Vincent Pontare

Career

Vincent Pontare started his musical career a solo artist under the mononym Vincent releasing his debut single "Paradise" in 2006 and the albums Lucky Thirteen (2007) and Godspeed (2011). Other hits as Vincent included "Don't Hate on Me", "Miss Blue" and "Baby Hurricane". In 2008 Pontare won the STIM Platinum guitar prize. His career in writing songs for other artists began to gain momentum in 2012 when he co-wrote Swedish House Mafia’s "Save The World" and "Reload" performed by Sebastian Ingrosso & Tommy Trash.

Among the first co-writes with Salem Al Fakir are Avicii’s 2013 Billboard Hot 100 single "Hey Brother" and "Younger" by Seinabo Sey. On Katy Perry's 2013 album Prism he co-wrote and produced "Love Me" with Bloodshy, Magnus Lidehäll and Camela Leierth.

At the 2014 Swedish Grammy Awards Vincent Pontare, Salem Al Fakir and Magnus Lidehäll were awarded Composer of the Year after writing for Veronica Maggio’s album Handen i fickan fast jag bryr mig and the Petter album Början på allt, and work with artists like Galantis. In 2014 he wrote numerous songs on Mapei’s album Hey Hey and Avicii’s "The Days" and "Divine Sorrow" (with Wyclef Jean). Pontare followed up with another successful year in 2015 co-writing most songs on Seinabo Sey’s highly acclaimed debut album Pretend and songs for Madonna’s Rebel Heart album. He also collaborated on David Guetta's single "Bang My Head" with Sia and Fetty Wap.

Vargas & Lagola have co-written some of the biggest hits by Axwell Ʌ Ingrosso – "More Than You Know", "Sun Is Shining", "Dreamer" and more - taken from their 2017 album More Than You Know. The duo have also contributed to two songs on Swedish rock band Ghost's Billboard 200-charting and Grammy Award-nominated album Prequelle, including the album's second single "Dance Macabre" which topped Billboard's Mainstream Rock Chart.

In 2018, the same moment as Vargas & Lagola blazed onto the alternative pop scene with the hit single "Roads", they shared the no.1 spot as Sweden's most streamed songwriters for songs including Avicii – "Without You" (featuring Sandro Cavazza) and "Waiting For Love". After working closely with Avicii for several years, Al Fakir and Pontare played a key role in finishing up the 2019 posthumous Avicii album TIM and are featured artists on three of the album songs. On 5 December 2019, Vargas & Lagola performed at Avicii's Tribute Concert in Stockholm.

Vargas & Lagola's debut album The Butterfly Effect was released in January 2020.

Personal life

Vincent Pontare is the son of the renowned Swedish musician Roger Pontare (born Roger Johansson). Vincent has a brother called Viktor Pontare.

Vincent Pontare is married to Agnes, whom he has been dating since 2009.

Discography

As Vargas & Lagola

Main article: Vargas and Lagola#Discography

• 2020: The Butterfly Effect

As solo artist

Albums

Singles

Songwriting and production credits

Songwriting and production credits for local Swedish artists

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Awards and nominations

References

References

1. "Grammisvinnarna genom åren".
2. (15 January 2015). "Den stora omvandlingen".
3. (27 January 2017). "Production Duo Vargas & Lagola launch themselves with party-house banger "Rolling Stone"".
4. (2 January 2018). "Avicii's 'Friend of Mine' Video Will Warm Your Winter".
5. "Mottagare av Platinagitarren".
6. "Avicii Chart History".
7. "Katy Perry 'Prism' includes tracks by UMP writers".
8. (20 February 2014). "Grammis 2014".
9. (19 November 2014). "Wyclef Jean and Avicii team up for "Divine Sorrow"".
10. (23 October 2015). "Seinabo Sey releases debut album 'Pretend'".
11. (9 March 2015). "Madonna releases new album 'Rebel Heart'".
12. (20 October 2017). "Axwell Λ Ingrosso – More Than You Know".
13. (6 October 2018). "Kanye West Earns Eight no. 1 album on Billboard 200 Chart with 'Ye'".
14. (14 February 2019). "Ghost Waltzes to Third Mainstream Rock Songs No. 1 With 'Dance Macabre'".
15. "GRAMMY Award Results for Ghost".
16. (23 February 2018). "Vargas & Lagola är de- mest populära låtskrivarna 2017".
17. (6 June 2019). "'I had to honour him': the friends who finished Avicii's final album". The Guardian.
18. "Avicii Tribute Concert".
19. (4 February 2020). "ALBUM: Vargas & Lagola - 'The Butterfly Effect'".
20. [https://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Vincent+%5BSE%5D Swedishcharts.com: Vincent discography]
21. "Nominated 2008".
22. "Nominated 2014".
23. (29 September 2014). "Nominerade till Musikförläggarnas Pris 2014".
24. "Nominated 2015".
25. (28 September 2015). "Nominerade till Musikförläggarnas Pris 2015".
26. "Nominated 2016".
27. "Nominated 2018".
28. (9 November 2018). "Årets vinnare på Musikförläggarnas Pris".
29. (5 October 2018). "Nominerade till Musikförläggarnas Pris 2018".
30. "Årets tio mest spelade låtar 2018".
31. "Nominated 2020".
32. "Nominated 2020".