Molly Hammar

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Molly Hammar

| image = Molly Pettersson Hammar.jpg

| caption =

| birth_name = Ella Molly Natalia Pettersson Hammar

| alias = Molly Pettersson Hammar

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1995|10|16}}

| birth_place = Umeå, Sweden

| genre = {{Flatlist|

}}

| years_active = 2011–present

| occupation = Singer, songwriter

| associated_acts = Ira Losco

| label = Cosmos Music

| website =

}}

Ella Molly Natalia Pettersson Hammar (born 16 October 1995), known professionally as Molly Hammar, is a Swedish singer and songwriter who participated in the talent show Idol 2011 broadcast on TV4, where she reached fourth place.{{cite web|url=http://hant.se/mello-aktuella-molly-pettersson-hammar-jag-ar-skitdalig-pa-dejter/|title=Molly Pettersson Hammar som tävlar i Melodifestivalen: "Jag är skitdålig på dejter" - Hänt.se|publisher=Hant.se|accessdate=7 February 2015|archive-date=7 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150207151005/http://hant.se/mello-aktuella-molly-pettersson-hammar-jag-ar-skitdalig-pa-dejter/|url-status=dead}}

Career

=2011: ''Idol''=

In September 2011 Molly took part in the eighth season of Idol. In the Quarter-Finals she sang Alicia Keys' "A Woman's Worth", she finished in the Top 12 and progressed through to the Semi-Final. In the Semi-Final she sang U2's "Where the Streets Have No Name", she progressed to the Finals. In the Finals she made it through the final 4 before being eliminated.

=2015–present: ''Melodifestivalen''=

Hammar participated in Melodifestivalen 2015 with the song "I'll Be Fine", finishing sixth in the semifinal and being eliminated.{{cite web|url=http://www.svt.se/melodifestivalen/artister/2015/molly-pettersson-hammar/ |title=Molly Pettersson Hammar - Melodifestivalen - SVT.se |work=svt.se |accessdate=7 February 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150207161555/http://www.svt.se/melodifestivalen/artister/2015/molly-pettersson-hammar/ |archivedate=7 February 2015 }} The song peaked at number 65 on the Swedish Singles Chart. However the song peaked at number 6 on Digilistan (The Swedish download chart) ahead of the songs that qualified for Andra Chansen.{{cite web|url=http://wiwibloggs.com/2015/02/08/shell-fine-molly-pettersson-hammar-storms-swedish-itunes/77868/#comment-400046|title=She'll Be Fine: Molly Pettersson Hammar storms Swedish iTunes - Eurovision 2015 Predictions, Polls, Odds, Rankings - wiwibloggs|author=Chris Halpin|work=Eurovision 2015 Predictions, Polls, Odds, Rankings - wiwibloggs|date=8 February 2015 |accessdate=8 February 2015}}

She competed in Melodifestivalen 2016 with the song "Hunger", and qualified to andra chansen from the second semi-final before being eliminated.{{cite web|last1=Escudero|first1=Victor M.|title=Sweden: two more finalists in Melodifestivalen|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=sweden_two_more_finalists_in_melodifestivalen|website=eurovision.tv|publisher=European Broadcasting Union|accessdate=13 February 2016|date=13 February 2016|archive-date=20 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160620110553/http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=sweden_two_more_finalists_in_melodifestivalen|url-status=dead}}

She co-wrote the Maltese song for the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 "Walk on Water" performed by Ira Losco. She performed with Ira Losco as her backing vocalist at the Eurovision Song Contest.{{cite web|url=http://eurovoix.com/2016/03/16/malta-disputes-ira-loscos-eurovision-song/|title=Tonight: Malta Reveals "Walk on Water"|publisher=Eurovoix|date=17 March 2016|last=Granger|first=Anthony}}

Personal life

Molly Pettersson Hammar was previously in a relationship with singer Robin Stjernberg whom she met during her time at Idol, until 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/article17339050.ab|title=Robin Stjernberg och Molly Pettersson Hammar har gjort slut - Nöjesbladet - Aftonbladet|work=Aftonbladet|date=23 August 2013 |accessdate=7 February 2015}}

Discography

=Singles=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" \|+ List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications ! scope="col" rowspan="2"\| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2"\| Year ! scope="col" colspan="1"\| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"\| Certifications ! scope="col" rowspan="2"\| Album
scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;" \| SWE {{cite web\|url=http://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Molly+Hammar\|title=Discography Molly Hammar\|publisher=Swedish Charts Portal. Hung Medien\|access-date=19 November 2022}}
scope="row"\| "I'll Be Fine" \| rowspan="2"\|2015 \| 65 \| \| Melodifestivalen 2015
scope="row"\| "Something Right" \| — \| \| {{Non-album single}}
scope="row"\| "Hunger" \| rowspan="2"\|2016 \| 57 \| \| Melodifestivalen 2016
scope="row"\| "Liberate" \| — \| \|rowspan="2"\| Sex
scope="row"\| "Blossom" \|2018 \| — \|
scope="row"\| "No Place Like Me" {{small\|(featuring Big Narstie)}} \| rowspan="4"\| 2019 \| — \| \| rowspan="6" {{Non-album singles}}
scope="row"\| "Words" \| —{{efn\|group=upper-alpha\|"Words" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number 15 on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.{{cite web\|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/215?dspy=2019&dspp=19\|title=Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 19\|publisher=Sverigetopplistan\|accessdate=10 May 2019}}}} \|
scope="row"\| "Show Me" {{small\|(featuring Kim Cesarion)}} \| —{{efn\|group=upper-alpha\|"Show Me" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number 15 on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.{{cite web\|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/215?dspy=2019&dspp=33\|title=Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 33\|publisher=Sverigetopplistan\|accessdate=16 August 2019\|archive-date=28 June 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200628065851/https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/215?dspy=2019&dspp=33\|url-status=live}}}} \|
scope="row"\| "Shortcuts (I Can't Wait)" \| — \|
scope="row"\| "Alone" \| rowspan="2"\|2020 \| — \|
scope="row"\| "Get to Know Me First" {{small\|(with Julie Bergan and AWA)}} \| —{{efn\|group=upper-alpha\|"Get to Know Me First" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number 13 on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.{{cite web\|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/215?dspy=2020&dspp=34\|title=Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 34\|publisher=Sverigetopplistan\|accessdate=28 August 2020\|archive-date=3 March 2021\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210303193630/https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/215?dspy=2020&dspp=34\|url-status=live}}}} \|
scope="row"\| "Love Me Blind" \| 2021 \| — \| \| Love Me Blind
scope="row"\| "Ingen annan rör mig som du" \| rowspan="5"\| 2022 \| 1 \| GLF: 2× Platinum{{cite certification\|region=Sweden\|artist=Molly Hammar\|access-date=12 April 2025}} \| rowspan="5"\| Så mycket bättre 2022 – Tolkningarna
scope="row"\| "På riktigt" \| 94 \|
scope="row"\| "Regnar och regnar" \| 18 \| GLF: Gold
scope="row"\| "Can't Stay Away" \| 80 \|
scope="row"\| "Så nära" \| 79 \| GLF: Gold
scope="row"\| "All My Friends" \| rowspan="3"\| 2023 \| —{{efn\|group=upper-alpha\|"All My Friends" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number nine on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.{{cite web\|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/215?dspy=2023&dspp=9\|title=Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 9\|publisher=Sverigetopplistan\|access-date=4 March 2023}}}} \| \| rowspan="7" {{Non-album singles}}
scope="row"\| "Fight Like a Girl" \| —{{efn\|group=upper-alpha\|"Fight Like a Girl" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number 16 on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.{{cite web\|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/215?dspy=2023&dspp=32\|title=Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 32\|publisher=Sverigetopplistan\|access-date=11 August 2023\|archive-date=27 November 2023\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231127154458/https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/215?dspy=2023&dspp=32\|url-status=live}}}} \|
scope="row"\| "Deep Down" \| —{{efn\|group=upper-alpha\|"Deep Down" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number nine on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.{{cite web\|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/215?dspy=2023&dspp=38\|title=Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 38\|publisher=Sverigetopplistan\|access-date=22 September 2023}}}} \|
scope="row"\| "I fönstret på andra sidan gatan" \| rowspan="3"\| 2024 \| —{{efn\|group=upper-alpha\|"I fönstret på andra sidan gatan" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number 20 on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.{{cite web\|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/215?dspy=2024&dspp=3\|title=Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 3, 2024\|publisher=Sverigetopplistan\|access-date=20 January 2024\|archive-date=19 January 2024\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119135955/https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/215?dspy=2024&dspp=3\|url-status=live}}}} \|
scope="row"\| "Beredd" {{small\|(with Per Gessle)}} \| —{{efn\|group=upper-alpha\|"Beredd" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number six on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.{{cite web\|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/215?dspy=2024&dspp=9\|title=Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 9, 2024\|publisher=Sverigetopplistan\|access-date=2 March 2024}}}} \|
scope="row"\| "Misstro" {{small\|(with Albin Lee Meldau)}} \| 98 {{cite web\|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/41?dspy=2024&dspp=20\|title=Veckolista Singlar, vecka 20\|publisher=Sverigetopplistan\|access-date=17 May 2024\|archive-date=13 May 2024\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240513134648/https://sverigetopplistan.se/chart/41/?dspy=2024&dspp=20\|url-status=live}} \|
scope="row"\| "Någon kommer älska dig igen" {{small\|(with Ricky Rich)}} \| 2025 \| 48 {{cite web\|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/41?dspy=2025&dspp=7\|title=Veckolista Singlar, vecka 7, 2025\|publisher=Sverigetopplistan\|access-date=15 February 2025}} \|
colspan="5" style="font-size:85%;"\| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released.

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

|+ List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications

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

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

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

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

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

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;" | SWE
{{cite web|url=http://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Molly+Hammar|title=Discography Molly Hammar|publisher=Swedish Charts Portal. Hung Medien|access-date=19 November 2022}}

scope="row"| "I'll Be Fine"

| rowspan="2"|2015

| 65

| Melodifestivalen 2015

scope="row"| "Something Right"

| —

| {{Non-album single}}

scope="row"| "Hunger"

| rowspan="2"|2016

| 57

| Melodifestivalen 2016

scope="row"| "Liberate"

| —

|rowspan="2"| Sex

scope="row"| "Blossom"

|2018

| —

scope="row"| "No Place Like Me"
{{small|(featuring Big Narstie)}}

| rowspan="4"| 2019

| —

| rowspan="6" {{Non-album singles}}

scope="row"| "Words"

| —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Words" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number 15 on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/215?dspy=2019&dspp=19|title=Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 19|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|accessdate=10 May 2019}}}}

scope="row"| "Show Me"
{{small|(featuring Kim Cesarion)}}

| —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Show Me" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number 15 on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/215?dspy=2019&dspp=33|title=Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 33|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|accessdate=16 August 2019|archive-date=28 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200628065851/https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/215?dspy=2019&dspp=33|url-status=live}}}}

scope="row"| "Shortcuts (I Can't Wait)"

| —

scope="row"| "Alone"

| rowspan="2"|2020

| —

scope="row"| "Get to Know Me First"
{{small|(with Julie Bergan and AWA)}}

| —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Get to Know Me First" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number 13 on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/215?dspy=2020&dspp=34|title=Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 34|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|accessdate=28 August 2020|archive-date=3 March 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210303193630/https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/215?dspy=2020&dspp=34|url-status=live}}}}

scope="row"| "Love Me Blind"

| 2021

| —

| Love Me Blind

scope="row"| "Ingen annan rör mig som du"

| rowspan="5"| 2022

| 1

GLF: 2× Platinum{{cite certification|region=Sweden|artist=Molly Hammar|access-date=12 April 2025}}

| rowspan="5"| Så mycket bättre 2022 – Tolkningarna

scope="row"| "På riktigt"

| 94

scope="row"| "Regnar och regnar"

| 18

GLF: Gold

scope="row"| "Can't Stay Away"

| 80

scope="row"| "Så nära"

| 79

GLF: Gold

scope="row"| "All My Friends"

| rowspan="3"| 2023

| —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"All My Friends" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number nine on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/215?dspy=2023&dspp=9|title=Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 9|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|access-date=4 March 2023}}}}

| rowspan="7" {{Non-album singles}}

scope="row"| "Fight Like a Girl"

| —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Fight Like a Girl" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number 16 on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/215?dspy=2023&dspp=32|title=Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 32|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|access-date=11 August 2023|archive-date=27 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231127154458/https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/215?dspy=2023&dspp=32|url-status=live}}}}

scope="row"| "Deep Down"

| —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Deep Down" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number nine on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/215?dspy=2023&dspp=38|title=Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 38|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|access-date=22 September 2023}}}}

scope="row"| "I fönstret på andra sidan gatan"

| rowspan="3"| 2024

| —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"I fönstret på andra sidan gatan" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number 20 on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/215?dspy=2024&dspp=3|title=Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 3, 2024|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|access-date=20 January 2024|archive-date=19 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119135955/https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/215?dspy=2024&dspp=3|url-status=live}}}}

scope="row"| "Beredd"
{{small|(with Per Gessle)}}

| —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Beredd" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number six on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/215?dspy=2024&dspp=9|title=Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 9, 2024|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|access-date=2 March 2024}}}}

scope="row"| "Misstro"
{{small|(with Albin Lee Meldau)}}

| 98
{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/41?dspy=2024&dspp=20|title=Veckolista Singlar, vecka 20|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|access-date=17 May 2024|archive-date=13 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240513134648/https://sverigetopplistan.se/chart/41/?dspy=2024&dspp=20|url-status=live}}

scope="row"| "Någon kommer älska dig igen"
{{small|(with Ricky Rich)}}

| 2025

| 48
{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/41?dspy=2025&dspp=7|title=Veckolista Singlar, vecka 7, 2025|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|access-date=15 February 2025}}

colspan="5" style="font-size:85%;"| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released.

Notes

References

External links

{{Facebook|MollyPHammar}}

Category:Swedish pop singers

Category:Swedish women pop singers

Category:1995 births

Category:Living people

Category:Singers from Stockholm

Category:Idol (Swedish TV series) participants

Category:English-language singers from Sweden

Category:21st-century Swedish singer-songwriters

Category:21st-century Swedish women singers