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Amy Diamond : biography

15 April 1992 –

Amy Diamond (born 15 April 1992) is a Swedish pop singer, actress and television presenter. She is known for her single "What’s in It for Me" and album This Is Me Now which were released when she was 12 years old. The song was a 2005 hit in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Finland. It was the most-played song in Poland that year; it remained in the top ten for four months. Diamond has released six studio albums and performed on television as singer, actress and hostess.

To date, her biggest hits have been "What’s In It For Me", "Welcome To The City", "Don’t Cry Your Heart Out", "It Can Only Get Better", "Stay My Baby", "Is It Love", "Up" and "Thank You".

Diamond is also the youngest person in Sweden to have released a Greatest Hits album.

Filmography

  • 2002: De drabbade
  • 2006: Lassemajas detektivbyrå
  • 2006 & 2009: Vinterkrysset
  • 2009: Princess Lillifee
  • 2009–10: Alice i Underlandet
  • 2010: Melodifestivalen Sketches
  • 2010: Gabba Gabba
  • 2011: Princess Lillifee
  • 2010–12: Bulldogg
  • 2012: Brave

Biography

Early life

Diamond was born in Norrköping, Sweden as Amy Linnéa Deasismont, the second child of an English father, Lee, and a Swedish mother, Chrisbeth. Soon after her birth, the family moved to England. The family moved back to Sweden when she was four-and-a-half years old, this time to Jönköping, where she learned Swedish. Diamond still lives there with her family, she has an older sister, Danielle,three younger sisters Lisa, Holly, Lily and a younger brother, Charlie.

Diamond started figure skating at age six and won multiple gold medals. She practiced six times a week before embarking on her singing career.News report on Swedish TV4. 17 February 2005. She went to a dance and theater school called Blandgodis, and participated in theater and TV productions which gave her experience in public performing. She also appeared in a small television role on the show, De drabbade.

Diamond has loved singing since she was one years old.Interview in Bettina S. talk show on 6 March 2006, Finnish FST. One of her first public performances was at the age seven on the talent show Småstjärnorna. She dressed as Belinda Carlisle and lip synced to "Heaven is a Place on Earth", finishing third in the competition.Småstjärnorna, Swedish TV4 (2000). In 2004, she participated in talent competitions such as Minimelodifestivalen in Jönköping and Swedish TV4’s Super Troupers, winning most of them. On Mix Megapol Summer Idol Diamond won the main prize: to record a song in a real studio. During recording, she was offered a commercial recording contract.Fan chat with Amy Diamond on 4 February 2007. Soon after, Diamond recorded her debut single "What’s in It for Me". Markus Sepehrmanesh, one of the songwriters for her albums, said in an interview that she sang perfectly. "What’s in It for Me" was recorded in ninety minutes and the single was released the following February.

Success as a singer

"What’s in It for Me" was a commercial success, although some Swedish TV stations refused to show the music video, arguing that Diamond was too young (turned 13 soon after the release) for the song’s theme about romantic relationships. Amy, though, didn’t see the theme as a romantic relationship – in her eyes it was relationships between friends. Nevertheless, the song received extensive radio airplay while she simultaneously went on tour with Elin Lanto. "What’s in It for Me" reached number one on the Swedish singles chart in March and eventually went platinum.

Before long, Diamond appeared on Swedish TV4 and used her artist name for the first time. Although she sang to a pre-recorded backing track in the studio, on the program she sang her single and Alicia Keys’ song "If I Ain’t Got You" while accompanied by a live band. The band included a drummer, guitarist, bassist, background singer and a keyboard player, who also sang backgrounds.Television show Nyhetsmorgon, Swedish TV4, 16 February 2005.