Petra Marklund

Petra Marklund (2018)

Petra Linnea Paula Marklund (born September 12, 1984 in Stockholm ), formerly known under the stage name September , is a Swedish singer .

life and career

Petra Marklund signed her record deal in 2003 and released her debut single La La La (Never Give It Up) under the stage name September with great national success. The follow-up singles We Can Do It and September All Over from the September album were all hits.

At the end of 2006, the single Satellites from the album In Orbit was also released in Germany .

On September 1, 2007, September for Sweden took part in the Sopot Festival in Poland and reached third place.

For the fifth Schiller album Sehnsucht (2008), September sang the vocals for the song Breathe as a guest artist .

In 2008, September released their second European album Dancing in Orbit. It includes songs from their albums Dancing Shoes and In Orbit. The first single from the album is the re-release Cry for You , which is based on the Bronski beat hit Smalltown Boy (1984).

Since 2012 she has performed under her real name Petra Marklund and has since focused on songs in Swedish . Her first single Händera mot himlen under a new name was a great success in her home country and immediately rose to number 1 on the digital sales list. The song was in the top 10 of the Svensktoppen hit parade for over a year .

In summer 2014 and 2015, Marklund moderated the Allsång på Skansen program .

Discography

Marklund in Stockholm (2015)

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		SE
2004	September	SE36 (6 weeks) SE	First published: February 11, 2004
2005	In orbit	SE17 (6 weeks) SE	First published: October 26, 2005
2007	Dancing Shoes	SE12 (5 weeks) SE	First published: September 26, 2007
2011	Love CPR	SE1 × 2 Double platinum (41 weeks)SE	First published: February 14, 2011
2012	inferno	SE1 platinum (38 weeks)SE	First published: October 17th, 2012 as Petra Marklund
2015	Ensam inte strong	SE11 (3 weeks) SE	First published: November 13, 2015 as Petra Marklund

Compilations

year	title	Remarks
2008	September	First published: February 26, 2008
	Dancing in orbit	First published: May 8, 2008
	gold	First published: November 14, 2008
2009	Cry for You - The Album	First published: August 2, 2009

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
2003	La La La (Never Give It Up) September	-	-	-	-	-	SE8 (22 weeks) SE	First published: June 2, 2003
	We Can Do It September	-	-	-	-	-	SE10 (12 weeks) SE	First published: November 3, 2003
2004	September All Over September	-	-	-	-	-	SE8 (10 weeks) SE	First published: February 18, 2004
2005	Satellites in orbit	-	-	-	-	-	SE4th platinum (29 weeks)SE	First published: July 6, 2005
	Looking for Love In Orbit	-	-	-	-	-	SE17 (13 weeks) SE	First published: October 19, 2005
2006	Cry for You In Orbit / Dancing Shoes	DE11 (17 weeks) DE	AT7 (31 weeks) AT	CH6 (21 weeks) CH	UK5 silver (23 weeks)UK	US74 gold (10 weeks)US	SE6th gold (17 weeks)SE	First published: November 29, 2006 Chart entry in the rest of Europe only in 2008
2007	Can't Get Over Dancing Shoes	-	-	-	UK14 (6 weeks) UK	-	SE5 (15 weeks) SE	First published: June 20, 2007 Chart entry in UK only 2009
	Until I Die Dancing Shoes	-	-	-	-	-	SE5 (5 weeks) SE	First published: November 7, 2007
2008	Because I Love You Gold	-	-	-	-	-	SE43 (5 weeks) SE	First published: November 26, 2008
2010	Microphonekåt Love CPR	-	-	-	-	-	SE1 × 8 Eight times platinum (41 weeks)SE	First published: November 12, 2010
	Resuscitate Me Love CPR	-	-	-	-	-	SE45 (2 weeks) SE	First published: November 19, 2010
	Vem ska jag tro på Love CPR	-	-	-	-	-	SE46 (1 week) SE	First published: December 6, 2010
	Kärleken's tunga Love CPR	-	-	-	-	-	SE6th platinum (28 weeks)SE	First published: December 6, 2010
	Baksmälla Love CPR	-	-	-	-	-	SE3 platinum (25 weeks)SE	First published: December 8, 2010 with Petter
2011	Party in My Head Love CPR	-	-	-	-	-	SE32 (11 weeks) SE	First published: July 11, 2011
2012	Händera mot himlen inferno	-	-	-	-	-	SE2 × 6 Six-fold platinum (33 weeks)SE	First published: September 14, 2012 as Petra Marklund

More singles

• 2006: Flowers on the Grave
• 2006: It Doesn't Matter
• 2008: Breathe (with Schiller )
• 2011: Me & My Microphone
• 2012: Hands Up
• 2012: A Fairytale of New York (with PP3 Music Aid)
• 2013: Sanningen
• 2013: Förlorad värld
• 2014: Cecilia
• 2015: Som hand in Gothenburg
• 2015: Som du bäddar
• 2016: Kidz (with Linnea Henriksson )
• 2016: Alla känner apan

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Australia 2008: for the single Cry for You  Canada 2008: for the single Cry for You  Poland 2007: for the album In Orbit

Platinum record  Denmark 2009: for the single Cry for You

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)
Australia (ARIA)	-	gold1	-	35,000	aria.com.au
Denmark (IFPI)	-	-	platinum1	15,000	ifpi.dk
Canada (MC)	-	gold1	-	20,000	musiccanada.com
Poland (ZPAV)	-	gold1	-	10,000	bestsellery.zpav.pl
Sweden (IFPI)	-	gold1	20 × platinum20th	790,000	sverigetopplistan.se
United States (RIAA)	-	gold1	-	500,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver1	-	-	200,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	silver1	5 × gold5	21 × platinum21st

swell

1. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US SE

Web links

Commons : Petra Marklund  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of Pertra Marklund (Swedish)