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Cookies 'N' Beans are a Swedish
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group consisting of
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, Linda Ström and Charlotte Centervall. The girls started the group in 2003 and in 2007 the group released their first cover album ''Tales from a Trailor Trash Soul''. They participated in
Melodifestivalen 2009 2009 was the 49th edition of the Swedish music competition , which was organised by (SVT) and took place over a six-week period between 7 February and 14 March 2009. The winner of the competition was Malena Ernman with the song "La Voix (song), ...
, the Swedish national selection for the
Eurovision Song Contest 2009 The Eurovision Song Contest 2009 was the 54th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Moscow, Russia, following the country's victory at the with the song "Believe (Dima Bilan song), Believe" by Dima Bilan. Organised by the Eu ...
in Russia, with the song "
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", and again in
Melodifestivalen 2013 Melodifestivalen 2013 was the Swedish music competition that selected the 53rd Swedish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2013. Robin Stjernberg's song "You" won the final, and became the first Second Chance song to win the Melodifestivalen f ...
for the
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in
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, with their song "Burning Flags". The group's fourth album, ''The First Steps'', was released on 13 March 2013."Så ska Cookies N Beans slippa en ny femteplats i Melodifestivalen" (language - Swedish
. SVT, 2 February 2013
The group has also appeared on several Swedish television shows such as ''
Allsång på Skansen ''Allsång på Skansen'' (''Sing-along at Skansen'') is a Sweden, Swedish show held at Skansen, Stockholm, every summer on Tuesdays between 8pm and 9pm. The audience is encouraged to sing-along, sing along with musical guest stars to well-known ...
'' and ''
Lotta på Liseberg Lotta på Liseberg (''Lotta at Liseberg''), also called Allsång på Liseberg (''Sing-along at Liseberg''), is a Swedish sing-along show held at ''Stora scenen'' at the amusement park Liseberg in Gothenburg every Monday evening during the summers ...
'' singing their songs after appearing in Melodifestivalen the first time in 2009.


Early career

They started the group in 2003 and in 2007 the group released their first cover album ''Tales from a Trailor Trash Soul'' which consisted of the group's favourite country music songs. In 2008 Cookies 'N' Beans won the Swedish country music championship in the genre "Alternative country". Later in 2008 they appeared on the tribute album of
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, ''Cohen – the Scandinavian Report'' with the song "
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".


Melodifestivalen

The group participated in
Melodifestivalen 2009 2009 was the 49th edition of the Swedish music competition , which was organised by (SVT) and took place over a six-week period between 7 February and 14 March 2009. The winner of the competition was Malena Ernman with the song "La Voix (song), ...
, the Swedish national selection for the
Eurovision Song Contest 2009 The Eurovision Song Contest 2009 was the 54th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Moscow, Russia, following the country's victory at the with the song "Believe (Dima Bilan song), Believe" by Dima Bilan. Organised by the Eu ...
held in Russia, with the song "What If", written by
Amir Aly Amir Aly (born 21 July 1976) is a Swedish songwriter and record producer. He has worked with some of the foremost artists in Sweden, including Jill Johnson, Elena Paparizou, Danny Saucedo, Robin Stjernberg, Sanna Nielsen and Shirley Clamp. Aly h ...
, Robin Abrahamsson and Maciel Numhauser. They sang in the second semifinal in
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on 14 February and placed fifth, not progressing to the Melodifestivalen final in Globen, Stockholm. They also participated in
Melodifestivalen 2013 Melodifestivalen 2013 was the Swedish music competition that selected the 53rd Swedish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2013. Robin Stjernberg's song "You" won the final, and became the first Second Chance song to win the Melodifestivalen f ...
for the
Eurovision Song Contest 2013 The Eurovision Song Contest 2013 was the 58th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Malmö, Sweden, following the country's victory at the with the song "Euphoria (Loreen song), Euphoria" by Loreen. Organised by the Europea ...
held in
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, with their song "Burning Flags" written by
Fredrik Kempe Fredrik Kempe (born 29 April 1972) is a Swedish songwriter and opera and pop singer, who was born in Vårgårda. He has participated in Swedish versions of the musicals ''Les Misérables'' and ''Chess''. In 2002, Kempe had a hit with ''Vincerò' ...
. They sang the song in the first semifinal in Karlskrona on 2 February and got enough votes to progress to the "Second chance" round of the competition. "Cookies N Beans – Burning Flags"
( language - Swedish)
During the "Second chance" round they ended up in seventh place, yet again failing to make it to the Melodifestivalen final.


Other work

On 9 March 2010, Cookies 'N' Beans all appeared in the singing television show ''
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'' on SVT. And on 24 March the same year the group released their second music album, ''Beg, Borrow and Steal''. In 2012 the group released their third album, ''Go Tell The World''. The group's fourth album, ''The First Steps'', was released on 13 March 2013. Cookies 'N' Beans in 2010 appeared on ''
Lotta på Liseberg Lotta på Liseberg (''Lotta at Liseberg''), also called Allsång på Liseberg (''Sing-along at Liseberg''), is a Swedish sing-along show held at ''Stora scenen'' at the amusement park Liseberg in Gothenburg every Monday evening during the summers ...
'', broadcast on TV4. In 2012 the band appeared on ''
Allsång på Skansen ''Allsång på Skansen'' (''Sing-along at Skansen'') is a Sweden, Swedish show held at Skansen, Stockholm, every summer on Tuesdays between 8pm and 9pm. The audience is encouraged to sing-along, sing along with musical guest stars to well-known ...
'' on SVT.Höjdpunkterna från veckans Allsång på Skansen
. SVT.se (language - Swedish)


Discography


Albums

*2007 – '' Tales from a Trailor Trash Soul'' *2010 – '' Beg, Borrow and Steal'' *2012 – '' Go Tell the World'' *2013 – '' The First Steps''


Singles

*2009 - "
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" *2010 - "First We Take Manhattan" *2013 - " Burning Flags"


References


External links

*
Official website
{{Authority control Swedish country music groups Musical groups established in 2003