Thomas G:son

Thomas Gustafsson, professionally known as Thomas G:son, is a Swedish composer and musician born in Skövde, Västergötland. He is best known for the 99 songs he has written for the national selections of 12 countries for the Eurovision Song Contest: 61 for Sweden, 11 for Spain, six for Norway, five for Denmark and Finland, three for Georgia, two each for Poland and Malta, and one each for Cyprus, Latvia, Romania and Belgium. He reached the milestone of 60 entries at Melodifestivalen at the 2020 edition. His songs have also reached the Eurovision Song Contest 15 times, four times for Sweden, three times each for Spain and Georgia, twice for Cyprus and once each for Norway, Denmark and Malta. One of his song written for Sweden, "Listen to Your Heartbeat" would later get cover by the Japanese idol group Prière. This would later go on to be the first opening to Di Gi Charat Nyo. In 2012, G:son achieved his first victory as a winning composer at the Eurovision Song Contest with "Euphoria", performed by Loreen. He would later get his second victory when Loreen won with "Tattoo" won in 2023. Gustafsson has been a full-time songwriter since 1998. In addition to writing and composing songs in various genres for a living, he is the guitarist of the hard rock band Masquerade.