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{{Short description|Danish rapper, songwriter, producer and composer}}
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[[File:Remee at Danish Song Contest 2012.jpg|thumbnail|Remee at Danish Song Contest 2012]]
| name = Remee
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'''Mikkel Johan Imer Sigvardt''' ([[Frederiksberg]], 8 November 1974) better known as '''Remee''', is a [[Danes|Danish]] producer, composer and songwriter.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.danskefilm.dk/index2.html|title=Den danske film database|publisher=Danskefilm.dk|accessdate=28 September 2014}}</ref>
| image = Remee at Danish Song Contest 2012.jpg
| caption = Remee at [[Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2012]]
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| background = solo_singer
| birth_name = Mikkel Johan Imer Sigvardt
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|11|8|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Frederiksberg]], Denmark
| alias = Remee Sigvardt Jackman
| origin =
| instrument =
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[contemporary R&B|R&B]], [[hip hop music|hip hop]]
| occupation = Rapper, songwriter, producer, composer
| years_active = 1989–present
| label =
| associated_acts = [[:da:Sound of Seduction|Sound of Seduction]], [[Thomas Blachman]]
| website =
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'''Remee Sigvardt Jackman''' (né '''Mikkel Johan Imer Sigvardt'''; born [[Frederiksberg]], 8 November 1974), better known as '''Remee''', is a Danish rapper, songwriter, producer and composer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.danskefilm.dk/index2.html|title=Den danske film database|publisher=Danskefilm.dk|access-date=28 September 2014}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
Throughout his career Remee has written more than 60 hits around the world and has sold over 25 million records. He has co-written several songs with [[Thomas Troelsen]].
Remee has written more than 60 hits and has sold over 25 million records.{{Citation needed|date=August 2021}} He has co-written several songs with [[Thomas Troelsen]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2021}}

===Early music career===
Remee was a rapper in the pop group [[:da:Sound of Seduction|Sound of Seduction]] and in [[Thomas Blachman]]'s jazz and hip-hop project in the early and mid-1990s. In 1998, Remee broke through as a producer/songwriter for the pop duo [[S.O.A.P. (band)|S.O.A.P]], with the debut album ''[[Not Like Other Girls]]''. At the [[Danish Music Awards|Danish Grammy Awards]], the group was honored with two prizes, and Remee was nominated for the Producer of the Year. In 1999, he wrote and co-produced "Let Love Be Love", sung by [[Juice (Danish band)|Juice]], SOAP and Christina Undhjem, as well as Remee. The track is, according to [[DR (broadcaster)|DR]], one of the most played songs ever on Danish radio.<ref>{{cite web|title=X Factor dommerbiografi: Remee|url=http://presse.dr.dk/presse/Article.asp?appflag=force&ArticleID=25553|publisher=[[DR (broadcaster)|DR]]|access-date=28 October 2018|date=14 October 2007}}</ref>

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In 2003, he helped write [[Jamelia]]'s international hit "[[Superstar (Christine Milton song)|Superstar]]", which was originally released by Danish singer [[Christine Milton]], and won him a British [[Ivor Novello Award]]. Later that year, he co-hosted the [[Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003|first Junior Eurovision Song Contest]] alongside [[Camilla Ottesen]].

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In 2005, Remee and [[Nicolai Seebach]] and [[Rasmus Seebach]] composed the tribute song for the victims of the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami|Boxing Day tsunami]]. Remee, along with several Danish celebrities, performed the song "[[Hvor små vi er]]". The song went 13 times platinum and raised more than 3 million Danish kroner (500,000 US dollars) for the tsunami victims.

===2008–10: ''X Factor'', Eurovision 2008===
In 2008, he became one of the original judges with [[Thomas Blachman]] and [[Lina Rafn]] searching for talent in the Danish version of the TV-show ''[[X Factor (Danish TV series)|X-Factor]]''. He mentored the Under 25s category, which consisted of [[Martin Hoberg Hedegaard]], Laura Arensbak Kjaergaard and [[Basim Moujahid]]. All of his acts reached the semi-final, with Hedegaard and Kjaergaard finishing as winner and runner-up respectively.{{Citation needed|date=August 2021}}

The same year, he co-wrote the German entry for the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2008]], "[[Disappear (No Angels song)|Disappear]]", performed by [[No Angels]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2021}}

In 2009, Remee returned to the judging panel alongside Blachman and Rafn for the show's second season. Remee mentored the Groups category for his second season, which consisted of [[Alien Beat Club]], Asian Sensation and Tårnhøj. Alien Beat Club reached the final, but lost out to Rafn's last act [[Linda Andrews (singer)|Linda Andrews]]. Remee continued as a judge for the third season, with [[Soulshock]] and [[Pernille Rosendahl]] replacing Blachman and Rafn. He mentored the Under 25s category, which consisted of Tine Midtgaard Madsen, Jesper Boesgaard and Anna "Faroe" Nygaard. Nygaard was eliminated in week 5 of the live shows, Boesgaard was eliminated in week 6 and Nygaard lost out to [[Thomas Ring Petersen]], mentored by Rosendahl. Remee confirmed his departure after the final of season 3 and his replacement for the fourth season was [[Cutfather]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2021}}

===2013–present: Return to ''X Factor''===
In 2013, Remee returned as a judge for the [[X Factor (Denmark season 7)|seventh season of ''X Factor'']] alongside original fellow judges [[Thomas Blachman]] and [[Lina Rafn]], replacing [[Anne Linnet]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dr.dk/DR1/xfactor/Artikler/2014/20130918083428.htm|title=Tilbage til rødderne: Den originale dommertrio genforenes|publisher=Dr.dk|access-date=28 September 2014}}</ref> For his fourth year on the show, Remee was given the Over 23s category, which consisted of Lucy Mardou, Pernille Nordtorp and Steffen Gilmartin. Gilmartin was eliminated in week 4, Nortorp was eliminated in week 6 and Mardou lost out in the final to [[Anthony Jasmin]], mentored by Blachman.{{Citation needed|date=August 2021}}

It was confirmed in August 2014 that Remee would return for [[X Factor (Denmark season 8)|season 8]] in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dr.dk/event/xfactor/den-originale-dommertrio-fortsaetter-x-factor-succesen|title=Den originale dommertrio fortsætter X Factor-succesen|access-date=29 October 2018}}</ref> Remee won as winning mentor in season 8 with [[Emilie Esther]], again in [[X Factor (Denmark season 9)|season 9]] with [[Embrace (duo)|Embrace]] and in [[X Factor (Denmark season 10)|season 10]] with [[Morten Nørgaard]]; Remee is now the mentor with the most wins in Danish ''X Factor'' history.{{Citation needed|date=August 2021}}

==Personal life==
At the age of 23, Remee had a daughter, Emma Imani.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ekstrabladet.dk/flash/dkkendte/article1140366.ece|title=Løs affære gjorde Remee til far|access-date=28 October 2018}}</ref>

He was in a relationship with Maria Leander from 2001 to 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bt.dk/underholdning/remee-om-bruddet-jeg-elsker-stadig-maria|title=Remee om bruddet: Jeg elsker stadig Maria|access-date=28 October 2018}}</ref>


From 2009 to 2010, he dated Michala Kjær.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bt.dk/kendte/remee-og-michala-gaar-fra-hinanden|title=Remee og Michala går fra hinanden|access-date=28 October 2018}}</ref> He dated model Simona Popovic from 2010–2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billedbladet.dk/kendte/danmark/musik/remee-vi-er-ikke-kaerester-mere|title=Remee: Vi er ikke kærester mere - BILLED-BLADET|access-date=28 October 2018}}</ref>
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In 2003, he helped write [[Jamelia]]'s international hit "[[Superstar (Jamelia song)|Superstar]]", which was originally released by [[Denmark|Danish]] singer [[Christine Milton]], and won him a British [[Ivor Novello Award]].


At the end of 2012, Remee officially changed his name from Mikkel Johan Imer Sigvardt to Remee Sigvardt Jackman. Jackman is his biological father's name and Sigvardt is his adoptive father's name.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ekstrabladet.dk/flash/dkkendte/article1858742.ece|title=Remee: Derfor skiftede jeg navn|access-date=28 October 2018}}</ref>
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In 2005, Remee and [[Nicolai Seebach]] and [[Rasmus Seebach]] composed the tribute song for the victims of the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake|Boxing Day Tsunami]]. Remee, along with several Danish celebrities, performed the song "[[Hvor små vi er]]". The song went 13 times platinum and raised more than 3 million Danish kroner (500,000 US dollars) for the tsunami victims.


He started dating model Mathilde Gøhler in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bt.dk/kendte/se-videoen-remees-nye-kaereste-noegen-i-boelgerne|title=Se videoen: Remees nye kæreste nøgen i bølgerne|access-date=28 October 2018}}</ref> In 2015, they had a daughter.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billedbladet.dk/kendte/danmark/tv/dr/remee-er-blevet-far-til-en-pige|title=Remee er blevet far til en pige - BILLED-BLADET|access-date=28 October 2018}}</ref> While celebrating his birthday on 11 November 2017, he proposed to Gøhler and she accepted.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bt.dk/kendte/remee-skal-giftes-saadan-friede-han|title=Remee skal giftes: Sådan friede han|access-date=28 October 2018}}</ref>
In 2008, he became one of the original judges with [[Thomas Blachman]] and [[Lina Rafn]] searching for talent in the Danish version of the popular TV-show ''[[X Factor (Denmark)|X-Factor]]''.<ref>{{IMDb name|1277158}}</ref> He mentored the Under 25s category, which consisted of [[Martin Hoberg Hedegaard]], Laura Arensbak Kjaergaard and [[Basim Moujahid]]. All of his acts reached the semi-final, with Hedegaard and Kjaergaard finishing as winner and runner-up respectively. The same year, he co-wrote the German entry for the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2008]], "[[Disappear (No Angels song)|Disappear]]", performed by [[No Angels]]. In 2009, Remee returned to the judging panel alongside Blachman and Rafn for the show's second season. Remee mentored the Groups category for his second season, which consisted of [[Alien Beat Club]], Asian Sensation and Tårnhøj. Alien Beat Club reached the final, but lost out to Rafn's last act [[Linda Andrews (singer)|Linda Andrews]]. Remee continued as a judge for the third season, with [[Soulshock]] and [[Pernille Rosendahl]] replacing Blachman and Rafn. He mentored the Under 25s category, which consisted of Tine Midtgaard Madsen, Jesper Boesgaard and Anna "Faroe" Nygaard. Nygaard was eliminated in week 5 of the live shows, Boesgaard was eliminated in week 6 and Nygaard lost out to [[Thomas Ring Petersen]], mentored by Rosendahl. Remee confirmed his departure after the final of season 3 and his replacement for the fourth season was [[Cutfather]]. In September 2013, it was confirmed that Remee would return as a judge for the seventh season of ''X Factor'' alongside fellow original judges [[Thomas Blachman]] and [[Lina Rafn]], replacing [[Anne Linnet]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dr.dk/DR1/xfactor/Artikler/2014/20130918083428.htm|title=Tilbage til rødderne: Den originale dommertrio genforenes|publisher=Dr.dk|accessdate=28 September 2014}}</ref> For his fourth year on the show, Remee was given the Over 23s category, which consisted of Lucy Mardou, Pernille Nordtorp and Steffen Gilmartin. Gilmartin was eliminated in week 4, Nortorp was eliminated in week 6 and Mardou lost out in the final to [[Anthony Jasmin]], mentored by Blachman. Despite confirming after the final that he would leave the show, it was confirmed in August that Remee would return for season 8 Remee won as winning mentor in season 8 with [[Emilie Esther]] Remee then won again in season 9 with [[Embrace (duo)|Embrace]] he is now the most winning mentor in the danish x factor.


==Discography==
==Discography==
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*[[The Saturdays]] "If This Is Love"
*[[The Saturdays]] "If This Is Love"
*[[Sound of Seduction|S.O.S.]] "Welcome to My World", "Love Like 7", "Until Im Saticefied", "We could Have Been"
*[[Sound of Seduction|S.O.S.]] "Welcome to My World", "Love Like 7", "Until Im Saticefied", "We could Have Been"
*[[Blue]] "Only Words I Know"
*[[Blue (English group)|Blue]] "[[Only Words I Know]]"
*[[Sarah Connor (singer)|Sarah Connor]] "Sexy As Hell"
*[[Sarah Connor (singer)|Sarah Connor]] "Sexy As Hell"
*[[O-Town]] "We Fit Together"
*[[O-Town]] "We Fit Together"
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*[[Jeanette Biedermann]] "Undress to the Beat"
*[[Jeanette Biedermann]] "Undress to the Beat"
*[[Girls' Generation]] "Echo"
*[[Girls' Generation]] "Echo"
*[[Exo (band)|EXO]] "History" (with [[Yoo Young-jin]], Thomas Troelsen)
*[[Exo (group)|EXO]] "History" (with [[Yoo Young-jin]], Thomas Troelsen)
*[[2YOON]] "Why Not" (with Mich Hansen, Keeley Hawkes, Nevil, Robert S, Thomas Troelsen)
*[[2YOON]] "Why Not" (with Mich Hansen, Keeley Hawkes, Nevil, Robert S, Thomas Troelsen)
*[[Anti Social Media]] "The Way You Are"
*[[Anti Social Media]] "The Way You Are"
*[[Emilie Esther]] "Undiscovered"


===Compilation albums===
===Compilation albums===
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==Awards==
==Awards==
*2004 [[Ivor Novello Awards]] for Jamelia "Superstar".
*2004: [[Ivor Novello Awards]] for Jamelia "Superstar".
*2008 BMI Awards for Corbin Bleu "Deal with It".
*2008: BMI Awards for Corbin Bleu "Deal with It".
*2008 Comet Awards Germany "Song of the Year" for Monrose "Hot Summer".
*2008: Comet Awards Germany "Song of the Year" for Monrose "Hot Summer".
*2008 Eurovision Winner Germany for No Angels "Disappear".
*2008: Eurovision Winner Germany for No Angels "Disappear".
*2008 TV Awards Denmark - 'TV show of the year' for "X-factor".
*2008: TV Awards Denmark - 'TV show of the year' for "X-factor".


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Discogs artist|67770}}
*{{IMDb name|id=1277158}}


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Remee
Remee at Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2012
Remee at Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2012
Background information
Birth nameMikkel Johan Imer Sigvardt
Also known asRemee Sigvardt Jackman
Born (1974-11-08) 8 November 1974 (age 50)
Frederiksberg, Denmark
GenresPop, R&B, hip hop
Occupation(s)Rapper, songwriter, producer, composer
Years active1989–present

Remee Sigvardt Jackman (né Mikkel Johan Imer Sigvardt; born Frederiksberg, 8 November 1974), better known as Remee, is a Danish rapper, songwriter, producer and composer.[1]

Career

[edit]

Remee has written more than 60 hits and has sold over 25 million records.[citation needed] He has co-written several songs with Thomas Troelsen.[citation needed]

Early music career

[edit]

Remee was a rapper in the pop group Sound of Seduction and in Thomas Blachman's jazz and hip-hop project in the early and mid-1990s. In 1998, Remee broke through as a producer/songwriter for the pop duo S.O.A.P, with the debut album Not Like Other Girls. At the Danish Grammy Awards, the group was honored with two prizes, and Remee was nominated for the Producer of the Year. In 1999, he wrote and co-produced "Let Love Be Love", sung by Juice, SOAP and Christina Undhjem, as well as Remee. The track is, according to DR, one of the most played songs ever on Danish radio.[2]

In 2003, he helped write Jamelia's international hit "Superstar", which was originally released by Danish singer Christine Milton, and won him a British Ivor Novello Award. Later that year, he co-hosted the first Junior Eurovision Song Contest alongside Camilla Ottesen.

In 2005, Remee and Nicolai Seebach and Rasmus Seebach composed the tribute song for the victims of the Boxing Day tsunami. Remee, along with several Danish celebrities, performed the song "Hvor små vi er". The song went 13 times platinum and raised more than 3 million Danish kroner (500,000 US dollars) for the tsunami victims.

2008–10: X Factor, Eurovision 2008

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In 2008, he became one of the original judges with Thomas Blachman and Lina Rafn searching for talent in the Danish version of the TV-show X-Factor. He mentored the Under 25s category, which consisted of Martin Hoberg Hedegaard, Laura Arensbak Kjaergaard and Basim Moujahid. All of his acts reached the semi-final, with Hedegaard and Kjaergaard finishing as winner and runner-up respectively.[citation needed]

The same year, he co-wrote the German entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008, "Disappear", performed by No Angels.[citation needed]

In 2009, Remee returned to the judging panel alongside Blachman and Rafn for the show's second season. Remee mentored the Groups category for his second season, which consisted of Alien Beat Club, Asian Sensation and Tårnhøj. Alien Beat Club reached the final, but lost out to Rafn's last act Linda Andrews. Remee continued as a judge for the third season, with Soulshock and Pernille Rosendahl replacing Blachman and Rafn. He mentored the Under 25s category, which consisted of Tine Midtgaard Madsen, Jesper Boesgaard and Anna "Faroe" Nygaard. Nygaard was eliminated in week 5 of the live shows, Boesgaard was eliminated in week 6 and Nygaard lost out to Thomas Ring Petersen, mentored by Rosendahl. Remee confirmed his departure after the final of season 3 and his replacement for the fourth season was Cutfather.[citation needed]

2013–present: Return to X Factor

[edit]

In 2013, Remee returned as a judge for the seventh season of X Factor alongside original fellow judges Thomas Blachman and Lina Rafn, replacing Anne Linnet.[3] For his fourth year on the show, Remee was given the Over 23s category, which consisted of Lucy Mardou, Pernille Nordtorp and Steffen Gilmartin. Gilmartin was eliminated in week 4, Nortorp was eliminated in week 6 and Mardou lost out in the final to Anthony Jasmin, mentored by Blachman.[citation needed]

It was confirmed in August 2014 that Remee would return for season 8 in 2015.[4] Remee won as winning mentor in season 8 with Emilie Esther, again in season 9 with Embrace and in season 10 with Morten Nørgaard; Remee is now the mentor with the most wins in Danish X Factor history.[citation needed]

Personal life

[edit]

At the age of 23, Remee had a daughter, Emma Imani.[5]

He was in a relationship with Maria Leander from 2001 to 2008.[6]

From 2009 to 2010, he dated Michala Kjær.[7] He dated model Simona Popovic from 2010–2014.[8]

At the end of 2012, Remee officially changed his name from Mikkel Johan Imer Sigvardt to Remee Sigvardt Jackman. Jackman is his biological father's name and Sigvardt is his adoptive father's name.[9]

He started dating model Mathilde Gøhler in 2014.[10] In 2015, they had a daughter.[11] While celebrating his birthday on 11 November 2017, he proposed to Gøhler and she accepted.[12]

Discography

[edit]

Compilation albums

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  • Grænseløs Greatest (1999)

Awards

[edit]
  • 2004: Ivor Novello Awards for Jamelia "Superstar".
  • 2008: BMI Awards for Corbin Bleu "Deal with It".
  • 2008: Comet Awards Germany "Song of the Year" for Monrose "Hot Summer".
  • 2008: Eurovision Winner Germany for No Angels "Disappear".
  • 2008: TV Awards Denmark - 'TV show of the year' for "X-factor".

References

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  1. ^ "Den danske film database". Danskefilm.dk. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  2. ^ "X Factor dommerbiografi: Remee". DR. 14 October 2007. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Tilbage til rødderne: Den originale dommertrio genforenes". Dr.dk. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  4. ^ "Den originale dommertrio fortsætter X Factor-succesen". Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Løs affære gjorde Remee til far". Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  6. ^ "Remee om bruddet: Jeg elsker stadig Maria". Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  7. ^ "Remee og Michala går fra hinanden". Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  8. ^ "Remee: Vi er ikke kærester mere - BILLED-BLADET". Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  9. ^ "Remee: Derfor skiftede jeg navn". Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  10. ^ "Se videoen: Remees nye kæreste nøgen i bølgerne". Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  11. ^ "Remee er blevet far til en pige - BILLED-BLADET". Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  12. ^ "Remee skal giftes: Sådan friede han". Retrieved 28 October 2018.
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Preceded by
None (first contest)
 Junior Eurovision Song Contest presenter
2003
With: Camilla Ottesen 		Succeeded by
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