Madden

Marius Njølstad (born February 6, 1989), professionally known as Madden, is a Norwegian singer, songwriter and producer. He started his solo career in 2016, when he signed with Warner Music Norway. Career Marius had an early interest in music, and started playing the piano at age 7. His dedication to music led him to take a degree in jazz at Berklee in Copenhagen, as well as a degree in arrangement/music technology at the Norwegian Academy of Music. Through his studies he met Daniel Wold, and they created the duo Kontraktor together, following a writing session back in 2010. In their debut year, they won the John Lennon Songwriting Contest with their track "Bocce Ball" in the category Electronic. Still, their collab ended two years later. Madden has not only worked in the thriving music industry he has also worked as an extra music teacher in music schools while he was in Sweden. He there helped the teachers inspire the kids into doing more complicated music arrangements as well as teach them more convoluted music pieces.