# Adam Tensta

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{{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         =
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| birth_name      = Adam Momodou Eriksson Taal
| alias           =
| birth_date      = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1983|08|01}}
| birth_place     = [Stockholm](/source/Stockholm), Sweden
| death_date      =
| instrument      =
| genre           = [Hip hop](/source/Hip_hop_music)
| 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](/source/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](/source/AllMusic)|accessdate=25 February 2010}}</ref> and was awarded the 2008 [Grammis](/source/Grammis) for best [Dance](/source/Dance_(music))/[Hip Hop](/source/Hip_Hop)/[Soul](/source/Soul_music) album. His song "My Cool" was featured in [NBA 2K10](/source/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
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|align="left"|'''''[It's a Tensta Thing](/source/It's_a_Tensta_Thing)'''''
* Released: 2007
* Chart position:
* [Certification](/source/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"
|-
|-
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|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
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|-
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* Bangin' On The System
* My Cool
* Dopeboy
* They Wanna Know
* Back Before You Know It
|align="left"|
* Follow Me - By [Pato Pooh](/source/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 ]

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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

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