Janice
Janice in July 2018
Janice in July 2018
Background information
Birth nameJanice Deborah Kavander Kamya
Born (1994-09-29) 29 September 1994
Enskede, Sweden
GenresPop, soul
Occupation(s)Singer
Years active2016–present

Janice Deborah Kavander Kamya (born 29 September 1994[1]) mostly known as Janice, is a Swedish singer.[2]

Music career

Born to a Ugandan father and a Finnish mother (born in Helsinki, to a half-Finnish and half-Dutch family),[3] Janice started studying at Kulturama at the age of eleven and then went to high school at Södra Latin, where she specialized in dancing.[4] She has been a member of the Tensta Gospel Choir since 2009.[5]

She got her breakthrough in music in 2016, when she released the single "Don't Need To", which she also co-wrote.[6] The song was aired a lot on Sveriges Radio, and in 2017 she was named Breakthrough Artist of the Year by Dagens Nyheter's culture section.[7]

She next released the songs "Answer" and "Love You Like I Should", and in the summer of 2017 she participated in the SVT show Allsång på Skansen and the TV4 show Lotta på Liseberg.[8][9]

Later in 2017, she released the singles I Got You, Black Lies, and Queen.[10] Janice performed the United States national anthem on 10 and 11 November 2017 at Globen Arena in Stockholm, when Colorado Avalanche and Ottawa Senators met each other in a game for the 2017 NHL Global Series.[11] At the same event she performed the national anthem of Canada.[11]

Janice sang at the final of the SVT show På spåret for the 2018 season.[12] She also performed her single "Queen" at the P3 Guld gala, which was broadcast both on Sveriges Radio and SVT.[13]

On International Women's Day on 8 March 2019, Janice helped the organization Red Cross to raise awareness of women who live in areas of war and conflict in the world.[14] Janice ended 2018 by performing at Bingolotto on TV4 for the bingo show's Christmas special on 23 December.[15]

In 2019, Janice, along with Sabina Ddumba and Molly Hammar, performed at the Swedish Grammis gala.[16] Janice has a cameo in the film Eld & Lågor, where she performs the ABBA song "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!".[17]

On 17 May 2019, she released the single "Hearts Will Bleed", and on 14 June the song "Kisses at Nighttime".[18] Her album I Don't Know A Thing About Love was released on 30 August.[19]

She played the character Bobbi T in the series The Playlist on Netflix.

Discography

Album

Year Title Songs Album Details
2018 Fallin' Up * Intro
* Black Lies (feat. Saint)
* You Only Say You Love Me in the Dark
* Answer
* Lullaby
* Enough
* Someone New
* Picture
* Don t Need To
* Changing
* I Got You
* Love You Like I Should
* Queen		 * Released: 2 February 2018
* Recordlabel: Four

Singles

Year Title
2016 Don't Need To
2017 Answer
Love You Like I Should
I Got You
Black Lies (feat. Saint)
Queen
2018 You Only Say You Love Me in the Dark
Två av oss (feat. Ji Nilsson )
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

References

  1. ↑ "'Det var en befrielse att äntligen kunna sjunga om pappa'" ["It was a relief to finally be able to sing about Dad"]. Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 15 June 2019. Archived from the original on 5 September 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  2. ↑ "Janice vill få dig att känna det hon sjunger". Mitt i Stockholm. 8 February 2018. Archived from the original on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  3. ↑ Britz, Sarah (28 February 2018). "Janice tar plats". Faktum (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 20 September 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2019. Min mamma är finska, min pappa är från Uganda.
  4. ↑ "Stockholm-sångerskan Janice debuterar med singeln "Don't Need To"". Archived from the original on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  5. ↑ "Janice: "Första gången jag hörde Whitney blev jag förtrollad" – Popmani" (in Swedish). 23 August 2016. Archived from the original on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  6. ↑ Radio, Sveriges. "Veckans låt: Janice – "Don't Need To" – Musiken i P3". sverigesradio.se. Archived from the original on 27 August 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019. Sveriges Radio Retrieved 27 August 2019
  7. ↑ "DN väljer: Fyra kulturhopp inför 2017 – DN.SE" (in Swedish). 30 December 2016. Archived from the original on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  8. ↑ Nyheter, SVT. "Debut för Janice på Allsång på Skansen: "Jag var så ledsen när jag skrev låten"" (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  9. ↑ "Sista Lotta på Liseberg – en fulländad kväll" (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 9 April 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  10. ↑ "Janice samarbetar med Saint på nya singeln "Black Lies"". Archived from the original on 27 August 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019. kingsizemag.se Retrieved 27 August 2019
  11. 1 2 "Janice sings national anthems". www.nhl.com. 11 November 2017. Archived from the original on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  12. ↑ "Minst dåliga laget vann avslagen "På spåret"-final". Aftonbladet. 20 March 2018. Archived from the original on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  13. ↑ Radio, Sveriges. "Silvana Imam, Janice och Tove Styrke till P3 Guld-galan 2018 – P3 Guld". sverigesradio.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 14 August 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  14. ↑ "Tre guld till Sverige i Pearl Awards". www.resume.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 14 August 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  15. ↑ Gäster på uppsittaren -Bingolotto Archived 28 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine bingolotto.se Retrieved 27 August 2019
  16. ↑ "Robyn och Seinabo Sey storvinnare på Grammis". DN.SE. 7 February 2019. Archived from the original on 27 August 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  17. ↑ "Eagles (TV Series 2019– ) – IMDb". Archived from the original on 9 April 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  18. ↑ "Janice – Hearts will bleed (LIVE) – Malou Efter tio – tv4.se". tv4.se. Archived from the original on 27 August 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019
  19. ↑ "Janice aktuell med ny singel och "Allsång på Skansen"". Archived from the original on 27 August 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019. kingsizemag.se Retrieved 27 August 2019
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