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, Bergendahl signed for Lionheart Records. Her debut album was released on 14 April 2010. Bergendahl won Melodifestivalen 2010 with the song "This Is My Life" and represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010. However, she did not qualify for the final, because she finished 11th in the second semi-final with 62 points. The song topped the Swedish Singles Chart on 5 March 2010.

Biography Early life Bergendahl was born in Hägersten, Stockholm, and raised in Nyköping and Katrineholm. She is of partial Irish descent, as her grandmother was born and lives in Ireland. Her first performance in front of an audience was in a cathedral in York when she was only eight years old.

Idol 2008 Bergendahl successfully applied for the TV4 talent show Idol 2008 with her rendition of Bonnie Raitt's "Have a Heart", which received praise from the jury consisting of Laila Bagge, Anders Bagge and Andreas Carlsson. She later sang songs like ABBA's "Mamma Mia", Py Bäckman's "Stad i ljus", "Save Up All Your Tears", "Bleeding Love" by Leona Lewis, "The Best" and "Over the Rainbow".

Bergendahl finished fifth in the Idol season which was later won by Kevin Borg.

In 2009, Bergendahl was approached by Kristian Lagerström and Bobby Ljunggren and asked if she wanted to record a song for Melodifestivalen 2010.

Melodifestivalen and Eurovision 2010 Anna Bergendahl participated in Melodifestivalen 2010 with the song "This Is My Life", written and produced by Kristian Lagerström (lyrics) and Bobby Ljunggren (music). The song won the final in Ericsson Globe on 13 March 2010, with 214 points. Bergendahl represented Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Oslo, Norway, where she became the first Swedish singer not to qualify for the final since the introduction of the semifinals in 2004 (although she placed 11th, just outside the top 10 qualifiers by a margin of 5 points). "This Is My Life'" was the first ballad to win Melodifestivalen since 1998 when Kärleken är won and was also Sweden's 50th entry in the Eurovision Song Contest. She also went on a tour and sang songs from her debut album. In 2012 Bergendahl released her new album Something to Believe In with the debut single from the new album being "Live and Let Go". In 2019, she released two new singles, "Home" and "Speak Love". She participated in Melodifestivalen 2019 with the song "Ashes to Ashes". Bergendahl competed in Melodifestivalen 2020 with the song "Kingdom Come". She placed third, scoring 107 points. The song became the second most played song on Swedish airplay and also sold platinum. During late 2020, Bergendahl released "Thelma and Louise". The EP Vera was released in October 2020 and contains five songs written by Bergendahl. By the end of the year, she also released her Christmas song, "It Never Snows in California". On 13 August 2021, Bergendahl released "Grain of Trust", written together with Peter Kvint.

Bergendahl returned to Melodifestivalen again in 2022 with the song "Higher Power". She made it to the final on 12 March 2022 and finished in last place with 29 points.

Discography

Studio albums Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications SWE Yours Sincerely Released: 14 April 2010 Label: Lionheart Format: CD, digital download Live from Sandkvie Studio Released: 23 October 2015 Label: Lionheart Format: Digital download We Were Never Meant to Be Heroes Released: 17 May 2018 Label: Freebird Entertainment Format: Digital download Vera Released: 9 October 2020 Label: Freebird Entertainment Format: Digital download Merry Christmas Everyone Released: 18 November 2022 Label: Freebird Entertainment, Warner Sweden Format: Digital download, streaming

Singles As lead artist Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album SWE NLD SWI "Release Me" (Live) 2008 58 — — — Idol 2008 "Save Up All Your Tears" 57 — — — "Bleeding Love" 60 — — — "Over the Rainbow" 53 — — — "This Is My Life" 2010 1 6 93 62 GLF: Platinum 2013 — — — — "Business" 2015 — — — — "For You" — — — — "Vice" 2018 — — — — We Were Never Meant to Be Heroes "Broken Melody" — — — — "We Were Never Meant to Be Heroes" — — — — "Raise the Vibe" — — — — "Just Another Christmas" — — — — Merry Christmas Everyone "Ashes to Ashes" 2019 12 — — — GLF: Platinum 13 — — — Vera "It Never Snows in California" — — — — Merry Christmas Everyone "Grain of Trust" 2021 30 — — — "Bottom of This Bottle"(with Tyler Rich) — — — — "Higher Power" 2022 17 — — — "Demons and Dreams" — — — — "Merry Christmas Everyone " 100 — — — Merry Christmas Everyone "Dance with Me" 2023 — — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released to that country.

As featured artist Title Year Chart Positions Album NOR (Broiler featuring Anna Bergendahl) 2014 21

Other charted songs Title Year Chart Positions Album SWE 2008 36