Jenny Öhlund

Jenny Silver started her career in the dance band Candela which was signed to Bert Karlssons label Mariann Grammofon from 1991 to 1997.[1] Candela made it big in 1994 with a string of hit songs that also reached the Svensktoppen-list.[1] Silver (then Öhlund) was named the queen of danceband and was also by media named as the next Lotta Engberg.[1] Silver has also sung in the rock band Holden which was signed to Dead Frog records and she has also been in collaborations with Totta Näslund. Released her solo album Lyckling in 1997 at Andersson Records, she has toured as duet partner with actor Thorsten Flinck and she also landed the leading role in the Swedish version of the musical Evita and Jesus Christ Superstar. In 2004 she recorded a cover of the Sex Pistols classic song God Save the Queen on a compilation album called Rendezvous. In May 2007, Ett äventyr was released and it was a duet with Emrik Karlsson[2] from the funkcollective Stonefunkers from Gothenburg. Silver also joined the band Debbies Wife a so called "allstar-constellation consisting of Jenny Silver, Peppe Carlsson (song), Nikke Ström, Fabian Kallerdahl, Holger Berg, Flamman, Micke Edlund, Johan Håkansson, guest guitarist Bengan Blomgren. They were produced by Hans Olsson (Universal Poplab, Timo Räisänen) and Peppe Carlsson. Silver has also been seen in other musical roles such as Sarah Brown in Guys and Dolls which was played at the Slagthuset in Malmö during 2007 she was joined on stage by Tommy Körberg.[3] And during 2008 she was also seen as the rockwitch Antonia in the Gothenburg opera play Grymt. On January 22, 2010 Jenny Silver participated in the SVT television show På Spåret where she sang the Neil Diamond song Sweet Caroline and El Cóndor Pasa by Simon & Garfunkel.[4] On February 6, 2010 Jenny Silver participated in the first semifinal of Melodifestivalen 2010 at the Fjällräven Center in Örnsköldsvik with her entry "A Place to Stay".[4] However her entry only managed eight and last place in the semifinal. However, her entry was downloaded so much that she placed 12th at the Sverigetopplistan in the weeks after her performance.[4] During 2011 she guest starred on the Lustans Lakejer album Elixir, where she along with Johan Kinde sang the duet Eld & Vatten.[4] And on February 5, 2011 she once again participated in Melodifestivalen 2011[5] in Luleå with her entry Something in Your Eyes.[4][6] This time she was more lucky as the song made it to the second chance round where she in the end lost to Love Generation's entry Dance Alone. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.