Cornelia Jakobs

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Cornelia Jakobs
Cornelia Jakobs - Melodifestivalen 2022, finalen, torsdagen 113.jpg
Jakobs in 2022
Background information
Birth nameAnna Cornelia Jakobsdotter Samuelsson
Born (1992-03-09) 9 March 1992 (age 32)
Nacka Municipality, Sweden
Genres Pop
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Years active2010–present
Formerly of Love Generation

Anna Cornelia Jakobsdotter Samuelsson (born 9 March 1992), known professionally as Cornelia Jakobs, is a Swedish singer and songwriter. [1] She represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 with the song "Hold Me Closer", placing fourth.

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Biography

Early life

Cornelia Jakobsdotter was born in Nacka Municipality, Stockholm County, and grew up in Stockholm. The daughter of the Poodles' singer Jakob Samuel and Fia Lönnborn, she first entered music by auditioning for Idol 2008 ; she received some media attention after being mocked by the judges. [2] 14 years later jury member Anders Bagge and Jakobs both participated and were favorites in Melodifestivalen 2022 and he then apologized, saying "Shit, how wrong you can be, how talented you are". [3]

2011–2021: Love Generation and songwriting

Love Generation in 2010, from left to right: Charly Q, Mikaela, Cornelia and Melanie Love Generation 2010.jpg
Love Generation in 2010, from left to right: Charly Q, Mikaela, Cornelia and Melanie

She started her music career as a member of the girl group Love Generation, who participated in Melodifestivalen 2011 and 2012. [4] Love Generation's 2011 entry "Dance Alone" peaked at number 26 on the Sverigetopplistan . [5]

Jakobs in 2010 Cornelia, Love Generation 2010.jpg
Jakobs in 2010

In 2020, Jakobs composed and performed the song "Weight of the World" which became the soundtrack for the HBO Nordic series Björnstad. [4] She participated in Melodifestivalen 2021 as a songwriter for the song "Best of Me" performed by Efraim Leo. [6]

2022–present: Melodifestivalen and Eurovision

In 2022, Jakobs went solo as a singer and participated in Melodifestivalen 2022 with the song "Hold Me Closer", which qualified for the final and later won with 146 points, [7] [8] thus earning her the right to represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin. [9] [10] In the final she finished in fourth place overall, with 438 points. [11] Jakobs was one of the performers during the interval at the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, where she performed "I Turn to You" by Melanie C in a segment which celebrated host city Liverpool's contribution to pop music. [12] Jakobs released "Need You Now" in July 2023, in which she revealed that she has ADHD.

Discography

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions
TitleYearPeak chart positions
SWE
[13]
FIN
[14]
IRE
[15]
LTU
[16]
NLD
[17]
NOR
[18]
UK
[19]
"Late Night Stories"2018
"All the Gold" [upper-alpha 1]
"You Love Me"
"Animal Island"
"Shy Love"
"Locked Into You"
"Hanging On"2019
"Dream Away"2020
"Weight of the World"
"Hold Me Closer"202219385761559
"Fine" [upper-alpha 2]
"Rise" [upper-alpha 3]
"It Takes a Fool to Remain Sane"202383
"I Turn to You"
"Need You Now"

Awards

YearAward ceremonyCategoryNominee(s)/work(s)ResultRef.
2022 Marcel Bezençon Awards Composer Award"Hold Me Closer"Won [22]
Rockbjörnen Swedish Song of the Year [23]
Breakthrough of the YearHerself
Musikplats Stockholm Song of the Year"Hold Me Closer" [24]
Musikförläggarnas Pris Song of the Year"Hold Me Closer" [25]
2023 Grammis Song of the Year"Hold Me Closer"Nominated [26]
Newcomer of the YearHerselfWon [27]

Notes

  1. "All the Gold" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number 10 on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart. [20]
  2. "Fine" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number 15 on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart. [20]
  3. "Rise" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number one on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart. [21]

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hold Me Closer (Cornelia Jakobs song)</span> 2022 song by Cornelia Jakobs

"Hold Me Closer" is a song by Swedish singer and songwriter Cornelia Jakobs, released as a single on 26 February 2022. It represented Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy, after winning the Melodifestivalen 2022 final with 146 points. At Eurovision, Jakobs performed 17th of the 18 acts in the second semi-final, where she qualified for the grand final. In the grand final, she performed 20th of 25th acts and finished in fourth place in the Eurovision grand final with 438 points.

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Preceded by
Tusse
with "Voices"
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
2022
Succeeded by
Loreen
with "Tattoo"