Sophie Zelmani

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Sophie Zelmani in Gothenburg (2009)

Sophie Zelmani (* 12. February 1972 in Stockholm as Sophie Edkvist ) is a Swedish singer and musician . She is the mother of the Swedish artist and songwriter Etta Zelmani .

life and career

Sophie Zelmani grew up in a suburb of Stockholm. After the death of her father, she began writing her own music at the age of 14. Zelmani's stepfather later taught her to play the guitar. During her work as an intern in a recording studio, she got the opportunity to record her own demo tapes. When she sent these demo tapes to labels at the age of 20 , Sony Music was the first to respond and she was given a record deal. She changed her surname and took on the original Russian surname of her grandfather, but dropped an "l" in the name. Her 1995 debut album, Sophie Zelmani , together with her single Always You , was a success in Sweden, and later throughout Europe and Japan . With her second album Precious Burden she was also successful in the USA .

Zelmani now lives on a Swedish island. She is married and the couple have a daughter.

Music style and influences

Zellmani has worked with the guitarist and producer Lars Halapi since the start of her career and often records her songs in his own recording studio in the Österlen region in Skåne. She writes in English because she finds it harder to express herself accurately in Swedish.

Sophie Zelmani's music builds on her quiet and reserved voice in combination with an acoustic guitar . She was influenced u. a. by Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen . A cover version of Bob Dylan's Most of the Time is on her album Masked and Anonymous .

Others

Zelmani is media-shy and known for her stage fright . She prefers to express herself primarily through her music and not to talk more than necessary.

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
SE SE DE DE CH CH
1995 Sophie Zelmani SE4 (11 weeks)
SE 		- -
1998 Precious Burden SE11 (16 weeks)
SE 		- -
1999 Time to kill SE11 (9 weeks)
SE 		- -
2002 Sing and dance SE3
gold
gold

(41 weeks)SE 		- CH88 (4 weeks)
CH
2003 Love affair SE2
gold
gold

(20 weeks)SE 		- CH33 (8 weeks)
CH
2005 A Decade of Dreams 1995-2005 SE2 (12 weeks)
SE 		- CH65 (2 weeks)
CH
2007 Memory Loves You SE2 (17 weeks)
SE 		DE90 (1 week)
DE 		CH9 (6 weeks)
CH
2008 The Ocean and Me SE1 (12 weeks)
SE 		- CH13 (5 weeks)
CH
2010 I'm the rain SE3 (13 weeks)
SE 		- CH21 (5 weeks)
CH
2011 soul SE12 (7 weeks)
SE 		- CH69 (1 week)
CH
2014 Going home SE13 (1 week)
SE 		- -
Everywhere SE12 (3 weeks)
SE 		- -
2017 My song SE8 (1 week)
SE 		- CH54 (1 week)
CH
2019 Sunrise SE23 (1 week)
SE 		- -

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
SE SE
1996 So good
 SE53 (1 week)
SE

Web links

Commons : Sophie Zelmani  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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  1. ↑ Exclusive: Etta Zelmani i första intervjun. In: Sveriges Radio P4 . Stockholm, May 10, 2019, accessed April 2, 2020.
  2. ↑ Sophie Zelmani om nya och skivan motviljan mot media ( Memento of 5 March 2010 at the Internet Archive ). In: tv4play.se, accessed on March 21, 2010. -
    Nyhetsmorgon ( Memento of March 5, 2010 in the Internet Archive ). In: tv4play.se, accessed on March 21, 2010.
  3. ↑ Sophie Zelmanis biografi av Carl Larsson ( Memento of 16 March 2012 at the Internet Archive ). zelmani.se, accessed March 21, 2010.
  4. ^ Sophie Zelmani - nu mindre poetisk. In: allehanda.se, September 23, 2014, accessed April 2, 2020.
  5. ^ Officiella Myspace-sida. In: Myspace . Retrieved March 21, 2010.
  6. ↑ Henrik Arvidsson: Page no longer available , search in web archives: Sophie Zelmani och scenskräcken. (no mementos) In: Dagens Nyheter . October 10, 2008, accessed May 22, 2010.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.dn.se
  7. ↑ a b Chart sources: DE CH SE
  8. ↑ Awards for music sales: SE
personal data
SURNAME Zelmani, Sophie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Edkvist, Sophie (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish singer and musician
DATE OF BIRTH February 12, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Stockholm , Sweden