Åberg grew up in the northern Stockholm suburb Stocksund and started his musical career as a guitarist in rock bands as a teenager. He attended music high school (gymnasium) at
Södra Latin and later studied fine arts at Konstskolan and Konstskolan Basis in Stockholm. Parallel to his education he left his band and started focusing more on songwriting for other artists, and started the production company Eclectic Music with
Anders Hansson in 1998. When he was paired up with the songwriter
Paul Rein the two co-wrote songs that would become international hits and best-sellers with then largely unknown artists Christina Aguilera and Jessica Simpson.
Come On Over Baby became the fourth single from Aguileras
self-titled debut album and hit number one on the
U.S. Billboard Hot 100. Billboard ranked Christina Aguilera at number 23 on the magazine's Top 200 Albums of the Decade and the album has sold over 17 million copies worldwide. They also co-wrote "I've Got My Eyes On You" which was released on
Jessica Simpson's debut album
Sweet Kisses that peaked at #25 on U.S. Billboard 200 and was certified 2× Platinum in the U.S. In 2002 he co-wrote and co-produced "
A Different Kind of Love Song" that was released by Cher on her 2002 album
Living Proof. The song reached #1 on Billboards
Hot Dance Club Songs, and as of May 2007, the album Living Proof sold 500,000 copies in the United States, according to
Nielsen SoundScan. In the early 2000s he also co-wrote hit songs recorded by artists such as French girl band
L5 and Chinese pop star
Wei Wei. Åberg worked as the manager of young Swedish singer/songwriter
Ulrik Munther who he discovered in
Lilla Melodifestivalen. Under the management of Åberg, Ulrik Munther came in second in Metro Music Challenge 2009, made a well-known cover of
Lady Gaga's "
Born This Way" and came third in
Melodifestivalen 2012 with "
Soldiers" which was also co-written and co-produced by Åberg. ==Current business==