Anna Cornelia Jakobsdotter Samuelsson (born 9 March 1992), known professionally as Cornelia Jakobs, is a Swedish singer and songwriter. She represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 with the song "Hold Me Closer", placing fourth.
Biography Early life Cornelia Jakobsdotter was born in Nacka Municipality, Stockholm County, and grew up in Stockholm. The daughter of the Poodles' singer Jakob Samuel and Fia Lönnborn, she first entered music by auditioning for Idol 2008; she received some media attention after being mocked by the judges. 14 years later jury member Anders Bagge and Jakobs both participated and were favorites in Melodifestivalen 2022 and he then apologized, saying "Shit, how wrong you can be, how talented you are".
2011–2021: Love Generation and songwriting
She started her music career as a member of the girl group Love Generation, who participated in Melodifestivalen 2011 and 2012. Love Generation's 2011 entry "Dance Alone" peaked at number 26 on the .
In 2020, Jakobs composed and performed the song "Weight of the World" which became the soundtrack for the HBO Nordic series Beartown (). She participated in Melodifestivalen 2021 as a songwriter for the song "Best of Me" performed by Efraim Leo.
2022–present: Melodifestivalen and Eurovision In 2022, Jakobs went solo as a singer and participated in Melodifestivalen 2022 with the song "Hold Me Closer", which qualified for the final and later won with 146 points, thus earning her the right to represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin. In the final she finished in fourth place overall, with 438 points. Jakobs was one of the performers during the interval at the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, where she performed "I Turn to You" by Melanie C in a segment which celebrated host city Liverpool's contribution to pop music. Jakobs released "Need You Now" in July 2023, in which she revealed that she has ADHD.
Discography
Singles + List of singles, with selected chart positions Title Year Peak chart positions SWEPeak chart positions for singles in Sweden: "Hold Me Closer": "It Takes a Fool to Remain Sane": FIN IRE LTU NLD NOR UK"Late Night Stories"2018 — — — — — — —"All the Gold" — — — — — — —"You Love Me" — — — — — — —"Animal Island" — — — — — — —"Shy Love" — — — — — — —"Locked Into You" — — — — — — —"Hanging On" 2019 — — — — — — —"Dream Away"2020 — — — — — — —"Weight of the World" — — — — — — —"Hold Me Closer"2022 1 9 38 5 76 15 59"Fine" — — — — — — —"Rise" — — — — — — —"It Takes a Fool to Remain Sane" 2023 83 — — — — — —"I Turn to You" — — — — — — —"Need You Now" — — — — — — — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Awards Year Award ceremony Category Nominee(s)/work(s) Result 2022Marcel Bezençon Awards Composer Award "Hold Me Closer" rowspan="5" Rockbjörnen Swedish Song of the Year Breakthrough of the Year Herself Musikplats Stockholm Song of the Year "Hold Me Closer" Musikförläggarnas PrisSong of the Year"Hold Me Closer" 2023 Grammis Song of the Year"Hold Me Closer" Newcomer of the YearHerself Notes
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