Sunday, 14 July 2013

The Swedish Female Singer Is Unmistakable

By Carmella Watts


The northern countries of Norway, Finland, and Sweden have made a place for themselves in the entertainment industry through their musical talent and their cultural diversity. Some of the most mysterious and popular musical dynamos to come out of these countries have been females. The Swedish female singer has topped the musical charts more than a few times in the last half century.

Roughly four decades ago disco was the most popular musical genre in the world. The female vocalist in a group called ABBA brought a disco fever to the world. Commercially that group become the most successful in the history of the pop genre. ABBA topped record charts and sold millions of albums between the nineteen seventies and the nineteen eighties and as such Frida Lyngstad was the most successful singer in the world for that period of time.

ABBA is only a single example of how female singers can soar to new heights. Sweden has produced many artists who have left an impact in the musical community. Alongside ABBA was another group, called Blue Swede, who also made it to the Billboard 100. Blue Swede impressed both British and American consumers when they topped the musical charts for a time.

In the mid to late nineteen eighties, the all male rock group, Europe, was a considerable influence in the eighties hair band scene. Europe placed number one in the charts of 26 countries across the globe. Having sold approximately twelve million album copies with their first two albums, Europe became the most successful hard rock band of all time.

Some of Europe's contemporaries included a songwriter and rapper named Neneh Cherry. Neneh was a vocalist, disc jockey, writer, and rapper who made some hit songs of her own. The exceptional Marie Fredrikkson was another woman to have made top charts. As part of the duo, Roxette, Marie was the vocalist accomplice to Per Gessle, a singer and guitarist.

Selling tens of millions of albums, bands like Ace of Base and the Cardigans found worldwide fame in the following couple of decades. Although there were and continue to be many male musicians, females have made an impressive impact in Sweden. Known for their single hits, artists like Meja, Emilia Teddybears, and Leila K. Made their dreams come true and gained many fans. Not all of these women are natives of Scandinavia, one in particular known as Laleh, is an Iranian-Swedish musician who fled Iran with her family when she was just a year old.

The female groups and singers of Sweden are some of the best that the world has seen or heard. Among the artists in the top ten of Sweden's best is a sister group of two women in their early twenties known as First Aid Kit. They write and sing their own folk music songs. A very unique artist named Sophia Somajo produces and records her own Chinese techno from home.

Many of these famous musicians are start-ups that did not come from a musical background. Some, like Lykke Li, were born to musical parents and are familiar with fame and musical success in Sweden. A Swedish female singer must be aware of the opportunities she has and take them as they come.




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