Melanie Wehbe

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{{Short description|Swedish singer}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Melanie Wehbe

| image = Melodifestivalen 2023 Lidköping Melanie Wehbe 5 (cropped).jpg

| caption = Melanie Wehbe in 2023

| birth_name =Melanie Gabriella Hayrapetian

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|12|02|df=yes}}

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| birth_place = Västerås, Sweden

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| genre =

| occupation = Singer, songwriter

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Melanie Gabriella Hayrapetian (born 2 December 1991), known as Melanie Wehbe, is a Swedish singer.{{cite web|access-date=4 March 2023|date=28 March 2020|first=Carl Petersson|language=sv|last=Moberg|title=Låtskrivarna om att "Move" inte får tävla i Eurovision|url=http://www.gp.se/1.26032605|work=Göteborgs-Posten}} She was born in Västerås to an Armenian father and a Lebanese mother.{{cite web | url=https://illustratemagazine.com/exclusive-interview-with-melanie-wehbe/ | title=Exclusive Interview with 'MELANIE WEHBE' | date=20 July 2022 }} She participated in Melodifestivalen 2023 with the song "For the Show".{{Cite web|url=https://eurovisionworld.com/national/sweden/melodifestivalen-2023/melanie-wehbe-for-the-show|title=Melodifestivalen 2023: Melanie Wehbe - "For the Show"|website=Eurovisionworld|accessdate=3 March 2023}} She has also co-written a number of songs which have gone on to compete or intended to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest, such as "Love Is Forever" by Leonora, "Move" by The Mamas,{{Cite web |date=17 January 2023 |title=Melanie Wehbe – från låtskrivare till artist i Melodifestivalen |trans-title=Melanie Wehbe – from songwriter to artist in Melodifestivalen |url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/15j08Q |accessdate=8 March 2023 |publisher=Aftonbladet}} "Sand" by Saba and "Hallucination" by Sissal.

Television

On 1 April 2023, Wehbe was a special guest celebrity in the episode Dragodifestivalen of the Swedish language reality television series Drag Race Sverige broadcast on SVT1 and SVT Play.{{Cite web |date=2 April 2023 |title=Drag Race Sverige: Schlagermossa, Loreen & ännu ett chockavsked |url=https://www.qx.se/noje/245243/drag-race-sverige-schlagermossa-loreen-annu-ett-chockavsked/ |access-date=12 April 2023 |website=www.qx.se |language=Swedish}}

Discography

=Singles=

  • 2016 – "Wasted"
  • 2018 – "Make Room"
  • 2018 – "Forget You"
  • 2019 – "Iron"
  • 2019 – "Shy"
  • 2020 – "Nothing"
  • 2021 – "Sugarcoat"
  • 2022 – "Like I Do"
  • 2022 – "All the Rest"
  • 2022 – "Bloom"
  • 2023 – "Part of Me" (Lanné and Max Lean featuring Melanie Wehbe)

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|+ List of singles

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year

! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| SWE
{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/41?dspy=2023&dspp=10|title=Veckolista Singlar, vecka 10|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|access-date=11 March 2023}}
scope="row"| "For the Show"

| 2023

| 87

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=EPs=

  • 2022 – Bloom

References