2009: Lilla Melodifestivalen / MGP Nordic At age 15, he took part in
Lilla Melodifestivalen, a national Swedish competition for young singers to qualify to the
MGP Nordic (Melody Grand Prix Nordic) competition with his own song "En vanlig dag" ("An Ordinary Day"). After winning the Swedish contest, he went on to win the title at the
MGP Nordic competition in which participants from Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland competed.
2010–12: Ulrik Munther After 1 year from winning the MGP Nordic title, Munther took part in Metro Music Challenge again with his own composition "Life" coming second. Producer
Johan Åberg, seeing the potential, started a musical co-operation with Munther. After the song "Jag är en ful bög" was leaked on the internet, a number of international record company affiliates contacted him, with
Universal Records Sweden eventually signing him in September 2010. He also toured the United States, Britain and Continental Europe. He is also well known for his cover of
Lady Gaga's "
Born This Way" after
Perez Hilton posted the video on his website. Munther has also participated in
SVT's Bobster program entitled
Humorgalan as part of charity for UNICEF in May 2010. There he sang "My Generation" together with
Peter Johansson,
Rock-Olga and others. Munther has also been involved in SVTB's
Sommarlov hosted by
Malin Olsson. He has also appeared in
Allsång på Skansen and
Lotta på Liseberg festivals in Summer 2011. On 24 August 2011, he released his self-titled debut album
Ulrik Munther that went straight to No. 1 on the Swedish Album Charts on its week of release. The album was recorded in Stockholm, and part in his own home. He appears with
Caroline Costa in a single entitled "Je t'ai menti" which is the French version of "Kill for Lies". Released on 19 December 2011, it entered the French Singles Chart in February 2012.
Melodifestivalen 2012 In 2012, Munther participated in the second semi-final of
Melodifestivalen 2012 with the song "
Soldiers". He was among the two winners of the night, managing to get to the contest's final, that took place on 10 March 2012 at the Globe Arena in Stockholm.
Loreen with her song "
Euphoria" won not only the Melodifestivalen but the
Eurovision Song Contest 2012 as well. Munther and "Soldiers" finished 3rd overall in the Melodifestivalen behind Loreen and runner-up
Danny Saucedo.
2012–13: Rooftop On 21 December 2012, the music video for his single "San Francisco Says Hello" came out on YouTube which was filmed in San Francisco earlier that month. It also received more attention when Perez Hilton posted it on his Twitter page three weeks later.
Melodifestivalen 2013 In 2013, Munther participated in the 4th semi-final
Melodifestivalen 2013 on 23 February 2013 in
Malmö, Sweden singing the song "
Tell the World I'm Here" co-written by Munther with songwriters
Thomas G:son and
Peter Boström. Munther again finished 3rd overall in the Melodifestivalen behind
Robin Stjernberg and
Yohio. Shortly after, Munther released his second album
Rooftop, which reached No. 4 on the Swedish Album Charts. The album was preceded by third-place 2013 Melodifestivalen entry "
Tell the World I'm Here", with "Requiem" being released as the third single afterwards. ==Personal life==