Maia Hirasawa
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Maia Hirasawa is a Swedish singer-songwriter
.
She was born and raised in Sollentuna, but has lived for many years in Gothenburg
. Maia became known through Annika Norlin
's band Hello Saferide
, where she is a back-up singer. Her solo career began in early 2007 when the song "And I Found This Boy" started being played heavily on Swedish radio
. The single was followed up by the album "Though, I'm Just Me" and the single "Gothenburg". During the summer of 2007 she toured around Sweden, playing at such shows as Allsång på Skansen
, Hultsfredsfestivalen, Peace & Love
and Arvika Festival
. In 2010 she for the first time released material in Swedish with the EP "Dröm bort mig igen".
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
.
She was born and raised in Sollentuna, but has lived for many years in Gothenburg
Gothenburg
Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...
. Maia became known through Annika Norlin
Annika Norlin
Annika Norlin , of Östersund, Sweden, is a Swedish pop artist who makes music under the names Hello Saferide and Säkert! .-Albums:*2005 - Introducing...Hello Saferide...
's band Hello Saferide
Hello Saferide
Hello Saferide is a Swedish twee pop band fronted by songwriter Annika Norlin. According to Norlin's MySpace, the stage name "Hello Saferide" was "inspired by an intelligent bus driver in a drug-addicted small town, don't ask." The Swedish-language version of the band's biography identifies the...
, where she is a back-up singer. Her solo career began in early 2007 when the song "And I Found This Boy" started being played heavily on Swedish radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
. The single was followed up by the album "Though, I'm Just Me" and the single "Gothenburg". During the summer of 2007 she toured around Sweden, playing at such shows as Allsång på Skansen
Allsång på Skansen
Allsång på Skansen is a Swedish show held at Skansen, Stockholm, every summer on Tuesdays between 8pm and 9pm. The audience is supposed to sing along with musical guests, to well-known Swedish songs. The show started in 1935 on a small scale - about fifty people in the audience...
, Hultsfredsfestivalen, Peace & Love
Peace & Love
Peace & Love is the largest festival in Sweden and the only one with an outspoken message of Solidarity, Diversity and Understanding, which runs through the whole event. It started in 1999 and is located in Borlänge, Sweden...
and Arvika Festival
Arvika Festival
Arvika Festival is an annual music festival held in Arvika, Sweden. It takes place during three days in the middle of July, from Thursday to Saturday, with camping available from the beginning of the week. The non-profit association "Galaxen" arranges the festival.Since the nineties, the...
. In 2010 she for the first time released material in Swedish with the EP "Dröm bort mig igen".
Albums
| Year | Album Information | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE Sverigetopplistan Sverigetopplistan, earlier known as Topplistan and Hitlistan and other names, is since October 2007 the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from Swedish Recording Industry Association .... |
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| 2007 | Though, I'm Just Me
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9 | — |
| 2009 | "GBG vs STHLM"
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12 | — |
| 2011 | Maia Hirasawa
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Extended plays
- 2006 - The My New Friend EP
- 2010 - Dröm bort mig igen
- 2011 - Boom!
Singles
| Release | Title | Notes | Chart positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWE Sverigetopplistan Sverigetopplistan, earlier known as Topplistan and Hitlistan and other names, is since October 2007 the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from Swedish Recording Industry Association .... |
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| 2007 | "Mattis & Maia" | — | — | Though, I'm Just Me | |
| "And I Found This Boy" | 56 | — | |||
| "Gothenburg" | — | — | |||
| 2008 | "The Worrying Kind The Worrying Kind "The Worrying Kind" is a rock song performed by The Ark, written and composed by Ola Salo. It was released as the second single of their fourth album, Prayer for the Weekend. On March 10, 2007 the song won Melodifestivalen 2007 and therefore became Sweden's Eurovision Song Contest 2007 entry... " |
The Ark The Ark (band) The Ark was a Swedish glam rock band formed in 1991 by Jepsson Mikael , and Lasse Ljungberg, when Ola Salo and Leari were only fourteen years old. Martin Axén officially joined the band in 1997, and Sylvester Schlegel in 1999. In late 2005, Jens Andersson joined The Ark as an official member... cover |
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| 2008 | "South Again" | — | — | "GBG vs STHLM" | |
| 2010 | "Come with Me" feat. Nicolai Dunger Nicolai Dunger Nicolai Dunger is a singer and acoustic songwriter from Piteå in Sweden. He has released twelve EPs and albums, singing primarily in English, and collaborated notably with Will Oldham, the Esbjörn Svensson jazz trio and Ebbot Lundberg. He also records under the alias A Taste of Ra... |
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| "It Doesn't Stop" | Used in Kao essential damage shampoo TV commercials | — | 4 | Maia Hirasawa | |
| "Nerumare (After Long Tomorrow)" (Toe Toe (band) Toe is a Japanese music group. While mentioned in many post-rock circles, their song structure and dynamics are similar to many popular math rock artists.... feat. Maia Hirasawa) |
Used in Pocari Sweat Pocari Sweat is a popular Japanese soft drink and sports drink, manufactured by Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. It was launched in 1980 and is now also available in East Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East.... TV commercials |
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| 2011 | "Boom!" | Used in JR Kyushu shinkansen Shinkansen The , also known as THE BULLET TRAIN, is a network of high-speed railway lines in Japan operated by four Japan Railways Group companies. Starting with the Tōkaidō Shinkansen in 1964, the network has expanded to currently consist of of lines with maximum speeds of , of Mini-shinkansen with a... TV commercials |
— | 6 | Boom! (extended play) |