Noonie Bao

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Noonie Bao
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Noonie Bao at the 2013 Grammis in Stockholm
Background information
Birth nameJonnali Mikaela Parmenius
Born (1987-08-09) 9 August 1987 (age 37)
Stockholm, Sweden
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • record producer
InstrumentVocals
Years active1999–present
Labels
Website nooniebao.com

Jonnali Mikaela Parmenius (born 9 August 1987), better known by the stage name Noonie Bao, is a Swedish singer, songwriter and record producer. She has written songs for artists such as Don Diablo, Ava Max, Katy Perry, Zara Larsson, Charli XCX, Camila Cabello, Zedd, Avicii, Kygo, David Guetta, Clean Bandit, Alesso, Feed Me Alan Walker, and Carly Rae Jepsen.

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Early life

Parmenius was born in Stockholm, Sweden. [1] She started singing at an early age, inspired by her musical parents, and performed in choir productions as a child. [1] At the age of 12, she began to write her own songs, but at first, she did so in secret because she was embarrassed and uncomfortable singing about feelings. [2] She attended a music school, where she was called a "black sheep". At the age of 15, a friend gave her the nickname Noonie Bao because of her appearance. [1] [3]

She briefly attended the Royal College of Music, Stockholm, [1] but left and went to live with a friend in St. Gallen, Switzerland. [4] [5] [6] She began to take a singing class and recorded her own songs in a friend's attic, which was her first contact with song production. [5] Later, she worked in a recording studio in Paris. [4]

Career

After two years abroad, Noonie Bao returned to her hometown of Stockholm, where she signed a contract with the label EMI as a songwriter. [4] [7] She also founded a music label called 2many Freckles. [8] Under this label, she wrote and produced songs for Adiam Dymott, Clean Bandit, Frederic Sioen, and Tove Styrke. [9] [10] Bao produced several songs on Tove Styrke's 2010 self-titled album, which spent 35 weeks on the Swedish charts and peaked at number 10. [11] In 2011, the Belgian band Das Pop became aware of a song by Noonie Bao and asked her to sing backing vocals on the song "Fair Weather Friends" from their album The Game. [12] [13] Bao later went on tour with the band in Belgium and Europe. [12]

In January 2012, Bao released her debut single "About to Tell". [14] In October, she released her debut album I Am Noonie Bao, which incorporates indie pop and folk musical styles. [3] [9] In late 2012, she went on tour in Sweden. [15] In 2013, she was nominated for a Grammis award in the category of Best New Artist, but lost to Icona Pop. [16] Bao later had success as a songwriter and featured singer for Avicii and Nicky Romero's song "I Could Be the One". [17]

In 2014, Noonie Bao co-wrote the single "Doing It" from Charli XCX's album Sucker , which peaked at number eight on the UK singles chart, [18] as well as contributing to three other tracks on the album. The two have continued to work together, including the majority of XCX's 2016 Vroom Vroom EP and three tracks from XCX's mixtape Number 1 Angel. [19]

In 2015, Bao released the single "I'm in Love" on SoundCloud and YouTube. In November 2015, she released her first extended play Noonia, which made a transition into more pop-based production than had initially appeared on her debut album. Continuing with this sound, Bao released the Burns-produced single "Reminds Me" in April 2016.

Discography

Studio albums

TitleDetails
I Am Noonie Bao [20] [21]
  • Released: 31 October 2012
  • Label: 2many Freckles
  • Formats: Digital download, CD

Extended plays

TitleDetails
Noonia EP [22]
  • Released: 13 November 2015
  • Label: 2many Freckles • Universal
  • Formats: Digital download

Singles

As lead artist

TitleYearAlbum
"About to Tell"2012I Am Noonie Bao
"Do You Still Care?"
"Bodywork Lover"
"The Game"2013
"I'm in Love"2015Noonia
"Pyramids"
"Criminal Love"
"Reminds Me" [23] 2016TBA
"Sorry Not Sorry" [24]
List of singles which feature Noonie Bao as a vocalist and songwriter
TitleYearAlbum
"Do This Thing"
(Blänk featuring Noonie Bao)		2012Áurinko Rising Again
"M1 Stinger"
(Don Diablo featuring Noonie Bao)		M1 Stinger EP
"Starlight (Could You Be Mine?)"
(Don Diablo and Matt Nash featuring Noonie Bao)		2013Non-album singles
"Sunshine Stereo"
(The Kenneth Bager Experience featuring Noonie Bao)		Follow the Beat
"Dust Clears"
(Clean Bandit featuring Noonie Bao)		 New Eyes
"Ruby"
(Coucheron featuring Noonie Bao)		2015Playground
"All This Love"
(Alesso featuring Noonie Bao)		 Forever
"Monopoly"
(EASYFUN featuring Noonie Bao)		2016PC Music, Volume 2

Guest appearances

List of non-single appearances which feature Noonie Bao as a vocalist and songwriter
TitleYearOther artist(s)Album
"Prison Break"2008KockyStadium Status
"Just Another Song"2012SebjakNon-album song
"Rihanna"2013 Clean Bandit New Eyes
"I Wish I Could Be Happy"2014 The Kenneth Bager Experience Follow the Beat
"All This Love"2015 Alesso Forever
"Let You Down" iSHi Spring Pieces
"Fades Away"2019 Avicii Tim

Songwriting credits

  indicates a background vocal contribution.

  indicates an un-credited lead vocal contribution.

  indicates a credited vocal/featured artist contribution.

YearArtistAlbumSongCo-written with
2008KockyStadium Status"Prison Break"
(featuring Noonie Bao)		David Åström, Patrik Berggren
2010 Tove Styrke Tove Styrke "Chaos" Tove Anna Linnea Styrke
"Four Elements" Tove Anna Linnea Styrke
2012BlänkÁurinko Rising Again"Do This Thing"
(featuring Noonie Bao)		Klas Granstrom, Lina Oehman, John Eriksson, Peter Moren, Bjorn Yttling, Simon Trabelsi
SebjakNon-album single"Just Another Song"
(featuring Noonie Bao)		Sabastian Jakobsson
Don Diablo M1 Stinger EP"M1 Stinger"
(featuring Noonie Bao)		 Don Schipper, Måns Wredenberg, Linus Wiklund, Gordon Sumner
Avicii Non-album single"I Could Be the One"
(vs Nicky Romero)		 Tim Bergling, Nicholas Gotum, Arash Pournouri, Måns Wredenberg, Linus Wiklund
2013 The Kenneth Bager Experience Follow the Beat"Sunshine Stereo"
(featuring Damon C. Scott)		 Kenneth Bager, Thomas Schulz
Don Diablo Non-album single"Starlight (Could You Be Mine)" (with Matt Nash) Don Schipper, Matthew Nash, David Silcox, Måns Wredenberg, Linus Wiklund
Galavant"Tonight"Alexander Almonte
Avicii True "Always on the Run" Tim Bergling, Arash Pournouri, Måns Wredenberg, Linus Wiklund
Sub Focus Torus "Until the End"
(featuring Foxes)		 Nicholas Douwmba, Måns Wredenberg, Louisa Rose Allen
2014 The Kenneth Bager Experience Follow the Beat"Amazing"
(featuring Damon C. Scott)		 Kenneth Bager, Linus Wiklund, Thomas Barrett Jr.
"Follow the Beat"
(featuring Damon C. Scott)		 Kenneth Bager, Thomas Schulz, Linus Wiklund, Neil Ormandy
"What's My Name"
(featuring Sofie Gråbøl)		 Kenneth Bager, Thomas Schulz
"I Wish I Could Be Happy" Kenneth Bager, Thomas Schulz
"Stuck in a Lie"
(featuring Damon C. Scott)		 Kenneth Bager, Thomas Schulz, Linus Wiklund, Ayah Marar, Bernard Hermann, Dawn Joseph, Jacob Emtatsom
Clean Bandit New Eyes "Rihanna"
(featuring Noonie Bao)		 Jack Patterson, Grace Chatto
Say Lou Lou Lucid Dreaming"Games for Girls"
(with Lindstrøm)		 Elektra Kilbey-Jansson, Miranda Kilbey-Jansson, Hans-Peter Lindstrøm, Jakob Emtestam
SharksNon-album single"Wait"Susanna Friberg, Sophia Englund, Johan Sigerud, Jimmy "Svidden" Koitzsh, Linus Eklow, Karl Sandberg, Joakim Jarl, Marcus Grindeback
Union J You Got It All "Midnight Train" Eric Frederic, Andreas Schuller, Joseph Spargur, Thomas Peyton, John Ryan II
Charli XCX Sucker "Breaking Up" Charlotte Aitchison, Patrik Berger, Markus Krunegård
"Doing It"
(solo or featuring Rita Ora)		 Charlotte Aitchison, Ariel Rechtshaid, Jarrad Rogers, Matthew Burns
"Die Tonight" Charlotte Aitchison, Patrik Perger, Markus Krunegård, Pontus Winnberg, Andrew Wyatt, Rostam Batmanglij
"Need Ur Luv" Charlotte Aitchison, Andrew Wyatt, Rostam Batmanglij
2015 Carly Rae Jepsen Emotion "Run Away with Me" Carly Rae Jepsen, Mattias Larsson, Robin Fredriksson, Karl Schuster, Oscar Holter
CoucheronPlayground"Ruby"Sebastian Teigen
iSHi Spring Pieces"Let You Down"
(featuring Noonie Bao)		 Eshraque "iSHi" Mughal
Alesso Forever "All This Love"
(featuring Noonie Bao)		 Alessandro Lindblad, Måns Wredenberg, Linus Wiklund
Tommy Trash Non-album single"Wake the Giant"
(featuring JHart)		 Thomas Olsen, James Abrahart
Inna Body and the Sun "Salinas Skies" Wayne Hector, Andreas Schuller
Avicii Stories "City Lights" Tim Bergling, Arash Pournouri, Oskar Jonas Wallin
Elias Warcry EP"Northern Lights" Elias Sahlin, Patrik Berggren, Andreas Soderlund
Mr. Oizo Hand in the Fire"Hand in the Fire"
(featuring Charli XCX)		 Quentin Dupieux, Charlotte Aitchison, Amanda Lucille Warner, Andrew Wyatt, Rostam Batmanglij
2016 Charli XCX Vroom Vroom EP "Vroom Vroom" Charlotte Aitchison, Amanda Lucille Warner, Sophie Xeon
"Paradise"
(featuring Hannah Diamond)		 Charlotte Aitchison, Alexander Guy Cook, Sophie Xeon, Martin Stilling
"Trophy" Charlotte Aitchison, Amanda Lucille Warner, Sophie Xeon, Patrik Berger
Tini Tini "Got Me Started" Daniel Traynor, Jason Evigan
MØ Non-album single"Final Song" Karen Marie Ørsted, Uzoechi Emenike
Raye Second EP "I, U, Us" Rachel Keen, Charlotte Aitchison, Fredrik Gibson
AlunaGeorge I Remember "Jealous" Aluna Francis, George Reid, Charlotte Aitchison, Jonathan Hill, Ajay Bhattacharya
MØ Non-album single"Drum" Karen Marie Ørsted, Charlotte Aitchison, Michael Tucker
EasyFunPC Music, Volume 2"Monopoly"
(featuring Noonie Bao)		Finn Keane
Alan Walker Different World "Alone" Alan Walker, Jesper Borgen, Anders Frøen, Gunnar Greve Pettersen
2017 Zedd Non-album single"Stay"
(with Alessia Cara)		 Anton Zaslavski, Anders Frøen, Alessia Caracciolo, Sarah Aarons, Linus Wiklund
Charli XCX Number 1 Angel "Blame It on U" Charlotte Aitchison, Alexander Guy Cook
"Roll with Me" Charlotte Aitchison, Sophie Xeon, Klas Ahlund
"White Roses" Charlotte Aitchison, Alexander Guy Cook
Katy Perry Witness "Save as Draft" Katheryn Hudson, Dijon McFarlane, Nicholas Audino, Lewis Hughes, Elof Loelv
Camila Cabello Non-album single"OMG"
(featuring Quavo)		 Karla Estrabao, Charlotte Aitchison, Alexandra Yatchenko, Mikkel Eriksen, Tor Hermansen, Quavious Marshall
Odesza A Moment Apart "Falls"
(featuring Sasha Sloan)		 Clayton Knight, Harrison Mills, Alexandra Yatchenko, Alexandra Cheatle
Alma Non-album single"Phases"
(with French Montana)		 Alma-Sofia Miettinen, Charlotte Aitchison, Alexandra Yatchenko, Ryan Vojtesak, Kaelyn Behr, Rex Kudo, Karim Kharbouch
Kygo Stargazing EP "This Town"
(featuring Sasha Sloan)		 Kyrre Gorvell-Dahll, Alexandra Yatchenko
Demi Lovato Tell Me You Love Me "Cry Baby" Demetria Lovato, Taylor Parks, Chloe Angelides, Jamie Sanderson, Kevin Hissink
David Guetta Non-album single"Dirty Sexy Money"
(with Afrojack featuring Charli XCX and French Montana)		 Pierre Guetta, Nicholas van de Wall, Charlotte Aitchison, Alexander Guy Cook, Karim Kharbouch
Charli XCX Pop 2 "Track 10" Charlotte Aitchison, Alexander Guy Cook, Alexandra Yatchenko, Mikkel Eriksen, Tor Hermansen
Ty Dolla Sign Bright OST "Darkside"
(featuring Kiiara and Future)		 Tyrone Griffin Jr., Jeremy "JMIKE" Coleman, Linus Wiklund, Kiara Saulters, Nayvadius Wilburn
2018 Camila Cabello Camila "Never Be the Same" Karla Estrabao, Alexandra Yatchenko, Adam Feeney, Leo Rami Dawod, Jacob Ludwig Olofsson
Topic Non-album single"Perfect"
(with Ally Brooke)		 Alexandra Yatchenko, Matthew Radosevich
Sasha Sloan Sad Girl EP"Fall" Alexandra Yatchenko, Linus Wiklund
Tinashe Joyride "Faded Love"
(featuring Future)		 Tinashe Kachingwe, Alexandra Yatchenko, Tor Hermansen, Nayvadius Wilburn
Alma Heavy Rules Mixtape"Dance for Me"
(featuring MØ)		 Alma-Sofia Miettinen, Charlotte Aitchison, Karen Marie Ørsted, Andreas Schuller, Larus Orn Arnarson
Jim-E Stack Non-album single"Somebody"James Harmon Stack
Troye Sivan Bloom "Dance to This"
(featuring Ariana Grande)		 Troye Sivan Mellet, Brett McLaughlin, Oscar Holter
Kungs Non-album single "Be Right Here"
(with StarGate featuring GOLDN)

Valentin Brunel, Robert "Throttle" Bergin, Karla Estrabao, Charlotte Aitchison, Alexandra Yatchenko, Mikkel Eriksen, Tor Hermansen

Zedd Non-album single "Happy Now"
(with Elley Duhé)		 Anton Zaslavski, Sarah Aarons, Linus Wiklund
David Guetta 7 "Don't Leave Me Alone"
(featuring Anne Marie)		 Pierre Guetta, Sarah Aarons, Linus Wiklund
MØ Forever Neverland "Imaginary Friend" Karen Marie Ørsted, Carlos Montagnese, William Walsh
Rita Ora Phoenix "Let You Love Me" Rita Sahatçiu Ora, Ilsey Juber, Linus Wiklund, Finn Keane, Fredrik Gibson
Nicky Romero Non-album single"Paradise" (with Deniz Koyu featuring Walk off the Earth) Nicholas Gotum, Deniz Akçakoyunlu, Måns Wredenberg, Linus Wiklund
Charli XCX Charli "1999"
(with Troye Sivan)		 Charlotte Aitchison, Troye Sivan Mellet, Brett McLaughlin, Oscar Holter
Rita Ora Phoenix "New Look" Ilsey Juber, Jordan Suecof
Clean Bandit What Is Love? "Nowhere"
(featuring Rita Ora and Kyle)		 Jack Patterson, Grace Chatto, Ilsey Juber, Linus Wiklund, Kyle Harvey
"24 Hours"
(featuring Yasmin Green)		 Jack Patterson, John Ryan II, Julian Bunetta
2019 Astrid S Trust Issues"Someone New" Astrid Smeplass, Charlotte Aitchison, Jakob Hazell, Svante Halldin
Sigrid Sucker Punch "Business Dinners" Sigrid Raabe, Patrik Berger, Martin Stilling
"Never Mine" Sigrid Raabe, Martin Sjølie
Marina Love + Fear "Enjoy Your Life" Marina Diamandis, Oscar Holter
"True" Marina Diamandis, Oscar Holter, Oscar Gorres
Tritonal U & Me"Real"
(with Evalyn)		 Chad Cisneros, David Reed, Alexandra Yatchenko, Alexander Schwartz, Joseph Khajadourian, Teal Douville
Carly Rae Jepsen Dedicated "Too Much" Carly Rae Jepsen, Jonathan Hill, Patrik Berger
Charli XCX Charli "Blame It on Your Love"
(featuring Lizzo)		 Charlotte Aitchison, Alexandra Yatchenko, Finn Keane, Mikkel Eriksen, Tor Hermansen, Melissa Jefferson
Carly Rae Jepsen Dedicated "For Sure" Carly Rae Jepsen, Patrik Berger, Pontus Winnberg
Zara Larsson Poster Girl "All the Time" Zara Larsson, Ilsey Juber, Linus Wiklund
David Guetta Non-album single"Thing for You"
(with Martin Solveig)		 Pierre Guetta, Martin Picandet, Alexandra Yatchenko, Alexandra Robotham
Charli XCX Charli "Gone"
(with Christine and the Queens)		 Charlotte Aitchison, Linus Wiklund, Heloise Letissier, Nicholas Petitfrere
"Cross You Out"
(featuring Sky Ferreira)		 Charlotte Aitchison, Alexander Guy Cook, Linus Wiklund
13 Reasons Why OST"Miss U" Charlotte Aitchison, Linus Wiklund, Madison Love
Fall Out Boy Blievers Never Die - Volume Two "Dear Future Self (Hands Up)"
(featuring Wyclef Jean)		 Patrick Stump, Joseph Trohman, Peter Wentz, Andy Hurley, Wyclef Jean, Jens Silverstedt, Jonas Wallin
Charli XCX Charli "Official" Charlotte Aitchison, Alexander Guy Cook, Finn Keane, Patrik Berger
Gryffin Gravity "Baggage"
(with Gorgon City and AlunaGeorge)		 Daniel Griffith, Ilsey Juber, Aluna Francis, Jakob Hazell, Svante Halldin
AJ Mitchell Non-album single"Down in Flames" Aaron Mitchell Jr., Linus Wiklund
MØ "On & On" Karen Marie Ørsted, Patrik Berger, Frederik Berger, Martin Stilling
2020 Halsey Manic "I Hate Everybody" Ashley Frangipane, Sarah Aarons, Peder Losnegård, Benjamin Levin, Magnus August Høiberg, Nathan Perez, Finneas O'Connell
KarenNon-album single"Repeat"Karen Firlej, Alma-Sofia Miettinen, Charlotte Aitchison, Gerald Hoffmann, Jonas Lang, Joachim Piehl, Philip Meckseper, Martin Willumeit Jr.
Carly Rae Jepsen Dedicated Side B "Now I Don't Hate California
After All"		 Carly Rae Jepsen, Markus Krunegård, Patrik Berger, Pontus Winnberg
Ava Max Heaven & Hell"Who's Laughing Now" Amanda Koci, Linus Wiklund, Måns Wredenberg, Madison Love, Henry Walter
2021 Charli XCX Crash "Good Ones" Charlotte Aitchison, Caroline Ailin, Mattias Larsson, Robin Fredriksson, Oscar Holter
2024 Charli XCX BRAT "Apple" Charlotte Aitchison, Linus Wiklund, George Daniel
Kylie Minogue Tension II "Good as Gone" Benjamin Kohn, Peter Kelleher, Thomas Barnes, Caroline Ailin

Awards and nominations

YearOrganizationAwardResult
2013GrammisBest New ArtistNominated
2017Swedish Music Publishers AwardSongwriter of the year [25] Won
2017Swedish Music Publishers AwardslInternational Success [25] Won
2018GrammisSongwriter of the year [26] Won

References

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