"The Queen" is a 2009 pop song

Pop music

Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...

 performed by the Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 singer Velvet

Velvet (singer)

Jenny Marielle Pettersson , professionally known as Velvet is a Swedish dance-pop singer. She has released two albums since her 2005 debut in the music industry and her first eight singles have all achieved a top twenty peak on the Swedish Singles Chart.-Early life:Velvet moved from Helsingborg to...

 written by Tony Nilsson

Tony Nilsson

Tonny Nilsson is a Swedish singer-songwriter . He is signed to Peermusic label. Tony is living with artist and fellow songwriter Mirja Breitholtz....

 and Henrik Janson. It competed in the third Semi-Final of the Swedish music competition Melodifestivalen 2009

Melodifestivalen 2009

Melodifestivalen 2009 was a Swedish song contest held between February and March 2009. It was the selection for the 49th song to represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest, and was the 48th edition of Melodifestivalen...

 on February 21, 2009 at the Ejendals Arena

Ejendals Arena

Tegera Arena is an arena in Leksand, Sweden primarily used for ice hockey, and is the home arena of Leksands IF. It opened in 2005 and holds 7,650 people. The arena was host to the 2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships together with FM Mattsson Arena in Mora. The following season, the 2007 4...

, but failed to advance to the Final.

Charts

The song debuted on the Swedish Singles Chart on the week of March 6, 2009 at number 13, and fell to number 20 the following week before moving up to number 15 in its third week. For weeks four, five and six, the song charted at numbers 32, 42, and 28 respectively. "The Queen" is Velvet's eighth consecutive Top 20 hit in Sweden, and has charted for four weeks as of week 13/2009.

Chart (2009)	Provider	Peak position	Weeks on Chart
Swedish Singles Chart	Sverigetopplistan 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 ....	13	13