Ana Johnsson

Ana Johnsson made her foray in to the limelight in the first period from the Swedish model of Popstars, where she performed within the chart-topping female group Brilliance. She remaining the group in 2002 to be able to go after a solo profession, exchanging the group’s syrupy-sweet Europop for gritty Avril Lavigne-style teenager pop. Johnsson’s 1st single, “JUST HOW I Am,” peaked at quantity 17 around the Swedish graphs in 2003, and her debut recording, Cuz I COULD, came out twelve months later on. Neither the recording nor the solitary sold especially well; non-etheless, an professional at Columbia Tristar approached Johnsson immediately after with an invitation to lead a track towards the Spider-Man 2 soundtrack. That track, “WE HAVE BEEN,” released Johnsson in to the worldwide limelight; the sole sailed in to the TOP in Sweden, Austria, Norway, and Britain, and peaked at amount 25 in the United Globe Graph. Her sophomore record, 2004’s JUST HOW I Am, peaked at number 1 in Japan and produced a strong displaying in Germany (amount 15), Switzerland (amount 20), and Sweden (amount 27). It garnered many prize nominations in Sweden, and guaranteed Johnsson’s place as you of Sweden’s most appealing up-and-coming pop performers of that season. Her third record, Little Angel, premiered in Scandinavia in 2006. The record itself didn’t fare well in the graphs, but it do have the ability to generate two Best 20 singles; “Times of Summertime” peaked at amount seven in Sweden, and “Exemption” reached amount 11. Johnsson also documented an award-winning monitor for the Finnish-Chinese film Jadesoturi (Jade Warrior) with Finnish rockers Bleak during this time period.