Maria Rådsten
Encyclopedia
Ingela Maria Kristina Rådsten-Ekman (born 6 April 1966), is a Swedish
singer.
She began her musical career with the group Peter's Pop Squad. Later, she would become part of One More Time
, with which she achieved great international success.
She has participated four times in the Melodifestivalen
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In 2003 she released a new single called "Head Over Heels", as a calling card of sorts for her new album. However, the album's release was canceled, after more than seven years of work.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
singer.
She began her musical career with the group Peter's Pop Squad. Later, she would become part of One More Time
One More Time (band)
One More Time is a Swedish pop group. Members are Peter Grönvall, his wife Nanne Grönvall and Maria Rådsten. A forth member, Thérèse Löf, left the group shortly after the first album was released. In 1992 they began their international career with the release of the single and album Highland...
, with which she achieved great international success.
She has participated four times in the Melodifestivalen
Melodifestivalen
Melodifestivalen is an annual music competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television and Sveriges Radio . It determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest, and has been staged almost every year since 1959...
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- As a solo artist in Melodifestivalen 1992Melodifestivalen 1992Melodifestivalen 1992 was the selection for the 32nd song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 31st time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1544 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was broadcast on Kanal 1 and Sveriges Radio's P3 network...
, with the song "Vad som än händer" ("Whatever Happens"), achieving third place. - As a songwriter in Melodifestivalen 1995Melodifestivalen 1995Melodifestivalen 1995 was the selection for the 35th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 34th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 986 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition...
, as the author of the song "Det Vackraste" ("The Most Beautiful Thing"), finishing at second place. - With One More Time in Melodifestivalen 1996Melodifestivalen 1996Melodifestivalen 1996 was the selection for the 36th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 35th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1323 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition...
, with the song "Den Vilda" ("The Savage"), winning the contest and later participating in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996Eurovision Song Contest 1996The Eurovision Song Contest 1996 was the 41st Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 18 May 1996 in Oslo Spektrum in Oslo, Norway. The presenters were Ingvild Bryn and Morten Harket. Harket, lead singer of a-ha, opened the show with a performance of his single "Heaven's Not For Saints". Eimear...
, where they reached third place. - In Melodifestivalen 2003Melodifestivalen 2003Melodifestivalen 2003 was the selection for the 43rd song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 42nd time that this system of picking a song had been used. Five semifinals had taken place to select the ten songs for the final, in Jönköping, Gothenburg, Luleå, Sundsvall and...
, in the choir behind Nanne GrönvallNanne GrönvallMarianne Elisabeth Nordqvist more popularly known as Nanne Grönvall is a Swedish singer-songwriter.-Biography:Grönvall's musical career started in the 1980s group Sound of Music...
and her song "Evig Kärlek" ("Eternal Love").
In 2003 she released a new single called "Head Over Heels", as a calling card of sorts for her new album. However, the album's release was canceled, after more than seven years of work.
External links
- Official site (SwedishSwedish languageSwedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish...
) - Lyrics to her song Vad Som Än Händer (SwedishSwedish languageSwedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish...
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