Medina Danielle Oona Valbak (born Andrea Fuentealba Valbak; 30 November 1982), known as Medina (; ), was born in Denmark, and is a Danish singer and songwriter. She currently has released one EP, and seven studio albums. She became popular with various singles such as "
Kun for mig
"Kun for mig" (; en, "Just for me") is a song by Danish singer Medina. The song is written by Medina, Jeppe Federspiel and Rasmus Stabell. It was released in 2008 in Denmark by Medina. The song peaked at #1 of the Danish Singles Chart for 7 week ...
" in Scandinavia, and "Addiction" in various European and English-speaking countries. At the 2010 Danish Music Awards, she won female artist of the year, Album of the year, and Songwriter of the year.
Career
2007: ''Tæt på''
She released her first two single's in Denmark titled "Flå" ("Rip") and "Et Øjeblik" ("One Moment") in 2007. This was followed by her debut album, '' Tæt på'' (''Close by'').
2008–2010: ''Welcome to Medina'' and rise to fame
She rose to fame primarily within several countries in Western Europe in 2008 with the release of "Kun for mig" (which was later released in English as "You and I"), the lead single off her second album, ''
Velkommen til Medina
''Velkommen til Medina'' (Danish language, Danish for "Welcome to Medina") is the second studio album by the Danish people, Danish pop singer Medina (singer), Medina. It was produced by Providers and Motrack, and released on 31 August 2009 in D ...
'' (''Welcome to Medina''). The single spent six weeks at number one on the
Danish Singles Chart
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, eventually reaching triple-platinum status. The second single off the same album, "
Velkommen til Medina
''Velkommen til Medina'' (Danish language, Danish for "Welcome to Medina") is the second studio album by the Danish people, Danish pop singer Medina (singer), Medina. It was produced by Providers and Motrack, and released on 31 August 2009 in D ...
" also charted number one in Denmark which spent five weeks at the top of the singles chart and reached a platinum status there. Medina's third and fourth single, "Ensom" ("Lonely") and "Vi to" ("The two of us") peaked at number two in Denmark, and they both earned her a platinum-award.
In September 2009, Medina released an English-language version of "Kun for mig", titled '' You and I'', in the UK, Germany, Austria and Switzerland. This version reached thirty-nine on the
UK Singles Chart
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and entered the top-ten on the German Singles Chart.
In 2009, two collaborative singles of Medina have also reached the top of the Danish charts. First is "100 dage" by Medina and
Thomas Helmig
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Biography
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Burhan G
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featuring Medina.
Awards won by Medina include ''Best Danish Act'' at the
2009
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Danish Music Awards
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, she was awarded Danish Female Artist of the Year, Danish Album of the Year (Velkommen til Medina), New Danish Name of the Year, Danish Hit of the Year (Vi to), Danish Songwriter of the Year (together with
Velkommen til Medina
''Velkommen til Medina'' (Danish language, Danish for "Welcome to Medina") is the second studio album by the Danish people, Danish pop singer Medina (singer), Medina. It was produced by Providers and Motrack, and released on 31 August 2009 in D ...
'' (2009)
* ''
For altid
"For altid" is a song by Danish singer Medina from her third studio album '' For altid''. It was released as the lead single from the album on 30 May 2011. "For altid" peaked at number one in Denmark, becoming Medina's sixth number-one single.
T ...
'' (2011)
* ''Grim'' (2018)
English studio albums
* ''
Welcome to Medina
''Welcome to Medina'' is the international debut studio album by Danish-Chilean electropop singer Medina. It was released on 23 July 2010 in Germany, Switzerland and Austria and 26 July 2010 in Denmark The album was preceded by the release of the l ...
'' (2010)
* ''
Forever
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'' (2012)
* '' We Survive'' (2016)
Bilingual studio albums
* ''Untitled Album'' (2021)
EP's
* '' Arrogant EP'' (2014)
Personal life
Medina's father is Chilean, her mother is a Dane that grew up in Malaysia. She changed her name in 2005 to Medina Danielle Oona Valbak after visiting a
numerologist
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. The name "Medina" is not a reference to the Saudi Arabian city of
Medina
Medina,, ', "the radiant city"; or , ', (), "the city" officially Al Madinah Al Munawwarah (, , Turkish: Medine-i Münevvere) and also commonly simplified as Madīnah or Madinah (, ), is the Holiest sites in Islam, second-holiest city in Islam, ...
, rather it is a common name in Chile.
In 2007 she was in a relationship with Samir Soud. The coupled had planned to get married, but they broke up in the wake of the success of Medina's first album. Shortly after that she had a relationship with dancer Mathias Arvedsen until 2011. She has also dated Danish singer
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. From 2012 to 2014 she dated and lived with Danish singer
Christopher
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, As of 2014 she was in a relationship with model Mikkel Gregers Jensen; they broke up in 2015.
Medina was confirmed in August 2020 to be expecting her first child with husband Malo Chapsal. Medina announced on Instagram in December 2021, that she is expecting her second child with Malo Chapsal, expected to arrive in June 2022.
During the
COVID-19 pandemic
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story
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* Story (American English), or storey (British ...
on her
Instagram
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profile in December 2021 which said: "Sick how there are no limits to how much you can lie and misinform people!!!!".