From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Linda Bengtzing
Linda Bengtzing
Linda Bengtzing the same time as her song "Alla flickor" being selected to
participate at Melodifestivalen 2005. Her song surprised
everyone and she took part in the Melodifestivalen final
after receiving sufficient votes in the ’Andra Chansen’
(Second Chance) round. She finished in last place, scoring
15 jury points but receiving 0 points from the Swedish
public’s televoting. The single reached #8 in the Swedish
charts and a few months "Diamanter", a song very similar
to Alla flickor, reached #32.
Linda Bengtzing performing at Gröna Lund in Stockholm in
May 2008
Background information
Birth name Linda Birgitta Bengtzing
Born March 13, 1974 (1974-03-13)
Gullspång, Sweden
Origin Sweden
Genres Pop, Schlager
Years active 1986–present
Website lindabengtzing.com
Linda Bengtzing with Glenn Hysén at the Rampfeber TV show
in 2006.
Linda Birgitta Bengtzing (born March 13, 1974 in Gull-
spång, Sweden) is a Swedish pop singer, famous for her
One year later she appeared again in Melodifesti-
participation in the fourth season of Fame Factory in
valen. Her song, "Jag ljuger så bra", written first for Jes-
Sweden and for her entries at Melodifestivalen 2005,
sica Andersson, finished in the top two of the first heat
2006, 2008, and 2011
and, therefore, was entered into the final. Linda’s song
came seventh out of 10 in the final in Stockholm’s
Biography Globen. Whilst Linda may not have received many votes
from the public the single rose to #2 in the Swedish
Bengtzing (born March 13, 1974) grew up in Gullspång,
charts, making it her greatest hit.
a little village in Västra Götaland located in the west of
Days before the Melodifestivalen 2006 final, she re-
Sweden). She released two singles in 1987 and 1989, how-
leased her first album, "Ingenting att förlora" (#4) and
ever, she disappeared from the music industry for fifteen
months later the second single from the album, "Kan du
years.
se" debuted at #7, though did not chart the next week.
In 2004 she took part in the fourth and the final sea-
son of Fame Factory but she went on the program at
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Linda Bengtzing
Album information
Ingenting att Förlora
• Released: March 13, 2006
• Chart positions: #4 SE
• Certification/Sales: -
• Singles:
• 2005 "Alla flickor"
• 2005 "Diamanter"
• 2006 "Jag Ljuger Så Bra"
• 2006 "Kan Du Se"
Vild & Galen
• Released: March 19, 2008
• Chart positions: #2 SE
• Certification/Sales: - Gold [3]
• Singles:
• 2007 "Värsta Schlagern"
• 2008 "Hur svårt kan det va?"
In 2007 she released a new single, "Värsta schlagern", Persondata
a parody on traditional Melodifestivalen entries. The
Name Bengtzing, Linda
song is rumoured to have been entered into Melodifesti-
valen 2007 but was not selected as one of the 32 songs to Alternative names
compete for the title in the live shows. The song is a duet Short description
together with Markoolio. Linda participated at Melod- Date of birth March 13, 1974
ifestivalen 2008, competing in Heat 4 (Karlskrona) on the
Place of birth
1 March 2008, where she directly qualified for the final
round. She went on to finish fifth out of ten in the final, Date of death
with 64 points from the juries but nothing from the pub- Place of death
lic. The song was composed by Johan Fransson, Tim Lars-
son, Tobias Lundgren and is called Hur svårt kan det va?
(How hard can it be?).[1] Linda released her second album
on the 19 February 2008, 4 days after the Melodifestivalen
final. It has been reported that Linda’s record company
(Mariann Records) would not allow Linda to release her
second album unless she entered Melodifestivalen 2008.
In 2011 she will once again compete in Melodifesti-
valen with the song "E de fel på mig".[2]
Discography
Albums
Singles
References
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Melodifestivalen_2008
[2] Melodifestivalen.se, in Swedish.
[3] http://www.sverigetopplistan.se/ifpilist.html
External links
• Official website
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Linda Bengtzing
Year Single Chart pos.
Sweden Netherlands Europe
2005 flickor"
"Alla flickor" 8 - 188
• Album: Ingenting att förlora
• Released: February, 2005
• Formats: CD single
2005 Diamanter"
"Diamanter" 35 - -
• Album: Ingenting att förlora
• Released: 2005
• Formats: CD single
2006 bra"
"Jag ljuger så bra " 2 - 148
• Album: Ingenting att förlora
• Released: March 13, 2006
• Formats: CD single, Digital Download
• Sales/Certification: 20,000 (Platinum)
2006 blått"
"I gult och blått" (With Magnus Hedman) 48 - -
• Album: -
• Released: July, 2006
• Formats: CD single
2006 se"
"Kan du se" 7 - -
• Album: Ingenting att förlora
• Released: July, 2006
• Formats: CD single, Digital Download
2007 schlagern"
"Värsta schlagern " (featuring Markoolio) 1 - 137
• Album: Vild & galen
• Released: January 10, 2007
• Formats: Digital Download
2008 va?"
"Hur svårt kan det va? " 3 - -
• Album: Vild & galen
• Released: March 9, 2008
• Formats: CD single, Digital Download
2009 Girl"
"Not That Kinda Girl " (with Kim-Lian) - 32 -
• Released: October 16, 2009
• Formats: CD single, Digital Download
2010 Victorious"
"Victorious" (with Velvet) 15 - -
• Released: February 22, 2010
• Formats: Digital Download
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