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Melissa Horn - Wikipedia

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Melissa Horn

Background information
Birth name	Astrid Melissa Edwarda Horn Weitzberg
Born	(1987-04-08) 8 April 1987 (age 37)
Origin	Östermalm, Stockholm, Sweden
Genres	Pop, acoustic
Occupation	Singer-songwriter
Instrument	Vocals
Years active	2007–present
Labels	Sony BMG

Website	melissahorn.se

Astrid Melissa Edwarda Horn Weitzberg (born 8 April 1987), known as Melissa Horn, is a Swedish pop artist. She is the daughter of singer Maritza Horn.

Biography

She was born to singer Maritza Horn (born 1951), and Edvard Terrence Weitzberg (born 1955) in an area in Södermalm, near Stockholm. She has five siblings, all boys. Her parents got her a guitar when she turned 16 and not long afterwards she wrote her first song. She took vocal courses and then got hold of a producer and eventually got a record contract before she finished high school. In 2010, she started a company called Edward AB.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Melissa Horn's debut album Långa nätter was released on 30 April 2008 followed by Säg ingenting till mig on 14 October 2009. This record eventually went gold, exposing her to a larger audience; she was nominated for Gramiss (Swedish equivalent of the Grammy Awards) in the categories Artist of the Year, Composer of the Year and Lyricist of the Year.^[1] A sequel to that album Innan jag kände dig was launched on 16 September 2011 and topped the Swedish Album Charts within its first week of release. She promoted it with a tour in Norway, Denmark and Sweden. Her fourth album Om du vill vara med mig was released on 2 October 2013 and her fifth album entitled Jag går nu came out on 27 November 2015. All her releases are in Swedish.

Horn also sang "Kungsholmens hamn" in a memorial ceremony for the victims of the 2011 Norway attacks in Utøya and Oslo.^[2]^[3]

After 4 years of hiatus since her last release, Melissa Horn released a new album Konstgjord andning on 13 September 2019. She is collaborating with singer Kaah and singer White Collar.

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions
Title	Details	SWE ^[4]	NOR ^[5]	DEN ^[6]
Långa nätter	Released: 30 April 2008 Label: Sony Music/Arista Format: CD, Digital download	7	—	—
Säg ingenting till mig	Released: 14 October 2009 Label: Sony Music Format: CD, digital download	4	2	15
Innan jag kände dig	Released: 14 September 2011 Label: Sony Music/Svedala Format: CD, digital download	1	3	26
Om du vill vara med mig	Released: 2 October 2013 Label: Sony Music/Svedala Format: CD, digital download	2	1	—
Jag går nu	Released: 27 November 2015 Label: Sony Music Format: CD, LP,^[7] digital download	4	9	—
Konstgjord andning	Released: 13 September 2019 Label: Sony Music Format: CD, LP, digital download, streaming	4	35	—
Den jag kunde blivit – Den jag blev	Released: 6 September 2024 Label: Sony Music Format: CD, LP, digital download, streaming	6 ^[8]	—	—

EPs

Title	Details	Peak chart positions
Title	Details	SWE ^[9]
Så mycket bättre 2021 – Tolkningarna	Released: 18 December 2021 Label: Sony Music Format: Digital download	3

Singles

Year	Title	Peak chart positions		Album
Year	Title	SWE ^[4]	NOR ^[5]	Album
2007	"Långa nätter"	—	—	Långa nätter
2007	"Kungsholmens Hamn"	—	3
2008	"En famn för mig"	—	—
2008	"Som jag hade dig förut" (with Lars Winnerbäck)	58	—
2009	"Lät du henne komma närmre"	20	—	Säg ingenting till mig
2009	"Jag kan inte skilja på"	52	—
2010	"Falla fritt"	—	—
2011	"Innan jag kände dig"	—	—	Innan jag kände dig
	"Under löven"	40	—
	"Jag saknar dig mindre och mindre"	35	—
2013	"Om du vill vara med mig"	52	—	Om du vill vara med mig
2015	"Du går nu"	52	—	Jag går nu
2015	"Jag har gjort det igen"^[10]	—	—	Jag går nu
2019	"Du brukade kalla mig för baby" (featuring Kaah)	—^[A]	—	Konstgjord andning
2019	"För varje gång"	—^[B]	—	Konstgjord andning
2021	"Lämna honom"	3 ^[13]	—	Så mycket bättre
	"Aldrig vågat"	18 ^[13]	—
	"Lova ingenting"	42 ^[14]	—
	"Dum av dig"^[15]	48 ^[16]	—
	"Parklands"	56 ^[17]	—
	"Älska mig"^[18]	92 ^[19]	—
2024	"Säg förlåt"	69 ^[20]	—	Den jag kunde blivit – Den jag blev
	"Varför slutar allt i tårar"	—^[C]	—
	"Hejdå för alltid"	—^[D]	—
	"Den jag kunde blivit – Den jag blev"	75 ^[23]	—

Notes

^ "Du brukade kalla mig för baby" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number six on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.^[11]
^ "För varje gång" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number three on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.^[12]
^ "Varför slutar allt i tårar" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number 11 on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.^[21]
^ "Hejdå för alltid" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number three on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.^[22]

References

^ "Här är årets vinnare på Grammisgalan". Aftonbladet. 14 February 2012. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
^ Victoria i svart vid minnesceremoni i Oslo, Svensk Damtidning, 21 August 2011
^ "Melissa Horn - Kungsholmens hamn (Live Minnesceremoni Oslo 2011)". Retrieved 19 December 2021 – via www.youtube.com.
^ ^a ^b "Swedish Charts > Melissa Horn". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
^ ^a ^b "VG-lista – Melissa Horn". Archived from the original on 11 November 2014.
^ "Danish Charts > Melissa Horn". danishcharts.dk.
^ "Shop". Retrieved 19 December 2021.
^ "Veckolista Album, vecka 37, 2024". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
^ "Veckolista Album, vecka 1" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
^ "En vecka kvar..." 20 November 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
^ "Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 15". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
^ "Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 38". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 46". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^ "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 48". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
^ "Dum av dig – Single by Melissa Horn on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
^ "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 49". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
^ "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 50". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
^ "Älska mig – Single by Melissa Horn on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
^ "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 1". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
^ "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 11, 2024". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
^ "Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 23, 2024". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
^ "Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 34, 2024". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
^ "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 37, 2024". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 13 September 2024.

External links

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Official website
Interview with Melissa Horn (in Swedish)

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