Anette Olzon
Anette Olzon (* 21st June 1971 in Katrineholm as Anette Ingegerd Olsson ) is a Swedish singer . She is the singer of the bands Alyson Avenue and The Dark Element . Before that she was the singer of the Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish from 2007 to 2012 . In 2014 her first solo album Shine was released .
Life
Olzon grew up in a musical family in Skåne . She learned to play the oboe at an early age, was already enthusiastic about singing as a small child and took part in various talent competitions. At the age of 17 she joined the cover band Take Cover . She later became the singer of the band Alyson Avenue .
Olzon studied music at the Copenhagen Conservatory of Music and the Gothenburg Ballet Academy . During her studies she also took singing lessons. Today she occasionally hires a private teacher at the Malmö University of Music to do this .
With 21 years Olzon played a central role in rock - Musical Gränsland in Helsingborg . Engagements in other bands and appearances at weddings and in the choir followed. She also sang in a duet with the former Jaded Heart singer Michael Bormann on his album Conspiracy .
The time at Nightwish
After Nightwish separated from her former singer Tarja Turunen at the end of 2005, they were looking for a new singer. The band publicly asked for applications. In January 2007 the band announced that they had decided on one person from over 2000 demo recordings sent in, but did not introduce Anette Olzon as the new singer until May 2007.
Olzon had sent a cover version of the Nightwish song Ever Dream to Tuomas Holopainen , the songwriter of Nightwish. He asked her shortly afterwards to interpret the instrumental versions of the songs Nemo , Higher Than Hope and Wish I Had an Angel . Holopainen liked these recordings too; however, he asked Olzon for some patience with regard to a final commitment. Only a year and a half later - and after several personal meetings between Olzon, Holopainen and the other band members - she became the new singer of Nightwish.
On October 1, 2012, Olzon left the band "by mutual agreement".
Solo career
On December 16, 2013, their single Falling was posted to the iTunes Store and a video was posted on YouTube .
The release of their first solo album Shine was announced for February 28, 2014 . However, this was not published until March 28, 2014. In addition, her new record label EarRecords published the single Lies on February 13, 2014 on the video platform MyVideo and one day later on other websites worldwide.
The Dark Element
In 2017, Olzon released the album The Dark Element with Sonata Arctica founding member Jani Liimatainen . In 2019 the second album of the project followed, which is called Songs the Night sings .
Family life
Olzon has with her partner, the Pain - bassist Johan Husgafvel , two children together; also a son born in 2001 from a marriage with the entrepreneur Fredrik Blyckert, with whom she lived in Påarp until the divorce in 2008 . Today she lives with her three children and Husgavfel in Helsingborg, Sweden .
Discography
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With Alyson Avenue
- 2000: Presence of Mind
- 2004: Omega
With Nightwish (2007–2012)
- 2007: Dark Passion Play
- 2011: Imaginaerum
solo
Albums
- 2014: Shine
Singles
- 2013: Falling (on iTunes)
- 2014: Read
- 2015: Shine
With The Dark Element
- 2017: The Dark Element
- 2019: Songs the Night sings
As a guest musician
- 2006: Michael Bormann - Conspiracy
- 2008: Brother Firetribe - Heart Full of Fire
- 2008: Pain - Feed Us and Follow Me on the album Cynic Paradise
- 2009: The Rasmus - October & April
- 2011: Alyson Avenue - Changes (background vocals for the songs Liar , Into the Fire , Always Keep On Loving You , Fallen )
- 2012: Swallow the Sun - Cathedral Walls
- 2015: Black Mount Rise - Apart & Astray
- 2016: Secret Sphere - Lie to Me
- 2017: Power Quest - The Sixth Dimension
swell
- ↑ a b Anette | Anette Olzon Central | Shine and leave all the lies behind. Retrieved April 17, 2020 .
- ↑ PRESS STATEMENT. October 1, 2012, archived from the original on October 9, 2019 ; accessed on April 17, 2020 (English).
- ↑ YouTube: Anette Olzon Falling Official Lyric Video - The new album "SHINE" OUT FEBRUARY 28th 2014 - YouTube (accessed December 19, 2013)
- ↑ earMUSIC: ANETTE OLZON TO RELEASE HER FIRST SOLO ALBUM "SHINE" ON FEBRUARY 28TH, 2014 ( Memento from November 28, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) (English, accessed on December 19, 2013)
- ↑ http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/former-nightwish-singer-anette-olzons-shine-debut-solo-album-pushed-back-a-month/
- ↑ Anette Olzon: NIGHTWISH: Tuomas and Anette in Kerrang "We made a mistake with the tourschedule" . Metal from Finland. June 30, 2009. Archived from the original on January 2, 2012. Retrieved on January 9, 2012.
- ↑ A child is born ..... July 31, 2010, archived from the original on August 20, 2019 ; accessed on April 17, 2020 (English).
- ↑ October & April (single) in the Finnish charts
- ↑ October & April (single) in the German charts
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| SURNAME | Olzon, Anette |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Olsson Blyckert, Anette Inegerd (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 21, 1971 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Katrineholm , Sweden |