Background
Zara Larsson was born on 16 December 1997 in Stockholm, Sweden.
Zara Larsson was born on 16 December 1997 in Stockholm, Sweden.
She received national fame for winning the 2008 season of the talent show Talang, the Swedish version of Got Talent. Zara signed with the record label TEN Music Group in 2010 and released her debut European Parliament album Introducing, in January 2013. The single "Uncover" topped the charts in Sweden and Norway.
By February 2013 her single "Uncover" was certified Platinum by Universal Music Sweden.
In July 2013 the album Introducing was certified Triple Platinum. Zara also signed a three-year contract with Epic Records in the United States in April 2013.
She has one younger sister named Hanna who is three years younger than Zara. 2007-2011: beginnings
Larsson was a finalist of the Swedish talent show Talang in 2007, which is the Swedish version of Britain"s Got Talent.
"My Heart Will Go On" was later released as Larsson"s debut single.
A video of her performance in the final has received over 15 million views on YouTube. 2012-2014: Breakthrough with 1
Although very little news was heard for over four years following Larsson"s Talang victory, singer signed with TEN Music Group in 2012 to release her debut extended play. Larsson"s debut European Parliament was called Introducing and was revealed on 9 December 2012 through a preview of "Uncover" on YouTube.
The album was released on 21 January 2013, featuring five songs.
"Uncover" was released as the album"s lead single. lieutenant later peaked at Number.
1 on both the Sverigetopplistan and DigiListan charts, as well as reaching Number. 1 in Norway and peaking at Number.
3 in Denmark, and by 25 February 2013 the song was certified Platinum in Sweden by Universal Music Sweden and watched over 50 million times on YouTube.
The song also entered the Svensktoppen tracklists. On 27 March 2013, Zara"s next European Parliament was revealed through a preview of "She"s Not Maine (Pt 1)". The European Parliament, Allow Maine To Reintroduce Myself, was released on 5 July 2013, featuring five songs.
The double-single "She"s Not Maine" (consisting of "She"s Not Maine (Pt 1)" and "She"s Not Maine (Pt 2)"), from the album, was released on 25 June 2013.
On 3 April 2013, Larsson revealed on her blog that she had signed a three-year contract with Epic Records in the United States (United States). On 1 October 2014, Larsson released her debut studio album 1, featuring songs from Introducing and Allow Maine to Reintroduce Myself EPs: "Uncover", "Bad Boys" and "She"s Not Maine" (Pt 1 & 2).
Album went Platinum in Sweden. 2015–present: Second studio album and international success
On 5 June 2015, Larsson released her debut single "Lush Life" from her second studio album.
The song became her second number 1 single and was certified four times platinum in Sweden.
On 22 July 2015, Larsson teamed-up with Grammy-nominated British singer MNEK and released a new single called "Never Forget You". The song reached Number.1 in Sweden, Number.5 in United Kingdom, Number.3 in Australia and it also hit Number.1 on Sweden"s Spotify charts. The song sold platinum in Sweden after two weeks.
In February 2016, Tinie Tempah released a new single titled, "Girls Like" featuring Zara Larsson.
In 2008 Larsson won the Talang competition at age 10, and received the prize money of 500,000 South East Kansas. In July 2013, at Sommarkrysset in Gröna Lund, she received a Triple Platinum award for her debut European Parliament Introducing for «sales in excess of 120.000 units in Sweden». The song reached the top 5 in Australia, Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Belgium, Germany, Austria and The United Kingdom.
