Malin Dinah Sundström (born 23 August 1980), better known by her stage name Dinah Nah, is a

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singer. She began her career in 1998, as a member of the pop group

Caramell Caramell was a Swedish music group, formed by singers Katia Löfgren and Malin Sundström, and producers Jorge "Vasco" Vasconcelo and Juha "Millboy" Myllylä. They are best known for their 2001 single "Caramelldansen." The group released two a ...

, best known for their 2001 song "

Caramelldansen "Caramelldansen" (Swedish for "''The Caramell dance''") is the first track from Swedish music group Caramell's second and final album ''Supergott'' released on November 16, 2001. It became a viral internet meme in the mid-2000s where a sped-up ...

" which became an internet meme. Nah later launched a solo career in 2015, placing twelfth in

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with the song " Make Me (La La La)", which became a top ten hit in Sweden. She also competed in

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with the song " One More Night", failing to qualify from the first semi-final.

Life and career

Early life and Caramell

Dinah Nah was born as Malin Dinah Sundström and grew up in the

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district of

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, Sweden. She is a licensed skin therapist and nurse. During the 1990s, she was a member of the pop group

, until the group disbanded in 2002.

Solo career

Dinah Nah launched her solo career when

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approached her to sing the song "Make Me (La La La)" in

. She participated in the fourth semi-final, placing fourth and qualifying to andra chansen. She qualified through to the final through

andra chansen Melodifestivalen (; literally "the Melody Festival") is an annual song competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television (SVT) and Sveriges Radio (SR). It determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song C ...

, and placed last out of twelve. She subsequently released the song "Taste Your Love". She competed in

with the song " One More Night". She participated in the first semi-final held on 4 February 2017, placing fifth and didn't qualify to the finals.

Gallery

File:Malin Sundström "Hallow'een Happening" Café Opera 1998.jpg, Nah attending the annual Hallow'een Happening at

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, 1998 File:Dinah Nah 2015 1256.jpg, Nah performing at

File:Kjell Lönnå and Dinah Nah in 2015.jpg, Nah with composer and choir leader Kjell Lönnå, 2015 File:Dinah Nah, Melodifestivalen 2017, Göteborg 17.jpg, Nah performing at

File:ColognePride 2019-Sonntag-Hauptbühne-2038-Haddaway und Dinah Nah--9123.jpg, Nah and

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performing at

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, 2019

Discography

Singles

References

External links

Swedish pop singers Swedish dance musicians Singers from Stockholm English-language singers from Sweden Living people 1980 births 21st-century Swedish singers 21st-century Swedish women singers Melodifestivalen contestants of 2017 Melodifestivalen contestants of 2015 {{Sweden-singer-stub