Please answer the following question: Facts:   - instrument: drums    - years active: 2009 present    - birth name: friðrik dór jónsson    - genre: pop , r & b      - birth date: 07 october 1988    - name: friðrik dór    - background: solo_singer    - birth place: hafnarfjörður , iceland    - occupation: singer , songwriter   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of friðrik dór .
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friðrik dór jónsson -lrb- born 7 october 7 , 1988 -rrb- is an icelandic r&b and pop singer and songwriter .he began his career forming the band fendrix with his schoolmates while in grade 8 .he played drums in the band .the band took part in músíktilraunir in 2003 .he studied in verzlunarskóla Íslands , a commerce college in iceland , taking part in a number of musicals at the college .his first solo record was in 2009 with the song `` hlið við hlið '' that was played heavily on fm 957 reaching number 2 on the station 's charts .he also landed a part in the film bjarnfreðarson released around christmas 2009 .his follow-up singles were '' Á sama stað '' in collaboration with the rapper erpur eyvindarson and `` fyrir hana '' both in 2010 .in spring 2010 , friðrik dór appeared in episode 5 of the comedy show `` steindinn okkar '' on stöð 2 icelandic commercial channel where his character is robbed and murdered .the series producers used segments of friðrik dór 's hit `` hlið við hlið '' giving further boost and wide exposure to dór .friðrik dór was named `` rookie of the year '' fm 957 listeners poll held in june 2010 .during the same month , he released the song `` keyrum ` ettígang '' with rappers henrik biering and erpur eyvindarson .`` allt sem þú átt '' was his album in 2010 with 12 tracks on record including his earlier hits reaching top 3 on tónlist.is chart .in 2011 he appeared in an episode of `` auddi og sveppi '' on stöð 2 and one of his song was used in promotional ads for the local brand of condoms .retro stefson rerranged the tune that premiered on april 18 , 2011 adding to his popularity and sending him to the top of fm 957 chart .he also appeared as a guest on `` independent people '' -lrb- icelandic : `` sjálfstætt fólk '' -rrb- on the april 17 , 2011 episode of the show