Sophia Somajo

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Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Diamond Heart (with Alan Walker )
  SE 11 
platinum
platinum
05.10.2018 (22 weeks)
  DE 89 05.10.2018 (1 week)
  AT 56 October 12, 2018 (2 weeks)
  CH 12 
gold
gold
07.10.2018 (18 weeks)

Sophia Somajo Venai (born January 2, 1985 in Stockholm ) is a Swedish singer . For a while she appeared under her nickname Soso .

Life

Sophia Somajo Venai grew up in Stockholm, but also spent three of her teenage years in Paris. During a school exchange in the United States, her musical talent was discovered and she was awarded a development contract, which she initially did not use. Instead, she tried her hand at first as a songwriter. She used more than ten pseudonyms. The best known is Tiffany Amber, based on the actress Tiffani-Amber Thiessen from Beverly Hills, 90210 . Under this pseudonym she wrote for Britney Spears , Christina Aguilera and the Backstreet Boys .

In 2008 Sophia Somajo released her first album The Laptop Diaries . She recorded the album exclusively on the laptop in her bedroom. It was released on the Telegram Records Stockholm label .

In 2011 she founded her own label Do It Yourself Bitch Productions. The digital album TTIDSDIEUIC and the single Who's Gonna Love Me were released there in 2012 . In fact, she released the album for free on the Bittorrent platform The Pirate Bay .

In 2013 the single Kids appeared together with Style of Eye and Elliphant .

The EP Freudian Slip followed in 2017 .

In 2018 she and Alan Walker wrote the song Diamond Heart , which reached number 18 in the Swedish charts and made her internationally popular. In Norway it reached number 1 on the charts.

Discography

Albums

  • 2008: The Laptop Diaries (Telegram Records Stockholm)
  • 2012: TTIDSDIEUIC (digital album as Soso, Do It Yourself Bitch Productions)

Singles and EPs

  • 2007: Stockholm Calling (EP, Concrete Forest)
  • 2008: Warm Blooded Murder (Single, Warner Music Sweden)
  • 2012: Who's Gonna Love Me (single as Soso, Do It Yourself Bitch Productions / This Is Music)
  • 2014: Kids (Single, Style of Eye ft. Soso, RCA / Sony Music)
  • 2016: Sapphire (single, Razzia)
  • 2017: Freudian Slip (EP, Razzia)
  • 2018: Diamond Heart (single with Alan Walker, Mer Musikk)

Songwriting (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Chart sources: DE AT CH SE NO
  2. ↑ Awards: SE CH
  3. ↑ a b Peter Robinson: Sophia Somajo talks Private Dancer, women in pop and writing with Max Martin. Popjustice.com, September 20, 2018, accessed October 16, 2018 .
  4. ^ Soso: Letter. Official website, archived from the original ; accessed on October 16, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Michael Cragg: Style of Eye - Kids feat Soso: New music. The Guardian , December 4, 2013, accessed October 16, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Somajo, Sophia
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Somajo Venai, Sophia (full name); Soso (nickname); Amber, Tiffany (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish singer
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd January 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH Stockholm