Background
Anna Järvinen moved as a six-year-old with her mother to Stockholm.
Anna Järvinen moved as a six-year-old with her mother to Stockholm.
Järvinen afterwards started a solo career and has so far released four albums and worked with artists like Olle Ljungström, Melody Club, Dungen, Björn Olsson and Olavi Uusivirta. She sang in the Swedish popgroup Granada from the mid-90"s up until their split in 2003. After having been refused by several record companies she at last released her debut album Jag fick feeling in November 2007 with the record company Häpna.
The album was nominated for four grammis and was hailed by the press
The album also gained attention in Järvinen"s country of birth and she toured both Finland and Sweden in the autumn of 2007 and spring/summer of 2008. In 2009 Anna Järvinen"s second album Manitoba var bland molnen was released and nominated for three grammis.
Just as her debut this album was also hailed by critics. The music critic January Gradvall wrote in his review that "Anna Järvinen here climbs forth as one of Sweden"s most original and talented artists." The same year she sang a duet with Olle Ljungström on his album Sju and in December 2009 released a hit with Melody Club called "I Don"t Believe in Angels".
5 February 2010 she was a guest artist in SVT"s På spåretired
In November 2010 she collaborated on a tribute album to the poet Sonja Åkesson with the two composed poems "O, ur Hästens öga" and "Ajajaj". During the Grammis Gala 2011 Järvinen performed together with Nina Kinert, Karla-Thérèse Kjellvander and The Rockridge Brothers Håkan Hellströms "Vid protesfabrikens stängsel". In 2011 she released her third album Anna Själv Tredje.
In 2011 she also collaborated with Finnish artist Olavi Uusivirta and released the Finnish-language song "Nuori ja kaunis" which became a big hit in Finland.
On 9 November 2011 it was revealed that Järvinen was due to compete with the song "Porslin" in Melodifestivalen 2012. Foreign unknown reasons the song didn"t end up competing that year and was replaced by David Lindgren"s song "Shout lieutenant Out".
But SVT later revealed that the song will be competing in the 2013 edition of Melodifestivalen instead.