Sonja Aldén

Sonja Aldén
Sonja Aldén (2013)
Background information
Born	(1977-12-20) 20 December 1977 St Albans, Hertfordshire, England
Origin	Sweden
Genres	Pop schlager
Occupation(s)	Singer

Sonja Aldén (born 20 December 1977) is a Swedish singer^[1] mostly famous for her 2006, 2007 and 2012 Melodifestivalen entries, and for working together with Shirley Clamp and Sanna Nielsen, as well as her songwriting for other artists. For example, the hard rock/heavy metal band The Poodles, who also participated in the Swedish Melodifestivalen 2006 with the song "Night of Passion". As a student she attended the Adolf Fredrik's Music School in Stockholm.^[2]

Sonja Aldén at Melodifestivalen

In the Swedish Melodifestivalen 2006, Sonja Aldén, presented as Sonya participated with "Etymon" but did not qualify for the final.
In the Melodifestivalen 2007, Sonja Aldén, participated with the ballad "För att du finns", which reached "Andra Chansen" ("Second chance") when it finished 4th in the semifinal in Örnsköldsvik on 17 February 2007.
She returned to the Melodifestivalen 2012 after five years of absence with her song "I din himmel" (In Your Heaven), but did not qualify for the final.

Year	Album	Peak Position	Certifications
Year	Album	SWE ^[3]	Certifications
2007	Till dig	2
2008	Under mitt tak	3
2012	I gränslandet	12
2013	I andlighetens rum	4
2014	Jul i andlighetens rum	6
2017	Meningen med livet	10 ^[4]

Title	Details	Peak positions	Certifications
Title	Details	SWE ^[5]	Certifications
Our Christmas (Sanna, Shirley & Sonja)	First joint album Released: November 2008	1	SWE: Platinum
Vår jul (Sanna, Shirley & Sonja)	Second joint album Released: November 2010	6	SWE: Gold

Year	Single	Peak Position	Album
Year	Single	SWE ^[3]	Album
2006	"Etymon" (credited as Sonya)	35
2007	"För att du finns"	3
2007	"Här står jag"	16
2008	"Nån som du"	29
2008	"Du får inte"	17

Year	Single	Peak Position	Album
Year	Single	SWE ^[3]	Album
2008	"All I Want For Christmas"	39	Our Christmas
2008	"My Grown Up Christmas List"	41	Our Christmas

↑ Discogs
↑ Lasse Granestrand (23 August 2009). "Sonja Aldén: "Låten satt direkt. Det var som ett övernaturligt flöde."". Dagens Nyheter (Swedish daily newspaper). Retrieved 11 October 2014.
1 2 3 SwedishCharts.com: Sonja Aldén page
↑ "Sverigetopplistan - Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 31 March 2017. Click on "Veckans albumlista".
↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discography Sanna Nielsen". Swedish Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).

Sonja Aldén
Studio albums	Till dig (2007) Under mitt tak (2008) I gränslandet (2012) I andlighetens rum (2013) Jul i andlighetens rum (2014) Meningen med livet (2017)
Joint albums	Our Christmas with Shirley Clamp & Sanna Nielsen Vår jul with Shirley Clamp & Sanna Nielsen
Melodifestivalen songs	"Etymon" (2006) "För att du finns" (2007) "I din himmel" (2012)
Other hit singles	"Här står jag" (2007) "Det är inte regn som faller" (2007) "Nån som du" (2008) "Du får inte" (2008)

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