Ana Johnsson

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Ana Johnsson <tr style="text-align: center;"><td colspan="3">Image:Ana Johnsson.jpg Promotional picture for her new album Little Angel (2006) </td></tr>
Background information <tr><td>Birth name</td><td colspan="2">Ana Lovisa Johnsson</td></tr><tr><td>Also known as</td><td colspan="2">Ana</td></tr><tr><td>Born</td><td colspan="2">October 4, 1977 Gothenburg, Sweden</td></tr><tr><td>Genre(s)</td><td colspan="2">Modern rock, Alternative</td></tr><tr><td>Occupation(s)</td><td colspan="2">Singer-songwriter</td></tr><tr><td>Instrument(s)</td><td colspan="2">Singing</td></tr><tr><td>Years active</td><td colspan="2">2003–Present</td></tr><tr><td style="padding-right: 1em;">Label(s)</td><td colspan="2">Sony BMG</td></tr><tr><td>Website</td><td colspan="2">Official web site (Swedish) Official web site (English)</td></tr>

Ana Lovisa Johnsson (born October 4 1977 in Gothenburg, Sweden) is a Swedish singer and songwriter. Her longplay disc Cuz I Can appeared in April 2004 in Sweden. However, her worldwide debut The Way I Am was released some months later. Her sophomore effort little Angel is to be released in October 2006. She is sometimes known as Ana.

1 Biography
2 Musical career
3 Discography
- 3.1 Albums
- 3.2 Singles
4 External links

[edit] Biography

Johnsson was born in Gothenburg, Sweden to Rolph and Carina Johnsson but later moved to Sunne, a village in the province of Värmland. The parents - both architects - contributed to her big interests in design, but on some way became the nevertheless the musics that applied for as well to anticipate as her brother the barrel ice.

As teenager she moved to Karlstad and later, as exchange student, to USA. She took up skiing as a hobby and is now a semi-professional snowboard artist. She competed and traveled around the US and at one point, she came 5th and 6th in a championship in 1996. In the U.S., the plans took new direction when she became involved in snowboard-accident in the Klippiga mountains. Back in Sweden combined studies with jobs in record shop and as croupier on one nattklubb.

She is fluent in 4 languages - Swedish, English, German and Norwegian.

[edit] Musical career

Johnsson's singing talents started when she was a teenager and became a singer of coverband @groove and moved to Karlstad.

But her big break started when she heard about the first season of Popstars in Sweden and decided to give it a go. She succeeded in the final and Ana, Jenny Karolina, Kristina Bergfoth, Malin Catharina Olsson and Susanna Emily Anna Patoleta formed the band Excellence. They were a huge success, scoring 5 top 10 hits and sold many albums and completed a sold out tour.

However, Excellence wasn't Johnsson's style of music and she left the band (who only released one further song as a four-piece), working as a solo artist. In the autumn of 2003, she released "The Way I Am" on the radio and it developed into a radio hit in Sweden and Germany and it gave her a nomination for the 2004 NRJ Awards in Stockholm. She released her debut album Cuz I Can in 2004 soon after, only released in Sweden.

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She was approached by the head of Colombia Tristar during a cruise and was invited to contribute a song to the soundtrack of Spiderman 2. The song was called "We Are" and it became the first single to come off the soundtrack and was released worldwide. It became a big hit and she released her second album The Way I Am (originally to be called The Wheels Began to Roll), which took her a year to make and features some songs from Cuz I Can. She says that the 14 songs in the album all have a deep meaning to her. Next singles released include "Don't Cry for Pain", a rock ballad where she advises a wife being beaten up by her husband to stand up for her rights, and "Coz I Can", a rock song about teasing the man, showing that women have power too. Both songs were less successful than "We Are" though. In Japan, which is a tough market for foreign artists, the album sold over 200,000 copies, earning her an gold certification. In 2005 at the NRJ Music Awards, Ana was nominated for Best Newcomer, but did not win the prize.

Image:Exception.jpg

According to the website of Bonnier Music in Sweden, Johnsson's new album will carry the title of Little Angel. Her Swedish official website announced that the official release date for the lead single off the album, "Days of Summer", was July 12. The single debuted in the Swedish Singles Chart at number seven, and dropped to number eight the next week. The following week, the single dropped out of the charts. The album is expected on October 18, 2006, according to her official website. The second single, "Exception", is to become the theme song to the Swedish thriller movie Exit. For more information about the film, see its page on IMDb. Watch the music video for "Exception" here. "Fate" is the title song for Finnish-Chinese movie Jadesoturi (Jade Warrior). The song is by the rock band Bleak, featuring Ana Johnsson dueting with Caleb (lead singer of Bleak) on vocals, and highly acclaimed Finnish accordionist Kimmo Pohjonen, who also composed the score for the film. "Fate" will be available on the Jadesoturi soundtrack that was released on October 11th. The film premiered on October 13th in Finland. A music video has also been shot for the song, watch it here at YouTube

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

All regularly released albums and their chart peak position in Sweden (SWE), Austria (AUT), France (FR), Switzerland (SUI), and in Japan (JPN).

Year	Cover	Album	Chart positions
Year	Cover	Album	SWE	AUT	FR	SUI	JPN
2004	Image:CuzICan.jpg	Cuz I Can 1st album Released: April 14, 2004 (Sweden only)	-	Not released
2004	Image:TheWayIAm.jpg	The Way I Am Worldwide debut album Released: August 2004	27	20	58	19	1
2006	Image:Little Angel.jpg	Little Angel 2nd album Released: October 18, 2006 (Sweden)	-	Not released

[edit] Singles

All regularly released singles and their chart peak position in Sweden (SWE), Germany (GER), Austria (AUT), France (FR), Switzerland (SUI), Norway (NOR), United Kingdom (UK), Netherlands (NL), Ireland (IRE) and the World Singles Top 40 (WO40).

Year	Single	Chart positions										Album
Year	Single	SWE	GER	AUT	FR	SUI	NOR	UK	NL	IRE	WO40	Album
2003	"Cuz I Can"	-	Not released									Cuz I Can
2004	"Life"	17	Not released									Cuz I Can
2004	"The Way I Am"	-	-	Not released								Cuz I Can
2004	"We Are"	8	16	7	21	28	2	8	16	28	25	The Way I Am Spider-Man 2 soundtrack
2004	"Don't Cry for Pain"	19	39	70	-	83	-	-	-	-	-	The Way I Am
2005	"Coz I Can"	-	73	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	The Way I Am
2006	"Days of Summer"	7	Not (yet) released									Little Angel
2006	"Exception"	10	Not (yet) released									Little Angel

Ana Johnsson
Albums
Cuz I Can (2004) · The Way I Am (2004) Little Angel (2006)
Singles
"Cuz I Can" · "Life" · "The Way I Am" "We Are" · "Don't Cry for Pain" · "Coz I Can" "Days of Summer" · "Exception" · "Fate"
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