Britta Persson

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Britta Persson
Britta Persson @ Festival Invasao Sueca 05.jpg
Persson in 2009
Background information
Born1981 (age 43–44)
Vattholma, Sweden
Genres Indie pop
Years active2004–present
LabelsSelective Notes / Razzia
Website brittapersson.com

Britta Persson (born 1981) is a Swedish indie pop singer-songwriter.

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Biography

Persson was born 1981 in Vattholma, Uppsala Municipality. [1] She went to school at Uppsala musikklasser in Uppsala, having Veronica Maggio in her parallel class and played grunge in the late 1990s. [2]

Her musical career began when she sent a demo to Kristofer Åström, and he invited her on his 2005 tour for the album Loupita. [3] She was then able to sell 2,000 home-burned demo CDs online. [4]

She had her breakthrough in 2006 with the album Top Quality Bones and a Little Terrorist. Additionally, Persson was the composer in the TV series Dejta. [5] The single "Winter Tour" got high rotation on radio in Scandinavia and a couple of years later also received recognition in Europe due to a TV advertising campaign.[ citation needed ]

In 2008 the follow-up album Kill Hollywood Me was released. Persson has worked with Camera Obscura.[ citation needed ]

In 2012, Persson helped co-write the song "So Young So High" by Swedish duo Dada Life. The year after, she released her fourth album, If I Was a Band My Name Would Be Forevers. [6]

In 2015, she was featured on "You Hunch" by Patrik Arve  [ sv ], who was then performing as Swedish Tiger Sound. [7]

In August 2019, Persson released Folk – dikter och toner om personer. [8] It was a collaboration with sisters Emma and Lisen Adbåge, who were also releasing a children's book with the same title. [9] [10] In 2023, Persson released an album and poetry collection, both named Alla är barn, with illustrations by Emma and Lisen Adbåge. [11] [12]

Discography

Studio albums

YearAlbumPeak positions
SWE
[13]
2006Top Quality Bones and a Little Terrorist53
2008Kill Hollywood Me27
2010Current Affair Medium Rare31
2013If I Was a Band My Name Would Be Forevers22
2019Folk – dikt och toner om personer–
2023Alla är barn–

EPs

References

  1. ↑ "Britta Persson kan prisas på Manifestgalan". 11 February 2020.
  2. ↑ "Vattholmas pophopp har hittat tillbaka till musiken". 29 August 2023.
  3. ↑ "Britta Persson". Göteborgs-Posten . 6 September 2010. Retrieved 16 May 2025– via PressReader.
  4. ↑ "Britta Persson tar en sak i taget". Barometern-OT (in Swedish). 22 March 2005. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
  5. ↑ "Britta Persson | Composer, Soundtrack". IMDb. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  6. ↑ "Britta om livets vägskäl". 22 July 2013.
  7. ↑ "Premiere: Swedish Tiger Sound - "You Hunch" feat. Britta Persson". VICE. 3 September 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
  8. ↑ "Britta Persson". Nöjesguiden (in Swedish). 28 November 2018. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
  9. ↑ "Britta Persson tillbaka med barnskiva". Svenska Dagbladet. 11 June 2019.
  10. ↑ Carlsson, Oskar (6 August 2019). "Britta Persson ger ton åt ny barnbok av systrarna Adbåge" [Britta Persson gives tone to new children's book by Adbåge sisters]. Hallandsposten . Retrieved 16 May 2025– via PressReader.
  11. ↑ "Artisten Britta Persson hoppas få fler barn att läsa". Mitt i (in Swedish). 8 November 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
  12. ↑ "Alla är barn". Aftonbladet . 7 May 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2025– via PressReader.
  13. ↑ "Britta Persson discography". swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
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