Janice | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Janice Deborah Kavander Kamya |
Born | Enskede, Sweden | 29 September 1994
Genres | Pop, soul |
Occupation | Singer |
Years active | 2016–present |
Janice Deborah Kavander Kamya (born 29 September 1994 [1] ) mostly known as Janice, is a Swedish singer. [2]
Born to a Ugandan father and a Finnish mother (born in Kemi, to a half-Finnish and half-Dutch family), [3] Janice started studying at Kulturama at the age of eleven and then went to high school at Södra Latin, where she specialized in dancing. [4] She has been a member of the Tensta Gospel Choir since 2009. [5]
She got her breakthrough in music in 2016, when she released the single "Don't Need To", which she also co-wrote. [6] The song was aired a lot on Sveriges Radio, and in 2017 she was named Breakthrough Artist of the Year by Dagens Nyheter 's culture section. [7]
She next released the songs "Answer" and "Love You Like I Should", and in the summer of 2017 she participated in the SVT show Allsång på Skansen and the TV4 show Lotta på Liseberg . [8] [9]
Later in 2017, she released the singles I Got You, Black Lies, and Queen. [10] Janice performed the United States national anthem on 10 and 11 November 2017 at Globen Arena in Stockholm, when Colorado Avalanche and Ottawa Senators met each other in a game for the 2017 NHL Global Series. [11] At the same event she performed the national anthem of Canada. [11]
Janice sang at the final of the SVT show På spåret for the 2018 season. [12] She also performed her single "Queen" at the P3 Guld gala, which was broadcast both on Sveriges Radio and SVT. [13]
On International Women's Day on 8 March 2019, Janice helped the organization Red Cross to raise awareness of women who live in areas of war and conflict in the world. [14] Janice ended 2018 by performing at Bingolotto on TV4 for the bingo show's Christmas special on 23 December. [15]
In 2019, Janice, along with Sabina Ddumba and Molly Hammar, performed at the Swedish Grammis gala. [16] Janice has a cameo in the film Eld & Lågor, where she performs the ABBA song "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!". [17]
On 17 May 2019, she released the single "Hearts Will Bleed", and on 14 June the song "Kisses at Nighttime". [18] Her album I Don't Know A Thing About Love was released on 30 August. [19]
She played the character Bobbi T in the series The Playlist on Netflix.
Year | Title | Songs | Album Details |
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2018 | Fallin' Up | * Intro * Black Lies (feat. Saint) * You Only Say You Love Me in the Dark * Answer * Lullaby * Enough * Someone New * Picture * Don t Need To * Changing * I Got You * Love You Like I Should * Queen | * Released: 2 February 2018 * Recordlabel: Four |
Year | Title |
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2016 | Don't Need To |
2017 | Answer |
Love You Like I Should | |
I Got You | |
Black Lies(feat. Saint) | |
Queen | |
2018 | You Only Say You Love Me in the Dark |
Två av oss (feat. Ji Nilsson ) | |
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas |
Min mamma är finska, min pappa är från Uganda.