Career
She is signed to Universal Music Group and lists her influences as Patti LaBelle, Aretha Franklin, Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Toni Braxton and Stevie Wonder. In 2015, Nissen was the support act for Olly Murs on his Australian "Never Been Better" tour. Anja came in at 2nd place with 36% of the vote.
Anja has been an Australia Day ambassador, and performed at the Australia Day Event in Northern Territory.
Nissen performed at the 2014 Carols by Candlelight in Melbourne, Australia. Nissen was also the face of Lyla & Company
Anja Nissen was born in Sydney, New South Wales in Australia to Danish born parents.
She attended Winmalee High School, where she obtained her Higher School Certificate in 2013. Throughout High School Anja was part of the exclusive Talent Development Program (TDP) and competed in a plethora of singing competitions.
In 2008, Nissen made it to the semi-finals of Season 2 of popular talent-search television show, Australia"s Got Talent, aged 12.
Since then she appeared on a number of television shows, including Young Talent Time, Mornings with Kerri-Anne and the annual Schools Spectacular. She also performed the Danish National Anthem in the company of Crown Princess Mary of Denmark. A proud moment for her whole family.
Nissen"s debut self-titled album was a "Journey" album of songs from The Voice.
There wasn"t a radio single released at the time which impacted sales but the album was just what the fans wanted. Nissen later recorded a collaboration with will.i.am and Cody Wise titled "I"m So Excited" which received a mixed response.
She has also begun writing material for her album in Los Angeles and now Denmark. There is no specific release date for Anja"s next album.
On 19 May 2015, Nissen released her sophomore single of Bacharach and David"s "Anyone Who Had a Heart" as a part of Nine Network"s hit television program Love Child.
The song has over 70,000+ views on YouTube. On 4 August 2015, Nissen released her third single "Triumph". She performed her single on The Voice Australia 2015 to over 1.6 million viewers nationwide.
The song has over 15,000+ views online.
Anja was also featured on We Love Disney (2014) album singing "A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes" from Cinderella. "Never Alone" was released via iTunes on 28th January 2016.