E-Type (musician)

Bo Martin Erik Erikson (born 27 August 1965), better known by his stage name E-Type, is a Swedish Eurodance musician, songwriter and record producer.

E-Type's breakthrough came in 1994 with the collaboration with the producers from Cheiron (Denniz PoP, Max Martin, and Amadin) on his debut album Made in Sweden.

During 1996, E-Type and the producer-team spent their time working on a second album The Explorer, which was released in Sweden on 23 October.

Max Martin, Rami and E-Type produced the album Loud Pipes Save Lives in 2004, and released it on 25 March.

In the spring of 2008, E-Type appeared in Melodifestivalen 2008 and performed the song "Line of Fire" together with the rock band The Poodles.

"Back 2 Life" was written by E-Type & Johan "Shellback" Schuster and Savan Kotecha (Usher, Celine Dion, Leona Lewis and more) who wrote the lyrics.

The producers are Max Martin & Shellback, Şerban Ghenea (Eminem, Kesha, Justin Timberlake and more) who mixed the track.

For gym-goers, E-Type's music has become synonymous with Les Mills International's group fitness class BodyPump.

E-Type tracks used in this context include "Africa", "Set the World on Fire", "Eurofighter", "True Believer" and "The Tide".

During E-Type's success in the 1990s, dancer Dilnarin "Dee" Demirbag performed in concerts and music videos by lip-syncing to Hedin's vocals.

She is featured in several of E-Type's music videos such as "This is the Way", "Calling Your Name", "Angels Crying", "Here I Go Again" and "Life", and appeared on TV shows and concerts.

As of spring of 2022, E-Type is in a relationship with Melinda Jacobs (born in 1984), known as the foster mother of the late Lilla hjärtat (English translation: Little Heart).