Signe Svendsen
{{short description|Danish singer (born 1974)}}
Signe Svendsen (born 16 October 1974) is a Danish singer. She took part in Eurovision Song Contest 2001 with the duo formation Rollo & King singing "Never Ever Let You Go" that was runner-up in the competition. She has developed a solo career with release of two albums.{{cite news | url=http://www.b.dk/navne/signe-svendsen-bliver-40-aar | title=Signe Svendsen bliver 40 år | work=Berlingske | date=16 October 2014 | accessdate=1 May 2016 | language=Danish}}
Career
Svendsen graduated from Nyborg Gymnasium and Rytmisk Musikkonservatorium in 1998. She gained fame through her participation in Eurovision Song Contest in 2001.{{cite news | url=http://politiken.dk/forbrugogliv/forbrug/mitforbrug/ECE2074138/signe-svendsen-jeg-laver-ikke-budgetter-og-er-ikke-saerlig-god-til-penge/ | title=Signe Svendsen: »Jeg laver ikke budgetter og er ikke særlig god til penge« | work=Politiken | date=15 September 2013 | accessdate=1 May 2016 | author=Grundtvig, Annemette}}
She continued on with a solo career and toured with Niels Hausgaard in 2007-2010 releasing Ny passager, her debut solo album in 2010. She wrote or co-wrote eight of the ten titles of the album.{{citation needed|date=May 2016}} She promoted the album with a tour later releasing recordings from the tour in her 2011 album Live 2010.{{citation needed|date=May 2016}} In June 2012, she released the single "Din Sang" (meaning Your Song) from her second album Kun de faldne rejser sig igen on 9 September 2013 that reached Top 3 in Tracklisten, the official Danish Albums Chart.
Svendsen has also appeared in a number of Danish television programs, including Spørg Charlie (Ask Charlie) and Signe og B.S. på afveje (with B. S. Christiansen).{{cite news | url=http://www.billedbladet.dk/kendte/danmark/musik/signe-svendsen-40-aar-foeles-fint | title=Signe Svendsen: 40 år føles fint | work=Billed Bladet | date=17 October 2014 | accessdate=1 May 2016 | author=Olsen, Juliane}}
Discography
=Albums=
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| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | DEN {{cite web | url=https://danishcharts.dk/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Signe+Svendsen | title=Signe Svendsen discography | publisher=Hung Medien | work=danishcharts.dk |accessdate=20 September 2013}} |
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| style="text-align:center;"|2010
|Ny passager | style="text-align:center;"|12 | style="text-align:center;"| |
| style="text-align:center;"|2013
|Kun de faldne rejser sig igen | style="text-align:center;"|3 | style="text-align:center;"| |
;Live albums
- 2011: Live 2010
=Singles=
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| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | DEN |
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| style="text-align:center;"|2012
|"Din Sang" | style="text-align:center;"|{{spaced ndash}} | style="text-align:center;"| |
;featured in
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| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | DEN |
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| 2001
| "Never Ever Let You Go"{{cite web | url=https://danishcharts.dk/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Rollo+%26+King | title=Rollo & King discography | publisher=Hung Medien | work=danishcharts.dk |accessdate=20 September 2013}} | style="text-align:center;"|3 | style="text-align:center;"| |
References
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