Amy Diamond (born on April 15, 1992) is a Swedish pop singer. She became famous in Sweden when she was only 12 years old with her debut single What's in It for Me. It was a big hit in Sweden and its neighbouring countries in 2005, being in the Swedish top ten for four months. She has released two successful albums and is also a popular television performer in Sweden.[1][2]
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Her biggest hits in Sweden so far have been the 2005 catchy-chorused songs What's in It for Me, Welcome to the City, Champion, Shooting Star and Don't Cry Your Heart Out, the first song was a hit also in the Swedish neighbouring states Denmark, Norway and Finland. It was also the most played song by mid 2005 in Poland.
Biography
Amy Diamond was born on 15th April , 1992 to an english father and a swedish mother in Norrköpng, Sweden. Soon after her birth the family moved to England, where she lived until she was 4½. After that her family moved back to Sweden, this time to Jönköping. There she started figure skating as a hobby when she was 8 years old, and also went to a dance and theater school. She participated in some theater and TV productions and has won gold medals in figure singing.[1][3][4]
Diamond has loved singing since she was two years old. One of her first public performances was at 8 years of age on a talent show Småstjärnorna, where she performed miming [[]]'s Heaven is a Place on Earth and became 3rd. In 2004 she participated in many talent competitions, among which were Minimelodifestivalen and Swedish TV4's Super Troupers. In Mix megapol summer idol the main prize was to record a song in a studio, and in the recording studio she was discovered and offered a commercial record deal. What's in It for Me was released in the following February.[5][1][6][1][7][4]
This Is Me Now
The single was a huge success even though some Swedish TV stations refused to show the music video, saying that she was too young. Despite that it got a lot of radio play, and by March it reached the top position on the Swedish singles chart and had sold worth a gold record. Due to the success a full album was recorded and This Is Me Now was released in May 2006. The album was a hit too, and by mid 2006 she went on a concert tour around Sweden and appeared on numerous TV shows.[1][8]
In July 2006 she signed a distribution deal with Warner to promote it internationally. During mid 2006 the album had also became popular in Denmark, Norway, Finland and Poland. In late 2005 she went on a promotion tour in Central Europe and filmed a new music video for What's in It for Me in Barcelona. She appeared on TV in Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands, and a special edition of the album was released, which cointained 2 new songs.[8]
Diamond was nominated for several awards in 2005. At the young age of only 13, as the youngest performer ever, she received the NMA Award (Nordic Music Award) for the best Nordic hit ("What's in It for Me") in Denmark. She´s also the youngest artist ever to receive two NRJ Radio Awards for Best Swedish Act and Best Swedish Female Artist. Diamond is the youngest ever artist nominated for the Swedish Grammis. She had three nominations: Best Swedish Female Artist, Song of the Year And The newcomer of the year. Diamond also received a Nickelodeon award for Hit of the Year. She had nominations for the Swedish Rockbjörnen. She also received the very exclusive award "Best Swedish Artist" from Poland.[9]
Still Me Still Now
In February 2006 Diamond started recording her second album. The first single from the new album was called Don't Cry Your Heart Out, and Still Me Still Now was released in May. Despite the relatively quiet early 2006 when not much was heard about her, the second album was very successful. It had sold worth a gold record 2 days before its official release date, on pre-orders only.[10][11]
In mid 2006 Amy Diamond toured Sweden with Diggiloo tour, where she performed, among other songs, Edith Piaf's Je ne regrette rien. During mid 2006 Amy was crowned 2006 Summer Tour Queen in the largest evening newspaper Aftonbladet where the readers vote for the artists. She released two more singles during late 2006, Big Guns and It Can Only Get Better.
Diamond also received other type of requests in addition to her music career. In 2006 she did also some print modeling and TV work. She appeared in a mail-order catalogue for Ellos, and did some promotional work for Statoil and the sport store chain Stadium.[12] In December, she appeared as an ice princess in the Swedish Christmas series Lassemajas detektivbyrå.[13]
The third album
In 2007, Amy Diamond starting a fan club and publishes a fan magazine. She is working on her third album and looks forward to doing her own tour during mid 2007.
Discography
Studio albums
| Year | Cover | Information | Chart positions | Other |
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| 2005 | 
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This Is Me Now | #2 (SWE) #19 (NOR) #21 (FIN) |
First studio album. |
| 2005 | This Is Me Now International version | Re-release of the first album for the European market. Included two new additional songs. | ||
| 2006 | 
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Still Me Still Now | #2 (SWE) #34 (FIN) |
Second studio album. |
Singles
| Year | Cover | Information | Chart positions | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | File:Amy Diamond - Whats in it for me single cover.jpg | What's in It for Me | #1 (SWE) #1 (NOR) #3 (DEN) #10 (FIN) #15 (LTU) #42 (NL) |
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| 2005 | File:Amy Diamond - Welcome to the City cover.jpg | Welcome to the City | #3 (SWE) | |
| 2005 | File:Amy Diamond - Shooting Star cover.jpg | Shooting Star | Promotional CD only | |
| 2006 | File:Amy Diamond - Dont cry your heart out single cover.jpg | Don't Cry Your Heart Out | #2 (SWE) | |
| 2006 | File:Amy Diamond - Big Guns cover.jpg | Big Guns | #23 (SWE) | |
| 2006 | It Can Only Get Better | #19 (SWE) |
Acting credits
References
- ^ a b c d e "Artister och musik - Amy Diamond". Bonnier Amigo. Retrieved 2007-02-18.
- ^ "Amy Diamond - What's In It For Me". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2007-02-18.
- ^ News report on Swedish TV4. Feb 17, 2005.
- ^ a b "Amy Diamond -Still Me Still Now". amydiamond.se. Retrieved 2007-02-18.
- ^ Interview in Bettina S. talk show on March 6, 2006, Finnish FST.
- ^ Småstjärnorna, Swedish TV4 (2000).
- ^ Fan chat with Amy Diamond on Feb 4, 2007.
- ^ a b "Amy succé i TV". amydiamond.se. Retrieved 2007-02-18. Cite error: The named reference "adsenewstv" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ Nordic Music Awards 2005 on Danish TV2.
- ^ "Inspelning av nya albumet". amydiamond.se. Retrieved 2007-02-18.
- ^ Interview with Amy Diamond in Nyhetsmorgon May 22, 2006, Swedish TV4.
- ^ "Amy Diamond - Stadiums nya ansikte". www.resume.se. Retrieved 2007-03-11.
- ^ Lassemajas detektivbyrå Dec 2006, Swedish SVT1.
External links
- 1st Official Site (Swedish)
- 2nd Official Site (English)
- Internet Movie Database
- Amy Diamond's Unofficial Fansite
- English fansite about Amy