Adam Tensta

{{Short description|Swedish rapper and singer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Adam Tensta | image = Swedish artist Adam Tensta.jpg | caption = | image_size = | birth_name = Adam Momodou Eriksson Taal | alias = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1983|08|01}} | birth_place = Stockholm, Sweden | death_date = | instrument = | genre = Hip hop | occupations = {{flatlist| * Rapper * singer }} | years_active = | label = EMI Music / RMH MGMT GRP | website = | current_members = | past_members = }}

'''Adam Tensta''' (born '''Adam Momodou Eriksson Taal''' 1 August 1983) is a Swedish rapper and singer of Gambian descent from his father, and Finnish descent from his mother. His debut album ''It's a Tensta Thing'' was a Swedish chart topper,<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p1015171|pure_url=yes}}|title=Biography: Adam Tensta|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=25 February 2010}}</ref> and was awarded the 2008 Grammis for best Dance/Hip Hop/Soul album. His song "My Cool" was featured in NBA 2K10. Adam is signed to Swedish imprint RMH, Respect My Hustle.

==Discography==

===Albums=== {| class="wikitable" !align="left"|Album cover !align="left"|Album information |-won 8 US grammys |- |width=180| |align="left"|'''''It's a Tensta Thing''''' * Released: 2007 * Chart position: * Certification/ Europe Sales: 10,000 * Singles: ** 2008 "Dopeboy (Do I Look Like I Sell Drugs)" ** 2008 "Before You Know It Feat. Sophia Somajo" ** 2007 "My Cool" ** 2007 "They Wanna Know" ** 2006 "Banging on the System" |} {| class="wikitable" !align="left"|Album cover !align="left"|Album information |- |- |width=180| |align="left"|'''''Scared of the Dark''''' * Released: 17 April 2011 * Singles: ** 2011 "Ok WOW" ** 2011 "Like a Punk" ** 2011 "Scared of the Dark" ** 2011 "The Monkey" ** 2011 "Rocket Boots ** 2011 "For Last" |- |- |width=180| |align="left"|'''''The Empty''''' * Released: 24 June 2015 * Singles: ** 2015 "The Empty" |- |}

===Music videos=== {| class="wikitable" !align="left"|Adam Tensta Videos !align="left"|Featuring Adam Tensta |- |- | * Bangin' On The System * My Cool * Dopeboy * They Wanna Know * Back Before You Know It |align="left"| * Follow Me - By Pato Pooh * Area Turns Red 09 - By Eboi & Infinite Mass * Sinner - By Addeboy vs. Cliff ft. Eboi & Adam Tensta * Huvudet - By Familjen ft. Adam Tensta |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{commons category|Adam Tensta}} {{Portal|Biography}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20100125152350/http://www.justrhymes.com/adamtensta Adam Tensta's Official justRHYMES.com music profile] * [https://www.myspace.com/adamtensta Adam Tensta on MySpace] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110618014343/http://www.cream.cz/?rozhovor=adam-tensta-after-my-show-i-try-to&preview=1 Adam Tensta Interview - After my show, I try to leave the people with their hearts racing ]

Category:1983 births Category:Swedish socialists Category:English-language Swedish singers Category:Swedish people of Gambian descent Category:Swedish people of Finnish descent Category:Living people Category:Swedish male rappers Category:Singers from Stockholm