We recieved the Government's music export award 2009 earlier today!!

Words from the jury..
Mando Diao is one of Sweden's internationally most successful live bands ever. 2009 strengthened the band's position further with more than 150 concerts in Germany, UK, US and Asia among many other places. Mando Diao was also heading several of Europe's biggest music festivals and appeared in the biggest TV shows. Mando Diao celebrated a huge international success with the album Give Me Fire and the hit single Dance With Somebody.

They topped the album charts In Germany, Austria and Switzerland charts. This was rewarded with two Platinum CDs and one Gold. Dance With Somebody was in fact the most played radio song of all categories in Germany in 2009 and appointed the track of the year on German iTunes. The video was shown about 13 million times on YouTube.

Minister of Trade Eva Björling:
- It feels really nice to give the prize to a hard-working pop band that I myself had the privilege to see live at a packed Club Quattro in Tokyo. Mando Diao is a perfect example of how successful Swedish artists are around the world.

We won another award for Song Of The Year at P3 Guldgalan last nite! THANK YOU!
Listen to Mats speaking about the victory.

And the speech of thanks!

Swedish artists interpret this year's track nominations at P3 Guld. Here is Meja doing Dance With Somebody. Produced by La Vida Locash for SR.

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CHEERS