Maria Smith and Victor Thell met one another as young teenagers at a local music event in their hometown of Helsingborg (Southern Sweden). Since then, they have become one of the most sought after songwriter / producer duos in the world, garnering over 2 Billion streams to date on songs they've performed, written and produced. As a multi-platinum band, Smith & Thell have 2 consecutive #1s at Swedish radio (and 4 consecutive top 5 singles), a top 25 US Alternative Radio hit, have accumulated 200 million streams, and have toured alongside Young The Giant, The Head and The Heart, and Fitz and the Tantrums. In 2020, Maria and Victor won the Swedish Grammy for Songwriter of the Year and were also nominated for the Swedish Government's Export Music Awards.