Maia Hirasawa | |
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![]() Maia Hirasawa | |
Background information | |
Born | Sollentuna, Sweden | May 5, 1980
Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
Years active | 2005–present |
Labels | Razzia Records Thrive Records Victor Entertainment |
Maia Hirasawa (born May 5, 1980) is a Swedish singer-songwriter of Swedish and Japanese parentage.
She was born and raised in Sollentuna, Stockholm, Sweden but has lived for many years in Gothenburg. Maia became known through Annika Norlin's band Hello Saferide, where she is a back-up singer. Her solo career began in early 2007 when the song "And I Found This Boy" started being played heavily on Swedish radio. The single was followed up by the album "Though, I'm Just Me" and the single "Gothenburg". During the summer of 2007 she toured around Sweden, playing at such shows as Allsång på Skansen, Hultsfredsfestivalen, Peace & Love and Arvika Festival. In 2010 she for the first time released material in Swedish with the EP "Dröm bort mig igen". [1]
Year | Album Information | Peak chart positions | |
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SWE [2] | JPN [3] | ||
2007 | Though, I'm Just Me
| 9 | — |
2009 | "GBG vs STHLM"
| 12 | — |
2011 | Maia Hirasawa
| — | 37 |
2012 | We Got It
| — | 100 |
2012 | What I Saw
| — | 9 |
Release | Title | Notes | Chart positions | Album | |
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SWE [2] | JPN [4] | ||||
2007 | "Mattis & Maia" | — | — | Though, I'm Just Me | |
"And I Found This Boy" | 56 | — | |||
"Gothenburg" | — | — | |||
2008 | "The Worrying Kind" | The Ark cover | 9 | — | |
2009 | "South Again" | — | — | "GBG vs STHLM" | |
2010 | "Come with Me" feat. Nicolai Dunger | — | — | ||
"It Doesn't Stop" | Used in Kao essential damage shampoo TV commercials [5] | — | 4 | Maia Hirasawa | |
2011 | "Boom!" | Used in JR Kyushu Shinkansen TV commercials [5] | — | 6 | Boom! (extended play) |
"We Got It" | — | 24 | We Got It | ||
"The Real Me Song" | — | — | |||
"The Gift" | — | 39 | |||
2012 | "The Best Team" | Used in Kao essential damage shampoo TV commercials [5] | — | 18 |
Release | Title | Notes | Chart positions | Album | |
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Oricon (JPN) [3] | Japan Hot 100 (JPN) [4] | ||||
2010 | "Nerumare (After Long Tomorrow)" (Toe feat. Maia Hirasawa) | Used in Pocari Sweat TV commercials [5] | — | — | — |
2011 | "Bang Bang" (Pizzicato One feat. Maia Hirasawa) | Cher cover | — | — | One and Ten Very Sad Songs |
"Apathy" (Jazztronik feat. Maia Hirasawa) | — | — | Dig Dig Dig | ||
"Movin'" (Soil & "Pimp" Sessions feat. Maia Hirasawa) | 31 | 31 | Magnetic Soil | ||
"Waltz for Debby" (Sweet Swing feat. Maia Hirasawa) | Jazz standard | — | — | Sweet Swing for Hershey's |
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