Janice Deborah Kavander Kamya (born 29 September 1994) mostly known as Janice, is a Swedish singer.

Music career

Born to a

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mother (born in Helsinki, to a half-Finnish and half-Dutch family), Janice started studying at at the age of eleven and then went to high school at

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, where she specialized in dancing. She has been a member of the Tensta Gospel Choir since 2009. She got her breakthrough in music in 2016, when she released the single "Don't Need To", which she also co-wrote. The song was aired a lot on

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, and in 2017 she was named Breakthrough Artist of the Year by ''

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'' culture section. She next released the songs "Answer" and "Love You Like I Should", and in the summer of 2017 she participated in the SVT show ''

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''. Later in 2017, she released the singles ''I Got You'', ''Black Lies'', and ''Queen''. Janice performed the

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on 10 and 11 November 2017 at

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, when

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met each other in a game for the 2017 NHL Global Series. At the same event she performed the national anthem of Canada. Janice sang at the final of the SVT show ''

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'' for the 2018 season. She also performed her single "Queen" at the P3 Guld gala, which was broadcast both on Sveriges Radio and SVT. On

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on 8 March 2019, Janice helped the organization Red Cross to raise awareness of women who live in areas of war and conflict in the world. Janice ended 2018 by performing at

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on TV4 for the bingo show's Christmas special on 23 December. In 2019, Janice, along with

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and Molly Hammar, performed at the Swedish Grammis gala. Janice has a cameo in the film ''Eld & Lågor'', where she performs the

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song "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!". On 17 May 2019, she released the single "Hearts Will Bleed", and on 14 June the song "Kisses at Nighttime". Her album ''I Don't Know A Thing About Love'' was released on 30 August. She played the character Bobbi T in the series ''

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DiscographyDiskografi Janice
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Album

Singles

References

External links