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22 February 2025 Highlight Swedish music moments! Promote the reasons behind the Swedish music success story, and iconic moments from music history. This post is part of a social media campaign and the toolkit Swedish Music Moments. The campaign can be used when activating the toolkit or throughout the whole year.
On this day in 1998, artist Madonna released the song ‘Ray of Light’. The music video by Swedish producer Jonas Åkerlund won multiple prizes.
Materials Download video (MP4 4 MB) Video 9:16 for reels and stories Caption On 22 February 1998, Madonna released ‘Ray of Light’. The music video shows scenes from different cities around the world. Swedish music video director Jonas Åkerlund won a Grammy for it, and the video also scooped five MTV Video Music Awards. Swedish music producers, songwriters and video directors like Åkerlund have played a towering role in the last 30 years of popular culture.
#SwedishMusicMoments #Onthisday
Tag : @Madonna @JonasAkerlund
Link to the official video
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