Janice Kavander
Janice Deborah Kavander Kamya (born 29 September 1994[1]) mostly known as Janice, is a Swedish singer.[2]
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Background information | |
Birth name | Janice Deborah Kavander Kamya |
Born | Enskede, Sweden | 29 September 1994
Genres | Pop, soul |
Occupation(s) | Singer |
Years active | 2016–present |
Music career
Born to a Ugandan father and a Finnish mother (born in Helsinki, 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]
Discography[20]
Album
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 |
Singles
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 |
References
- "'Det var en befrielse att äntligen kunna sjunga om pappa'" ["It was a relief to finally be able to sing about Dad"]. Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 15 June 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- "Janice vill få dig att känna det hon sjunger". Mitt i Stockholm. 8 February 2018. Archived from the original on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- Britz, Sarah (28 February 2018). "Janice tar plats". Faktum (in Swedish). Retrieved 20 September 2019.
Min mamma är finska, min pappa är från Uganda.
- "Stockholm-sångerskan Janice debuterar med singeln "Don't Need To"". Archived from the original on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- "Janice: "Första gången jag hörde Whitney blev jag förtrollad" – Popmani" (in Swedish). 23 August 2016. Archived from the original on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- Radio, Sveriges. "Veckans låt: Janice – "Don't Need To" – Musiken i P3". sverigesradio.se. Archived from the original on 27 August 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019. Sveriges Radio Retrieved 27 August 2019
- "DN väljer: Fyra kulturhopp inför 2017 – DN.SE" (in Swedish). 30 December 2016. Archived from the original on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- Nyheter, SVT. "Debut för Janice på Allsång på Skansen: "Jag var så ledsen när jag skrev låten"" (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- "Sista Lotta på Liseberg – en fulländad kväll" (in Swedish). Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- "Janice samarbetar med Saint på nya singeln "Black Lies"". Archived from the original on 27 August 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019. kingsizemag.se Retrieved 27 August 2019
- "Janice sings national anthems". www.nhl.com. 11 November 2017. Archived from the original on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- "Minst dåliga laget vann avslagen "På spåret"-final". Aftonbladet. 20 March 2018. Archived from the original on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- Radio, Sveriges. "Silvana Imam, Janice och Tove Styrke till P3 Guld-galan 2018 – P3 Guld". sverigesradio.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 14 August 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- "Tre guld till Sverige i Pearl Awards". www.resume.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 14 August 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- Gäster på uppsittaren -Bingolotto Archived 28 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine bingolotto.se Retrieved 27 August 2019
- "Robyn och Seinabo Sey storvinnare på Grammis". DN.SE. 7 February 2019. Archived from the original on 27 August 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- "Eagles (TV Series 2019– ) – IMDb". Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- "Janice – Hearts will bleed (LIVE) – Malou Efter tio – tv4.se". tv4.se. Archived from the original on 27 August 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019
- "Janice aktuell med ny singel och "Allsång på Skansen"". Archived from the original on 27 August 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019. kingsizemag.se Retrieved 27 August 2019
- Diskografi Janice Archived 8 July 2019 at the Wayback Machine, www.deezer.com, Retrieved 27 August 2019
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