Dilba

Dilba
Dilba performing at Liseberg, Gothenburg.
Background information
Birth name	Dilbahar Demirbag
Also known as	Dilba
Born	(1971-11-24) November 24, 1971 (age 45)
Origin	Elazığ, Turkey
Genres	R&B, pop, dance
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter
Instruments	Piano, guitar, singing
Years active	1996 – present
Labels	Warner Bros. Records

Dilbahar Demirbag (born November 24, 1971), known as Dilba, is a Swedish pop singer of Kurdish background. Her first album, Dilba (1996) reached commercial success.

Dilba was born in Kirvan, a village in eastern Turkey, and her family is ethnic Kurd. She immigrated to Sweden when she was only four years old, where she grew up in Karlstad and Uppsala. She has four siblings: Dilşa, Dilnarin, Dilber and Assan.

Dilba was introduced to the piano as early as when she went to kindergarten and is also self-taught in the guitar. She started her career as a DJ and she as also worked as a backup singer for the Swedish pop singers Jennifer Brown and Eric Gadd.

In 1996, Dilba released her debut album Dilba together with the single I'm Sorry. All the lyrics of the songs on this album were written by herself, just like the music. The album was a success, and she was awarded with a Grammy and the Aftonbladet prize Rockbjörnen. The album sold more than 100,000 copies in Sweden.

After a successful summer tour in 1997, it took two years until she released her second album You & I in 1999. It was however not acclaimed by the critics and sold only in 20,000 copies.

Dilba's third album Revolution was released in March 2003, along with the single Every Little Thing, which was a success on the radio.

In 2005 Dilba composed the song Miracle, which became the theme score for the Swedish television's TV-series Kommissionen. Also, during the autumn of 2005, Dilba had regular live performances at a club in .