Early life

Ternheim was born 31 May 1978 in Stockholm

Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...

, Sweden

Sweden

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. When she was 10 years old she began playing the guitar, writing songs and performing. During a year abroad in Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia

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, Anna created her first band "Sova," playing at smaller festivals and local clubs. Back in Stockholm she continued her song writing and later in Lausanne, Switzerland where she was performing while studying French

Career

She released her debut album Somebody Outside in 2004. The Swedish Grammy jury awarded her the Best Newcomer of the Year award, and she was nominated for Best Female Artist, Best Lyricist and Best Songwriter in 2005. She also won the P3 Gold award for Best Newcomer 2004.

For her second album, Separation Road

Separation Road

Separation Road is Swedish singer-songwriter Anna Ternheim's second album, released on September 27, 2006. A limited edition bonus CD, entitled Naked Versions II, was released at the same time...

released on 27 September 2006, she was awarded Best Female Artist and Best Lyricist by the Swedish Grammy jury. Again she was nominated for Best Songwriter and Best Album. She received the award for Best Female Artist at the Swedish National Radio's P3 Gold Awards the same year.

Her debut US album, Halfway to Fivepoints, was released on 22 April 2008.

Her most popular songs include: "To Be Gone", "My Secret", "Girl Laying Down", "Today is A Good Day", and "Shoreline" (a Broder Daniel

Broder Daniel

Broder Daniel was an alternative rock band from Gothenburg, Sweden. They formed in the late 1980s and then consisted of classmates Henrik Berggren and Daniel Gilbert...

 cover).

In 2010 her song "My Heart Still Beats for You" featured on season 7 of The CW's One Tree Hill.

The Ternheim song "Quiet Night" was used in the second series of the Swedish version of Wallander starring Krister Henriksson

Krister Henriksson

Jan Krister Allan Henriksson is a Swedish actor. He is best known for playing Kurt Wallander in a series of television movies based on the novels by Henning Mankell.- Biography :...

. On 18 December 2009, her song "No, I Don't Remember" was featured on an episode of Dollhouse

Dollhouse (TV series)

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entitled "The Attic". This song was featured in July 2010 on a new DLC episode, for the Xbox 360

Xbox 360

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 videogame Alan Wake

Alan Wake

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, entitled "The Signal".

Her fourth album, Leaving on a Mayday

Leaving on a Mayday

"Leaving on a Mayday" is an album by singer-songwriter Anna Ternheim. It was released on August 11, 2008 and was Ternheim's fourth full length LP.-Track listing:# "What Have I Done" – 3:21# "Damaged Ones" – 3:09# "Terrified" – 4:42...

, was released on 11 August 2008. The album won Album of the Year at the 2009 Swedish Grammy Awards along with the award for Best Female Artist.

A new album, The Night Visitor

The Night Visitor (album)

The Night Visitor is Swedish singer-songwriter Anna Ternheim's fifth album, released on October 28, 2011.-Track listing:-CD2 - Live On The Porch:-Chart performance:...

, is scheduled to be released on 28 October 2011.

Albums

• 2004 - Somebody Outside
• 2006 - Separation Road
  Separation Road
  Separation Road is Swedish singer-songwriter Anna Ternheim's second album, released on September 27, 2006. A limited edition bonus CD, entitled Naked Versions II, was released at the same time...
  
  
• 2008 - Halfway to Fivepoints
• 2008 - Leaving on a Mayday
  Leaving on a Mayday
  "Leaving on a Mayday" is an album by singer-songwriter Anna Ternheim. It was released on August 11, 2008 and was Ternheim's fourth full length LP.-Track listing:# "What Have I Done" – 3:21# "Damaged Ones" – 3:09# "Terrified" – 4:42...
  
  
• 2011 - The Night Visitor
  The Night Visitor (album)
  The Night Visitor is Swedish singer-songwriter Anna Ternheim's fifth album, released on October 28, 2011.-Track listing:-CD2 - Live On The Porch:-Chart performance:...
  
  

EPs

• 1996 - Sova
• 2003 - Anna Ternheim - demo
• 2004 - I'll Follow You Tonight
• 2004 - To Be Gone
• 2005 - My Secret
• 2005 - Shoreline
• 2007 - Lovers Dream & More Music for Psychotic Lovers
• 2007 - Anna Ternheim

Singles

• 2004 - "To Be Gone"
• 2005 - "My Secret"
• 2006 - "Girl Laying Down"
• 2007 - "Today Is a Good Day"
• 2008 - "What Have I Done"
• 2009 - "Escape Into My Arms"
• 2009 - "Make It On My Own"

External links

• Anna Ternheim