Lisa Ajax
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Background information | |
Birth name | Lisa Kristina Ajax[1] |
Born | (1998-08-13) 13 August 1998 (age 26) Järfälla, Sweden |
Genres | Pop |
Years active | 2012–present |
Labels | Capitol Records |
Lisa Kristina Ajax[1] (born 13 August 1998) is a Swedish-Finnish singer. She began her career after winning Idol 2014,[2][3][4][5][6] and is also known for her five Melodifestivalen participations, having qualified to the final on four occasions.
Career
After participating at Lilla Melodifestivalen 2012 with the song "Allt som jag har"[7] and winning Idol 2014, Ajax participated in Melodifestivalen 2016 with the song "My Heart Wants Me Dead", qualifying to the final at Friends Arena. She placed seventh in the final.[8]
On 30 November 2016, the Swedish broadcaster, SVT, revealed the participants of Melodifestivalen 2017. Ajax participated with the song "I Don't Give A".[9] She qualified to andra chansen from the second semi-final. She went to the final on 11 March 2017 where she placed ninth.[10]
On 27 November 2018, it was revealed that Ajax would participate in Melodifestivalen 2019 with the song "Torn", in the last semi-final. She again qualified to the Second Chance round from the fourth semi-final and went on to the final, where she finished in ninth place.[11]
In 2021, Ajax released her first Swedish-language solo single, "Jag måste", co-written with and Anton Engdahl, Marcus Holmberg. For the single, she changed management and label.[12]
She participated in Melodifestivalen 2022 with the song "Tror du att jag bryr mig" with Niello. They performed in Heat 2 on 12 February 2022, finishing in last place and failing to qualify.[13]
She competed as a celebrity dancer in Let's Dance 2022, broadcast by TV4.[14]
She participated for a fifth time in Melodifestivalen in 2024, with the song "Awful Liar".[15] She performed in Heat 1 and won the second round of voting, qualifying to the final of 9 March 2024.[16]
Personal life
Ajax is in a relationship with fellow musician Max "Klockrent" Huss, three years her senior. In December 2023, the couple announced they were expecting their first child.[17]
Discography
EPs
Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
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SWE [18] | ||
Unbelievable |
| 2 |
Collection |
| — |
Singles
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||
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SWE [18] | |||||||||
"Love Run Free" | 2014 | 55 | Unbelievable | ||||||
"Unbelievable" | 14 |
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"Blue Eyed Girl" | 2015 | — | Non-album single | ||||||
"My Heart Wants Me Dead" | 2016 | 10 |
| Collection | |||||
"Give Me That" | — | ||||||||
"Love Me Wicked" | — | ||||||||
"I Don't Give A" | 2017 | 25 |
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"Number One" (with Atle) | — | ||||||||
"Think About You" | 2018 | —[A] | Non-album single | ||||||
"Torn" | 2019 | 9 [21] |
| Melodifestivalen 2019 | |||||
"Jag måste"[22] | 2020 | — | Non-album single | ||||||
"Tror du att jag bryr mig" (with Niello) | 2022 | 7 [23] |
| Melodifestivalen 2022 | |||||
"Awful Liar" | 2024 | 20 [24] | Non-album single | ||||||
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Notes
- ^ "Think About You" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number 18 on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[20]
References
- ^ a b "Your query : Creator's Name begins with AJAX LISA on any territories (Domestic works)". ISWC. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
- ^ "Lisa Ajax". Posh24.se. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
- ^ Stockholm TT (28 November 2014). "Lisa och Mollie till "Idol"-final". Svenska Dagbladet. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
- ^ Lisa Ajax och Mollie Linden till Idol final Archived 2 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine Göteborgs Posten
- ^ "iTunes topplista Sverige – Top 50". Archived from the original on 28 February 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
- ^ Lisa Ajax vann Idol 2014. Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). 5 December 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
- ^ "16-åringen som spås vinna årets "Idol"". Dagens Nyheter. 18 September 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
- ^ Escudero, Victor M. (12 March 2016). "Frans wins Melodifestivalen in Sweden". EBU.
- ^ "Melodifestivalen 2017 Participants Revealed". Eurovoix.com. 30 November 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
- ^ The NPBC (11 February 2017). "BENJAMIN INGROSSO AND MARIETTE TO MELODIFESTIVALEN FINAL". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix.
- ^ "Sweden: SVT reveals the 28 artists competing in Melodifestivalen 2019". Eurovoix.com. 27 November 2018. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
- ^ "Lisa Ajax releases 'Jag måste', first single in Swedish". escxtra.com. 21 May 2020.
- ^ "Melodifestivalen 2022 Semi-Final 2 results: Liamoo and John Lundvik qualify for final". Wiwibloggs. 12 February 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
- ^ Lindqvist, Johan (27 February 2022). "Här är alla deltagarna i årets "Let's dance"". Göteborgs-Posten. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ^ "The 30 artists competing in Sweden's Melodifestivalen 2024". Eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union (EBU). 1 December 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
- ^ Lindqvist, Johan (3 February 2024). "Förhandsfavoriterna triumferade i Melodifestivalen". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ^ Shimoda, Anna; Shimoda, Hans (14 December 2023). "Lisa Ajax om gravidlyckan: 'Jag har alltid velat bli mamma'". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 9 March 2024.
- ^ a b "Lisa Ajax discography". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- ^ a b c d e "Sverigetopplistan – Lisa Ajax" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- ^ "Veckolista Heatseeker – Vecka 19, 11 maj 2018". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
- ^ "Sverigetopplistan – Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ "Jag Måste by Lisa Ajax". Spotify. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
- ^ "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 8". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- ^ "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 11". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
External links
Media related to Lisa Ajax at Wikimedia Commons
- Official Instagram page
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