Ben Mitkus
{{short description|Swedish television personality and singer}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Ben Mitkus
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1994|12|23}}
| birth_place = Mažeikiai, Lithuania
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| genre = Pop
| occupation = Singer, YouTuber
| years_active = 2014–present
| label = Universal Music
| partner = Caroline Johansson
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Ben Mitkus (born 23 December 1994) is a Swedish television personality and singer. He also maintains a YouTube channel with over 530,000 subscribers.
He came to Sweden from Lithuania with his family at the age of four and resides in Örebro.{{cite web|url=https://nyheter24.se/noje/905210-har-ar-allt-du-behover-veta-om-ben-mitkus-i-farmen-vip-i-tv4|title=Här är allt du behöver veta om Ben Mitkus i Farmen VIP i TV4|date=18 March 2018|publisher=Nyheter24|accessdate=29 August 2018|archive-date=30 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830005213/https://nyheter24.se/noje/905210-har-ar-allt-du-behover-veta-om-ben-mitkus-i-farmen-vip-i-tv4|url-status=live}} He auditioned for Idol 2014, and also participated in the series Ung och bortskämd, broadcast on TV3, where he placed second in the final. Mitkus has a YouTube account, which in 2016 had 36 million views, where he posts videos of himself singing. Mitkus is signed to Universal Music.
In 2018, he participated in Farmen VIP along with several Swedish celebrities.{{cite web|url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/a/XwpwRr/farmen-ben-om-tarkaoset|title=Farmen-Ben om tårkaoset|date=26 March 2018 |publisher=Aftonbladet|accessdate=29 August 2018|archive-date=30 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830041324/https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/a/XwpwRr/farmen-ben-om-tarkaoset|url-status=live}} He was the first celebrity to be eliminated from the Farm.{{cite web|url=https://www.tv4play.se/program/farmen-vip/3964298|title=Starka känslor när Ben Mitkus tvingas lämna|publisher=|accessdate=29 August 2018|archive-date=30 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830004931/https://www.tv4play.se/program/farmen-vip/3964298|url-status=dead}} In 2016, Mitkus released the single "Kills Me", which peaked at number 56 on the Sverigetopplistan singles chart.{{cite web|url=https://popmuzik.se/2016/06/ben-mitkus-kills/|title=Ben Mitkus – Kills Me - Popmuzik|website=popmuzik.se|date=9 June 2016 |accessdate=29 August 2018|archive-date=30 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830005338/https://popmuzik.se/2016/06/ben-mitkus-kills/|url-status=live}}
Singles
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| scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year ! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album |
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| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| SWE {{cite web|url=https://sverigetopplistan.se/|title=Discography Ben Mitkus|website=sverigetopplistan.se|accessdate=3 September 2018|archive-date=26 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626215511/https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/|url-status=live}} |
| scope="row"| "Kills Me"
| rowspan="4"| 2016 | 56 | rowspan="6" {{Non-album singles}} |
| scope="row"| "Ridin"
| 34 |
| scope="row"| "Please Be Mine for Christmas"
| — |
| scope="row"| "Heartbreak Love Song"
| — |
| scope="row"| "U Know"
|rowspan="8"| 2017 | — |
| scope="row"| "Do U Love Me"
| 80 |
| scope="row"| "Heartbreak Love Song" (acoustic)
| — | rowspan="6"| The Acoustic Sessions EP |
| scope="row"| "Christmas Love"
| — |
| scope="row"| "Ridin" (acoustic)
| — |
| scope="row"| "So This Is Christmas (War Is Over)"
| — |
| scope="row"| "Kills Me" (acoustic)
| — |
| scope="row"| "When You Wish Upon a Star"
| — |
| scope="row"| "Faster Than Lightning" (With Chris Willis)
|rowspan="3"| 2018 | — |rowspan="24" {{Non-album singles}} |
| scope="row"| "Saturday"
| —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Saturday" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number nine on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.{{cite web|url=http://www.sverigetopplistan.se/netdata/ghl002.mbr/lista?liid=215&dfom=20180831|title=Veckolista Heatseeker – Vecka 36, 7 september 2018|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|accessdate=7 September 2018|archive-date=7 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907183104/http://www.sverigetopplistan.se/netdata/ghl002.mbr/lista?liid=215&dfom=20180831|url-status=live}}}} |
| scope="row"| "Trofé"
| —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Trofé" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number three on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.{{cite web|url=http://www.sverigetopplistan.se/netdata/ghl002.mbr/lista?liid=215&dfom=20181221|title=Veckolista Heatseeker – Vecka 52, 28 dezember 2018|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|accessdate=29 December 2018|archive-date=28 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181228174854/http://www.sverigetopplistan.se/netdata/ghl002.mbr/lista?liid=215&dfom=20181221|url-status=live}}}} |
| scope="row"| "Samma gamla du"
|rowspan="2"| 2019 | — |
| scope="row"| "Blundar du så blundar jag"
| — |
| scope="row"| "On/Off"
|rowspan="6"| 2020 | — |
| scope="row"| "Efternamn"
| — |
| scope="row"| "Över Hela Stan"
| — |
| scope="row"| "Stannat"
| — |
| scope="row"| "Dirt on My Name"
| — |
| scope="row"| "Moves"
| — |
| scope="row"| "Tavla från Pari" (with Niklas Jeng)
|rowspan="2" |2021 | — |
| scope="row"| "Dem är inte bra"
| — |
| scope="row"| "Relations"
| rowspan="8" |2022 | — |
| scope="row"| "I'm on the Go"
| — |
| scope="row"| "No time"
| — |
| scope="row"| "Trippin' on a Lately"
| — |
| scope="row"| "She Classy"
| — |
| scope="row"| "I'll Be Lovin, I'll Be Trappin'"
| — |
| scope="row"| "Emotion"
| — |
| scope="row"| "Promises"
| — |
| scope="row"| "Regna över oss"
| 2023 | — |
| scope="row"| "Conversations"
|rowspan=2"| 2024 | — |
| scope="row"| "Caroline"
| 55 |
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Category:Swedish television personalities
Category:21st-century Swedish singers
Category:21st-century Swedish male singers
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