Anna Bergendahl | |
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 Bergendahl in 2024 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Anna Henrietta Bergendahl |
| Born | (1991-12-11)11 December 1991 (age 33) Stockholm, Sweden |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 2008–present |
| Labels | Freebird Entertainment Lionheart Music Group Universal Music Group |
| Website | annabergendahl |
Anna Henrietta Bergendahl (born 11 December 1991) is a Swedish singer and songwriter. She took part in SwedishTV4 music programSuper Troupers in 2004, and inIdol 2008 where she reached the Final 5 before being eliminated.[1]
In 2009, Bergendahl signed for Lionheart Records.[2] Her debut album was released on 14 April 2010. Bergendahl wonMelodifestivalen 2010 with the song"This Is My Life" and representedSweden in theEurovision Song Contest 2010, but failed to qualify for the final.[3] The song topped theSwedish Singles Chart on 5 March 2010.[4]
Bergendahl was born inHägersten, Stockholm, and raised inNyköping andKatrineholm. She is of partial Irish descent, as her grandmother was born and lives in Ireland. Her first performance in front of an audience was in a cathedral inYork when she was only eight years old.[5]
Bergendahl successfully applied for theTV4 talent showIdol 2008 with her rendition ofBonnie Raitt's "Have a Heart", which received praise from the jury consisting ofLaila Bagge,Anders Bagge andAndreas Carlsson.[6] She later sang songs likeABBA's "Mamma Mia",Py Bäckman's "Stad i ljus", "Save Up All Your Tears", "Bleeding Love" byLeona Lewis, "The Best" and "Over the Rainbow".
Bergendahl finished fifth in the Idol season which was later won byKevin Borg.[7]
In 2009, Bergendahl was approached by Kristian Lagerström andBobby Ljunggren and asked if she wanted to record a song for Melodifestivalen 2010.
Anna Bergendahl participated inMelodifestivalen 2010 with the song "This Is My Life", written and produced by Kristian Lagerström (lyrics) and Bobby Ljunggren (music). The song won the final inEricsson Globe on 13 March 2010, with 214 points. Bergendahl represented Sweden at theEurovision Song Contest 2010 in Oslo,Norway,[8] where she became the first Swedish singer not to qualify for the final since the introduction of the semifinals in 2004 (although she placed 11th, just outside the top 10 qualifiers by a margin of 5 points). "This Is My Life'" was the firstballad to winMelodifestivalen since 1998 whenKärleken är won and was also Sweden's 50th entry in the Eurovision Song Contest.
After Eurovision Bergendahl participated inAllsång på Skansen,Sommarkrysset, andLotta på Liseberg. She also went on a tour and sang songs from her debut album. In 2012 Bergendahl released her new albumSomething to Believe In with the debut single from the new album being "Live and Let Go". In 2019, she released two new singles, "Home" and "Speak Love". She participated inMelodifestivalen 2019 with the song "Ashes to Ashes".[9] Bergendahl competed inMelodifestivalen 2020 with the song "Kingdom Come". She placed third, scoring 107 points.[10] The song became the second most played song on Swedish airplay[when?] and also sold platinum. During late 2020, Bergendahl released "Thelma and Louise". The EPVera was released in October 2020 and contains five songs written by Bergendahl. By the end of the year, she also released her Christmas song, "It Never Snows in California". On 13 August 2021, Bergendahl released "Grain of Trust", written together with Peter Kvint.[11]
Bergendahl returned to Melodifestivalen again in2022 with the song "Higher Power".[12] She made it to the final on 12 March 2022 and finished in last place with 29 points.
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
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| SWE [13][14] | |||
| Yours Sincerely |
| 1 | |
| Something to Believe In |
| 13 |
| Title | Details |
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| Anna Bergendahl | |
| Live from Sandkvie Studio |
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| We Were Never Meant to Be Heroes |
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| Vera |
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| Merry Christmas Everyone |
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As lead artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||||||||
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| SWE [13] | NOR [20] | NLD [21] | SWI [22] | ||||||||||||||||
| "Release Me" (Live) | 2008 | 58 | — | — | — | Idol 2008 | |||||||||||||
| "Save Up All Your Tears" | 57 | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| "Bleeding Love" | 60 | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| "Over the Rainbow" | 53 | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| "This Is My Life" | 2010 | 1 | 6 | 93 | 62 | Yours Sincerely | |||||||||||||
| "The Army" | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| "Live and Let Go" | 2012 | — | — | — | — | Something to Believe In | |||||||||||||
| "I Hate New York"[23] | 2013 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
| "Business"[24] | 2015 | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |||||||||||||
| "For You"[25] | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| "Vice"[26] | 2018 | — | — | — | — | We Were Never Meant to Be Heroes | |||||||||||||
| "Broken Melody"[27] | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| "We Were Never Meant to Be Heroes"[28] | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| "Raise the Vibe"[29] | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||||||||||||||
| "Just Another Christmas"[30] | — | — | — | — | Merry Christmas Everyone | ||||||||||||||
| "Ashes to Ashes" | 2019 | 12 | — | — | — |
| Non-album singles | ||||||||||||
| "Home" | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| "Speak Love" | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| "Kingdom Come" | 2020 | 9 | — | — | — |
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| "Thelma and Louise"[31] | 13 | — | — | — | Vera | ||||||||||||||
| "It Never Snows in California"[32] | — | — | — | — | Merry Christmas Everyone | ||||||||||||||
| "Grain of Trust"[33] | 2021 | 30 | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |||||||||||||
| "Bottom of This Bottle" (withTyler Rich)[34] | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| "Higher Power" | 2022 | 17 | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
| "Demons and Dreams" | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| "Merry Christmas Everyone" | 100 [35] | — | — | — | Merry Christmas Everyone | ||||||||||||||
| "Dance with Me"[36] | 2023 | — | — | — | — | TBA | |||||||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released to that country. | |||||||||||||||||||
As featured artist
| Title | Year | Chart Positions | Album |
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| NOR [20] | |||
| "For You"[37] (Broiler featuring Anna Bergendahl) | 2014 | 21 | Non-album single |
| Title | Year | Chart Positions | Album |
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| SWE [13] | |||
| "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" (withKevin Borg)[38] | 2008 | 36 | Non-album single |
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| Preceded by | Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 | Succeeded by |
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