Carola is tagged as: swedish, pop, female vocalists, eurovision, schlager There have been at least two artists who have used the artist name Carola. 1. Carola Maria Häggkvist (born in Stockholm on 8 September 1966) is a Swedish singer and for a while a member of the Word of Life congregation. She appeared on television for the first time after winning a talent show in 1977. A couple of years later promoter Bert Karlsson discovered her and she was offered the chance to take part in Melodifestivalen 1982, the national preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest, but she turned it down. In 1983 she recorded the album Standby with Carola Häggkvist with the Swedish metal band Standby. However, in 1983, she decided to participate in Melodifestivalen with Främling, winning the contest with full points from all juries. This became her big breakthrough. A few months later, she represented Sweden in Eurovision in Munich, and a record was broken; 6.1 million Swedes, 84% of the population, followed the competition - a record that has still not been broken. She once again performed the song at ‘Congratulations’, the 50th anniversary Eurovision concert in Copenhagen, Denmark. Her debut Främling sold one million copies, a Swedish sales record that will probably never be broken. Främling was also recorded in English, German and Dutch, after hav... Read More About Carola Biography... |
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