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. Her official website and her label Bonnier confirmed that ''The Queen'' would be released on March 18, 2009. The album features fourteen tracks including the singles "Fix Me", "Chemistry", "Déjà Vu", "Take My Body Close" and "

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Track listing

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) – 2:56 #"Chemistry" (Niklas Pettersson, Tony Marty) – 2:59 #"Take My Body Close" (Mathias Kallenberger, Andreas Berlin) – 3:33 #"Sound of Music" (Anton Malmberg Hard, F. Persson, S. Engblom) – 3:17 #"Radio Star" (

) – 3:03 #"My Rhythm" (Pettersson, M. Albertsson) – 3:35 #"Play" (Pettersson, Albertsson) – 4:10 #"Come into the Night" (Kallenberger, Berlin) – 3:27 #"Déjà Vu" (J. Persson, N. Molinder, P. Ankarberg, N. Valsamidis,

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, F. Larsson) – 3:05 #"Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" (M. Ure, B. Currie, W. Cann, C. Allen) – 3:23 #"Fix Me" (Pettersson) – 3:05 #"My Destiny" (Kallenberger, Berlin) – 4:00 #"The Queen" emix(

, Henrik Janson) – 3:38 #"Chemistry" igital Dog Remix(Pettersson, Marty) – 6:14

Personnel

*Andreas Berlin –

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, mixing,

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*Anton Malmberg Hard – production, mixing *Fredrik Larson – production *Henke Jonsson – mastering * Jenny Petersson –

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*Johan Bejerholm – mixing *Mathias Kallenberger – production, mixing *Nicholas Mace – production, programming,

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*Niklas Pettersson – production, mixing *Niko Valsamidis – production *Nathalie Berzelius – hair and make up *Robert Uhlmann – production *Stephen Cornish – production, programming, remixing, keyboard *

– production, remixing *

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– production,

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, mixing

Charts

''The Queen'' debuted on the Swedish Albums Chart at number 44, skipped a week, and then returned to the chart at number 53. After a two-week absence, the album returned at number 33, creating a new peak. It also charted in Norway where it entered the charts at number 40 before moving up to 34 and then 20.

Singles

References

External links

Official Website
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