Anders Johansson

Lars Anders Johansson (born July 4, 1973) is a Swedish artist manager, A&R representative known as manager for A-Teens, Carola, Sahara Hotnights, Smith & Thell, Veronica Maggio and others.

Biography

Anders Johansson grew up initially in Alnö, Sundsvall, but moved early to Stockholm. Following studies in England and United States, he joined Stockholm Records as an intern and later A&R manager, with Ola Håkansson as one of his mentors. Here, he signed LOK in 1997 and recruited the members of A-Teens, founded in 1998. In 2001, he became A&R manager at Universal following their acquisition of Stockholm Records.

Thereafter, Johansson founded his own artist management company, Albot & Albot in 2008, and became a manager for Veronica Maggio, Sahara Hotnights and Carola. In parallel, he was engaged by Melodifestivalen to manage A&R from 2012.

In 2016, he partnered with NYC-based Jon Allen under the Buddys name. Their clients have included Veronica Maggio, Smith & Thell, Sandro Cavazza, NOTD, Estraden, and others.

Since 2018, Johansson has been appointed board member of Music Managers Forum Sweden (MMF).

Johansson was awarded MVP at the Denniz Pop Awards 2022.