Joey Tempest
- Composer
- Actor
- Producer
Joey Tempest is world-known as the lead-singer and frontman of the mega
successful hardrock band EUROPE. Starting his career in 1979 together
with John Norum, Tempest achieved a nationwide success in Sweden in
1982 by recording the eponymous first album "Europe". The 1984 album
Wings Of Tomorrow enabled Europe to tour the whole Scandinavia. Joey
Tempest is the author of the world famous anthem of the 80's - The
Final Countdown, which reached the top of the Charts in 30 countries of
the world. The fame and recognition that he and Europe gained thanks to
this song and through other albums (1988 Out Of This World, 1991
Prisoners In Paradise, plus massive touring around the world) endured
until 1993 when Europe decided to split. Tempest decided to start his
own solo career as a songwriter and singer. His decent and more classic
rock oriented albums A Place to Call Home (1995) and Azalea Place
(1997) were released only in some European countries and their success
was limited only to native Sweden and Norway.
