Samira Manners

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Samira Manners
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Samira Manners at Melodifestivalen 2022
Background information
Born (2000-07-09) 9 July 2000 (age 22)
Malmö, Sweden

Samira Manners (born 9 July 2000), is a bilingual British-Swedish singer-songwriter. [1] Samira has an English father and a Swedish mother. She learnt her first English in pre-school in Southern England and grew up speaking English at home in Sweden. She signed to Cardiac Records / Sony Music Sweden in 2020 and has since released 7 singles. [2]

Contents

She participated in Melodifestivalen 2022 with the song "I Want to Be Loved". [3] She performed in Heat 2 on 12 February 2022, finishing in fourth place in the phone vote, fifth place overall, and failing to qualify. She performed onstage with her band: Alice Castell (bass), Kajsa Westergren (drums), and Agnes Roslund (guitar). [4] [5]

Career

Samira studied at Lund's Dance and Musical Gymnasium (LDMG) 2016-2019, Malmö Academy of Music 2021-2022, [6] and Folkhögskolan Skurup and Fridhem Malmö since 2022. [7]

Live Performances

Single Releases

Discography

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
SWE
[53]
"Do It All Again"2020Non-album single
"Hard to Love"2020Non-album single
"Last Christmas Eve"2020Non-album single
"Friend of Mine"2021Non-album single
"I Want to Be Loved"202269Non-album single
"Thankful"2022Non-album single
"Not an Answer"2023Non-album single

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