Velvet (singer)

Velvet

Jenny Marielle Petersson (born November 5, 1975), professionally known as Velvet is a Swedish pop singer.

Early Life

Velvet moved from Helsingborg to Stockholm in 1993 to study ballet at Balettakademien. She worked at Wallmans cabaret where she discovered that singing was what she really wanted to do. She then toured for eight years as a choir singer and dancer to major artists such as Lena PH, Markoolio, Carola, Sanne Salomonsen, Orup, Meat Loaf, Martin Stenmark and Jessica Folcker.

Velvet was also a part of the house choir for the Swedish Eurovision organisation for five years and traveled to the various Eurovision Song Contests across Europe.

Music

Velvet was discovered in 2005 and released her first single "Rock Down To (Electric Avenue)" which was a big hit in Sweden and internationally. The single, still frequently played in clubs across Sweden, reached number 1 in the Swedish Dance Charts for 22 weeks. Her follow up single "Don't Stop Movin'" was popular also and was followed by a tour.

Velvet on tour in 2005

In 2006 Velvet entered Melodifestivalen to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest but lost the spot to Carola. Velvet entered with the song "Mi Amore" which rapidly became a favourite and achieved great success internationally & became Song of the Year 2006 in Bulgaria. It remained high in charts in Russia, Poland, Hungary, Greece & Italy. In this year Velvet released her debut album Finally.

In 2007 Velvet released her fourth single Fix Me which has been added to the re-release of Finally. Later in August she released her fifth single Chemistry.

Alongside her singing career, Velvet has also worked as a show producer for several Christmas galas around Sweden where she has also taken part as an artist.

In 2008 Velvet took part in Melodifestivalen again with the song "Deja Vu". Even though she received great reviews, as well as the song, she was knocked out in one of the semi-final rounds not even making the final. This was Velvet's second attempt to represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest.

After a strong presence in the UK club music scene for several years, "Fix Me" was officially released on August 11 2008.

In August Velvet also released her new single "Take My Body Close" and expected new single to follow, "My Rhythm", leaked onto the Internet.

According to Velvet's official website (which had a revamp after her appearance in Melodifestivalen 2008) Velvet's new album is expected to be released in October 2008.

Discography

CD Singles

Year	Single
2005	"Rock Down To (Electric Avenue)"
2006	"Don't Stop Moving"
2006	"Mi Amore"
2007	"Fix Me"
2007	"Chemistry"
2008	"Deja vu"
2008	"Take My Body Close"

Albums

Year	Album
2006	Finally
2008	TBA

External links

• Official Website
• Official Myspace