Marie Serneholt
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Serneholt at the 48th Guldbagge Awards
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Marie Eleonor Serneholt |
| Born |
11 July 1983 , Sweden |
| Genres | Pop, Europop |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Labels | Planet Six, Sony BMG |
| Associated acts | A*Teens |
| Website | MarieSerneholt |
Marie Eleonor Serneholt (Swedish pronunciation: [maˈriː ˈsæːɳɛˈhɔlt]; born 11 July 1983) is a Swedish singer and model. She was a member of the Swedish pop band A*Teens from 1998 to 2004, and has begun a solo career since.
In 1998, Serneholt signed a recording deal with (part of Universal Music Group) along with her bandmates Sara Lumholdt, Dhani Lennevald, and Amit Sebastian Paul. Together they performed as the A*Teens. In 1999, they released their first single, a cover of Swedish pop group ABBA's Mamma Mia. The single topped the charts in Sweden for eight consecutive weeks, and achieved international success.
By 2000, the A*Teens' first album, The ABBA Generation, had sold two million copies, and they became one of the most internationally successful Swedish pop bands. By 2001, the group had sold more than six million albums. In 2004 it released a Greatest Hits album, and in 2006 the group broke up.
With the A*Teens split, it was rumored that Serneholt would be the first to pursue a solo career. This proved to be unfounded when Lennevald released his debut single in September 2004. In 2005, Serneholt was picked as the face of the Maybelline cosmetics line in Scandinavia. She also gave her voice for the Swedish versions of the movies Robots and Herbie: Fully Loaded.
In 2005, Serneholt called Jörgen Elofsson, who had written music for Britney Spears and Céline Dion. Elofsson was busy with other artists at the time, but Serneholt was adamant to have him produce an album for her. When she contacted him again later that year, he had just started collaborating with two relatively young and unknown producers, Richard Brandén and Pär Westerlund.
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