Joel Alme

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Joel Alme

| image = Joel Alme.jpg

| caption = Joel Alme performs in the solo program "Lotta på Liseberg" together with Velvet, Linda Bengtzing and Robert Wells

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| birth_name = Joel Alme

| birth_date = 1980

| birth_place =

| origin = Gothenburg, Sweden

| instrument =

| genre = Indie pop

| occupation = Singer, songwriter

| years_active =

| label = Sincerely Yours
Razzia Records

|past_member_of = Hästpojken

|current_member_of = Spring in Paris

| website = [http://www.myspace.com/joelalme Joel Alme MySpace Profile]

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Joel Alme (born 1980) is a musician and artist from Gothenburg, Sweden. Alme released his debut album A Master of Ceremonies on 22 April 2008 with "Queen's Corner" being the single. In 2010 he released his second studio album, called Waiting for the Bells.{{cite web |url=http://www.unt.se/kultur/joel-alme-atervander-till-v-dala-924188.aspx |title=Joel Alme återvänder till V-Dala|date=29 April 2010 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/2010/02/joel-alme-waiting-for-the-bells/ |title=Joel Alme – Waiting for the Bells |access-date=11 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209003848/http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/2010/02/joel-alme-waiting-for-the-bells/ |archive-date=9 February 2010 |url-status=dead }} He is the former lead singer for Spring in Paris.{{cite web |url=https://www.dn.se/sthlm/joel-alme-fann-tryggheten-i-bjorkhagen/ |title=Joel Alme fann tryggheten i godis|date=29 October 2015 }}

He grew up in Gothenburg and attended Schillerska gymnasiet.{{Cite news |last=Lindqvist |first=Johan |date=2019-10-03 |title=Joel Alme på tidsresa genom Göteborg |trans-title=Joel Alme on a journey through time in Gothenburg |url=https://pressreader.com/article/282711933768462 |access-date=2025-05-17 |work=Göteborgs-Posten |language=sv}}

When Alme received grant money from the Swedish Arts Council (Kulturrådet) for his second album Waiting for the Bells. Regarding the grant money, Alme stated that "it enabled me to use a real strings orchestra and I could spend more time in a very good studio with a good producer, Mattias Glavå."Hogan, Marc. [http://www.sweden.se/eng/Home/Lifestyle/Music-room/Reading/Swedish-taxpayers-make-sweet-music/ "Swedish taxpayers make sweet music"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100820131817/http://www.sweden.se/eng/Home/Lifestyle/Music-room/Reading/Swedish-taxpayers-make-sweet-music/ |date=20 August 2010 }}. Sweden.se. 4 June 2010.

In 2009, Alme altered the lyrics to his song "A Young Summer's Youth" and produced the song "Snart skiner Poseidon" to be played before and after all IFK Göteborg's home matches where it is performed by a massed chorus of supporters.

In 2014, four songs from Waiting for the Bells were used in the film Happy Christmas.{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2955096/soundtrack/ | title=Happy Christmas Soundtracks | website=IMDb | accessdate=24 July 2023}} In the movie, Anna Kendrick's character falls in love with Alme's music. In using the music, director Joe Swanberg said of Alme, "Nothing has sounded like that since Bob Dylan."{{cite web | url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-swanberg-happy-christmas_n_5600941 | title=Happy Christmas Director Joe Swanberg Thinks Men Are Out Of Ideas In Hollywood | website=HuffPost | date=22 July 2014 | accessdate=24 July 2023}}

In 2015, Alme released Flyktligan – his first album in Swedish. Most of the songs on that album are about his background and upbringing.{{cite web | url=http://www.gp.se/n%C3%B6je/joel-alme-g%C3%B6r-skiva-p%C3%A5-svenska-1.263955 | title=Joel Alme gör skiva på svenska | work=Göteborgs-Posten | date=1 December 2014 | accessdate=24 October 2016 | language=Swedish}}