Sichelle Mcmeo Aksum (born 14 May 1988), better known by her stage name Sichelle, is a

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- Grenadian singer. She has released four singles: ''Fuck deg'', ''Min'', ''Freaky'', and ''Kun for meg''. Her debut album was produced by David Eriksen, and was released in 2008.

Background

Sichelle has a Grenadian father and a Norwegian mother. She was born and grew up in

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, but now lives on Hasle. Sichelle attended Elvebakken videregående skole.

Career

Sichelle became well known when she was selected by David Eriksen to sing ''Fuck deg''. It was originally a Danish song performed by Anna David (who also sings the German and English translations), translated into Norwegian by Kai Lofthus. ''Fuck deg'' was number 1 on

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for three weeks, and stayed in the chart for 19 weeks. The single was awarded platinum with more than 10,000 copies sold, and was nominated for Hit of the Year ( no, Årets hit) in

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2008. In October 2007 Sichelle was a guest on

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's ''Rikets Røst'' (The Kingdom's Voice), where

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parodied the song. His version had been aimed at the Minister of Cultural Affairs

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, and it got Giske to promise a Sputnik scholarship. In 2008 her next single, ''Min'', was released, followed in the summer by her third single, ''Freaky'', a 1980s inspired summer tune with a music video in the same genre. Sichelle participated in

Melodi Grand Prix 2009 Norway participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with the song " Fairytale" written and performed by Alexander Rybak. NRK organised the national final ''Melodi Grand Prix 2009'' in order to select the Norwegian entry for the 2009 contest in ...

in the third semi-final held in

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, where she performed the song ''Left/Right'', and in

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in the first semi-final with the song ''Trenger mer''.

Albums

*Sichelle (2008)

Singles

References

External links

Official Website
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