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Stella Mwangi - Wikipedia

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Stella Mwangi
Stella Mwangi at a video shoot in Nairobi, June 2012
Background information
Birth name	Stella Nyambura Mwangi
Also known as	Stella, STL
Born	(1986-09-01) 1 September 1986 (age 38) Nairobi, Kenya
Origin	Eidsvoll, Norway
Genres	Pop, hip hop, dance, trap, electro house
Occupations	Singer songwriter rapper
Years active	2007 - present
Labels	MTG Mwangi Big City EMI Ubiloud

Website	stellamwangi.com

Stella Nyambura Mwangi (born 1 September 1986)^[1] is a Kenyan-Norwegian singer, rapper, and songwriter.^[2] Her work has been used in films such as American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile and Save the Last Dance 2, and also in TV-series such as CSI: NY, Scrubs and Survival of The Thickest.^[3] In Norway, she won the Melodi Grand Prix 2011, and in that same year represented Norway at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany.

Early and personal life

Stella was born in Murang'a in the Central Province of Kenya in 1986 and spent her first 5 years there before her family moved to Eidsvoll in Norway in 1991.^[4] She started to practice playing music when she was eight years old. She also plays the piano. Her father made sure she and her siblings learned the Gikuyu language and Swahili even far away from home. He used cultural music and poetry to teach them the languages and this inspired Stella's music and her connection to the Kenyan culture.^[5]

Mwangi's father was killed in a hit-and-run accident in February 2012.^[6]

Eurovision Song Contest 2011

In 2011, Mwangi participated in the Norwegian national selection Melodi Grand Prix 2011 to represent Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011, which was held in Düsseldorf, Germany. On 12 February 2011, Mwangi emerged as the winner.

On 10 May, she represented Norway at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Haba Haba"^[7] but failed to qualify for the Eurovision final, despite being one of the big favourites of the contest.^[8]

Mwangi first topped the official singles chart in Norway in week 6, 2011 with her winning song "Haba Haba".^[9]

Melodi Grand Prix 2018

Stella competed in the Melodi Grand Prix for the chance to represent Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 along with Alexandra Rotan with the song You Got Me. They placed third overall.

Discography

Albums

Album title	Album details	Peak chart positions
Album title	Album details	NOR ^[10]
Living for Music	Released: 20 October 2008 Label: MTG Productions Formats: Digital download, streaming	—
Kinanda	Released: 10 June 2011 Label: EMI Norway Formats: Digital download, streaming	15
Eyes Off Me	Released: 9 September 2021 Label: Recurrent Records / Position Music Formats: Digital download, streaming	—
Icon	Released: 16 June 2022 Label: Choicetracks Inc. / Position Music Formats: Digital download, streaming	—
"—" denotes an album that did not chart or was not released.

Extended plays

Title	Details
Stella Mwangi	Released: 23 March 2017 Label: Position Music Formats: Digital download, streaming
No Games	Released: 19 August 2019 Label: Recurrent Records / Position Music Formats: Digital download, streaming

Singles

Year	Title	Peak chart positions		Album or EP
Year	Title	NOR ^[10]	ZAF ^[11]	Album or EP
"Take It Back"	2007	—	—	Living for Music
"The Dreamer"	2008	—	—
"Makelele Remix"	2008	—	—
"Smile"	2010	—	—
"Haba Haba"	2011	1	4	Kinanda
"Lookie Lookie"		—	—
"Take My Time" (featuring Mohombi)		—	—
"Hula Hoop"		—	—
"Bad As I Wanna Be"	2012	—	—	Non-album singles
"Shut It Down"	2013	—	—
"Bouncer Ræva"	2014	—	—
"Stella Stella Stella"	2014	—	—
"Koolio"		—	—
"Biashara" (featuring Kristoff and Khaligraph Jones)		—	—
"Chukua Hatua"	2015	—	—
"Obe Baba" (featuring Raj Okemwa)	2015	—	—
"Identifyourself"	2016	—	—
"Big Girl"	2016	—	—	Stella Mwangi
"Ready to Pop"	2017	—	—	Non-album singles
"Kuchizi"	2017	—	—	Non-album singles
"Not Your Ordinary"	2018	—	—	No Games
"You Got Me" (with Alexandra Rotan)		—	—	Non-album singles
"10 Toes"		—	—
"F.I.L." (with Alexandra Rotan)		—	—
"Repeat"		—	—	No Games
"So What"	2019	—	—	No Games
"Number 1" (with Victoria Kimani)		—	—	Non-album singles
"Ma Itù"		—	—
"In the Spot" (with JS16)	2020	—	—
"Long Way Coming" (with Aaron Salovaara)	2020	—	—
"Eyes Off Me"	2021	—	—	Eyes Off Me
"Watch" (with Valorant)		—	—	Non-album single
"Naughty"		—	—	Eyes Off Me
"Icon"	2022	—	—	Icon
"I Do What I Want"	2022	—	—	Icon
"Talk That Talk"	2024	—	—	Non-album single
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released.

References

^ STL MUSIC Stella Nyambura Mwangi. Brønnøysund Register Centre
^ "Den beste rapperen jeg har hørt – NRK – Østlandssendingen". Nrk.no. 21 February 2008. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
^ "Sweetslyrics - Stella Mwangi biography". Archived from the original on 17 April 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
^ Stella Mwangi: – Nå føler jeg meg fri
^ [1] Exclusive Interview With Stella Mwangi – A Few Things You Did Not Know About Her at the Wayback Machine (archived 4 July 2012)
^ "Stella Mwangis pappa påkjørt og drept" (in Norwegian). 1 February 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
^ Storvik-Green, Simon. "Stella Mwangi victorious in Norway". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
^ "Hva skjer med Stella nå? – Kjendis". Kjendis.no. 11 May 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
^ "VG-lista – Topp 20 Single uke 6, 2011". Lista.vg.no. 1 January 1970. Archived from the original on 10 July 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Discography Stella Mwangi". Norwegian Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
^ [2] Archived 26 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by Didrik Solli-Tangen	Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011	Succeeded by Tooji

v t e Stella Mwangi
Studio albums	Kinanda (2011)
Singles	"Haba Haba"
Related articles	Eurovision Song Contest 2011

v t e Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest
Melodi Grand Prix
Participation	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Artists	Agnete Alessandra Elisabeth Andreassen Bendik Singers Arne Bendiksen Margaret Berger Bobbysocks! Benny Borg Odd Børre Nora Brockstedt Charmed Jan Werner Danielsen Dollie de Luxe Tor Endresen Carl Espen Lars A. Fredriksen Gåte Kate Gulbrandsen Christine Guldbrandsen Mattis Hætta Jostein Hasselgård Inger Jacobsen Britt Synnøve Johansen Jowst Just 4 Fun Finn Kalvik Grethe Kausland Keiino Sverre Kjelsberg Åse Kleveland Hanne Krogh Karoline Krüger Haldor Lægreid Mørland Stella Mwangi Ellen Nikolaysen Alexander Rybak Debrah Scarlett Guri Schanke Secret Garden Anita Skorgan Didrik Solli-Tangen Knut Anders Sørum Kirsti Sparboe Ketil Stokkan Maria Haukaas Storeng Anne-Karine Strøm Subwoolfer Jahn Teigen Anita Thallaug Tix Tooji Merethe Trøan ~~Ulrikke~~ Stig van Eijk Silje Vige Wig Wam
Songs	"Adieu" "Aldri i livet" "Alle mine tankar" "Alltid sommer" "Alvedansen" ~~"Attention"~~ "Brandenburger Tor" "Casanova" "Do Re Mi" "Duett" "Dukkemann" "Fairytale" "Fallen Angel" "The First Day of Love" "For vår jord" "Give That Wolf a Banana" "Grab the Moment" "Haba Haba" "High" "Hold On Be Strong" "I evighet" "I Feed You My Love" "Icebreaker" "I'm Not Afraid to Move On" "In My Dreams" "Intet er nytt under solen" "It's Just A Game" "Karusell" "Kom sol, kom regn" "La det swinge" "Lenge leve livet" "Living My Life Without You" "Lykken er" "Mata Hari" "Mil etter mil" "Mitt liv" "A Monster Like Me" "Mrs. Thompson" "My Heart Goes Boom" "My Heart Is Yours" "Nocturne" "Oj, oj, oj, så glad jeg skal bli" "Oliver" "On My Own" "Queen of Kings" "Romeo" "Sámiid ædnan" "San Francisco" "Silent Storm" "Småting" "Solhverv" "Sommer i Palma" "Spiral" "Spirit in the Sky" "Stay" "Stress" "That's How You Write a Song" "Touch My Life (with Summer)" "Ulveham" "Ven a bailar conmigo" "Venners nærhet" "Visjoner" "Voi Voi"
Note: Entries scored out signify where Norway did not compete

Eurovision Song Contest 2011

Countries

Final	Austria Azerbaijan Bosnia and Herzegovina Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Lithuania Moldova Romania Russia Serbia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Ukraine United Kingdom
Semi-finals	Albania Armenia Belarus Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Israel Latvia Macedonia Malta Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal San Marino Slovakia Turkey

Artists

Final	A Friend in London Nadine Beiler Blue Eldrine Ell and Nikki Raphael Gualazzi Hotel FM Getter Jaani Jedward Maja Keuc Lena Dino Merlin Mika Newton Nina Paradise Oskar Lucía Pérez Anna Rossinelli Eric Saade Evelina Sašenko Sjonni's Friends Amaury Vassili Alexey Vorobyov Kati Wolf Loukas Yorkas feat. Stereo Mike Zdob și Zdub
Semi-finals	3JS Dana International Daria Emmy Aurela Gaçe Poli Genova Homens da Luta Vlatko Ilievski Musiqq Stella Mwangi Christos Mylordos Senit Magdalena Tul Twiins Glen Vella Anastasia Vinnikova Witloof Bay Yüksek Sadakat

Songs

Final	"Angel" "Čaroban" "C'est ma vie" "Change" "Coming Home" "Da Da Dam" "Get You" "I Can" "In Love for a While" "Lipstick" "Love in Rewind" "Madness of Love" "New Tomorrow" "No One" "One More Day" "Popular" "Que me quiten lo bailao" "Rockefeller Street" "Running Scared" "The Secret Is Love" "So Lucky" "Sognu" "Taken by a Stranger" "Watch My Dance" "What About My Dreams?"
Semi-finals	"Angel in Disguise" "Boom Boom" "Celebrate" "Ding Dong" "Feel the Passion" "Haba Haba" "I Love Belarus" "I'm Still Alive" "Jestem" "Live It Up" "A luta é alegria" "Na inat" "Never Alone" "One Life" "Rusinka" "San aggelos s'agapisa" "Stand By" "With Love Baby"

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