Showing posts with label Amanda Jenssen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Amanda Jenssen. Show all posts
Amanda Jenssen: "Dry My Soul" Music Video
16 February, 2012 2:06 PM
After a two year absence, Idol Sweden 2007 runner-up Amanda Jenssen is finally back! Idol Sweden 2007 runner-up's new single is titled "Dry My Soul" and it was released on Februrary 14, with an album expected for later this year. The single is all that you've been waiting for, a powerful rock song with Amanda's characteristic quirky style. Not "Happyland" level but this is a great comeback for her!
Video after the JUMP ...
Amanda Jenssen, the jazzy runner-up
29 March, 2010 5:37 PM
The jazzy/soulish singer may have been the runner-up in Idol Sweden Season 4 but she has seen more succes than that year winner, Marie Picasso, whose popularity due to appearing in Big Brother led her to win it all. After being defeted by Marie by a margin of only 2%, Amanda inked a record deal with Epic Records and on May 7, 2008 she released her debut. Now, with only 21 years, Amanda has two platinum certified albums, her 2008 debut Killing My Darlings which charted #1 on the Swedish charts, and her 2009 sophomore album Happyland which charted #3.
Before deciding to audition for Idol, Amanda was part of a band called "Oh Hollie Neverdays", where she had the chance to perform her original songs. In May 2007, just 4 months before auditioning for Idol, the band won the Swedish competition "Musik Direkt". Their prize was a tour in Gambia, I wonder why it wasn't a tour in Sweden or maybe it wasn't a musical tour but a travel tour like,whatever.
Nearly after coming second on Idol, on January 23, 2008 she released her first single "Do You Love Me" being followed by "Amarula Tree" on April 16 and a full album in May 7. Her second and successful effort Happyland was released on October 28, 2009.
Amanda has since been nominated for the Swedish Grammy Awards and after her succesful second album, she went to win two of them, "Best Female Artist" and "Best Composer".
Watch her Idol performances, album reviews and Happyland video premiere following the link.
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