Artist
September
September is a pop artist from Stockholm, Sweden formed in 2003. 15 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Pop · Stockholm, Sweden · Best pop albums
- 15
- Releases
- 2004–2011
- Active years
- 2003
- Formed
Artist
September is a pop artist from Stockholm, Sweden formed in 2003. 15 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Pop · Stockholm, Sweden · Best pop albums
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Dancing Shoes
2007 · 13 tracks
Petra Marklund from Stockholm has had one of the most fascinating career transformations in Swedish pop history. Raised by a Slovenian mother with a musical background and a Swedish father who is a professor of space physics, she started recording music in the studio at just twelve years old. Her family called her the “September child” after her birth month – a nickname that later became her stage name, September. After an unsuccessful debut album (Teen Queen, 2000), her breakthrough came in 2003 with the single “La La La (Never Give It Up),” and suddenly she was one of the biggest names on Swedish and international dance floors. The Grammis Award-winning album In Orbit (2005) gave her the hits “Satellites” and “Cry for You,” the latter topping Billboard’s Hot Dance Airplay chart and selling over one million copies worldwide. “Cry for You” was certified gold in the US with over 500,000 units sold – something no Swedish artist had achieved in 13 years. In 2010, Marklund appeared in the first season of Så mycket bättre on TV4, and it became a turning point. Through intimate, acoustic interpretations of other artists’ songs, she revealed an entirely new side of herself – from intern…
