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Agnes Emilia Carlsson, also known mononymously as Agnes born on March 6, 1988, in Vänersborg, Sweden, is a Swedish recording artist. She rose to fame as the winner of Idol 2005, the second season of the Swedish Idol series. She was then signed to Sony Music, through which she released her self titled debut album Agnes and follow-up Stronger, both of which topped the Swedish Top 60 Albums Chart. In early 2008, it was announced that Agnes had parted ways with her record label, and was now signed to small independent label Roxy Recordings. Released on October 28, 2008, her third album, Dance Love Pop, reached number five in Sweden, seventy in Austria, thirty-eight in France, forty-five in Switzerland and 13 in the United Kingdom. Its first two singles, "On and On" and "Release Me" became international hits, reaching the top-ten in charts worldwide. "Release Me" topped the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs and peaked at three in the United Kingdom, selling over 900,000 copies worldwide.
Agnes has cited the soul-singer Stevie Wonder as her inspiration and has often mentioned Whitney Houston and Janet Jackson as her inspiration in music.
Contents
* 1 Life and music career
o 1.1 Early life
o 1.2 2005-2007: "Idol" and commercial success
o 1.3 2008-2009: Dance Love Pop, departure from Sony BMG & international launch
o 1.4 2010-present: Fourth studio album
* 2 Musical Style and influences
* 3 Discography
* 4 Tours
* 5 Awards and nominations
* 6 References
* 7 External links
Life and music career
Early life
Agnes Carlsson was born in Vänersborg, Sweden on March 6, 1988 as the youngest of four siblings. Her father was an environmental engineer, her mother a nurse and social worker. Agnes started taking violin lessons and joined a choir at a young age, later saying even though “I hated singing in the choir because my voice didn’t fit; you have to listen to the others and not stick out too much”. She sang solo in front of a live audience for the first time whilst still at school. However, it wasn’t until she was 16 that she first had one-on-one singing lessons. Agnes also sang in the Vänersborg choir named 'Voice', citing legendary American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder as her inspiration.
2005-2007: "Idol" and commercial success
Main article: Idol 2005
In the spring of 2005, a 17-year-old Agnes auditioned for the second season of popular Swedish singing competition Idol in Gothenburg, singing "Varje Gång Jag Ser Dig" by Lisa Nilsson. The four judges were all hugely impressed by the strong power of her voice and she successfully passed through to the theatre rounds of the contest. Her vocals continued to impress the judges, and she made it to the semi-finals. To the dismay of the judges however, Agnes did not get a place in the final eleven contestants through public voting, and when she again failed to grab a place through the special 'wildcard' round, they decided to pass her through to the finals as the judges' choice contestant.
Despite the lack of public support earlier in the competition, Agnes went on to amaze both the judges and the public during every week of the finals, with a result of making it into the grand finale without ever falling into the bottom two or three contestants. With 57% of the one million public votes cast during the finale, she defeated Sebastian Karlsson and was crowned as the second Swedish Idol, and the first female to win the competition.
Immediately after winning Idol, Agnes signed a recording contract with Sony BMG and her debut single, "Right Here Right Now (My Heart Belongs to You)" was released. A week later, the song debuted at number one on the Swedish singles chart, a position it held for six weeks. song was quickly certified double platinum for the sale of over 40,000 copies in Sweden. Just one week later, on December 19, 2005, her highly anticipated debut album Agnes was released to positive critical reviews that praised the power of Agnes's voice, who was still only eighteen years old.The album debuted at number one on the Swedish albums chart and was certified platinum in its first week of release, selling almost 40,000 copies.

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Tuesday, March 1, 2011

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