''Yours Sincerely'' is the debut studio album by
Anna Bergendahl
Anna Henrietta Bergendahl (born 11 December 1991) is a Swedish singer and songwriter. She took part in Swedish TV4 music program ''Super Troupers'' in 2004, and in ''Idol 2008'' where she reached the Final 5 before being eliminated.
In 2009, Be ...
. It was released on 14 April 2010 and reached the top of the
Swedish Albums Chart
Sverigetopplistan (, lit. "the Sweden top list") is the Swedish national record chart, formerly known as Topplistan (1975–1997) and Hitlistan (1998–2007) and known by its current name since October 2007, based on sales data from the Swedish R ...
on 23 April 2010.
''Yours Sincerely'' album page on SwedishCharts.com website
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Singles
The lead single from the album," This is My Life", was released on 28 February 2010. Anna Bergendahl performed the song in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010
The Eurovision Song Contest 2010 was the 55th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Oslo, Norway, following the country's victory at the with the song "Fairytale (Alexander Rybak song), Fairytale" by Alexander Rybak. Organise ...
representing Sweden, she failed to qualify for the final scored 62 points and finished 11th. "The Army" was released as the second single from the album on 31 August 2010.
Critical reception
Jon O'Brien from AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databas ...
rated the album 4.5 stars out of 5 and wrote, "Her uptempo tracks, then, are infinitely far more appealing than her slower numbers, but she possesses the kind of voice that's just aching for a heartfelt love song that would make her ''Eurovision
The Eurovision Song Contest (), sometimes abbreviated to ESC and often known simply as Eurovision, is an international songwriting competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), featuring participants representing pr ...
'' disaster a distant memory. With ''Yours Sincerely'', Bergendahl doesn't score on that front, but there's enough potential here to suggest that in the future she will."
Track listing
All tracks are produced by Dan Sundquist
Thord Dan Rickard Sundqvist (born September 10, 1958) is a Swedish music producer, songwriter and composer.
He has produced over 70 albums, and his production work has earned him seven Swedish Grammy Awards, among them Producer of The Year, whi ...
, except where noted.
Credits
All credits adapted from AllMusic.[
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Personnel
;Vocal credits
*Anna Bergendahl - lead vocals
*Sara Borch - background vocals
*Emma-Lisa Norrhamn - background vocals
*Dan Sundquist - background vocals
;Managerial and creative credits
*Magdalena Erixon - hair stylist, make-up
*Fredrik Järnberg - coordination
*Maria Molin Ljunggren - executive producer
;Technical credits
*Erik Arvinder
Erik Arvinder (born 1984) is a Swedish violinist, multi-instrumentalist, arranger, orchestrator and conductor known for his work with artists such as Avicii, Childish Gambino, John Legend, Galantis and deadmau5.
Early life and influences
A ...
- string arrangements, strings, violin
*Daniel Blendulf - cello
*Josef Cabrales-Alin - violin
*Mohammad Denebi - composer, dobro, guitar, producer, soloist, vocal recording
*Björn Djupström - composer
*Kristina Ebbersten - violin
*Björn Engelmann - mastering
*Brandur Enni - primary artist
*Jakob Erixson - guitar (electric)
*Andreas Forsman - violin
*Pär Grebacken - clarinet, reeds
*Pelle Hansen - cello
*Bonnie Hayes - composer
*Erik Holm - viola
*Gudmund Ingvall - cello
*Christer Jansson - drums
*Karl-Ola S. Kjellholm - guitar (acoustic)
*Julia-Maria Kretz - violin
*Kristian Lagerström - composer
*Anna Larsson - violin
*Erik Liljenberg - violin
*Conny Lindgren - violin
*Pår Lindqvist - viola
*Bobby Ljunggren - composer
*Tomas Lundström - cello
*Johan Lyander- composer
*Peter Lysell - double bass
*Ylva Magnusson - violin
*Mira Malik - violin
*Daniel Migdal - violin
*Erik Mjörnell - guitar
*Emma-Lisa Norrhamn - clapping
*Christopher Öhman - viola
*Danijel Petrovic - double bass
*Andrej Power - violin
*Riikka Repo - viola
*Aleksander Sätterström - violin
*Mikael Sjögren - viola
*Johanna Sjunnesson - cello
*Torun Saeter Stavseng - cello
*Martin Stensson - violin
*Dan Sundquist - arranger, bass, clapping, composer, engineer, guitar, instrumentation, keyboards, mandoline, producer, programming, soloist, string arrangements
*Jonatan Ljungh Sundquist - clapping
*Christian Svarfvar - violin
*Patrik Swedrup - violin
*Fredrik Syberg - violin
*Paul Waltman - violin
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
Release history
References
2010 debut albums
Anna Bergendahl albums
Universal Music Group albums
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