Jessica Folcker

Andreas Unge and Jessica Folcker (2013)

Jessica Elisabeth Angelique Folcker (also: Folker ) (born July 9, 1975 in Täby ) is a Swedish singer .

biography

Folcker was born the daughter of a Swede and a Senegalese in Täby, north of Stockholm . At the age of eleven, she attended a renowned stage school there. At the age of 17 she worked as a background singer for Dr. Alban and also for Ace of Base .

After the international success of these artists had subsided somewhat, the producers Max Martin and Denniz PoP , who had previously produced songs for the Backstreet Boys and 5ive , decided to market Folcker as a solo singer. Her debut album Jessica was released in December 1998 and became an international success. With her single How Will I Know (Who You Are) she also became better known in Germany. In Sweden, Folcker reached the top of the charts with their first two singles and received gold for How Will I Know (Who You Are) . She made history in the same year when she won two awards at Sweden’s number 1 radio station NRJ : New Artist of the Year and Swedish Female Artist of the Year . Previously, no artist could win two awards at once.

In autumn 2000 Folcker released her second album Dino , named after one of her producers, and now tried to make a breakthrough in the USA. However, there were some pronunciation problems with their last name, as many Americans pronounced their last name like fucker . Therefore, she decided to omit the C from her last name and from then on appeared under the stage name Jessica Folker .

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	SE
1998	Jessica	-	AT35 (5 weeks) AT	CH41 (5 weeks) CH	-	SE17th gold (29 weeks)SE	First published: September 1, 1998
2000	Dino	-	-	CH47 (4 weeks) CH	-	SE26 (2 weeks) SE	First published: October 26, 2000
2005	På Svenska	-	-	-	-	SE41 (1 week) SE	First published: September 27, 2005
2007	Skin Close	-	-	-	-	-	First published: June 11, 2007

Compilations

• 2002: Best

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	SE
1998	Tell Me What You Like Jessica	DE97 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	SE10 (22 weeks) SE	First published: August 1998
	How Will I Know (Who You Are) Jessica	DE24 (21 weeks) DE	AT4 (15 weeks) AT	CH17 (12 weeks) CH	UK47 (2 weeks) UK	SE7th gold (21 weeks)SE	First published: November 1998
1999	I do Jessica	DE69 (9 weeks) DE	-	-	-	SE38 (6 weeks) SE	First published: April 1999
2000	To Be Able to Love Dino	-	-	CH50 (9 weeks) CH	-	SE17 (9 weeks) SE	First published: October 2000
2001	Crash Like a Wrecking Ball Dino	-	-	CH90 (1 week) CH	-	SE16 (15 weeks) SE	First published: May 2001
2005	You customer Ha Varit Med Mig På Svenska	-	-	-	-	SE38 (3 weeks) SE	First published: February 2005
	Om Natten På Svenska	-	-	-	-	SE25 (3 weeks) SE	First published: March 2005
2006	When Love's Coming Back Again	-	-	-	-	SE38 (5 weeks) SE	First published: March 2006
2014	Around the world	-	-	-	-	SE52 (1 week) SE	First publication: February 2014 with Dr. Alban

more publishments

• 1999: Goodbye
• 1999: Tell Me Why
• 2001: Lost Without Your Love
• 2001: Miracles
• 2005: Vad gör jag nu
• 2005: En annan sång
• 2007: Hot Night
• 2007: Snowflakes
• 2013: It's all About You
• 2014: Gravity

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
1995	Electric manic panic	DE61 (5 weeks) DE	-	-	-	SE8 (15 weeks) SE	First published: October 1995 ( Leila K. featuring Jessica Folcker)
2000	Trehundra Dar Ny tid, ny strid	-	-	-	-	SE60 (1 week) SE	First published: October 2000 (Blues featuring Jessica Folcker)
2002	(Crack It!) Something Goin 'On Burnin' Sneakers	DE10 (17 weeks) DE	AT19 (18 weeks) AT	CH70 (8 weeks) CH	-	SE4 (15 weeks) SE	First release: August 2002 ( Bomfunk MC’s featuring Jessica Folcker)
2013	Strong Enough	-	AT22 (6 weeks) AT	-	-	-	First published: August 2013 (Barnes & Heatcliff featuring Jessica Folcker)

Further guest appearances

• 1994: Let the Beat Go On ( Dr. Alban featuring Jessica Folcker)
• 2013: Respect Yourself ( DJ BoBo featuring Jessica Folcker)

Awards for music sales

Golden record  France 1999: for the single Tell Me What You Like  Norway 2002: for the single (Crack It!) Something Goin 'On

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

Country / Region	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
France (SNEP)	gold1	-	250,000	snepmusique.com
Norway (IFPI)	gold1	-	5,000	ifpi.no
Sweden (IFPI)	2 × gold2	-	55,000	sverigetopplistan.se
All in all	4 × gold4th	-

Web links

• Official MySpace profile