Newkid
{{Short description|Musical artist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{About|the Swedish rapper|the South Korean boy band|Newkidd}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Newkid
| image = Newkid i Kungsan.jpg
| caption = Newkid in August 2011.
| birth_name = Jhun Alexander Ferrer
| alias = Newkid
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|12|2|df=y}}
| birth_place = Uddevalla, Sweden
| origin = Uddevalla, Sweden
| instrument = Vocals
| genre = {{flatlist|
}}
| occupation = {{flatlist|
- Singer
- rapper
}}
| label = Baseline, Sony Music Entertainment
| associated_acts = Yaiya
}}
Jhun Alexander Ferrer, also known by his stage name Newkid (born 2 December 1990), is a Swedish–Filipino singer and rapper{{Cite web |url=http://www.expressen.se/noje/1.2413331/newkid-ar-rykande-het |title=Newkid är rykande het – Nöje – Expressen Nöje {{!}} Nöjesnyheter Musiknyheter Filmnyheter |access-date=2 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110427205419/http://www.expressen.se/noje/1.2413331/newkid-ar-rykande-het |archive-date=27 April 2011 |url-status=dead }} signed to Sony Music Entertainment.{{Cite web |url=http://www.metro.se/noje/newkid-alexander-jr-ferrer/EVHkdl!0dNtf12nUoWQ/ |title=Newkid – Alexander Jr Ferrer – Metro |access-date=2 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314054605/http://www.metro.se/noje/newkid-alexander-jr-ferrer/EVHkdl!0dNtf12nUoWQ/ |archive-date=14 March 2012 |url-status=dead }}
Career
Jhun Alexander Ferrer was born in Uddevalla, Sweden in 1990 to a Swedish mother and a Spanish–Filipino father.{{Cite web |url=http://www.nojesguiden.se/recensioner/musik/newkid-alexander-jr-ferrer |title=Newkid – Alexander Jr Ferrer {{!}} Nöjesguiden |access-date=2 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721061135/http://www.nojesguiden.se/recensioner/musik/newkid-alexander-jr-ferrer |archive-date=21 July 2011 |url-status=live }}
Adopting the stage name Newkid, he released his debut studio album on 15 April 2011, named Alexander JR Ferrer and his debut single in Sweden was "Jag gråter bara i regnet". He is also featured on Lorentz & Sakarias{{'}} songs "Lever min dröm" and "Swischa förbi", as well as Ison & Fille's song "Lever såhär". Ferrer released the EP SS18 in the summer of 2018, which peaked at number 21 on the Swedish Albums Chart. He released his second studio album, SS/AW18, later that year. He also featured on Tjuvjakt{{'}}s single "Apelsinskal", which peaked at number eleven on the Swedish Singles Chart. On 24 April 2020, he released the single "Kanske var vi rätt bra ändå". It peaked at number six on the Swedish Singles Chart. A music video for the song was released on Newkid{{'}}s YouTube channel on 29 April 2020.{{Cite web|title=Newkid - Kanske var vi rätt bra ändå (Official Music Video)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzKGuKPzdHA|date=29 April 2020|website=YouTube|access-date=7 May 2020}} Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet stated that Newkid will participate in the upcoming eleventh season of TV4{{'}}s TV-show Så mycket bättre, which will be recorded in June 2020.{{Cite news|last=Ek|first=Torbjörn|date=30 April 2020|title=Loreen klar för "Så mycket bättre"|language=sv|work=Aftonbladet|url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/a/70v61o/loreen-klar-for-sa-mycket-battre|access-date=1 May 2020}}{{Cite web|title=Tommy Körberg uppges klar för "Så mycket bättre"|url=https://www.expressen.se/noje/tommy-korberg-uppges-klar-for-sa-mycket-battre/|last=Hedlund|first=Viktor|date=4 May 2020|website=Expressen|language=sv|access-date=6 May 2020}}
Newkid announced he would his third studio album in 2020.{{Cite web|title=Newkid bjuder på ny singer från kommande album|url=https://www.kingsizemag.se/musik/newkid-bjuder-pa-ny-singel-fran-kommande-album/|date=28 February 2020|website=Kingsizemag|language=sv|access-date=7 May 2020}}{{Cite web|title=Newkid släpper romantiska "Kanske var vi rätt bra ändå"|url=https://dopest.se/newkid-slapper-romantiska-kanske-var-vi-ratt-bra-anda/|website=Dopest|date=24 April 2020 |language=sv|access-date=7 May 2020}} He released the single "Chambea" on 22 May 2020. On 29 May, Newkid released his previously announced third studio album, titled Mount Jhun.{{Cite web|title=Mount Jhun by Newkid|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/mount-jhun/1514145300|website=Apple Music|access-date=29 May 2020}}{{Cite web|title=Newkid släpper albumet 'MOUNT JHUN' idag|url=http://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/sonybmg/pressreleases/newkid-slaepper-albumet-mount-jhun-idag-3002670|date=29 May 2020|website=MyNewsDesk|language=sv|access-date=29 May 2020}} It peaked at number three on the Swedish Albums Chart, making it Newkid's first album to make the top 10 on the chart. The album contains the previously released singles "Kanske var vi rätt bra ändå", "Mi Amor", "Chambea" and "Över dig".
Discography
=Albums=
=Singles=
(The singles are mostly adapted from Spotify.{{Cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/5wXRHaEx8AvtUv0gyZHGf6?si=auZzN6cDT-e0Uyic3SB4-g|title=Newkid|website=Spotify|access-date=27 March 2020}})
= Featured singles =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year ! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album |
|---|
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| SWE |
| scope="row"| "Lever såhär" {{small|(Ison & Fille featuring Newkid)}} | 2010 | — | För evigt |
| scope="row"| "Mighty" {{small|(Petter featuring Newkid)}} | 2013 | — | Början på allt |
| scope="row"| "Utan dig" {{small|(Molly Sandén featuring Newkid)}} | 2017 | 16 | Större |
| scope="row"| "Apelsinskal" {{small|(Tjuvjakt featuring Newkid)}} | rowspan="2"| 2020 | 11 | Tomma fickor |
| scope="row"| "Jag mår bra nu" {{small|(Molly Sandén featuring Newkid)}} | Dom ska veta |
| scope="row"| "Tusen gånger om" {{small|(Estraden featuring Newkid)}} | 2022 | 13 | {{TBA}} |
=Other charted songs=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year ! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album |
|---|
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| SWE |
| scope="row"| "Dör för min" {{small|(featuring Jireel)}} | 2020 | 77 | Mount Jhun |
| scope="row"| "Våga"
| rowspan="3"| 2022 | 9 | rowspan="3"| Vi |
| scope="row"| "Laga det som rasat"
| —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Laga det som rasat" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number 17 on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/215?dspy=2022&dspp=4|title=Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 4|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|access-date=29 January 2022}}}} |
| scope="row"| "Fångat en ängel"
| —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Fångat en ängel" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number 14 on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.}} |
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Category:Swedish singer-songwriters
Category:Swedish-language singers
Category:Swedish people of Filipino descent