Finally someone uploaded a video of the song Agnes sang with Björn Skifs at the Swedish Royal wedding yesterday! It’s absolutely amazing and Agnes looks sooo pretty! Check out the video below!
Agnes Carlsson, a winner of “Sweden Idol” five years ago, has hit both the U.S. mainstream and dance scene in a big way with her smash single, “Release Me.” MTV News had the opportunity to sit down with the young starlet as she made her WMC debut in Miami.
“‘Release Me’ was the third song I wrote in my life, and to hear and see that a lot of people just really like the song and the music I do is amazing,” she said.
Undoubtedly, thousands of conference-goers became far better acquainted with the diversity and range of the Swedish sensation as she packed in a whirlwind week full of appearances and performances. She also took the stage at some of Miami’s biggest parties with the likes of Estelle and Kelis.
“I’m going to be in the U.S. for one and a half months,” Carlson told us while sitting poolside at the Raleigh Hotel in South Beach. “I have a lot of promotions and interviews because a lot of people know my single but they don’t know me, so I think it’s important for people to get to know who I am.”
For the “Sweden Idol” champion, her success has been a lifelong dream, but also fear that she admits to overcoming during her days as an “Idol” contestant. “I’ve always been singing, but before I did ‘Idol,’ I had only performed one time solo on stage,” she said. “So everything was really new for me and I was pretty nervous in the beginning.” After the inevitable butterflies of the spotlight passed, Agnes conquered the competition, and can now offer some sound advice to future “Idol” contestants both stateside and in Europe. “One thing a lot of people do wrong is to take a Whitney Houston song and try to sing those songs [as those artists would],” Carlsson said. “You should not do that! If you’re going to choose ‘I Will Always Love You,’ do something totally different to it!”
As the youngest winner in “Idol” (Sweden) history, Agnes Carlsson has spent the past year making waves in the world of electronic and dance music. The 22-year-old stunner has galvanized a worldwide fan base with her international smash hit “Release Me,” moving over 700,000 copies around the globe. Not bad for a girl from Stockholm who wasn’t even voted into the competitions’ Top 12 (the judges had to use their executive powers to put her through to the finals of the 2005 season).
Since then, her success has only blossomed. Singles from her third album Dance Love Pop have been released in 35 countries, and she scored a nomination for Sweden’s Best Act at the 2009 MTV Europe Music Awards. Agnes will make her first trip to Winter Music Conference in Miami this week, taking the stage with established hitmakers like Estelle, Kelis and Macy Gray. She is being dubbed an artist to watch at this year’s event, and we’re looking forward to catching up with her later this week.
We had the chance to chat with vocal phenom this past Friday (March 19) as she was getting ready to perform and accept best new artist honors at Germany’s Radio Regenbogen Awards. Agnes shared some of her excitement about the success of “Relese Me,” her first trip to WMC and a chance encounter with fellow Swede Sebastian Ingrosso (of Swedish House Mafia) at the American Embassy in Sweden. Looks like everyone is getting their paperwork in order and heading to Miami!
