Alice Svensson

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Alice Svensson
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Alice Svensson at Sommarkrysset in June 2009
Background information
Birth nameAlice Cecilia Linh Svensson
Born (1991-07-11) 11 July 1991 (age 33)
Hanoi, Vietnam
Origin Hedesunda, Sweden
Genres Pop, Soul, Rock
Occupation Singer
Years active2004present
Labels Sony Music

Alice Cecilia Linh Svensson (born 11 July 1991) [1] is a Vietnamese-born Swedish singer. At the age of ten months, Svensson was adopted from her home country Vietnam, and moved to Sweden with her family, and she has since lived in Hedesunda. [2] [3] She finished as runner-up in Idol 2008 and later took part in Melodifestivalen 2017 with the song "Running with Lions".

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Beginnings

Alice was a member of the pop group Popcorn, releasing a record with them at the age of 13. [4] She has participated in a number of talent shows like Super Troupers in 2004, talent show Joker 2006 where Svensson became first-runner up, [5] in Talang show in 2007, and the TV4 children's show Lattjo lajban. [6] She won the talent show Popkorn 2007.

Idol 2008

Svensson took part in Idol 2008 , the Swedish version of Pop Idol . [7] She sang the following songs:

On 14 November 2008, Swedish media reported that her rendition of "Heaven's on Fire" had been posted on the hard rock band Kiss' official homepage by members of the group. She finished first runner-up to eventual winner Kevin Borg.

After Idol

In May 2009, she signed a recording contract and released her debut solo single "Lady Luck". In 2009, she also collaborated with the Swedish singer Jonathan Fagerlund in the latter's second album Welcome to My World where she was featured in Fagerlund's song "Save Our Yesterdays".

In 2017, she participated in Melodifestivalen with the song "Running with Lions". She placed fifth in the fourth heat and failed to advance further in the competition.

Discography

Singles

With Popcorn
Solo singles
TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
SWE
[8]
"Heaven's on Fire"200835Non-album single
"Girlfriend"30
"Lady Luck"200921
"I Wanna Live"2010
"Running with Lions"201781
[9]
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released.

Filmography

List of film credits [10]
YearTitleRole
2017Efter tioHerself - guest
2017En natt på slottetHerself

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References

  1. Swälas, Monica (12 October 2008). "Alice på väg mot stjärnorna" [Alice headed for stardom] (in Swedish). www.gd.se. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 2012-08-09.
  2. Andersson, Stefan (2008-09-26). "Ska Alice från Hedesunda bli årets stora Idol? - Nöje" (in Swedish). www.gd.se. Archived from the original on 2012-05-25. Retrieved 2012-08-09.
  3. Alice Svensson Retrieved on 19 Feb 2018
  4. "Lingman & Co - Popcorn - Landets yngsta popgrupp!". Archived from the original on January 16, 2008. Retrieved November 25, 2008.
  5. Archived September 16, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  6. "Videoklipp - Idol video - tv4.se". Archived from the original on November 2, 2008. Retrieved November 25, 2008.
  7. Artist Biography by Jason Birchmeier Retrieved on 19 Feb 2018
  8. "Discography Alice Svensson". Swedish Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
  9. "Sverigetopplistan - Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan . Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  10. Alice Svensson Retrieved on 19 Feb 2018