September (singer)

September
Birth name	Petra Marklund
Born	12 September, 1984
Origin	Stockholm, Sweden
Genre(s)	Dance-pop, Club/Dance
Occupation(s)	singer
Years active	2003–present
Label(s)	Catchy Tunes / Family Tree Music AB
Website	Official website

September is the stage name of Swedish singer Petra Marklund, born 1984.

Biography

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As stated on September's Myspace page: "Petra Marklund was born determined. By the time she was twelve, she was already in studios recording. At seventeen, she was singing in a rock band and when she graduated from Swedish high school, at a time when most teenagers worry about what to wear to their interviews for a job at McDonalds, Petra had already nailed a record deal. A big one. Calling herself September, the then 18-year old had hits like "La la la (Never give it up)", "We can do it" and "September all over". The songs were written and produced by dynamic hit making trio Jonas von der Burg, Niclas von der Burg and Anoo Bhagavan, and with Petra, they made a great team where Petra found exactly the kind of high-quality dance music she was looking for to make. While danceable and catchy, the songs always have its base in Petra's dark, surprisingly sad voice that lingers in your ears, making them stick out from the hit parades on the radio." ^[1]

Career

In 2003, at the age of 18, she had her first hit in Sweden with "La La La (Never Give It Up)", which reached number 8 in her homeland of Sweden. The single was followed by "We Can Do It", which became her second top 10 hit. As result of these two singles, her debut album was recorded and released in February 2004, along with the third single off the album, "September All Over", which reached the number 8 position too. It then stayed quite around September, until she broke the silence around her by releasing "Satellites", first single from the second album In Orbit, which became her biggest hit to date. The song currently stands at number 139 in the Swedish Alltime Bestperforming Singles Chart.^[2] Other singles that followed from the same album included "Looking for Love", "Flowers on the Grave" "It Doesn't Matter" and "Cry for You". In America, September released her biggest hit to date "Satellites" in late 2006 where it had moderate success, reaching the number 8 position on the Hot Dance Airplay chart. "Cry for You" was released to US radio stations on the 5th of June and had peaked at number 1 on the Hot Dance Airplay where it stayed for a total of 3 weeks.^[3] On the 1st September, September competed in Sopot Festival 2007 in Poland, representing Sweden, and her rivals will be music stars like: Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Thierry Amiel, The Cloud Room and Monrose. She was 3rd in Viewers Choice (Silver Place). September released a new single entitled "Can't Get Over" on the 20th June 2007 in Sweden. The single was followed by the release of Petra's third album in September called "Dancing Shoes". The album reached 12 on the Swedish album chart. Her highest peak to date, though it only remained on the charts for 4 weeks while her previous two charts remained on the charts for 6 weeks. The second single released from the album is "Until I Die" the song is already rocketing up iTunes where it has already reached top 10 there. "Until I Die" entered the Swedish Charts at number 5 on the week of November 15, but has since fallen to 52 in its second week on the charts. However, "Until I Die" climbed up to 37 on its third week on the charts. Septembers first single from "Dancing Shoes", "Can't Get Over" was released on the American iTunes the week of 27 November 2007. It has already become on of her most downloaded songs there. In Poland September's second album "In Orbit" was released including new remixes and a dvd with music videos from the album. The album was well received there and peaked at 10 for 2 weeks and has currently gone gold; selling over 10,000 copies. The album is expected to be released in Spain where Petra was had 4 top 10 songs.

Discography

Albums

Year	Cover	Title	Chart positions			Sales & Certification
			SWE	FIN	POL
2004		September 1st studio album Released: February 11, 2004 In: Sweden In: Finland Formats: CD	36
2005		In Orbit 2nd studio album Released: October 26, 2005 In: Sweden, Finland, UK, Germany, Italy, France, Poland, China, Japan Formats:CD	17	36	10	POL Sales: 10,000 + Certification: GOLD
2007		Dancing Shoes 3rd studio album Released: 26th September 2007 Worldwide Formats:CD	12		26
			SWE	FIN	POL
		Top Ten albums

Singles

References

External links

• September's Official website
• September's Official Myspace