Wiktoria Johansson

Swedish singer and songwriter
  • pop
  • country pop
  • folk pop
Occupations
  • singer
  • songwriter
Years active2011–present
Musical artist

Wiktoria Vendela Johansson (born 8 November 1996), known mononymously as Wiktoria, is a Swedish singer and songwriter. She first achieved public attention during Melodifestivalen 2016, where she placed fourth.

Life and career

Johansson was born on 8 November 1996 in Brämhult, a suburb of Borås. In 2011, she participated in Lilla Melodifestivalen and placed fourth with the self-penned song "Jag behöver dig".[1] On 30 November 2015, Johansson was announced as one of the 28 participants in Melodifestivalen 2016 with the song "Save Me".[2] She performed last in the second semi-final held on 13 February 2016, and qualified directly to the final.[3] In the final, Johansson placed fourth with the juries, second with the Swedish public, and fourth overall.[4] Johansson also voiced Moana in the Swedish dub of the 2016 film Moana.

She competed in Melodifestivalen 2017 with the song "As I Lay Me Down", qualifying once again directly to the final, where she finished sixth overall; eight with the juries, and second with the public.[5] She was the Swedish spokesperson in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017,[6] and toured with the Diggiloo Tour (in Swedish: Diggilooturnén), during the summer. She participated in Stjärnornas stjärna broadcast on TV4 in 2018, where she finished in fifth place out of eight contestants. She participated in Melodifestivalen 2019 with the song "Not with Me", qualifying directly to the final for the third time, where she finished sixth overall; sixth with the juries and eighth with the public.[7]

On 30 April 2021, Wiktoria released "Need You to Know" and announced the forthcoming released of her debut album, which was released in June 2021.[8] She returned to Melodifestivalen 2023 with the song "All My Life (Where Have You Been)" but fell within her heat, finishing fifth out of seven.

Discography

Studio albums

List of studio albums
Title Album details
Exposed
  • Released: 11 June 2021[9]
  • Label: Moon Man, Sony
  • Formats: digital download, streaming

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
SWE
[10][11]
"Jag behöver dig" 2011 — Non-album singles
"Save Me" 2016 3
"Yesterday R.I.P." —
"Unthink You" —
"As I Lay Me Down"[12] 2017 2
  • GLF: 2× Platinum[11]
"I Won't Stand in Your Way"[13] —
"Not Just for Xmas"[14] —
"Perfect Memory"[15] 2018 —
"I Told Santa" 94
"Not with Me" 2019 5
"OMG"[16] —[A]
"We Don't Talk" 2020 — Exposed
"Fuck This Place Up" (with Hayes, featuring Famous Dex)[18] — Non-album single
"Come to Me (64567)"[19] — Exposed
"Me"[20] —
"H2BU" (Hard to Be You)[21] — Non-album singles
"One Wish for Christmas" 76
[22]
"Need You to Know"[23] 2021 — Exposed
"All My Life (Where Have You Been)" 2023 —[B] Non-album single
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Notes

  1. ^ "OMG" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number four on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[17]
  2. ^ "All My Life (Where Have You Been)" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number two on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[24]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2016 Moana Moana Swedish dub
2018 Ralph Breaks the Internet

References

  1. ^ "Melodifestivalaktuella Wiktoria: Jag blev retad i skolan". Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  2. ^ Escudero, Victor M. (30 November 2015). "Sweden: Who will compete in Melodifestivalen 2016?". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  3. ^ Escudero, Victor M. (13 Feb 2016). "Sweden: two more finalists in Melodifestivalen". eurovision.tv. EBU.
  4. ^ Escudero, Victor M. (12 March 2016). "Frans wins Melodifestivalen in Sweden". EBU.
  5. ^ "Sweden:Robin Bengtsson wins Melodifestivalen!". eurovision.tv. 11 March 2017.
  6. ^ Gallagher, Robyn (12 April 2017). "SWEDEN: MÅNS ZELMERLÖW TO CO-PRESENT SWEDISH COMMENTARY IN KYIV, WIKTORIA TO DELIVER POINTS". wiwibloggs.com. Wiwibloggs.
  7. ^ Dahlander, Gustav (27 November 2018). "Artisterna i Melodifestivalen 2019: Hela listan – så blir deltävlingarna". Gustavs expertblogg (in Swedish). SVT. Archived from the original on 27 November 2018. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  8. ^ "Wiktoria släpper powerballaden "Need you to know" och presenterar kommande debutalbum" (Press release) (in Swedish). Sony Music. 30 April 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  9. ^ "Exposed by Wiktoria on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  10. ^ "Wiktoria discography". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  11. ^ a b c d "träffar hittades för sökkriterie: Darin". sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  12. ^ "Veckolista Svenskt Top-20". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  13. ^ "This week's new releases". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  14. ^ "Not Just For Xmas on SPOTIFY". Spotify. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  15. ^ "Perfect Memory on SPOTIFY". Spotify. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  16. ^ "OMG at MIDNIGHT". 23 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019 – via Twitter.
  17. ^ "Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 22". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  18. ^ "Fuck This Place Up". Apple Music. 6 March 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  19. ^ "Come to Me (64567)". Apple Music. 1 May 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  20. ^ "Me". Apple Music. 3 July 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  21. ^ "H2BU". Apple Music. 6 November 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  22. ^ "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 52". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  23. ^ "Need You to Know". Apple Music. 30 April 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  24. ^ "Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 11". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 18 March 2023.

External links

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