Samira Manners | |
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![]() Samira Manners at Melodifestivalen 2022 | |
Background information | |
Born | Malmö, Sweden | 9 July 2000
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 8 singles. [2]
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]
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]
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
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SWE [56] | |||
"Do It All Again" | 2020 | Non-album single | |
"Hard to Love" | 2020 | Non-album single | |
"Last Christmas Eve" | 2020 | Non-album single | |
"Friend of Mine" | 2021 | Non-album single | |
"I Want to Be Loved" | 2022 | 69 | Non-album single |
"Thankful" | 2022 | Non-album single | |
"Not an Answer" | 2023 | Non-album single | |
"How-To-Be-Decent Guide" | 2023 | Non-Album Single |
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