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Planet Salem: the international Salem Al Fakir fansite!
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Welcome to the first international unofficial fansite, based in the UK, for award-winning Swedish singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist/musical genius Salem Al Fakir, my favourite singer in the whole wide world!
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"Silhouettes& #34; chart update

This weeks official UK singles chart has just been revealed.  Sadly, "Silhouettes&# 34; has slipped a few places to no.34.

13 may 12

Weve come a long way since that day

Since I discovered Salem and his music almost five years ago, Ive wished for the day that Salem would have a bit record here in the UK.  It finally happened yesterday!"Silhouettes" ; by Av...

07 may 12

"Silhouettes& #34; release week - UK chart update 03.05.12

No.18 in the iTunes chart today :)

03 may 12

"Silhouettes& #34; release week - UK charts update 01.05.12

Today, "Silhouettes" has climbed the UK iTunes chart to no. 26!  Further update to come later in the week.  Of course, the official UK chart isnt announced till Sunday so we wont kn...

03 may 12

"Silhouettes& #34; by Avicii featuring Salem is finally released!

Weve looked forward to this for a long long time - and now its finally here!  "Silhouettes" is Aviciis follow-up to the hugely successful "Levels" and of course its even better, ...

03 may 12

"Silhouettes& #34; release week - UK chart update 30.04.2012

Time to start the regular updates on how "Silhouettes" is doing in the UK iTunes download chart. Today "Silhouettes" is at no.37.  These days it is very difficult to ge...

03 may 12

"Silhouettes& #34; release week - UK chart update 02.05.2012

No. 20 in the iTunes download chart today...moving on up in the right direction :)

03 may 12

At last...the "Remedy" video!

Via our good friend Damian at the brilliant Swedish Stereo blog, here is the video for Salems collaboration with J-Son - "Remedy".

26 mar 12

Another new member of the Al Fakir family

Aftonbladet announced today that Nassims partner Lina Hedlund gave birth this morning to a baby boy. Once again Im sure youll all join me in sending very best wishes to Lina, Nassim and the latest ad...

21 mar 12

Vad är Musik is back!

If you missed the original production of Vad är Musik at Dramaten, theres another chance to see it on 27th April at Dramaten in Stockholm, when once again Salem and Pontus together with Elsa Billgren...

13 mar 12

Its a baby girl!

Tonight we found out the very happy news that Salems wife Caroline has given birth to a baby girl. http://www.aftonbladet.se/noje sbladet/klick/article14481099. abTo the newest member of the Al Fakir f...

06 mar 12

Salem appearing at Uppsalas Entrepreneurs awards gala

Via Salems Facebook and www.foretagargalanuppsala.se, Salem will be one of the guests performing at the Uppsala Entrepreneurs Awards ceremony which is taking place at Uppsala Castle on Thursday 12th ...

01 mar 12

"Remedy" video is on the way

According to @jsonchannel on Twitter. Salem and J-Son were shooting a video today. Cant wait to see it :))

23 feb 12

"Im So Happy" in the Peoples Postcode Lottery TV ad!!!

Tonight I was watching STV (Scottish Television) and a commercial came on for the Peoples Postcode Lottery. There was music playing in the background on the ad, and guess what? It was the la-la-la-la...

21 feb 12

Salem sings Burt Bacharach and Queen!

A very very pleasant surprise for us all this week...Salems appearance on the hit Swedish TV quiz show "På spåret" last night, singing "Do You Know The Way To San Jose" and "Who W...

18 feb 12

Salem on Morgonpasset i P3 tomorrow

Dont forget to tune into P3 tomorrow morning - Finfredag - as Salem will once again be back in the Morgonpasset i P3 studio. Hes a very frequent visitor to the show of course, and always a very welco...

17 feb 12

Velodrône to play in Visby

Heres one for all the jazz fans on Gotland: Velodrône will be playing the Jazzklubben at Munkkällaren in Visby on 12th April. More information at http://www.gotland.net/sv/even emang/2012/04/jazzklubb...

05 feb 12

Grattis Salem and Caroline!

You will all have heard the very happy news by now!Salem and Caroline - I just want to send you my warmest wishes for a long and happy married life together, filled with lots of love and good times :...

01 feb 12

Salem joins The Voice Sverige!

"The Voice" is the worlds fastest growing TV format, and of course there is now a Swedish version - The Voice Sverige. The big news is that from this week, Salem is joining the show for four ...

26 jan 12

The P3 Guld Medley!

I meant to post this last night....Ive watched it so many times since yesterday. Totally love it. Here is Salems medley of previous best song P3 Guld winners:By the way, the P3 Guld show is available...

23 jan 12

P3 Guld promo interviews

A new promotional interview with Salem has appeared in the Swedish media.http://www.expressen.se/ noje/musik/1.2683386/salem-al- fakir-alltid-onskat-mig-priset As we all know, Salem will present the P3 ...

19 jan 12

Salem on P3s Musikguiden today

Salem was the special guest on "Musikguiden i P3" today. If you missed it you can listen again at http://sverigesradio.se/sida/d efault.aspx?programid=4067& ;play=3708919&playtype=S%C 3%A...

17 jan 12

Some new P3 Guld promo pics...

Here are some new press promo photos of Salem (and Otis of course) by Mattias Ahlm for Sveriges Radio. Go to http://sverigesradio.se/press/ bilder/Guldet2012/index.htm to see some more! It wont be lon...

15 jan 12

Happy New Year!

Welcome to 2012 on Planet Salem! Id like to wish a very happy new year to you all - and of course especially to you Salem, I hope you bring us some new solo material this year :)In the meantime the y...

05 jan 12

Salem & Pontus at PUB tomorrow

Heres a Christmas treat for you if you are in Stockholm tomorrow. Dont forget to go along to PUB on Hötorget for Pontus last pre-Christmas mini-concert with a very, very special guest - Salem!Accordi...

22 dec 11

"Remedy" is out now!

Salems excellent collaboration with J-Son, "Remedy" was released on Monday. Its currently at no.88 on the Swedish iTunes chart but Im sure its going to climb much much higher! http://itunes.a...

21 dec 11

New interview in Nöjesguiden

Heres a nice surprise which I discovered today - a new interview with Salem on the Nöjesguiden website, and a very nice new picture of him too :)You can read the interview athttp://nojesguiden.se/art...

21 dec 11

Take it to the top of the world....

I have some great news for all Salem fans this evening - "Remedy", his collaboration with rapper J-Son is now online and you can hear it at http://www.jsonchannel.com/blo g/Ive listened to the...

15 dec 11

New collaboration with J-Son on the way!

According to http://urbanboss.wordpress.com /2011/12/11/j-son-new-single-f eaturing-salem-al-fakir/ J-Son is currently mastering his new single which will feature Salem. Hopefully it shouldnt be too lo...

12 dec 11

Salem & Otis in Malmö

Thought youd like to see this very seasonal picture of Salem and Otis taken yesterday at the Sveriges Radio studio in Malmö. (picture courtesy of Hans Zillén/Sveriges Radio)http://sverigesradio.se/ si...

10 dec 11

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