In 1988 It's Alive participated in "Rock-SM", a nationwide talent contest, and had a recedency at a nightclub in Cyprus. Martin eventually dropped out of high school to pursue a career in music with his band under the nickname "Martin White". It's Alive was formed by ex-Lazy members Per Aldeheim and Kim Björkgren on guitars, and John Rosth who had been a member of Lineout. Īs a teenager he sang in a variety of bands before joining a glam-style metal band called It's Alive in 1985 as their singer and frontman. As a child, Martin was a student of Sweden's public music-education program, and once said he had "public music education to thank for everything". His mother was a middle school teacher and his father was a police officer. Sandberg was born and grew up in Stenhamra, Ekerö Municipality, Stockholm County. Life and career Early career and It's Alive
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The previous year his corporate entity generated revenue of $54 million, with a profit of $19 million. According to Variety, his net worth was approximately $260 million in 2017. In early 2019, his single sales were tallied by The Hollywood Reporter to be at over $135 million. Some of Martin's biggest hits were used in the 2019 jukebox musical & Juliet. In addition, he is tied with George Martin for the most Hot 100 number-one songs as a producer, with 23 as of 2021. Martin is the songwriter with the third-most number-one singles on the chart, behind only Paul McCartney (32) and John Lennon (26). Martin has written or co-written 25 Billboard Hot 100 number-one songs, most of which he has also produced or co-produced, including Katy Perry's " I Kissed a Girl" (2008) and " Roar" (2013), Maroon 5's " One More Night" (2012), Taylor Swift's " Shake It Off" and " Blank Space" (2014), and The Weeknd's " Blinding Lights" (2019) and " Save Your Tears" (2020). Baby One More Time" (1998), the Backstreet Boys' " I Want It That Way" (1999), Céline Dion's " That's the Way It Is" (1999) and NSYNC's " It's Gonna Be Me" (2000).
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He rose to prominence in the late 1990s making a string of hit singles such as Britney Spears's ".
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Karl Martin Sandberg ( Swedish: born 26 February 1971), known professionally as Max Martin, is a Swedish record producer and songwriter.