Linnea Deb

Linnea Deb
Deb during Melodifestivalen 2019
Background information
Birth name	Linnéa Mary Hansdotter Sporre
Born	(1977-07-23) 23 July 1977 (age 47)
Genres	Pop pop rock electropop R&B
Occupations	Singer songwriter record producer
Labels	Northbound Music Group

Linnéa Mary Hansdotter Deb (née Sporre; 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.

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.^[1]

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 three wins. The first winning song in 2013, "You" by Robin Stjernberg,^[2] 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^[3] and sold 5× Platinum in Sweden^[4] and Gold in Spain,^[5] Norway^[6] and Austria.^[7] 2021 they won Melodifestivalen with Voices by Tusse. They won Melodifestivalen once again in 2024 with "Unforgettable", performed by Marcus & Martinus. 2014, 2021 and 2023 they came second in Melodifestivalen.

Year	Country	Song	Artist	Co-written with	Final	Points	Semi	Points
2013	Sweden	"You"	Robin Stjernberg	Joy Deb, Robin Stjernberg, Joakim Harestad Haukaas	21	15	Host Country
2015	Sweden	"Heroes"	Måns Zelmerlöw	Joy Deb, Anton Malmberg Hård af Segerstad	1	365	1	217
2018	Finland	"Monsters"	Saara Aalto	Joy Deb, Saara Aalto, Ki Fitzgerald	25	46	10	108
2020	Denmark	"Yes"	Ben and Tan	Jimmy Jansson, Emil Rosendal Lei	Contest cancelled
2021	San Marino	"Adrenalina"	Senhit	Joy Deb, Chanel Tukia, Tramar Dillard, Jimmy "Joker" Thörnfeldt, Kenny Silverdique, Malou Linn, Eloise Ruotsalainen, Suzi Pancenkov, Senhit Zadik Zadik, Thomas Stengaard	22	50	9	118
	Sweden	"Voices"	Tusse	Joy Deb, Jimmy "Joker" Thörnfeldt, Anderz Wrethov	14	109	7	142
2024	Malta	"Loop"	Sarah Bonnici	Joy Deb, John Emil Johansson, Kevin Lee, Sebastian Pritchard-James, Liere Gotxi Angel, Matthew James Borg, Michael Joe Cini, Sarah Bonnici	Failed to qualify		16	13
	Sweden	"Unforgettable"	Marcus & Martinus	Joy Deb, Jimmy "Joker" Thörnfeldt, Marcus Gunnarsen, Martinus Gunnarsen	9	174	Host Country

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".^[8]

Deb is of partial Finnish descent through her parents.^[9]