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 Steen at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 Press Meet&Greet | |
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| Birth name | Joakim With Steen |
| Born | (1989-06-26)26 June 1989 (age 35) Trondheim,Norway |
| Origin | Kolbotn, Norway |
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| Years active | 2011–present |
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| Website | jowstmusic |
Joakim With Steen (born 26 June 1989), better known asJowst (stylised inall caps), is a Norwegian music producer and songwriter. Herepresented Norway in theEurovision Song Contest 2017 alongside vocalistAleksander Walmann with the song "Grab the Moment", finishing in 10th place.[1]
Steen was born inTrondheim and raised inTiller. At age 14, his family moved toSteinkjer Municipality.[2] At the age of fifteen his main focus was guitar,punk, songwriting and band. After finishing his sound and music production education at the renownedNoroff Institute inOslo, where he later also worked as a teacher and held lectures in the same field. At the same time he also worked as sound technician and producer for Earport Studios inFornebu.[3] Joakim started Red Line Studio where he has worked as a sound engineer and producer since 2011. With the project "Making a Hit" and the hit song "Grab the Moment" he is now focusing on his own music under the artist name JOWST, an acronym formed from the first letter of his names.[4]
Steen and Norwegian singerAleksander Walmann were confirmed to be taking part inMelodi Grand Prix 2017, Norway's national selection for theEurovision Song Contest 2017, on 7 February 2017.[5] In the final, held on 11 March, JOWST and Walmann received the maximum 12 points from four of the eleven international juries in addition to winning the televote.[6] They subsequently advanced to the gold final, where they won the competition.[1] Norway competed in the second half of the second semi-final at the Eurovision Song Contest, and they managed to advance to the final. In the final, they placed 10th out of 26th.[7][8]
Steen also co-wrote Walmann's song forMelodi Grand Prix 2018 "Talk To The Hand", which progressed to the Gold Final, but failed to progress to the final two, coming fourth in the televote.
In October 2022, Steen along with Byron Williams Jr. was announced as one of the 21 competitors forMelodi Grand Prix 2023 with the song "Freaky for the Weekend". They were placed into the 1st semi-final, performing last (7th). They failed to qualify for the finals.
Joakim is cohabiting with Rita Rybakova, and together they have a daughter Sofia born in 2017.[9]
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||||||||||
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| NOR [10] | AUT [11] | NLD Tip [12] | SWE [13] | ||||||||||||||||||
| "Grab the Moment" | 2017 | 6 | 73 | 24 | 56 | Non-album singles | |||||||||||||||
| "ThatFeeling" (featuringAleksander Walmann) | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
| "Burning Bridges"[14] (withKristian Kostov) | 2018 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| "Roller Coaster Ride"[15] (withManel Navarro and Maria Celin) | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
| "Everybody Knows…" | 2019 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| "Happier" (featuring Chris Medina) | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
| "Into the Wild" (withAleksander Walmann) | 2020 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| "Barely Breathing" (withAgnete featuring Azzip) | 2021 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| "The Sweetest Fruit" (with Augustine Dunn & Barbara Schoblocher) | 2024 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Title | Year | Album |
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| "Thinking Through Thorough Thoughts"[16] | 2016 | Non-album single |
| Title | Year | Original artist |
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| "Let Me Love You"(Jowst Remix) | 2016 | DJ Snake (featuringJustin Bieber) |
| "We Are Dreamers"(co-producer) | 2017 | Frida Sundemo |
| "Night Train"(Jowst Remix) | CLMD (featuring Alida) | |
| "Silvertongue"(Jowst Remix) | Young The Giant | |
| "Keep On Falling"(Jowst Remix) | Manel Navarro | |
| "My Turn"(Jowst Remix) | Martina Bárta | |
| "Good Vibes"(JOWST and Ambros Remix)[17] | 2018 | Nathan Trent |
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| Title | Year | Main artist | Role |
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Credited asJoakim With Steen,Joakim W Steen, Joakim Steen,Jowst orRed Line Studio | |||
| "Mirage" | 2012 | Heyerdahl | Music producer |
| c. 18 other songs | 2015-2017 | TBA | |
| "Drama" | 2017 | Karin Melón | |
| "Forever or Never" | 2018 | Oda | |
| "Brain vs Heart" | 2019 | ||
| Preceded by | Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 (withAleksander Walmann) | Succeeded by |
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