Kikki Danielsson

Swedish singer (born 1952)

Kikki Danielsson

Kikki Danielsson at Melodifestivalen 2018

Background information
Born|  (1952-05-10) 10 May 1952 (age 73)
Osby, Sweden
Genres| Country
Country pop
Dansband music
Pop
Schlager
Years active| 1969–present
Labels| Mariann Grammofon, Capitol

Musical artist

Ann-Kristin "Kikki" Danielsson (born 10 May 1952) is a Swedish country, dansband and pop singer.[1] Sometimes, she also plays the accordion and she has also written some lyrics. She has gained notice for yodeling in some songs. Danielsson gained her largest popularity in the Nordic region from the late 1970s until the late 1990s. She also gained popularity at the US country stage during the 1980s.[2] In 1986, she had the "Kikki i Nashville" TV show.

## Life and work

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Danielsson was born in Osby, Sweden, and resides in Gävleborg.

In total, she has participated nine times at the Swedish Melodifestivalen and one time at the Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix. She has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest twice, in 1982 (as a part of the Swedish pop and country group Chips with the song "Dag efter dag", finishing 8th) and in the 1985 (solo) with the song "Bra vibrationer", finishing 3rd.

Kikki Danielsson was born in Osby, but was adopted and lived on a farm in Älmhult, Småland from the age of five. There, she became the only child in the family while her younger sister was adopted to another place. As a five-year-old girl, Kikki Danielsson made her first singing performance, which occurred at the local Sunday school's Lucia party in her Småland home church, singing the Christmas song "När Jesusbarnet låg en gång". As a child, she sang in the local church choir.

As a 17-year-old girl, Kikki Danielsson begun as a singer in dansband Nickies and in 1973 she switched to another dansband, Wizex, with which she participated at the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1978. She left Wizex in 1982, but as a member of the pop and country group Chips, she participated at the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1980, 1981 and 1982. She has also been a popular Svensktoppen artist, with hits as the Melodifestivalen songs, but also other songs, like "Papaya Coconut" in 1987. She willingly sings country and has contributed in radio and TV shows in the US in the 1980s.

During the second half of 1984, she married Swedish musician Kjell Roos, who led the dansband Roosarna, with which she sang between 1990 and 1999. In 1985 she gave birth to their first child, a daughter. In late 1987 she released the Christmas album "Min barndoms jular". Together with Roosarna, she had many Svensktoppen hits during the 1990s. In 1994, the "dansband of the year" prize at the Grammis was awarded to Kikki Danielsson & Roosarna. In 1999 she separated from Kjell Roos. However, the musical co-operation restarted in 2003.[3]

Kikki Danielsson has also sung at the 2001 Stockholm Pride. Together with Elisabeth Andreassen and Lotta Engberg she participated at the Swedish Melodifestivalen 2002 and together they called themselves Kikki, Bettan & Lotta and had an own dinner show during the second half of 2002 and participated at the Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix in 2003. They also started a successful collaboration with the Swedish brand "twilfit" designing stretchy yet fashionable T-shirts.

Kikki Danielsson participated at Melodifestivalen 2006, which is the Swedish qualifications for the Eurovision Song Contest. She performed with the song "I dag & i morgon", written by Thomas G:son and Calle Kindbom, which reached the final in the Stockholm Globe Arena, where it finished at the 10th and last place. Totally, she has participated nine times at the Swedish Melodifestivalen and one time at Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix. In 2018, she participated in Melodifestivalen once again.[4]

From 28 November to 17 December 2006, she toured Sweden with a band on the "Julstämning med Kikki" Christmas concert tour. Her periods of problems with alcohol have been a popular topic of the Scandinavian press[5][6][7] (Danielsson first started drinking heavily to self-medicate as a result of her rheumatoid arthritis),[8] as has her weight problem, in which she has become obese.[9][10] Because of her weight problem, she appeared in Du är vad du äter, the Swedish version of "You Are What You Eat", in 2006 where she made great progress and lost several pounds.[11]

In January 2010, it was announced that Kikki Danielsson together with Sören "Sulo" Karlsson and The Diamond Dogs would record the single Maybe I'll Do,[12] and on 13 July 2010 she appeared at Allsång på Skansen. On 13 April 2011 she released the album Första dagen på resten av mitt liv, where she worked together with Sören "Sulo" Karlsson.[13]

In 2012, Danielsson starred in the film Sean Banan inuti Seanafrika.

In 2017, she participated in the eighth season of Så mycket bättre (TV4).[14]

Kikki Danielsson performed again at Melodifestivalen on 3 February 2018, this time with the song "Osby Tennessee",[15] which ended up seventh and last in the semi-final following votings.[16]

In February 2020, Kikki Danielsson was elected into the Melodifestivalen Hall of Fame.[17]

## Melodifestivalen, Melodi Grand Prix and Eurovision entries

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* Melodifestivalen 1978: Miss Decibel (with Wizex) – 2nd place
* Melodifestivalen 1980: Mycke' mycke' mer (with Chips) – 4th place
* Melodifestivalen 1981: God morgon (with Sweets 'n Chips) – 2nd place
* Melodifestivalen 1982: Dag efter dag (with Chips) – winner

8th place at the Eurovision Song Contest 1982

* Melodifestivalen 1983: Varför är kärleken röd? – 2nd place
* Melodifestivalen 1985: Bra vibrationer – winner

3rd place at the Eurovision Song Contest 1985

* Melodifestivalen 1992: En enda gång – 4th place
* Melodifestivalen 2002: Vem é dé du vill ha (Kikki, Bettan & Lotta) – 3rd place
* Melodi Grand Prix 2003: Din hand i min hand (Kikki, Bettan & Lotta) – 4th place
* Melodifestivalen 2006: I dag & i morgon – 10th place
* Melodifestivalen 2018: Osby Tennessee[15] – semi-finalist

## Solo discography

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### Studio albums

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* 1979: Rock'n Yodel
* 1981: Just Like a Woman
* 1982: Kikki
* 1983: Singles Bar
* 1984: Midnight Sunshine
* 1985: Bra vibrationer
* 1986: Papaya Coconut
* 1987: Min barndoms jular (Christmas album)
* 1989: Canzone d'Amore (1989)
* 1991: Vägen hem till dej
* 1992: Jag ska aldrig lämna dig
* 2001: Nu är det advent (Christmas album)
* 2011: Första dagen på resten av mitt liv
* 2015: Postcard from a Painted Lady
* 2016: Christmas Card from a Painted Lady (Christmas album)
* 2017: Portrait of a Painted Lady
* 2022: Ängel med sorgkant

### Compilation albums

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* 1983: Varför är kärleken röd?
* 1984: Kikkis 15 bästa låtar
* 1990: På begäran
* 1992: In Country
* 1994: På begäran 2
* 1997: Långt bortom bergen
* 1999: I mitt hjärta
* 2001: 100% Kikki
* 2001: Fri - En samling
* 2006: I dag & i morgon
* 2008: Kikkis bästa
* 2021: Miss Decibel

### Singles

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Title  | Year  | Peak chart positions  | Album

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"Bra vibrationer"  | 1985  | 12  | Bra vibrationer
"Osby Tennessee"  | 2018  | —  | Non-album single

## References

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1. ^ "Kikki Danielsson". discogs. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
2. ^ "Poplight – Kikki Danielsson". Archived from the original on 27 October 2010. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
3. ^ Aftonbladet 18 February 2003 – Kikki sjunger ihop med sin ex-man igen
4. ^ Torbjörn Ek (28 November 2017). "Här är deltagarna i Melodifestivalen 2018". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 20 January 2018.
5. ^ Artisten Kikki Danielsson (51) er flau, fortvilet og lei seg etter at hun fredag ble tatt for fyllekjøring for annen gang.
6. ^ Kikki Danielsson har lagt seg inn på behandlingshjem for å få profesjonell hjelp for sine alkoholproblemer.
7. ^ Fyllekjøringsdømte Kikki Danielsson velger avvenning framfor turné – og får Elisabeth Andreassens fulle støtte.
8. ^ ’Jag drack för att stå ut’ – Kikki om kampen mot sina alkoholproblem
9. ^ Aftonbladet cover: Kikki Danielssons svåra kamp mot fetman "Kikki Danielsson's hard fight against obesity"
10. ^ Jag tycker att jag är ful – Kikki om sin fetma: Jag tröståt falukorv
11. ^ Kikki rasar i vikt – Superdieten har fått stjärnan att slopa kanelbullar och korv
12. ^ Aftonbladet 21 January 2010 – Kikki Danielssons nya rockkarriär
13. ^ "Ginza Musik". Archived from the original on 26 April 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
14. ^ Pernilla Ekdahl (20 March 2017). "Kikki Danielsson klar för Så mycket bättre" (in Swedish). Norra Skåne. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
15. ^ a b "Artists participating in Sweden's Melodifestivalen 2018 are revealed!". Retrieved 28 January 2018.
16. ^ Tobias Johannesson, Lina Nydahl (3 February 2018). "Sulo och Kikki nöjda" (in Swedish). Södermanlands nyheter. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
17. ^ Gustav Dahlander (5 February 2020). "Kikki Danielsson väljs in i Melodifestivalens Hall of Fame". Sveriges Television (in Swedish). Retrieved 8 March 2020.

## External links

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Media related to Kikki Danielsson at Wikimedia Commons

* Kikki Danielsson
* Kikki in the Eurovision Song Contest 1985 on YouTube
* Grammis awards of 1994, with Kikki Danielsson & Roosarna as "Dansband of the year"

Awards and achievements

Preceded by

Herreys
with "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley"

|  Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
1985 | Succeeded by

Monica Törnell & Lasse Holm
with "E' de' det här du kallar kärlek?"

Articles related to Kikki Danielsson

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Wizex

* Kikki Danielsson
* Monica Silverstrand
* Lena Pålsson
* Charlotte Nilsson
* Paula Pennsäter
* Jessica Sjöholm
* Anna Sköld
* Tommy Stjernfeldt
* Danne Stråhed
* Jerker Nilsson
* Jonas Stålhammar
* Allan Dittrich
* Lars Hagelin
* Eric Iversen
* Mats Nilsson
* Thomas Wennerström
* Per-Ola Sandberg
* Dan Andersson
* Tommy Karlsson
* Henri Saffer
* Jörgen Sonemalm
* Jörgen Lindahl
* Mats Nilsson
* Lena Pålsson
* Eric Iversen

Albums|

* Har du glömt? (1976)
* Miss Decibel (1978)
* Carousel 1978)
* Some Girls & Trouble Boys (1979)
* You Treated Me Wrong (1980)
* Nattfjäril (1982)
* Jag kan se en ängel (1992)
* Julafton hemma (1993)
* Tusen och en natt (1999)
* Wizexponerad (2006)
* 40 år i folkparkens tjänst (2013)
* Schlagers på väg (2014)

Melodifestivalen songs|

* "Miss Decibel" (1978, with Lasse Holm)
* "Jag kan se en ängel" (1992, with Lena Pålsson)

Other hit songs|

* "Sången skall klinga" (1980)

* v
* t
* e

Chips

* Britta Johansson
* Elisabeth Andreasson
* Kikki Danielsson
* Lasse Holm

Studio albums|

* Chips (1980)
* Having a Party (1982)

Compilation albums|

* 20 bästa låtar (1997)

Melodifestivalen songs|

* "Mycke' mycke' mer" (1980)
* "God morgon" (1981)
* "Dag efter dag" (1982)

* v
* t
* e

Kikki Danielsson

Studio albums|

* Rock'n Yodel (1979)
* Just Like a Woman (1981)
* Kikki (1982)
* Singles Bar (1983 )
* Midnight Sunshine (1984)
* Bra vibrationer (1985)
* Papaya Coconut (1986)
* Min barndoms jular (1987)
* Canzone d'Amore (1989)
* Vägen hem till dej (1991)
* Jag ska aldrig lämna dig (1992)
* Nu är det advent (2001)
* Första dagen på resten av mitt liv (2011)
* Postcard from a Painted Lady (2015)
* Christmas Card from a Painted Lady (2016)
* Portrait of a Painted Lady (2017)

Other albums|

* Varför är kärleken röd? (1983)
* Kikkis 15 bästa låtar (1984)
* På begäran (1990)
* In Country (1992)
* Långt bortom bergen (1997)
* I mitt hjärta (1999)
* Fri – En samling (2001)
* I dag & i morgon (2006)
* Kikkis bästa (2008)

Songs|

* "9 to 5"
* "Bra vibrationer"
* "Comment ça va"
* "Dag efter dag"
* "En enda gång"
* "En timme för sent"
* "I dag & i morgon"
* "I kväll jag tänder ett ljus"
* "Papaya Coconut"
* "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)"
* "Varför är kärleken röd?"
* "Waiting for the Morning"

Related articles|

* Chips
* Kikki, Bettan & Lotta
* 20 år med oss – Vem é dé du vill ha
* Live från Rondo
* "Vem é dé du vill ha"
* Wizex

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* t
* e

Roosarna

* Kjell Roos
* Lennart Brink
* Kent Lovén
* Danne Wirenberg
* Marcus Fernholm

* Kikki Danielsson

Studio albums|

* Livet är nu (1988)
* På lugnare vatten (1990)
* En enda gång (1992)
* Vet du vad jag vet? (1994)
* Hem till Norden (1996)
* Ett hus med många rum (1997)
* Dagar som kommer och går (1999)

Compilation albums|

* Vad livet har att ge (2005)

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Kikki, Bettan & Lotta

* Kikki Danielsson
* Elisabeth Andreassen
* Lotta Engberg

Compilation albums|

* 20 år med oss – Vem é dé du vill ha (2002)
* Live från Rondo (2003)

Melodifestivalen and Norsk Melodi Grand Prix songs|

* "Vem é dé du vill ha" (Melodifestivalen 2002)

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Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest

National selection: Melodifestivalen

Participation|

* 1958
* 1959
* 1960
* 1961
* 1962
* 1963
* 1965
* 1966
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* ~~2020~~
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

Artists|

* ABBA
* Afro-dite
* The Ark
* Arvingarna
* Alice Babs
* Robin Bengtsson
* Anna Bergendahl
* Inger Berggren
* Lars Berghagen
* Marie Bergman
* Christer Björkman
* Brita Borg
* Carola
* Chips
* Kikki Danielsson
* The Dolls
* Edin-Ådahl
* Lotta Engberg
* Malena Ernman
* Fame
* Family Four
* Forbes
* Frans
* Friends
* Ted Gärdestad
* Claes-Göran Hederström
* Herreys
* Lasse Holm
* Benjamin Ingrosso
* Cornelia Jakobs
* Jan Johansen
* Jill Johnson
* KAJ
* Tommy Körberg
* Tomas Ledin
* Lill-Babs
* Lill Lindfors
* Loreen
* John Lundvik
* Siw Malmkvist
* ~~The Mamas~~
* Marcus & Martinus
* Sanna Nielsen
* Tommy Nilsson
* The Nova
* One More Time
* Charlotte Perrelli
* Lena Philipsson
* Roger Pontare
* Eric Saade
* Björn Skifs
* Martin Stenmarck
* Robin Stjernberg
* Svante Thuresson
* Monica Törnell
* Tusse
* Östen Warnerbring
* Ingvar Wixell
* Måns Zelmerlöw
* Monica Zetterlund

Songs|

* "Absent Friend"
* "Alla andra får varann"
* "April, april"
* "Augustin"
* "Bara bada bastu"
* "Bara hon älskar mig"
* "Beatles"
* "Boogaloo"
* "Bra vibrationer"
* "Dag efter dag"
* "Dance You Off"
* "Det blir alltid värre framåt natten"
* "Det börjar verka kärlek, banne mig"
* "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley"
* "E' de' det här du kallar kärlek?"
* "Eloise"
* "En dag"
* "En gång i Stockholm"
* "Euphoria"
* "Fångad av en stormvind"
* "Fångad i en dröm"
* "Främling"
* "Give Me Your Love"
* "Härliga sommardag"
* "Hero"
* "Heroes"
* "Hold Me Closer"
* "I Can't Go On"
* "I morgon är en annan dag"
* "If I Were Sorry"
* "Invincible"
* "It Hurts"
* "Jennie, Jennie"
* "Judy, min vän"
* "Just nu!"
* "Kärleken är"
* "Las Vegas"
* "Lilla stjärna"
* "Listen to Your Heartbeat"
* ~~"Move"~~
* "Never Let It Go"
* "Nygammal vals"
* "Popular"
* "Satellit"
* "Se på mej"
* "Sol och vår"
* "Som en dröm"
* "Som en vind"
* "Stad i ljus"
* "Stjärnorna"
* "Take Me to Your Heaven"
* "Tattoo"
* "This Is My Life"
* "Too Late for Love"
* "Undo"
* "Unforgettable"
* "Den vilda"
* "Vita vidder"
* "Voices"
* "La Voix"
* "Waterloo"
* "When Spirits Are Calling My Name"
* "The Worrying Kind"
* "You"
* "You're Summer"

Note: Entries scored out signify where Sweden did not compete. Italics indicate an entry in a future contest.

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Eurovision Song Contest 1985

Countries|

* Austria
* Belgium
* Cyprus
* Denmark
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* Greece
* Ireland
* Israel
* Italy
* Luxembourg
* Norway
* Portugal
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* United Kingdom

Artists|

* Adelaide
* Al Bano and Romina Power
* Roger Bens
* Takis Biniaris
* Bobbysocks
* Maria Christian
* Izhar Cohen
* Kikki Danielsson
* Mariella Farré and Pino Gasparini
* Hot Eyes
* Linda Lepomme
* Sonja Lumme
* Gary Lux
* Margo, Franck Olivier, Diane Solomon, Ireen Sheer, Malcolm Roberts and Chris Roberts
* MFÖ
* Paloma San Basilio
* Vikki
* Lia Vissi
* Wind

Songs|

* "Bra vibrationer"
* "Children, Kinder, Enfants"
* "Didai didai dai"
* "Eläköön elämä"
* "Femme dans ses rêves aussi"
* "La fiesta terminó"
* "Für alle"
* "Kinder dieser Welt"
* "La det swinge"
* "Laat me nu gaan"
* "Love Is..."
* "Magic Oh Magic"
* "Miazoume"
* "Olé, Olé"
* "Penso em ti, eu sei"
* "Piano, piano"
* "Sku' du spørg' fra no'en?"
* "To katalava arga"
* "Wait Until the Weekend Comes"

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF
* 2
* 3
* WorldCat

National|

* Germany
* Sweden

Artists|

* MusicBrainz

People|

* Deutsche Biographie

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