Fame (duo)

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The singing duo Fame represented Sweden in 2003 at the Eurovision Song Contest .

Musical career

Fame are Jessica Andersson (born October 27, 1973 in Västergötland ) and Magnus Bäcklund (born November 16, 1965 in Värmland ). The group emerged from the television casting show Fame Factory (similar to Pop Idol or Deutschland sucht den Superstar ). Magnus Bäcklund won the first season in the fall of 2002, while Jessica Andersson left and gave birth to her son Liam.

The Swedish television producer and record manager Bert Karlsson then had the idea of ​​forming a duo from Andersson and Bäcklund. As "Fame", the two took on 15 March 2003 with the song Give Me Your Love on Melodifestivalen , the Swedish preselection for the Euro Vision Song Contest , in part, won by a clear margin, leaving former Melodifestivalen winners as Jill Johnson and Jan Johansen significantly behind themselves. On May 24th, 2003 they represented Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest in Riga and finished fifth there.

In 2004 they took part in the Melodifestivalen again and took sixth place with Vindarna vänder oss . Andersson and Bäcklund are currently pursuing solo careers and both competed as solo artists at the Melodifestivalen 2006. As a Duo Fame, they sang the song All in the Game for the Winter Olympics in Turin in 2006 .

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
SE SE
2003 Give me your love SE11 (5 weeks)
SE

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
SE SE
2003 Give Me Your Love
Give Me Your Love 		SE1
gold
gold

(18 weeks)SE
Pop into My Heart
Give Me Your Love 		SE53 (2 weeks)
SE
2004 Vindarna vänder oss
 SE23 (6 weeks)
SE
2005 Gjorda for varandra
 SE47 (2 weeks)
SE
2006 All in the game
 SE54 (3 weeks)
SE

More singles

  • 2004: The Way You Love Me

Web links

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  1. ↑ a b Chart sources: SE
  2. ↑ Awards for music sales: SE