Sunday, 14 July 2013

A Swedish Female Singer Is On The Rise

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.

In the nineteen seventies disco music stole the entertainment scene across the world. A group called ABBA, featuring a female vocalist, was the new sensation all across the globe. ABBA became the most successful group, commercially, in the pop music genre from the mid nineteen seventies to the early nineteen eighties. Frida Lyngstad was one of the most well known singers in the world.

ABBA is only one instance of exemplary Swedish musicians. Other artists have come, gone, and left their mark on the music scene as well. During the same time period Blue Swede placed number one on the Billboard Hit 100. They a hit in both the British and American charts in the mid nineteen seventies.

Several years later, the rock and metal scene began to emerge and one of its stars was a male group called Europe. The eighties hair band made it to the top of the music chart in twenty-six nations. Europe was the most accomplished and lucrative hard rock band of all time because they sold an astounding twelve millions copies of their first and second album.

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.

In the next decade bands like Ace of Base and the Cardigans sold tens of millions of albums globally. Some of the artists of the time include famous men and women. From the female perspective especially, artists like Leila K., Army of Lovers, Emilia Teddybears, and Meja are known world wide for their single hits. All of these artists created a large following, not only in their own country but in many others. Among these women, are some who are not natives of their country. Artist's like Laleh, an Iranian-Swedish vocalist, add a flare of new talent to Scandinavian charts.

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.

Whether the women have been born to musicians, like songwriter and vocalist Lykke Li or start-ups like many of the artists and groups mentioned above, they comprise a large music scene in the Scandinavian countries. A Swedish female singer can be one of the best vocalists in the world and may recognized for her extraordinary talent as well as her beauty.




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