Basim

Hailing from Denmark, the teen pop singer Basim incorporates a contemporary R&B approach in his music and first captured public attention via the 2008 television competition X Factor. Born Basim Moujahid to parents of Moroccan heritage, he spent his childhood in the sizable housing development Høje-Gladsaxe located on the periphery of Copenhagen. Taking cues from British contemporary R&B performer Craig David, he joined season one of the Danish Pop Idol-style reality series X Factor as a contestant. Though the top prize remained out of reach, his fourth-place finish revealed sufficient promise to land a recording deal with Universal Music. His debut full-length project, Alt Det Jeg Ville Have Sagt, surfaced later in 2008, entered the Top Ten on the Danish albums chart, and yielded the hit singles "Alt Det Jeg Ville Have Sagt," "Jeg Vil," and "Lad Ikke Solen Gå Ned," the last of which featured Lis Sørensen.