Jasmine Karolina Kara Khatib-Nia (born 23 June 1988), known by her stage name Jasmine Kara, is a Swedish-Iranian singer, songwriter, and author. Her breakthrough came in the summer of 2010, when she sang in

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and at a concert held in connection with the

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. Since then, she has been in many Swedish music TV shows such as Let's Dance on TV4,

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, Moraeus Med Mera. and has toured in Sweden, Japan, UK and the United States. In the Persian music industry, she has appeared in TV shows like Sina Valiollah Show, Shabe Jomeh, Chaharshanbe Suri (Eldfesten) for Manoto TV and

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. She has also had success as a songwriter, wth two number one albums on the world charts, one on iTunes ( Kick Back by WayV) and a Billboard number one with the song

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on the album SuperOne by SuperM.

Biography

Jasmine Kara was born and raised in

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, Sweden, to a Swedish mother and an Iranian father. At an early age, she realised music was her big interest and she participated in numerous local talent shows. During her late teens, she was in an abusive relationship and it was at that time that she used music to feel better again. Jasmine Kara has released the biographic book '' Hälsa Henne Att Hon Ska Dö'' (en: ''Tell Her She's Dead''), in which she talks about her abusive relationship and her childhood. At the age of eighteen, Jasmine Kara moved to

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, United States to fulfill her dream of signing a record deal. She succeeded in getting gigs in

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and on

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. She sang in front of

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and

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when they visited a club where she was performing. In the end, a newly established record label, the Tri-Sound owned by

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, signed Kara. Marshall Chess later became the executive producer for Kara's first music album ''Blues Ain't Nothing But A Good Woman Gone Bad'', which was released on 28 July 2010 and was recorded at Cosmos Studios in

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. In 2012 the same album was also released in Japan and got attention. Songs from the album were radiolisted on J -Wave, Tokyo FM and on Tokyo Hot 100 list. The album “Blues Aint Nothing But A Good Woman Gone Bad” was released in the UK in March 2010 and the single “In the Basement” was placed number one on iTunes blues list. Several of Jasmine's songs were playlisted on BBC and she performed live in UK radio shows such as Robert Elms Show, Sir Terry Wogan's show

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, and Chris Evans breakfast show. The single “Try my Love Again” was featured in the clothing company M&Co ‘s TV commercial that was aired in Ireland, Wales and the UK. In 2010, Jasmine Kara became known to the Swedish audience when she participated in ''

'' on

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(SVT), and she also participated as a celebrity contestant on ''

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'' on

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in 2011 In 2013 Kara performed at ''

''. Kara competed as a celebrity dancer in ''

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'' partnering with professional dancer Stefano Oradei. She was eliminated on 4 April 2014 after her fifth appearance and performance on the show. Kara participated in

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with the song "

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". The song reached number 57 on Sverigetopplistan, but she was eliminated in the third semi-final. She began singing in

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for the first time on Eldfesten (Chaharshanbe Suri) in 2018 and it was televised on Manoto TV and SVT. Since then she has done many more performances for the Iranian audience, like Sina Valiollah show, Shabe Jomeh and Echo on Manoto TV and has released three songs in Persian: ''Lab-khand'' (Smile), ''Bord-i az Yaad-am'' (you've forgotten me) and ''Miresim be Asemoon-ha'' (we'll reach the skies) feat. Rana Farhan.

Discography

Studio albums

EPs

Singles

As lead artist

Other Songwriting Credits

Bibliography

*2010: ''Hälsa Henne Att Hon Ska Dö'' (autobiography)

References

External links

Official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kara, Jasmine 1988 births People from Örebro Living people Swedish people of Iranian descent Swedish songwriters English-language singers from Sweden Swedish soul singers 20th-century Swedish women singers 21st-century Swedish women singers Melodifestivalen contestants of 2017