Sabina Ddumba

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Sabina Ddumba (2015)

Sabina Ddumba (born February 23, 1994 in Stockholm ) is a Swedish singer .

Life

Ddumba, who has Ugandan ancestry, grew up in Fiskätra in the municipality of Nacka . Her father fled Uganda when Idi Amin ruled the country as a dictator and worked as a pastor in Sweden. Her mother later moved back to Uganda and Ddumba stayed in Sweden with her siblings and father. In her religious family she got to know gospel music and she became a member of the Stockholm gospel choir Tensta Gospel Choir . At the age of 15 she sang backing vocals for Jenny Wilson for the first time and she was part of her tour afterwards. After this first assignment, she began to sing more backing vocals. Ddumba was involved in the backing vocals of Walking on Air by Katy Perry in 2013 . In 2012 she took part in the Swedish version of The X Factor .

In 2014, Ddumba released their first single, Scarred for Life . She was then signed by Warner Music Group in the USA . The following year the single Effortless followed , which went platinum in Sweden . For her first two singles she received an award in the “Newcomer” category at the Swedish Grammis Music Prize in 2016 . Their first album, which got the title Homeward Bound , was released by Ddumba in 2016. The album Så Mycket Bättre 2017: Tolkningarna came out the following year. This is a compilation of the songs she sang on the Swedish TV show Så mycket bättre .

style

Ddumba herself says that in her youth she was influenced by European pop music as well as music from various African countries and gospel music . Their music mixes influences from these genres.

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
SE SE
2016 Homeward Bound SE10 (65 weeks)
SE
2017 Så mycket bättre säsong 8 - Tolkningarna SE10 (35 weeks)
SE

Singles

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
SE SE
2015 Effortless
Homeward Bound 		SE57 (13 weeks)
SE
Not Too Young
Homeward Bound 		SE7 (27 weeks)
SE
2016 Time
Homeward Bound 		SE91 (1 week)
SE
2017 Did It For The Fame
Homeward Bound 		SE44 (9 weeks)
SE
Vågorna
Så mycket bättre säsong 8 - Tolkningarna 		SE19 (16 weeks)
SE
It's Been Hurting All The Way With You, Joanna
Så mycket bättre säsong 8 - Tolkningarna 		SE77 (2 weeks)
SE
Manboy
Så mycket bättre säsong 8 - Tolkningarna 		SE27 (4 weeks)
SE
Varför är kärleken röd
Så mycket bättre säsong 8 - Tolkningarna 		SE57 (2 weeks)
SE
2018 Small World
 SE69 (1 week)
SE
2019 Blow my mind
 SE75 (1 week)
SE
feat. Mr. Eazi

Web links

Commons : Sabina Ddumba  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Sabina Ddumba age, hometown, biography. Retrieved February 18, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b Okända roast i Katy Perrys refrang. Retrieved February 18, 2020 (Swedish).
  3. ↑ a b c Sabina Ddumba Is the Ugandan-Swedish Pop Star That Music Needs. June 27, 2019, accessed on February 18, 2020 .
  4. ↑ a b c Sabina Ddumba | Biography & History. Retrieved February 18, 2020 (American English).
  5. ↑ Sabina Ddumba: Great new pop from Sweden: Sabina Ddumba with "Effortless" and "Not Too Young". December 15, 2015, accessed February 18, 2020 .
  6. ↑ 2016 Archives - Page 2 of 2. Retrieved February 18, 2020 (American English).
  7. ↑ https://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Sabina+Ddumba
  8. ↑ https://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Sabina+Ddumba
personal data
SURNAME Ddumba, Sabina
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish singer
DATE OF BIRTH February 23, 1994
PLACE OF BIRTH Stockholm