John Ballard (record producer)

John Ballard (born April 14, 1951) is a Scottish Singer/Songwriter and record producer, based in Gothenburg, Sweden where he has a recording studio (Tuff Studios). At Tuff Studios he has produced amongst others, Ace of Base (their first 3 albums), as well as co-writing some of their songs.
John has also written songs for the Eurovision Song Contest and also performed twice in the Swedish qualification rounds of ESC in the 1980s:

Ballard founded the successful Scandinavian band Bubbles and wrote and recorded most of their songs.

He wrote and recorded the title track for the European release of the 'Ice Age 1' film.

He wrote most of the tracks for the Swedish boyband Together, including the track "Vänner" (Friends) which went to number one in Sweden.