Cecilia Vennersten was released in 1995 and is the debut album from Swedish

Sweden

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 pop

Pop music

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 singer Cecilia Vennersten

Cecilia Vennersten

Cecilia Vennersten, born Birgitta Cecilia Vennersten-Ingemanson in 1970 is a Swedish pop singer.Her career started with a second place in the Swedish qualifier for the Eurovision Song Contest with the song Det vackraste. Her first album named Cecilia Vennersten released the same year was a great...

. At the album charts, it peaked #9 in Sweden

Sweden

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 and #2 in Norway

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, selling platinum in both countries. The album contains songs such as the Melodifestivalen 1995

Melodifestivalen 1995

Melodifestivalen 1995 was the selection for the 35th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 34th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 986 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition...

 hit "Det vackraste

Det vackraste

"Det vackraste" is a Swedish love song. It was originally sung by Swedish pop singer Cecilia Vennersten and finished second in the Melodifestivalen 1995, the Swedish selections for Eurovision Song Contest...

" and "Sjunde himlen finns", a Swedish language

Swedish language

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 version of "Show Me Heaven

Show Me Heaven

Australian singer Tina Arena released her version of the song as the fifth single for her 1994 album Don't Ask.-Chart performance:-Other cover versions:...

" by Maria McKee

Maria McKee

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. It also contains "Lämnad i mörkret", a Swedish language version of "Left in the Dark" written by Jim Steinman

Jim Steinman

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.

Track listing

1. "Det vackraste
   Det vackraste
   "Det vackraste" is a Swedish love song. It was originally sung by Swedish pop singer Cecilia Vennersten and finished second in the Melodifestivalen 1995, the Swedish selections for Eurovision Song Contest...
   
   " - 3:20
2. "Innerst i själen" - 4:35
3. "Hornen i pannan" - 3:24
4. "Kapten Nemo" - 5:10
5. "Skogens Rå" - 5:00
6. "Sjunde himlen finns
   Show Me Heaven
   Australian singer Tina Arena released her version of the song as the fifth single for her 1994 album Don't Ask.-Chart performance:-Other cover versions:...
   
   " - 3:56
7. "Mitt andra jag" - 4:11
8. "Du är min religion" - 5:19
9. "Tiden" - 4:17
10. "Lämnad i mörkret" - 6:46

External links

• Cecilia Vennersten at the Norwegian album chart
• Cecilia Vennersten at the Swedish album chart