Ana Johnsson

Ana Johnsson at NRJ In the Park, Stockholm (2006)

Anna Lovisa Johnsson (born October 4, 1977 in Gothenburg ) is a Swedish singer.

biography

Ana Johnsson speaks English, Swedish, Norwegian and German. She gained her first musical experience as a singer in the groups @Groove and SoulCream . After winning a Swedish casting show in 2001, she founded the pop band Excellence together with Jenny Karolina Kristina Bergfoth, Malin Catharina Olsson, Susanna Emily Anna Patoleta and Johanna Landt . Together with the Swedish hip-hop musician Markoolio , they recorded the song Vi ska Vinna (German: We should win). The other releases from the album The Region of Excellence ( Need to Know , What's Up , We Can Dance and Mama's Boy ) also became number 1 hits in Sweden. Johnsson wrote songs for the group's second album but decided to turn his back on Excellence in 2002 . This happened shortly after the band was eliminated in the preliminary round for the Eurovision Song Contest .

After Ana's first album Cuz I Can was only released in Sweden, she recorded the track The Way I Am in autumn 2003 together with producers Marcus Black and Leif Larson , which was released in several European countries, including Germany, where it was the theme song of The motion picture's Autobahnraser became a commercial success. She then recorded her first international album The Way I Am , which also became a commercial success and contains some of the songs from Cuz I Can . Johnsson contributed to the soundtrack of the movie Spider-Man 2 . The song We Are became a commercial success, although it was not featured in the film. The track Cuz I Can was the theme song of the 2005 DTM season . In late 2006, Johnsson's song Catch Me If You Can was selected for the Swedish Winter Games.

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	SE
2004	Cuz I can	-	-	-	-	-	First published: April 14, 2004 published in Sweden only
	The Way I Am	DE15 (7 weeks) DE	AT20 (7 weeks) AT	CH19 (11 weeks) CH	-	SE27 (4 weeks) SE	First published: August 12, 2004 JP:gold Sales: + 150,000
2006	Little Angel	-	-	-	-	-	First published: October 18, 2006

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	SE
2003	The Way I Am Cuz I Can • The Way I Am	DE82 (4 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	First published: Fall 2003
2004	Life Cuz I Can • The Way I Am	-	-	-	-	SE17 (3 weeks) SE	First published: February 11, 2004
	Cuz I Can Cuz I Can	-	-	-	-	-	First published: March 15, 2004
	We Are The Way I Am	DE16 (16 weeks) DE	AT7 (21 weeks) AT	CH28 (21 weeks) CH	UK8 (6 weeks) UK	SE4th gold (27 weeks)SE	First published: June 28, 2004
	Don't Cry For Pain The Way I Am	DE39 (9 weeks) DE	AT70 (2 weeks) AT	CH83 (4 weeks) CH	-	SE19 (13 weeks) SE	First published: October 25, 2004
2005	Coz I Can The Way I Am	DE73 (4 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	First release: March 7th, 2005 Republication of Cuz I Can
2006	Days of Summer Little Angel	-	-	-	-	SE7 (2 weeks) SE	First published: July 12, 2006
	Exception Little Angel	-	-	-	-	SE10 (1 week) SE	First published: October 11, 2006
2007	Catch Me If You Can Little Angel	-	-	-	-	-	First published: January 17, 2007

more publishments

• 2004: Black Hole ( iTunes download)
• 2007: Break Through Time (promo single)

As a guest musician

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	SE
2006	Fate Jade Warrior (OST)	-	-	-	-	-	First release: October 11, 2006 Bleak feat. Ana Johnsson & Kimmo Pohjonen

Web links

• Ana Johnsson at laut.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK SE
2. ↑ Awards for music sales: SE