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Also known as Agnes, Agnes Emilia Carlsson

Swedish singer

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Agnes Carlsson is a Swedish singer and mezzo-soprano vocalist born on March 6, 1988, in Vänersborg. She began her work period in 2005 and is a citizen of Sweden. Her native language is Swedish, which she also speaks and writes. Carlsson is associated with the pop music genre, including dance-pop and electronic styles from the 2000s and 2010s.

Her notable work includes the song "Right Here, Right Now (My Heart Belongs to You)." She has received the Rockbjörnen award. Carlsson’s discography is documented under her name. She has been unmarried partner to Vincent Pontare. Her artistic output is categorized under tags such as pop, dance, and Swedish female vocalists.

Synthesized by Vinony from 29 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, TMDb. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

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Vänersborg, Älvsborgs län, Sweden

Agnes Carlsson is a Swedish recording artist. She rose to fame as the winner of Idol 2005, the second season of the Swedish Idol series.

Known for

  • En kväll för Marie Fredriksson — Self - Artist2020
  • Late Night Concert — Self - Performer2020
  • Moraeus Med Mera — Self - Guest2011
  • Så mycket bättre — Self2010
  • Robins — Self - Guest2006
  • Doobidoo — Self2005
  • Idol — Self - Contestant2004
  • Så ska det låta — Self1997
  • På spåret — Gästartist1987
  • Allsång på Skansen — Self - Guest1979

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
Sweden
Active from
1988
2000s2010sdancedance-popelectronicelectropop

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
538,054
Total plays
9,891,323

Tags

popdanceswedishfemale vocalistsdeek

Agnes Carlsson (credited simply as Agnes), born 6 March 1988 in Vänersborg, is a Swedish pop, R&B and dance singer who rose to fame as the winner of the second series of the Swedish singing competition Idol in 2005. She has since gone on to be one of Sweden's most popular and best-selling female singers, selling over 160,000 albums in her home country alone. In the spring of 2005, a 17-year-old Carlsson auditioned for the second series of phenomenally popular Swedish singing competition Idol i

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Key facts

Born
Agnes Emilia Carlsson , ( 1988-03-06 ) 6 March 1988 (age 38) , Vänersborg , Sweden
Genres
R&B electropop pop dance-pop
Occupations
Singer songwriter
Years active
2005–present
Label
Universal Music
Spouse
Vincent Pontare
Website
Agnes on Facebook

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Agnes
Family name
Carlsson
Gender
female
Citizenship
Sweden
Place of birth
Vänersborg
Occupation
singer
Languages spoken
Swedish
Native language
Swedish
Instrument
mezzo-soprano
Official website
agnescarlsson.se
Image
Agnes Carlsson 2012-06-27 001.jpg
Height
164
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Commons category
Agnes Carlsson
topic's main category
Category:Agnes (singer)
date of birth
1988-03-06
unmarried partner
Vincent Pontare
topic has template
Template:Agnes Carlsson
start of work period
2005-00-00
social media followers
103000
name in native language
Agnes Carlsson
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Encyclopedic overview

Agnes Emilia Carlsson (born 6 March 1988), known mononymously as Agnes, is a Swedish singer. She rose to fame as the winner of Idol 2005, the second season of the Swedish Idol series. She was then signed to Sony Music, through which she released her self-titled debut album, Agnes, and follow-up, Stronger, both of which topped the Swedish Top 60 Albums Chart. In early 2008, it was announced that Agnes had parted ways with her record label, and was now signed to small independent label Roxy Recordings. Released on 28 October 2008, her third album, Dance Love Pop, reached number five in Sweden, 70 in Austria, 38 in France, 45 in Switzerland and 13 in the United Kingdom. With 200,000 albums sold worldwide this is her most successful album, 50,000 albums were sold in France, 40,000 in Sweden. Its first two singles, "On and On" and "Release Me" became international hits, reaching the top-ten in charts worldwide. "Release Me" topped the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs and peaked at three in the United Kingdom, selling over 4 million copies worldwide.

Agnes has cited Stevie Wonder as her inspiration and has often mentioned Whitney Houston and Janet Jackson as her inspiration in music.

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