Jill Johnson: Difference between revisions

| name = Jill Johnson

| image = Jill Johnson2.jpg

| caption = Johnson in 2009

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| background = solo_singer

| birth_name = Jill Anna Maria Johnson

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|5|24|df=yes}}

| birth_place = [[Ängelholm]], [[Sweden]]

| instrument = [[Vocals]]

| genre = [[Country music|Country]], [[country rock]], [[pop music|pop]], [[schlager]]

| years_active = 1996–present

| label = [[LionheartFreebird Music Group|LionheartEntertainment]] (1998-present)

| website = [http://www.jilljohnson.se/ www.jilljohnson.se]

'''Jill Anna Maria Johnson''' (born 24 May 1973) is a Swedish [[country music|country]] and [[pop music|pop]] singer, songwriter and TV-hostess.<ref name="discogs">{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/74167-Jill-Johnson|publisher=discogs.com|title=Jill Johnson Discography at Discogs|accessdateaccess-date=November 9, 2016}}</ref> and TV-host.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/helenewigrenprbeyond/pressreleases/maja-francis-gaestar-jill-johnson-i-programmet-jill-i-lilla-hult-paa-svt-och-slaepper-singel-lyssna-haer-3022619|title=Maja Francis visits Jill Johnson in the program "Jill i Lilla Hult" on SVT and releases single. Listen to me!|date=23 July 2020|first=Helene|last=Wigren|website=PR&BEYOND|accessdate=4 August 2021}}</ref> She performed in the [[Melodifestivalen 1998]] contest, winning with the song "[[Kärleken är]]" ("Eternal Love Is"), and represented Sweden at the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1998]] with that song, which finished 10th with 53 points. In 2003 she again entered [[Melodifestivalen 2003|Melodifestivalen]] for the second time with "[[Crazy in Love (Jill Johnson song)|Crazy in Love]]", which finished fourth in the final. She also hosted the final of [[Melodifestivalen 2005]]. Johnson is today one of the most successful artists in Sweden, with several Gold and Platinum records and since 2014 evenhas hostshosted her own Swedish TV-show from [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]], ''[[Jills veranda]]''.

[[Image:Jill johnson lida country festival sweden 2003.jpg|thumb|right|Johnson in 2003]]{{BLP sources|date=March 2023}}

Johnson is from the small town of [[Ängelholm]] in the south western part of Sweden, but the surroundings and the media compare her with the biggest stars in the music business. By the age of four, she had decided that she wanted to become an artist, an aspiration towards which she was highly encouraged by her local choir leader. As a 12-year-old, she started off as the vocalist in a Country & Western band, Tomboola Band, touring in Norway and Denmark. She signed eventually with EMI-Medley in Denmark and recorded an album, produced by top producer Paul Bruun. The title-track, "Sugar Tree", became a hit in [[Denmark]]. In 1996, she had her first Swedish hit with "[[Kommer tid, kommer vår]]", a [[duet]] with [[Jan Johansen (singer)|Jan Johansen]].

In 1998, she performed "Kärleken är" ("Eternal Love is") at national contest [[Melodifestivalen]], winning the Swedish finals and going on to represent Sweden in the [[Eurovision Song Contest]]. This established Johnson as one of the prime Swedish artists. The success was followed by the hit album ''När hela världen ser på'' and a successful tour.

In mid-1999, Johnson went to Los Angeles to look for material for her second album. At home, she worked with [[Andreas Carlsson]] (ASCAP Writer of the Year 2000), who is known for several massive hits, the biggest, so far, beingincluding [[Celine Dion]]'s "That's the Way It Is". She also tried out a few local newcomers and the album ''Daughter of Eve'' was released in early 2000. It was very well received and Johnson was compared with some of the world's best artists.

Johnson was the host of the 2005 Swedish finals of the Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm. SinceIn 2014 she's became the hostess of her own Swedish musical TV-series, ''[[Jills veranda]]'', where she bringsbrought together and performsperformed with different Swedish and American music personalities in Nashville, the city where she also spends much time working with her own music. In 2014, she was awarded with the Swedish Kristallen-prize for "Female host of the year", due to [[Jills veranda]]. The show aired two following seasons in 2015 and 2017. In 2016 she participated in the popular musical TV-series ''[[Så mycket bättre]]'', which was broadcast on [[TV4 (Sweden)|TV4]].

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* Release date: 28 March 1996

! scope="row"| ''[[The Woman I've Become (album)|The Woman I've Become]]''

| 9<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sverigetopplistan.se/|title=Sverigetopplistan – Sveriges Officiella Topplista|publisher=[[Sverigetopplistan]]|accessdateaccess-date=December 16, 2017}} Click on "Veckans albumlista".</ref>

| 38<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sverigetopplistan.se/|title=Sverigetopplistan – Sveriges Officiella Topplista|publisher=[[Sverigetopplistan]]|accessdateaccess-date=23 December 2017}} Click on "Veckans albumlista".</ref>

| 11<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sverigetopplistan.se/|title=Sverigetopplistan – Sveriges Officiella Topplista|publisher=[[Sverigetopplistan]]|accessdateaccess-date=August 11, 2017}} Click on "Veckans albumlista".</ref>

! width="40"| [[Sverigetopplistan|SWE]]<br><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swedishcharts.com/search.asp?cat=s&search=Jill+Johnson|title=swedishcharts.com - Swedish charts portal|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdateaccess-date=May 28, 2011}}</ref>

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| —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Aqualung" did not enter the [[Sverigetopplistan|Swedish Singellista Chart]], but peaked at number four on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.<ref name="Week 44">{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/215?dspy=2019&dspp=44|title=Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 44|publisher=[[Sverigetopplistan]]|accessdateaccess-date=2 November 2019}}</ref>}}

| —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Are You Ready" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number three on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/215?dspy=2019&dspp=45|title=Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 45|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|accessdateaccess-date=9 November 2019}}</ref>}}

{{Succession box|

| before=[[Blond (band)|Blond]]<br>with ''"[[Bara hon älskar mig]]"'' |

| title=[[Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest]] |

| years=[[Eurovision Song Contest 1998|1998]] |

| after=[[Charlotte Nilsson]]<br>with ''"[[Take Me to Your Heaven (song)|Take Me to Your Heaven]]"''

[[Category:21st-century Swedish women singers]]