Melissa Horn
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Background information | |
Birth name | Astrid Melissa Edwarda Horn Weitzberg |
Born | 8 April 1987 |
Origin | Östermalm, Stockholm, Sweden |
Genres | Pop, acoustic |
Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
Instruments | Vocals |
Years active | 2007–present |
Labels | Sony BMG |
Associated acts | Lars Winnerbäck |
Website | melissahorn |
Astrid Melissa Edwarda Horn Weitzberg (born 8 April 1987), known as Melissa Horn, is a Swedish pop artist. She is the daughter of singer Maritza Horn.
Biography[]
She was born to singer (born 1951), and Edvard Terrence Weitzberg (born 1955) in an area in Södermalm, near Stockholm. She has five siblings, all boys. Her parents got her a guitar when she turned 16 and not long afterwards she wrote her first song. She took vocal courses and then got hold of a producer and eventually got a record contract before she finished high school. In 2010, she started a company called Edward AB.[citation needed]
Career[]
Melissa Horn's debut album Långa nätter was released on 30 April 2008 followed by Säg ingenting till mig on 14 October 2009. This record eventually went gold, exposing her to a larger audience; she was nominated for Gramiss (Swedish equivalent of the Grammy Awards) in the categories Artist of the Year, Composer of the Year and Lyricist of the Year.[1] A sequel to that album Innan jag kände dig was launched on 16 September 2011 and topped the Swedish Album Charts within its first week of release. She promoted it with a tour in Norway, Denmark and Sweden. Her fourth album Om du vill vara med mig was released on 2 October 2013 and her fifth album entitled Jag går nu came out on 27 November 2015. All her releases are in Swedish.
Horn also sang "Kungsholmens hamn" in a memorial ceremony for the victims of the 2011 Norway attacks in Utøya and Oslo.[2][3]
After 4 years of hiatus since her last release, Melissa Horn released a new album Konstgjord andning on 13 September 2019. She is collaborating with singer Kaah and singer White Collar.
Discography[]
Albums[]
Title | Details | Peak chart positions | ||
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SWE [4] |
NOR [5] |
DEN [6] | ||
Långa nätter |
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7 | — | — |
Säg ingenting till mig |
|
4 | 2 | 15 |
Innan jag kände dig |
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1 | 3 | 26 |
Om du vill vara med mig |
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2 | 1 | — |
Jag går nu | 4 | 9 | — | |
Konstgjord andning |
|
4 [8] |
35 [9] |
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Singles[]
Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |
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SWE [4] |
NOR [5] | |||
2007 | "Långa nätter" | — | — | Långa nätter |
"Kungsholmens Hamn" | — | 3 | ||
2008 | "En famn för mig" | — | — | |
"Som jag hade dig förut" (with Lars Winnerbäck) | 58 | — | ||
2009 | "Lät du henne komma närmre" | 20 | — | Säg ingenting till mig |
"Jag kan inte skilja på" | 52 | — | ||
2010 | "Falla fritt" | — | — | |
2011 | "Innan jag kände dig" | — | — | Innan jag kände dig |
"Under löven" | 40 | — | ||
"Jag saknar dig mindre och mindre" | 35 | — | ||
2013 | "Om du vill vara med mig" | 52 | — | Om du vill vara med mig |
2015 | "Du går nu" | 52 | — | Jag går nu |
"Jag har gjort det igen"[10] | — | — | ||
2019 | "Du brukade kalla mig för baby" (featuring Kaah) |
—[A] | — | Konstgjord andning |
"För varje gång" | —[B] | — | ||
2021 | "Lämna honom" | 3 [13] |
— | Så mycket bättre |
"Aldrig vågat" | 18 [13] |
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"Lova ingenting" | 42 [14] |
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"Dum av dig"[15] | 48 [16] |
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"Parklands" | 56 [17] |
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"Älska mig"[18] | —[C] | — |
Notes
- ^ "Du brukade kalla mig för baby" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number six on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[11]
- ^ "För varje gång" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number three on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[12]
- ^ "Älska mig" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number 10 on the Swedish Heatseeker chart.[19]
References[]
- ^ "Här är årets vinnare på Grammisgalan". Aftonbladet. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
- ^ Victoria i svart vid minnesceremoni i Oslo, Svensk Damtidning, 21 August 2011
- ^ "Melissa Horn - Kungsholmens hamn (Live Minnesceremoni Oslo 2011)". Retrieved 19 December 2021 – via www.youtube.com.
- ^ a b "Swedish Charts > Melissa Horn". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
- ^ a b "VG-lista – Melissa Horn". Archived from the original on 11 November 2014.
- ^ "Danish Charts > Melissa Horn". danishcharts.dk.
- ^ "Shop". Retrieved 19 December 2021.
- ^ "Veckolista Album, vecka 38". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- ^ "Topp 40 Album 2019-38". VG-lista. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
- ^ "En vecka kvar..." Retrieved 19 December 2021.
- ^ "Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 15". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ^ "Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 38". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- ^ a b "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 46". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 48". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- ^ "Dum av dig – Single by Melissa Horn on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ^ "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 49". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
- ^ "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 50". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
- ^ "Älska mig – Single by Melissa Horn on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
- ^ "Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 51" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
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- 1987 births
- Living people
- People from Stockholm
- Swedish-language singers
- Swedish songwriters
- 21st-century Swedish singers
- 21st-century Swedish women singers