God, I miss Agnes. Luckily though, she’ll be back in May with a brand new single. And she’s going DISCO!

I’m so excited! I can’t wait to hear it!

U.S. launch, prinsess wedding and number one in the Swedish top for 27 weeks.
Agnes career has gone straight up.
Now Express reveal that she is Nike’s new face in a campaign to get girls to start training.
- Agnes is diligent with her training and truly a role model for other girls who want to get going, “says Jeanette Francke, public relations manager at Nike Sweden.

The artist Agnes Carlsson is “advertising star” again.
A few years ago she fronted MQ’s big holiday campaign, together with Måns Zelmerlöw.
Now, Agnes, who train hard, get other girls around the country to start exercising and taking care of their bodies.

“Take care of yourself”

Women’s Nike’s new campaign “Make Yourself” launched tomorrow on Facebook. Through an application and two shorts girls can challenge themselves and their friends to get started with training. Two training films – one with Agnes and one with friidrottarlöftet Angelica Bengtsson – launched So with Facebook application.
The film of Agnes was recorded at a gym in central Stockholm.
- You can not make a career as Agnes if you do not take care of yourself. When we started working with the campaign, she was an obvious choice, “says Jeanette Francke.

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!

Source: MTV.com

VOTE FOR AGNES!

On The Download caught up with the now 21-year-old singer by phone from her hometown of Vänersborg, Sweden, to talk with her about her career and her impending international expansion.

“I have always been singing, since I was really really young,” she began. “I come from a very small town in Sweden, and the whole town loves music. I started with violin, and then when I was 16, I began taking singing lessons. I won ‘Idol’ when I was 17. I had only sung once in front of people before that. I always knew that I wanted to perform. And then I won (‘Idol’) in 2005 and recorded my first album.”

Agnes then put out a second album, which remained domestic only. In preparation for her third album, however, titled “Dance Love Pop” (set to be her first release in the U.S. later this year), she sought a new direction.

“With this third album, I decided that I wanted to do something different, so I changed management companies and record labels. Then I met producer Anders Hansson and we really connected. We wrote ‘Release Me’ together, and now it’s really taking off!” she said.

And now, Agnes is excited to bring her music around the world.

“This is really the first time that I’ve started to work outside of Sweden! Everything is very new for me! I’ve been touring in Europe (in support of “Dance Love Pop”) for five months now” she added.

So who are her role models in the music industry?

“When I was young I listened to a lot of Whitney Houston, and she was inspirational for me,” she revealed. “My music is pop, dance and a little bit disco. The songs on this album – it’s a lot of up-tempo songs – but the most important thing is just having good songs and good melodies. I like to debut my songs just singing to guitar accompaniment, so that people can hear the melodies.”

Being so busy with a budding career, we asked Agnes what she enjoys doing with her free time.

“I love shopping, fashion and clothes,” she explained, apropos of a young woman her age. “When I have free time. I just like to hang out with my friends and sleep. I just had some great relaxing time with my family over Christmas… We ate a lot of food, and it was wonderful.”
Source: AccessHollywood.com