Mariette Hansson Explained

Mariette Hansson
Background:solo_singer
Birth Name:Mariette Petra Carola Hansson
Alias:MaryJet
Mariette
Birth Date:23 January 1983
Birth Place:Harplinge, Sweden
Genre:Pop
Years Active:2009–present
Associated Acts:Ace Wilder

Mariette Hansson (born 23 January 1983), sometimes credited as MaryJet or simply Mariette, is a Swedish singer and songwriter. Hansson participated in Sikta mot stjärnorna (Swedish pre-selection for European Soundmix Show) in 1999 imitating singer Amanda Marshall.[1] She participated in Idol 2009 which was broadcast on TV4 and finished fourth.[2] A year later, Hansson was announced as "homo of the year" at the QX Gaygala in Stockholm.[3]

In 2013, she played guitar in Magnus Ugglas band during his show "Magnus Den Store" at Hamburger Börs in Stockholm.[4] In 2014 she toured along with Ace Wilder who placed second in Melodifestivalen 2014, the Swedish pre-selection for the Eurovision Song Contest.[5]

She has taken part in Melodifestivalen, Sweden's pre-selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, five times and qualified to the final each time. She first participated in Melodifestivalen 2015 with the song "Don't Stop Believing".[5] She took part in the second semifinal and qualified for the final in Friends Arena, eventually reaching the third place in the contest.[6] [7] Two years later she returned to the contest and took part in Melodifestivalen 2017 with the song "A Million Years". She qualified to the final on 11 March 2017 where she placed fourth.[8] Next year she participated in Melodifestivalen a third time with the song "For You" which finished fifth in the Grand Final.[9] She returned to the contest in 2020 with the song "Shout It Out" and qualified to the final, where she finished in tenth place, scoring 51 points.[10] [11] After that in 2023 she participated once again with the song "One Day" and qualified to the final through the Second Chance round, where she finished in eighth place.

Discography

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
SWE
[12]
"Forever"2011
"If Only I Can"2014My Revolution
"Don't Stop Believing"201527
"My Revolution"
"A Million Years"201716 Melodifestivalen 2017
"For You"201813
[15]
Melodifestivalen 2018
"Shout It Out"202030
[16]
Melodifestivalen 2020
"One Day"202334
[17]
Melodifestivalen 2023
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Har turnerat med Tommy Nilsson. Aftonbladet. 8 October 2009 . 14 February 2015.
  2. News: En inte speciellt ledsen Mariette lämnade "Idol". Dagens Nyheter. 27 November 2009 . 11 February 2015.
  3. News: Mariette Hansson "Årets homo/bi". Sveriges Radio. Sveriges Radio . 2 February 2010 . 11 February 2015.
  4. Web site: Mariette provar ny roll. 11 February 2015. https://archive.today/20150211221016/http://hallandsposten.se/nojekultur/1.1910811-mariette-provar-ny-roll. 11 February 2015. dead.
  5. Web site: Mariette – Don't Stop Believing. svt.se. 11 February 2015.
  6. News: Hanna Fahl: Gammelschlagern lever vidare. DN.SE. 14 February 2015 . 14 February 2015.
  7. Web site: Måns Zelmerlöw är vinnaren i Melodifestivalen 2015. SVT.se. 2 August 2015.
  8. Web site: Melodifestivalen. Sweden. Sveriges Television AB, Stockholm. svt.se. sv. 2017-02-11.
  9. News: Tredje gången gillt för Mariette: Jag vill till Eurovision. Aftonbladet. 25 February 2018.
  10. https://www.expressen.se/noje/melodifestivalen/melodifestivalen-2020-allt-om-finalen-artisterna-och-latarna/ Allt om finalen: Artisterna och låtarna
  11. Web site: The Mamas vinner Melodifestivalen 2020. Thornéus. Ebba. Demirian. Natalie. 7 March 2020. Aftonbladet. Swedish. 8 March 2020. Ek. Torbjörn.
  12. Web site: Mariette discography . swedishcharts.com . 12 March 2015.
  13. Web site: Mariette - Don't Stop Believing . 30 April 2015 . Sverigetopplistan . 19 December 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151219152315/http://www.hitlistan.se/netdata/ghl002.mbr/artdata?liid=41&dfom=20150325&dtom=20150331&dspstr=1&dspnum=100&sart=5381825&height=&browser=Firefox&platform=Win32&subframe= .
  14. Web site: Mariette - A Million Years. IFPI Sweden. 7 November 2020. sv. https://web.archive.org/web/20171201033432/http://www.sverigetopplistan.se/netdata/ghl002.mbr/artdata?dfom=20170225&sart=8356584. 1 December 2017. dead.
  15. Web site: Sverigetopplistan – Sveriges Officiella Topplista. Sverigetopplistan. 17 March 2018.
  16. Web site: Veckolista Singlar, vecka 11. Sverigetopplistan. 14 March 2020.
  17. Web site: Veckolista Singlar, vecka 11. Sverigetopplistan. 18 March 2023.