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Aleena Gibson (''Anna-Lena Högdahl''), is a
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living in
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. Her credits include
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.Aleena Gibson
Allmusic, retrieved on March 19, 2019 She performed in
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singing her song Better Believe It and finished 6th in the first semi final. Stefan Andersson and Aleena Gibson finished 5th in the first semi final of
Melodifestivalen 2007 Melodifestivalen 2007 was the selection for the 47th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 46th time that this system of picking a song has been used. Five heats took place to select the ten songs for the final, in J ...
. In late 2007 it was revealed that Aleena had written a song that would be performed in
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. Aleena Gibson now sings with Swedish progressive rock band
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Entries in national Eurovision pre-selections

*"Anropar Försvunnen" by
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( Sweden 2015), 6th place *"Dark Water" by Olga Lounová ( Czech Republic 2020), 6th place *"Lessons of Love" by
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( Australia 2020), 3rd place


Discography

Album *''(2005) Aleenas Café'' Singles *''(2003) Butt naked'' *''(2003) Better believe it'' *''(2004) Me & Tommy'' *''(2005) Hey now!'' *''(2005) Modern Times''


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External links

*https://web.archive.org/web/20110203022521/http://aleenagibson.com/ *https://web.archive.org/web/20070206155017/http://www.expressen.se/index.jsp?a=862625 *http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/7484?PHPSESSID=34e14c1136b91742e6d5c2afb15a829e {{DEFAULTSORT:Gibson, Aleena 1968 births Melodifestivalen contestants Swedish women singers Swedish songwriters Living people Kaipa members