Vargas & Lagola are a Swedish songwriting, production and artist duo of Vincent Pontare (Vargas) and Salem Al Fakir (Lagola).

They have worked with many pre-eminent artists, including: Avicii, Axwell Ʌ Ingrosso, David Guetta, Galantis, Madonna, Seinabo Sey and more. In addition to their songwriting and production work, they release pop music as Vargas & Lagola.[1]

Contents 1 Career 2 Discography 2.1 Singles 2.2 Other appearances 2.3 Songwriting and production credits 2.4 Songwriting and production credits for local Swedish artist 3 Awards and nominations 4 References 5 External links Career

Vincent Pontare and Salem Al Fakir have gone from successful solo artists to Swedish Grammy Award winning songwriters and producers.[2] Among the first co-writes with together are Avicii’s 2013 Billboard Hot 100 single "Hey Brother" and "Younger" by Seinabo Sey.[3]

At the 2014 Swedish Grammy Awards Vargas & Lagola and Magnus Lidehäll were awarded Composer of the Year after writing for Veronica Maggio’s album "Handen i fickan fast jag bryr mig" and the Petter album "Början på allt", and work with artists like Galantis.[4] In 2014 they wrote numerous songs on Mapei’s album "Hey Hey" and Avicii’s "The Days" and "Divine Sorrow" (with Wyclef Jean).[5] Vargas & Lagola followed up with another successful year in 2015 co-writing most songs on Seinabo Sey’s highly acclaimed debut album "Pretend" and songs for Madonna’s "Rebel Heart" album.[6][7]

Vargas & Lagola have co-written some of the biggest hits by Swedish artists Axwell Ʌ Ingrosso – "More Than You Know" (2017), "Sun Is Shining" (2015) and Avicii – "Without You(feat. Sandro Cavazza)" (2017), "Waiting For Love" (2015).[8]

Discography Singles List of singles, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album SWE[9] "Rolling Stone"[10] 2017 — Non-album singles "Dolores (The Awakening)"[11] — "As Long As I Have To"[12] — "Sun Is Shining (Band Of Gold)"[13] — "More Than You Know (Acoustic)" (featuring Agnes)[14] — "Roads"[15] 2018 17 GLF: Gold[16]