Jessica Andersson

Jessica Andersson
Jessica Andersson at Melodifestivalen 2010
Background information
Birth name	Jessica Arvidsson
Born	(1973-10-27) 27 October 1973 (age 43) Spånga, , Sweden
Genres	Pop
Years active	2003 – present
Associated acts	Fame, Magnus Bäcklund

Jessica Elisabeth Andersson (born Jessica Arvidsson on 27 October 1973) is a Swedish singer. She was part of the Swedish duo Fame with Magnus Bäcklund between 2002 and 2006 after they met at the reality television show Fame Factory. After the breakup of the band, she developed a solo singing career, releasing two albums, Wake Up in 2009 and 40.14.4 in 2013. She also appeared six times in Melodifestivalen competitions, twice as part of Fame duo in 2003 and 2004 and four times as solo in 2006, 2007, 2010, and 2015. As Fame, she went on to represent Sweden in Eurovision Song Contest 2003 held in Riga, Latvia with "Give Me Your Love" finishing fifth.

Before becoming a TV celebrity, she worked amongst others as a singer in the floor show Svensk Schlager in Trollhättan where she resided. She also worked as a fashion model, including appearing in the magazine Café.

She gained fame after taking part in the 2002 series of the television show Fame Factory where she was pregnant through a relation with musician Jonas Erixon. The Swedish record manager Bert Karlsson proposed to put her in a duo with another Fame participant Magnus Bäcklund. The duo was called Fame. She was voted Sweden's sexiest woman in 2003.

Fame was formed in 2003 and under that banner, she took part in 2003 in Melodifestivalen under the name Fame, with "Give Me Your Love" that earned favour with the Swedish public and the jury winning in a landslide victory in Melodifestivalen 2003 at the . They went on to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest, eventually garnering 107 points, which put them in fifth place.