Emilia (singer)

Emilia Rydberg (born January 5, 1978 in Stockholm ), also known by the stage names Emilia and Emilia Mitiku , is a Swedish singer of Ethiopian descent.

Career

At the age of 18 Emilia got a contract as a singer. In 1998 she released the single Big Big World , which became a world hit. The single was number 1 in the charts in many European countries in early 1999 and sold over four million times worldwide. Thereafter, Emilia released more singles including a duet with Oli.P . The following singles and their second album were only successful in Sweden.

After a break of several years, Rydberg appeared in the ProSieben show Comeback - The Big Chance in 2004 , from which she left prematurely due to a gallstone operation and took fifth place behind Limahl , Coolio , Benjamin Boyce and Chris Norman .

On December 6, 2006, Emilia released the Swedish-language single Var minut , which reached number 2 in Sweden. On April 11, 2007 the second single En sång om kärleken followed from their third album Små ord av kärlek .

In May 2008, I Won't Cry , a single outside of Sweden, was released again, followed by I Can Do It in October 2008.

In March 2009 Emilia took part in the Melodifestivalen 2009 with the title You're My World .

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	SE
1998	Big Big World	DE6 (21 weeks) DE	AT6 (12 weeks) AT	CH2 gold (17 weeks)CH	-	-	SE14th platinum (19 weeks)SE	First published: October 23, 1998
2000	Emilia	-	-	CH43 (4 weeks) CH	-	-	SE51 (5 weeks) SE	First published: November 18, 2000
2007	Små ord av kärlek	-	-	-	-	-	SE22 (5 weeks) SE	First published: April 18, 2007
2009	My World	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: September 23, 2009
2012	I belong to you	-	-	-	UK22 (4 weeks) UK	-	-	First published: 2012 as Emilia Mitiku
2016	So wonderful	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: September 30, 2016 as Emilia Mitiku

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	SE
1998	Big Big World Big Big World	DE1 platinum (22 weeks)DE	AT1 platinum (20 weeks)AT	CH1 gold (23 weeks)CH	UK5 silver (14 weeks)UK	US92 (2 weeks) US	SE1 (15 weeks) SE	First published: September 1998
	Good Sign Big Big World	DE32 (9 weeks) DE	AT34 (5 weeks) AT	CH27 (9 weeks) CH	UK54 (2 weeks) UK	-	SE16 (6 weeks) SE	First published: December 1998
1999	Twist of Fate Big Big World	-	-	-	-	-	SE37 (7 weeks) SE	First published: April 1999
2000	Sorry I'm in Love Emilia	-	-	-	-	-	SE17th gold (14 weeks)SE	First published: October 2000
2001	Kiss by Kiss Emilia	DE56 (9 weeks) DE	-	CH52 (11 weeks) CH	-	-	-	First published: March 2001
2006	Var minut Små ord av kärlek	-	-	-	-	-	SE2 (20 weeks) SE	First published: December 2006
2007	En sång om kärleken Små ord av kärlek	-	-	-	-	-	SE14 (8 weeks) SE	First published: April 2007
2008	I won't cry	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: May 2008
2009	You're My World My World	-	-	-	-	-	SE11 (9 weeks) SE	First published: March 2009
2013	You're Not Right for Me I Belong to You	-	-	-	UK79 (1 week) UK	-	-	First published: February 2013 as Emilia Mitiku

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	US	SE
2001	When You Are Here Heartbeat	DE45 (5 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	-	First publication: October 22, 2001 Oli.P feat. Emilia

Awards for music sales

Golden record  France 1999: for the single Big Big World  New Zealand 1999: for the single Big Big World  Netherlands 1998: for the single Big Big World  Spain 1999: for the album Big Big World

2 × platinum record  Belgium 1999: for the single Big Big World  Norway 1998: for the album Big Big World 3 × platinum record  Norway 1998: for the single Big Big World

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Belgium (BEA)	-	-	2 × platinum2	100,000	ultratop.be
Germany (BVMI)	-	-	platinum1	500,000	musikindustrie.de
France (SNEP)	-	gold1	-	250,000	infodisc.fr snepmusique.com
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	gold1	-	7,500	nztop40.co.nz
Netherlands (NVPI)	-	-	platinum1	75,000	nvpi.nl
Norway (IFPI)	-	-	5 × platinum5	110,000	ifpi.no
Austria (IFPI)	-	-	platinum1	50,000	ifpi.at
Sweden (IFPI)	-	gold1	platinum1	95,000	sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	-	50,000	hitparade.ch
Spain (Promusicae)	-	gold1	-	50,000	Sólo éxitos: año año, 1959-2002
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver1	-	-	200,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	silver1	6 × gold6th	11 × platinum11

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1. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: DE, AT, CH UK1 UK2 US SE