Linnea Deb

Linnéa Mary Hansdotter Deb (; born 23 July 1977), known professionally as Linnea Deb, is a Swedish singer, songwriter, and record producer. She has worked with artists such as Fifth Harmony, JoJo, MiC Lowry and Akon.

Deb is signed to Northbound Music Publishing in Stockholm, where she is a member of the production team The Family together with Joy Deb and Anton Hård af Segerstad. Earlier (2013-2016) the group was signed to BMG Publishing.

Early career In her early career Linnea sang in several choirs and she toured with Ace of Base and Carola. Also, she has been choiring for several different albums and songs, one of them being "Cara Mia" with Swedish artist Måns Zelmerlöw.

In 2012, Linnea co-wrote Ulrik Munther’s album with the same name, Ulrik Munther, which immediately reached position 1 on Swedish album chart and the single "Boy’s Don't Cry", which features on the album, was sold gold.

Eurovision Song Contest Linnea Deb, alongside Joy Deb, is notable for her work in the Eurovision Song Contest, both in the contest and in national selections. They are most present in Sweden's annual Eurovision selection Melodifestivalen, in which they have four wins. The first winning song in 2013, "You" by Robin Stjernberg, broke a Swedish record for most played song in one day and it got nominated for a Swedish Grammis as Song of the Year 2014. The second winning song, "Heroes" performed by Måns Zelmerlöw in 2015, won the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 and sold 5× Platinum in Sweden and Gold in Spain, Norway and Austria. In 2021 they won Melodifestivalen for a third time with Voices by Tusse. They won Melodifestivalen on a fourth occasion in 2024 with "Unforgettable", performed by Marcus & Martinus. Their Melodifestivalen entries in 2014, 2021 and 2023 finished second.

International releases Linnea has also written and produced several international hits. She co-wrote the first record "Top Down" on Fifth Harmony's Reflection album. Also, Linnea and her production team wrote and produced JoJo's comeback single "Save My Soul". Linnea has also co-written the Polish artists Margaret's single "Cool Me Down" which was sold double platinum in Poland and gold in Sweden.

In 2016, "Oh Lord" was released with the British vocal harmony boy band Mic Lowry, which was their debut single and it was written by Joy, Linnea Deb, Anton Hård af Segerstad, Augustine Grant and Phil Collins, as the song contains lyrics and music from Phil Collins' song "In the Air Tonight".

Personal life Deb is of partial Finnish descent through her parents.

List of written songs

Melodifestivalen entries (Sweden)

A Dal entries (Hungary)

Melodi Grand Prix entries (Norway)

Krajowe Eliminacje entries (Poland)

Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu entries (Finland)

Dansk Melodi Grand Prix entries (Denmark)

Dora entries (Croatia)

Eesti Laul entries (Estonia)

Una Voce per San Marino entries (San Marino)

Malta Eurovision Song Contest entries (Malta)

Söngvakeppnin entries (Iceland)

Vidbir entries (Ukraine)