lekman released a free song entitled “The End of the World is Bigger Than Love” online. This was his first release in three years.

Gradually, he adopted the pseudonym Rocky Dennis, a name he borrowed from the protagonist in the movie Mask. Under this name, he began releasing limited edition CD-R discs, the first of which was 2001’s The Budgie. The following year, he sent a collection of their songs to the American record label Secretly Canadian, who contracted him.

Jens Lekman Net Worth

Jens Lekman is one of the richest Songwriter from Sweden. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jens Lekman 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Jens Martin Lekman (pronounced [jɛns ˈmǎʈːɪn ˈlêːkman] ; born 6 February 1981) is a Swedish musician. His music is guitar-based pop with heavy use of samples and strings, with lyrics that are often witty, romantic, and melancholic. His work is heavily influenced by Jonathan Richman and Belle & Sebastian, and he has been likened to Stephin Merritt (of The Magnetic Fields), David Byrne, and Scott Walker.

From 2000 to 2003, Lekman recorded and released much of his material privately on CD-R. Because one of his songs during this time was entitled “Rocky Dennis’ Farewell Song to the Blind Girl”, inspired by the movie Mask, Lekman was mistakenly referred to as “Rocky Dennis”. Lekman says that it was a “mistake”: “someone thought that was my real name cause I had a song about him, and then radio picked up on it, and I never had a chance to change it”. He put the confusion to rest with his Rocky Dennis in Heaven EP (2004).

His first album When I Said I Wanted to Be Your Dog was released in 2004, and consisted of recordings made between 2000 and 2004 (some tracks had been previously released independently by Lekman). The album attracted attention among the alternative music press in both Europe and the U.S. The song “You Are the Light” was a successful radio hit, and a video received some rotation in the Nordic MTV and ZTV. In Sweden, the album reached No. 6 on the national chart. Lekman was nominated for three Swedish Grammies, three P3 Guld and three Manifest awards, and the album was named the album of the year by Nöjesguiden.

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Who is Jens Lekman Dating?

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Lekman’s 4th proper LP, Life Will See You Now, was released on February 17, 2017, on the Secretly Canadian label.

Facts & Trivia

Jeppe Ranked on the list of most popular Songwriter. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Sweden. Jens Lekman celebrates birthday on February 6 of every year.