Amanda Jenssen

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Amanda Jenssen at the Helsingborgsfestival 2008
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Killing My Darlings
  SE 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 
platinum
platinum
05/15/2008 (27 weeks)
Happyland
  SE 3 
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum
11/06/2009 (48 weeks)
  DE 43 05/21/2010 (2 weeks)
  AT 61 05/28/2010 (2 weeks)
  CH 68 05/23/2010 (1 week)
Hymns for the Haunted
  SE 2 
gold
gold
11/23/2012 (35 weeks)
Sånger från ön
  SE 25th 01/08/2015 (7 weeks)
Singles
Look What They've Done to My Song
  SE 24 11/29/2007 (10 weeks)
Do you love me
  SE 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link January 17, 2008 (18 weeks)
Amarula Tree
  SE 4th 04/17/2008 (19 weeks)
Greetings from Space
  SE 30th 05/15/2008 (1 week)
Maple trees
  SE 60 05/15/2008 (1 week)
Another Christmas
  SE 43 02/01/2009 (1 week)
Happyland
  SE 3 October 9, 2009 (21 weeks)
  DE 55 05/14/2010 (4 weeks)
  AT 75 05/21/2010 (1 week)
  CH 75 12/29/2013 (1 week)
When We Dig for Gold in the USA
  SE 4th 
platinum
platinum
10/30/2014 (14 weeks)
Calleth You, Cometh I.
  SE 29 10/30/2014 (4 weeks)

Jenny Amanda Katarina Jenssen (born Bengtsson; born September 12, 1988 in Lund ) is a Swedish singer who became famous for the Swedish version of the talent show " Idol ".

biography

In the final of the show on December 7, 2007, she was defeated by Marie Picasso with 48.7% of the vote . And yet Amanda signed a record deal on January 3, 2008, her first single "Do You Love Me" was released on January 23, 2008. The second single "Amarula Tree" (written by her and Pär Wiksten) was released on April 16, 2008 . Their debut album "Killing My Darlings" came out on May 7th, 2008 - a tour for the summer has been announced.

Some of the songs on the album were written by Marit Bergman and Vincent Pontare , but the rest were written by herself. Amanda wrote her songs without going in any particular direction or genre. Her musical influences are Elvis Presley and her own father. In addition to pursuing her own solo career, she was the singer of the band "Oh Hollie Neverdays", with the cover band "Amanda and the Papas" she played classics. Amanda also worked with musicians like Daniel Miller from the band Wild Bleeding Heart and Elina Nelson, another former participant on the Swedish idol show.

Jenssen made her first appearance in Germany in the soap opera Gute Zeiten, Schlechter Zeiten , where she appeared in the fictional club Masonry alongside other performers such as Unheilig and Nena .

In November 2012 the third album "Hymns for the Haunted" was released.

On July 1, 2014 she played in the opening act for the Rolling Stones in Stockholm.

In autumn 2014 Jenssen took part in the fifth season of Så mycket bättre (Sing my song - the swap concert).

Discography

Date: First published in Sweden

Albums

  • Killing My Darlings (May 1, 2008, Epic Records )
  • Happyland (October 28, 2009, Epic Records)
  • Hymns for the Haunted (November 14, 2012)
  • Sånger från ön (January 1, 2015)

Singles

  • Look What They've Done to My Song (2007)
  • Do You Love Me (2008)
  • Amarula Tree (2008)
  • Greetings from Space (2008)
  • Maple Trees (2008)
  • Another Christmas (2008)
  • Happyland (2009)
  • For the Sun (2010)
  • Dry My Soul (2012)
  • When We Dig for Gold in the USA (2014)
  • Calleth You, Cometh I (2014)

swell

  1. ↑ a b Chart sources: Sweden - Germany - Austria - Switzerland
  2. ↑ a b Awards: SE
  3. ↑ Concert info  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on livenation.co.uk, accessed May 28, 2014@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.livenation.co.uk  

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personal data
SURNAME Jenssen, Amanda
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bengtsson, Jenny Amanda Katarina (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish singer
DATE OF BIRTH September 12, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Lund , Sweden