Rebecka Törnqvist
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| name = Rebecka Törnqvist
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| origin = Uppsala, Sweden
| years_active = 1993–present
| label = EMI, Warner, Kaza, Metronome
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Rebecka Törnqvist (born 26 April 1964 in Uppsala, Sweden) is a Swedish jazz and pop vocalist.
Her debut album A Night like This was released in 1993 and sold over 100,000 copies.{{cite news|url=http://www.st.nu/slakt-o-vanner/rebecka-tornqvist-46-ar|title=Rebecka Törnqvist 46 år|publisher=Sundsvalls tidning|language=Swedish|date=26 April 2010|accessdate=30 September 2017}} This was followed by Good Thing in 1995.
Most of the albums by Rebecka Törnqvist are sung in English, with the exception of Vad jag vill (2001). She helped to increase "interest in young female jazz vocalists in Sweden in the 1990s, though her solo albums weren't pure jazz, but rather pop with heavy jazz influences".{{cite web |last=Lovén |first=Lars |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/rebecka-t%C3%B6rnqvist-mn0000631664/biography |title=Rebecka Törnqvist |website=AllMusic |accessdate=February 27, 2020}}
Discography
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| rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Album details ! colspan="1"| Peak chart positions |
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! style="width:30px;"| SWE |
| 1993
| style="text-align:left;"| A Night Like This
| 4 |
| 1995
| style="text-align:left;"| Good Thing
| 1 |
| 1996
| style="text-align:left;"| The Stockholm Kaza Session
| 12 |
| 1998
| style="text-align:left;"| Tremble My Heart
| 5 |
| 2001
| style="text-align:left;"| Vad Jag Vill
| 21 |
| 2004
| style="text-align:left;"| Travel Like in Songs
| 10 |
| rowspan="2"| 2006
| style="text-align:left;"| Melting into Orange
| 14 |
| style="text-align:left;"| Fire in the Hole: Sara Isaksson & Rebecka Törnqvist Sing Steely Dan (with Sara Isaksson)
| 22 |
| 2008
| style="text-align:left;"|The Cherry Blossom and the Skyline Rising from the Street
| 31 |
| 2011
| style="text-align:left;"| Scorpions
| 25 |
| 2017
| style="text-align:left;"| Home Secretary
| 55 |
| colspan="3" style="font-size:85%"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |
=With the band Gloria=
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| rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Album details ! colspan="1"| Peak chart positions |
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| style="font-size:smaller;"
! style="width:30px;"| SWE |
| 1999
| style="text-align:left;"| Gloria
| 13 |
| 2003
| style="text-align:left;"| People Like You and Me
| 26 |
| colspan="3" style="font-size:85%"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |
References
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External links
- [http://www.rebeckatornqvist.se/ Official Rebecka Törnqvist Homepage]
- [http://home8.swipnet.se/~w-82941/rt Swedish Fan Page]
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Category:Musicians from Uppsala