Astrid Fanny Granström (born 29 July 2001), known professionally as Nova Miller, is a

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singer, song writer,

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and multi-instrumentalist from

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Life and career

Miller was born in

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to a musical family. Her mother, Claudia Müller Granström, is a flutist with a master/diploma from the

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. She was in several music groups since the mid-90s, of which she has toured with

folk rock Folk rock is a hybrid music genre that combines the elements of folk and rock music, which arose in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom in the mid-1960s. In the U.S., folk rock emerged from the folk music revival. Performers suc ...

duo

Nordman Nordman is a Swedish duo founded in 1993, that mixes folk music with rock and pop. This genre is called etnorock or folk rock in Swedish. The group consists of Håkan Hemlin, as singer and frontman, and Mats Wester, who plays the nyckelharpa, as ...

and as part of

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trio Frispel. Her father, Johan Granström, is a

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who has also toured with Nordman and is

bandleader A bandleader is the leader of a music group such as a rock or pop band or jazz quartet. The term is most commonly used with a group that plays popular music as a small combo or a big band, such as one which plays jazz, blues, rhythm and blues or ...

for folk rock group Hej Kalle. Her maternal

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were both

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and her paternal grandfather was also a musician and bandleader. Miller's main instrument, besides her voice, is the

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. She also plays

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and, to a lesser extent,

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and

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. She has described how she loved attending her parents' big shows as a child, recalling one specific occasion when she was allowed to sit with the musicians and watch the show with them. One of her fondest childhood memories involving music is of a little toy violin that belonged to a family member, which would play songs when she pressed the different buttons. She used to pretend that she could play the instrument until she convinced her mother to take her to a proper teacher. Miller began playing the violin at age four and has danced since she was six. In 2010, she wrote her first song and formed a girl band with her friends, in which she sang and played bass. In 2012, she got her first guitar and began dedicating much of her time to songwriting. On 11 March 2013 she performed Christina Aguilera's " Hurt" in Eric Ericsonhallen (the former Skeppsholmen Church), a

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located in central Stockholm. On 30 January 2014 she performed Bachelor Girl's " Buses and Trains" at the "Växjö för Filippinernas barn" benefit concert, held in the Växjö concert hall. About a month later, she performed the same song, but this time accompanied by her father's band Hej Kalle and

Kalle Moraeus Karl Anders "Kalle" Moraeus (born 15 July 1963) is a Swedish musician, actor, composer and television presenter.Kalle Moraeus, official homepage. http://www.kallemoraeus.com/ Moraeus was born in Mora. He is a member of the folk group Orsa Spelmä ...

, on the annual Barncancergalan (the Childhood Cancer Gala) held at Sälens Högfjällshotell. In mid-March 2014, Miller (still using the name Fanny Granström) had qualified for the final round in the Under Fifteen category of Helges Talangjakt, an international music festival held in

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, which helped bring Swedish

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such as

Zara Larsson Zara Maria Larsson (, ; born 16 December 1997) is a Swedish pop singer. In 2008, at the age of 10, she won the second season of the talent show '' Talang'', the Swedish version of the ''Got Talent'' format. Since then she has received recogni ...

and

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to fame at a young age. After her performance of "Buses and Trains" in the final, Miller and was declared winner by the voting jury members. It was around this time in 2014, at age twelve, that she was discovered by British artist, writer and music executive Lolene Rothenberg a
Lasse Kühlers dance school
in Stockholm. Miller was invited to Rothenberg's studio, where she again performed "Buses and Trains," which was her favorite song at the time. She went on to attend Nacka musikklasser and later Maestroskolan, two

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located in Nacka Municipality, near the family home where she grew up. Here, she continued to perfect her guitar playing and five-octave vocal range. In the spring of 2015, 21:12 Entertainment signed Miller to Universal Music. She released her debut track "Supernova" on 12 June 2015. The song reached Spotify's viral chart. The lyrics are about "''shining your brightest in difficult circumstances,''" which speaks to Miller's experiences with bullying at school and online. Miller released an original Christmas single entitled "My Perfect Christmas" on 25 November 2015. The single received highly positive reviews, being named #13 out of 100 Best Christmas songs of all time by the Swedish newspaper

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. On 27 May 2016 Miller released the retro pop track "So Good," inspired by

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's song " I Got You (I Feel Good)," via 21:12 Entertainment Group. The music video was premiered by

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on 27 June of the same year. Nova's second single off her debut EP, "Turn Up The Fire" reached over 11 million views on

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and was nominated for 'Pop Song of the Year' at the 2019 Scandipop Awards. The track debuted on On Air With Ryan Seacrest. In October 2019, she released the single "Do It To Myself." In May 2020, she released "Mi Amor." She released "Girls Like Us," an EP titled ''The Passion,'' and two Christmas songs titled "Red Dress," and "Only When It Snows" in September, October, November and December of 2020, respectively. In August 2021, Nova released the single "Apricot Skies," featuring

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, as the lead single for her upcoming EP titled ''Sting''. In November, she released the single "Done". In January 2022 she released the first single of the year, titled "Cold Feet".

Influences

Miller draws inspiration from artists such as Charlie Puth,

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, Bruno Mars, and Christina Aguilera.

Achievements

Awards and nominations

Appearances

In 2018, Nova performed on Grattis Kronprinsessan, an annual live television broadcast where notable Swedish artists perform in celebration of Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden's birthday. Nova has also collaborated with

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on her single "Not Your Number." The campaign was shot by Tim Milgram and features viral dancers

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, Jojo Gomez and Cache Melvin. Miller starred as the lead in the Swedish show ''Svansen i kläm''. Miller also provided the voice of the fourth Power Puff Girl, Bliss, in the Swedish dub for

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Discography

Extended plays

Singles

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) , 6 August 2021 , rowspan="3" {{, Sting , - , "Done" , 12 November 2021 , - , "Cold Feet" , 21 January 2022

Filmography

Television

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Voice over roles

{, class="wikitable sortable , - ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" , Notes , - , 2017 , '' Your Name'' , Mitsuha Miyamizu , Swedish voice , - , 2018 , '' The Powerpuff Girls'' , Bliss (Sv: Blända) , Swedish voice{{Cite web, url=https://twitter.com/NovaMiller/status/1012307693003001856, title=Glada nyheter – En ny Powerpuffpinglorna-special är på gång, där jag gör rösten till Blända!, date=June 28, 2018, publisher=Twitter, author=Nova Miller, access-date=March 19, 2021

References

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External links

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