Jennie Helena Abrahamson (born May 28, 1978, in Sävar) is a Swedish pop singer and songwriter. Born near the northern Swedish city of Umeå, she now lives in

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's Södermalm district.

Career

After initially playing in various bands and collaborating with changing other artists, she launched a solo career in Sweden in 2006. Supported by her friends Friska Viljor and

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, Abrahamson founded her own record label in 2007. She also runs a recording studio in Stockholm with her longtime partner Johannes Berglund. She is often critical of the adversities of the music business. She originally studied psychology and was considering returning to this field when she received the request to go on tour with

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. She toured with Peter Gabriel on his '' Back to Front''-'' So'' tour in 2013 and 2014 together with

Linnea Olsson Linnea Olsson is a Swedish singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, best known and acclaimed as a cellist. A former member of the band Isildurs Bane, she released her first album, ''Ah!'', in 2012, followed by a second album ''Breaking and ...

. Both replaced the ill

and her band as support act. Linnea Olsson also replaced Ane Brun as a background singer, together with Jennie Abrahamson, at the concerts in North America and Europe. During this tour, she also took over Kate Bush's vocal parts on the songs '' No Self Control'' and ''

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''. She appears on

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on Peter Gabriel's tenth album i/o.

Discography

Since 2006 Abrahamson has recorded six solo albums, from which some single releases were successful in Sweden, Germany and France.

Albums

* ''Lights'' (2007) * ''While the Sun's Still Up and the Sky Is Bright'' (2009) * ''The Sound of Your Beating Heart'' (2011) * ''Gemini Gemini'' (2014) * ''Reverseries'' (2017) * ''Kärlek & Makt'' (2023)

Singles

* ''Late Night Show'' (aus ''While the Sun's Still Up and the Sky Is Bright'') (2009) * ''Hard to Come By'' (aus ''The Sound of Your Beating Heart'') (2011) * ''Wolf Hour'' (aus ''The Sound of Your Beating Heart'') (2011) * ''The War'' (2014) * ''Wolf'' (2015) * ''Bloodlines'' (2016) * ''Safe Tonight'' (2017) * ''Anyone Who'' (2017) * ''My Favorite Things'' (2018) * ''Kropp och Liv'' * ''Du kommer aldrig'' (2022) * ''Om du vill gå'' (2023)

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