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Sabina Ddumba

{{short description|Swedish singer|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Sabina Ddumba

| image = Sabina Ddumba in 2015.jpg

| image_size = 200px

| caption = Ddumba at Allsång på Skansen in 2015

| genre = {{Flatlist|

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|2|23|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Stockholm, Sweden

| label = Warner Bros. Sweden

| occupation = Singer

| instrument = Vocals

| associated_acts = {{Flatlist|

}}

Sabina Ddumba (born 23 February 1994) is a Swedish singer.{{cite web|url = http://skapelsen.com/portfolio/sabina-ddumba/|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150226160846/http://skapelsen.com/portfolio/sabina-ddumba/|url-status=dead|archive-date = 26 February 2015|title = Sabina Ddumba|publisher = |accessdate = 30 September 2015}} Her music has soul, gospel, and R&B influences. Ddumba was a backing vocalist on Katy Perry's song "Walking on Air" in 2013 and has collaborated with artists such as the hip hop band Looptroop Rockers, duo Lorentz & Sakarias and Adam Kanyama in 2012.{{cite news|url = http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/article20522836.ab|title = Sabina Ddumba är okända rösten i Katy Perrys refräng - Nöjesbladet|work = Aftonbladet|accessdate = 30 September 2015|archive-date = 1 October 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151001151130/http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/article20522836.ab|url-status = live}} She is signed to Warner Music.{{cite web|url = http://www.musikindustrin.se/2014/07/21/skivbolag-sabina-ddumba-till-warner-bros/|title = SKIVBOLAG Sabina Ddumba till Warner Bros|date = 21 July 2014|publisher = Musikindustrin|accessdate = 30 September 2015|archive-date = 4 October 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151004090227/http://www.musikindustrin.se/2014/07/21/skivbolag-sabina-ddumba-till-warner-bros/|url-status = live}} Ddumba released her first single, "Scarred for Life", in 2014, and her second single, "Effortless" in 2015. Both were certified platinum.{{cite web|title = Sabina Ddumba: Großer neuer Pop aus Schweden: Sabina Ddumba mit "Effortless" und "Not Too Young"|date = 15 December 2015|url = http://www.warnermusic.de/news/2015-12-15/grosser-neuer-pop-aus-schweden-sabina-ddumba-mit-effortless-und-not-too-young|publisher = Warner Music Germany|access-date = 2016-02-17|archive-date = 2016-03-04|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063917/http://www.warnermusic.de/news/2015-12-15/grosser-neuer-pop-aus-schweden-sabina-ddumba-mit-effortless-und-not-too-young|url-status = live}} Ddumba appeared in Moraeus med mera in 2014{{cite web|title = Kalles gäster fjärde säsongen|url = http://www.svt.se/moraeus-med-mera/de-gastar-kalle-moraeus-i-sommar/|publisher = svt.se|access-date = 2016-02-17|archive-date = 2016-03-03|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303151146/http://www.svt.se/moraeus-med-mera/de-gastar-kalle-moraeus-i-sommar/|url-status = live}} and performed at Grammisgalan in 2015.{{cite news|url = http://www.expressen.se/noje/sabina-ddumba-ska-spela--pa-grammis/|title = Sabina Ddumba ska spela – på Grammis|work = Expressen|accessdate = 30 September 2015|archive-date = 24 September 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150924133513/http://www.expressen.se/noje/sabina-ddumba-ska-spela--pa-grammis/|url-status = live}} She performed at the 2015 Swedish Grammis,{{cite web|title = Pre Grammys: Sabina Ddumba|url = http://radarcollective.com/music/pre-grammys-sabina-ddumba/|publisher = Radar Collective|access-date = 2016-02-17|archive-date = 2017-04-28|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170428055243/http://radarcollective.com/music/pre-grammys-sabina-ddumba/|url-status = live}} and in 2015 won 'Newcomer of the Year' at the Grammisgalan and 2016 P3 Gold Awards.{{cite magazine|title=Sabina Ddumba wins newcomer of the year at P3 Gold Awards |url=http://paowmagazine.com/sabina-ddumba-wins-newcomer-of-the-year-at-p3-gold-awards/ |magazine=Paow Magazine |access-date=2016-02-17 |language=en-US |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304164527/http://paowmagazine.com/sabina-ddumba-wins-newcomer-of-the-year-at-p3-gold-awards/ |archivedate=2016-03-04}}

Early life

Sabina Ddumba was born on 23 February 1994 in Fisksätra, Nacka. She is the sixth child out of eight in her family. Her mother is Ugandan, and when she was eight years old, her mother moved back to Uganda.{{cite news|title = Sabina Ddumba: "Jag vill inte bli klar"|url = http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/musik/article22067821.ab|newspaper = Aftonbladet|access-date = 2016-02-16|archive-date = 2016-03-01|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160301132456/http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/musik/article22067821.ab|url-status = live}} After listening to traditional Ugandan nursery rhymes and songs, she became interested in melody and phrasing.{{cite web|title = Sabina Ddumba|url = http://radarcollective.com/music/sabina-ddumba-interview/|publisher = Radar Collective|access-date = 2016-02-16|archive-date = 2017-04-28|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170428055033/http://radarcollective.com/music/sabina-ddumba-interview/|url-status = live}} Ddumba has started writing songs since she was 10.{{cite web|title = Pre Grammys: Sabina Ddumba|url = http://radarcollective.com/music/pre-grammys-sabina-ddumba/|publisher = Radar Collective|access-date = 2016-02-16|archive-date = 2017-04-28|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170428055243/http://radarcollective.com/music/pre-grammys-sabina-ddumba/|url-status = live}} In 2008, at the age of fourteen, she joined the Tensta Gospel Choir, and sang with the group for about six years. It was through this choir that she found singing was her vocation. Her father and relatives wanted her to pursue a more scholarly profession, such as a doctor.

Musical influences

Ddumba was inspired by the Ugandan nursery rhymes and songs she heard when she was a child. She also grew up listening to the hip hop and R&B of the late 1990s. As her family was religious, the gospel music she heard in church on Sundays has also greatly influenced her musical style. Her time with the Tensta Gospel Choir strengthened the influence that gospel music has had on her work.

Career

Ddumba participated in The X Factor Sverige in 2012. Also in 2012, she sang on Adam Kanyama's track, "The Golden Child" and collaborated with the duo Lorentz & Sakarias. In 2013 she sang background vocals for Katy Perry's single "Walking On Air", which was featured on Perry's album, Prism. The same year she collaborated with hip hop group Looptroop Rockers on their song "Sea of Death". In 2014, she released her first single, "Scarred for Life". After the release of this single, in 2015 she signed with Warner Music.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}} In 2015, Ddumba released her second single, "Effortless", which was certified platinum in Sweden. The song was co-written with Carmen Reece, and produced by Nick Ruth and T-Collar.{{cite web|title = ::hawkridge studio::|url = http://www.ohlzon.nu/topplistan/poprecords.asp|publisher = www.ohlzon.nu|access-date = 2016-02-17|last = goran@ohlzon.nu|archive-date = 2016-03-03|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303225319/http://www.ohlzon.nu/topplistan/poprecords.asp|url-status = dead}} Her single "Not Too Young" was released on 30 October 2015.{{cite web |author= |title=Not Too Young by Sabina Ddumba |website=AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/not-too-young-mt0052551339 |access-date=2023-05-25 |language=en |archive-date=2023-05-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230525210327/https://www.allmusic.com/song/not-too-young-mt0052551339 |url-status=live }} This single was certified double platinum. In February 2015, Ddumba performed at the Swedish Grammys. In 2016, she performed "Not Too Young" at the P3 Gold Awards, winning the award for Newcomer of the Year. Ddumba will be releasing a follow-up single to "Not Too Young" titled "Not Too Young Pt. II", which will be produced by Wolf Cousins.

In the autumn of 2016, she participated in TV4's "So Much Better", where she was among others praised for her interpretation of Uno Svenningsson's song "Vågorna".{{Cite press release|url=http://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/furuvik/pressreleases/sabina-ddumba-till-furuvik-i-sommar-2410389|title=Sabina Ddumba till Furuvik i sommar|website=Mynewsdesk|access-date=2018-02-17|archive-date=2018-02-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180218024203/http://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/furuvik/pressreleases/sabina-ddumba-till-furuvik-i-sommar-2410389|url-status=live}}

Discography

=Albums=

class="wikitable"
style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|Year

! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; width:180px;"|Title

! style="text-align:center;"|Charts

width="20"|SWE
{{Cite web|url=https://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Sabina+Ddumba|title=swedishcharts.com - Discography Sabina Ddumba|website=swedishcharts.com|access-date=2019-08-16|archive-date=2017-06-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170613044056/http://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Sabina+Ddumba|url-status=live}}
style="text-align:center;"|2016

|Homeward Bound

| style="text-align:center;"|10

style="text-align:center;"|2017

|Så mycket bättre 2017 – Tolkningarna

| style="text-align:center;"|35
{{cite web|url=http://www.sverigetopplistan.se/|title=Sveriges Officiella Topplista|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|accessdate=6 January 2018|archive-date=20 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170720033503/http://www.sverigetopplistan.se/|url-status=live}} Click on "Veckans albumlista".

style="text-align:center;"|2021

|The Forgotten Ones

| style="text-align:center;"

=Singles=

class="wikitable"
style="text-align:center; width:1px;" rowspan="2"|Year

! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; width:180px;"|Title

! style="text-align:center;"|Charts

! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; width:180px;"|Album

width="20"|SWE
style="text-align:center;"|2014

|"Scarred for Life"

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5"|Homeward Bound

style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|2015

|"Effortless"

| style="text-align:center;"|57

"Not Too Young"

| style="text-align:center;"|7

style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|2016

|"Time"

| style="text-align:center;"|91

"Did It for the Fame"

| style="text-align:center;"|44

style="text-align:center;" rowspan="4"|2017

|"Vågorna"

| style="text-align:center;"|19

| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="4"|Så mycket bättre 2017 – Tolkningarna

"It's Been Hurting All the Way with You, Joanna"

| style="text-align:center;"|77

"Manboy"

| style="text-align:center;"|27

"Varför är kärleken röd"

| style="text-align:center;"|57

style="text-align:center;"|2018

|"Small World"

| style="text-align:center;"|69
{{cite web|url=http://www.sverigetopplistan.se/|title=Sverigetopplistan – Sveriges Officiella Topplista|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|accessdate=15 June 2018|archive-date=20 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170720033503/http://www.sverigetopplistan.se/|url-status=live}}

| {{n/a|Non-album single}}

style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3"|2019

|"Blow My Mind"
(featuring Mr. Eazi)

| style="text-align:center;"|75
{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/41?dspy=2019&dspp=19|title=Veckolista Singlar, vecka 19|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|accessdate=10 May 2019|archive-date=5 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505055416/https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/41?dspy=2019&dspp=19|url-status=live}}

| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="4"| The Forgotten Ones

"Conversation"
(featuring Kojo Funds)

| style="text-align:center;"|—{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Conversation" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number seven on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/215?dspy=2019&dspp=34|title=Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 34|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|accessdate=23 August 2019|archive-date=3 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603045019/https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/215?dspy=2019&dspp=34|url-status=live}}}}

"Forgotten Ones"

| style="text-align:center;"|—{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Forgotten Ones" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number 10 on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/215?dspy=2019&dspp=34|title=Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 34|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|accessdate=16 November 2019|archive-date=3 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603045019/https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/215?dspy=2019&dspp=34|url-status=live}}}}

style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|2020

| "Pick Sides"{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/pick-sides-single/1496671510|title=Pick Sides - Single by Sabina Ddumba on Apple Music|publisher=Apple Music|access-date=19 April 2021|archive-date=19 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419195058/https://music.apple.com/us/album/pick-sides-single/1496671510|url-status=live}}

| style="text-align:center;"| —

"Walk with Me"{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/walk-with-me-single/1516319362|title=Walk With Me - Single by Sabina Ddumba on Apple Music|publisher=Apple Music|access-date=19 April 2021|archive-date=19 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419195053/https://music.apple.com/us/album/walk-with-me-single/1516319362|url-status=live}}

| style="text-align:center;"| —

| rowspan="3" {{n/a|Non-album single}}

style="text-align:center;" rowspan="4"|2021

| "Fan va har vi gjort..."
{{small|(with Danny Saucedo)}}

| style="text-align:center;"|19
{{Cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/41?dspy=2021&dspp=6|title=Veckolista Singlar, vecka 6|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|access-date=13 February 2021|archive-date=3 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303124046/https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/41?dspy=2021&dspp=6|url-status=live}}

"Jag vill ha"{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/jag-vill-ha-single/1551178760|title=Jag vill ha - Single by Sabina Ddumba on Apple Music|publisher=Apple Music|access-date=19 April 2021|archive-date=20 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420010151/https://music.apple.com/us/album/jag-vill-ha-single/1551178760|url-status=live}}

| style="text-align:center;"| —

"Damn Good Woman"

| style="text-align:center;"|—{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Damn Good Woman" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number three on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/215?dspy=2021&dspp=6|title=Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 6|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|accessdate=20 February 2021|archive-date=29 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210329164006/https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/215?dspy=2021&dspp=6|url-status=live}}}}

| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| The Forgotten Ones

"Swishers"{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/swishers-single/1560872508|title=Swishers - Single by Sabina Ddumba on Apple Music|publisher=Apple Music|access-date=19 April 2021|archive-date=19 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419195055/https://music.apple.com/us/album/swishers-single/1560872508|url-status=live}}

| style="text-align:center;"| —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Swishers" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number 18 on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/215?dspy=2021&dspp=16|title=Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 16|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|access-date=23 April 2021|archive-date=23 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423124246/https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/215?dspy=2021&dspp=16|url-status=live}}}}

==Promotional singles==

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! scope="col" style="width:20em;"| Title

! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year

! scope="col"| Album

scope="row"| "Love Someone"{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/7nOgjBllSIbcsJN5CYSrwU|title=Spotify Singles|website=Spotify|accessdate=12 November 2020|archive-date=26 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026083032/https://open.spotify.com/album/7nOgjBllSIbcsJN5CYSrwU|url-status=live}}
(Lukas Graham featuring Sabina Ddumba)

| 2019

| {{N/A|Non-album promotional single}}

Notes

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References

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External links

  • {{Commons category-inline|Sabina Ddumba}}
  • {{AllMusic}}
  • {{Discogs artist}}
  • [https://www.facebook.com/SabinaDdumbaOfficial/ Facebook]

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Category:Living people

Category:1994 births

Category:21st-century Swedish singers

Category:English-language singers from Sweden

Category:Singers from Stockholm

Category:Swedish pop singers

Category:Swedish women pop singers

Category:Swedish soul singers

Category:Warner Records artists

Category:Swedish people of Ugandan descent

Category:21st-century Swedish women singers