Lisa Ajax
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Background information | |
Birth name | Lisa Kristina Ajax[1] |
Born | Järfälla, Sweden | 13 August 1998
Genres | Pop |
Years active | 2012–present |
Labels | Capitol Records |
Lisa Kristina Ajax[1] (born 13 August 1998) is a Swedish-Finnish singer. She began her career after winning Idol 2014,[2][3][4][5][6] and is also known for her five Melodifestivalen participations, having qualified to the final on four occasions.
Career
[edit]After participating at Lilla Melodifestivalen 2012 with the song "Allt som jag har"[7] and winning Idol 2014, Ajax participated in Melodifestivalen 2016 with the song "My Heart Wants Me Dead", qualifying to the final at Friends Arena. She placed seventh in the final.[8]
On 30 November 2016, the Swedish broadcaster, SVT, revealed the participants of Melodifestivalen 2017. Ajax participated with the song "I Don't Give A".[9] She qualified to andra chansen from the second semi-final. She went to the final on 11 March 2017 where she placed ninth.[10]
On 27 November 2018, it was revealed that Ajax would participate in Melodifestivalen 2019 with the song "Torn", in the last semi-final. She again qualified to the Second Chance round from the fourth semi-final and went on to the final, where she finished in ninth place.[11]
In 2021, Ajax released her first Swedish-language solo single, "Jag måste", co-written with and Anton Engdahl, Marcus Holmberg. For the single, she changed management and label.[12]
She participated in Melodifestivalen 2022 with the song "Tror du att jag bryr mig" with Niello. They performed in Heat 2 on 12 February 2022, finishing in last place and failing to qualify.[13]
She competed as a celebrity dancer in Let's Dance 2022, broadcast by TV4.[14]
She participated for a fifth time in Melodifestivalen in 2024, with the song "Awful Liar".[15] She performed in Heat 1 and won the second round of voting, qualifying to the final of 9 March 2024.[16]
Personal life
[edit]Ajax is in a relationship with fellow musician Max "Klockrent" Huss, three years her senior. In December 2023, the couple announced they were expecting their first child.[17]
Discography
[edit]EPs
[edit]Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
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SWE [18] | ||
Unbelievable |
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2 |
Collection |
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Singles
[edit]Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||
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SWE [18] | |||||||||
"Love Run Free" | 2014 | 55 | Unbelievable | ||||||
"Unbelievable" | 14 | ||||||||
"Blue Eyed Girl" | 2015 | — | Non-album single | ||||||
"My Heart Wants Me Dead" | 2016 | 10 |
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Collection | |||||
"Give Me That" | — | ||||||||
"Love Me Wicked" | — | ||||||||
"I Don't Give A" | 2017 | 25 |
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"Number One" (with Atle) |
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"Think About You" | 2018 | —[A] | Non-album single | ||||||
"Torn" | 2019 | 9 [21] |
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Melodifestivalen 2019 | |||||
"Jag måste"[22] | 2020 | — | Non-album single | ||||||
"Tror du att jag bryr mig" (with Niello) |
2022 | 7 [23] |
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Melodifestivalen 2022 | |||||
"Awful Liar" | 2024 | 20 [24] |
Non-album single | ||||||
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Notes
- ^ "Think About You" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number 18 on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[20]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Your query : Creator's Name begins with AJAX LISA on any territories (Domestic works)". ISWC. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
- ^ "Lisa Ajax". Posh24.se. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
- ^ Stockholm TT (28 November 2014). "Lisa och Mollie till "Idol"-final". Svenska Dagbladet. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
- ^ Lisa Ajax och Mollie Linden till Idol final Archived 2 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine Göteborgs Posten
- ^ "iTunes topplista Sverige – Top 50". Archived from the original on 28 February 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
- ^ Lisa Ajax vann Idol 2014. Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). 5 December 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
- ^ "16-åringen som spås vinna årets "Idol"". Dagens Nyheter. 18 September 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
- ^ Escudero, Victor M. (12 March 2016). "Frans wins Melodifestivalen in Sweden". EBU.
- ^ "Melodifestivalen 2017 Participants Revealed". Eurovoix.com. 30 November 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
- ^ The NPBC (11 February 2017). "BENJAMIN INGROSSO AND MARIETTE TO MELODIFESTIVALEN FINAL". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix.
- ^ "Sweden: SVT reveals the 28 artists competing in Melodifestivalen 2019". Eurovoix.com. 27 November 2018. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
- ^ "Lisa Ajax releases 'Jag måste', first single in Swedish". escxtra.com. 21 May 2020.
- ^ "Melodifestivalen 2022 Semi-Final 2 results: Liamoo and John Lundvik qualify for final". Wiwibloggs. 12 February 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
- ^ Lindqvist, Johan (27 February 2022). "Här är alla deltagarna i årets "Let's dance"". Göteborgs-Posten. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ^ "The 30 artists competing in Sweden's Melodifestivalen 2024". Eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union (EBU). 1 December 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
- ^ Lindqvist, Johan (3 February 2024). "Förhandsfavoriterna triumferade i Melodifestivalen". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ^ Shimoda, Anna; Shimoda, Hans (14 December 2023). "Lisa Ajax om gravidlyckan: 'Jag har alltid velat bli mamma'". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 9 March 2024.
- ^ a b "Lisa Ajax discography". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- ^ a b c d e "Sverigetopplistan – Lisa Ajax" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- ^ "Veckolista Heatseeker – Vecka 19, 11 maj 2018". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
- ^ "Sverigetopplistan – Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ "Jag Måste by Lisa Ajax". Spotify. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
- ^ "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 8". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- ^ "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 11". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
External links
[edit] Media related to Lisa Ajax at Wikimedia Commons
- 1998 births
- Living people
- Idol (Swedish TV series) winners
- Swedish pop singers
- English-language singers from Sweden
- 21st-century Swedish singers
- 21st-century Swedish women singers
- Melodifestivalen contestants of 2024
- Melodifestivalen contestants of 2022
- Melodifestivalen contestants of 2019
- Melodifestivalen contestants of 2017
- Melodifestivalen contestants of 2016