Hanna Emilia Rydberg-Mitiku, known simply as Emilia (born 5 January 1978), is a

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singer. Her 1998 hit single " Big Big World" reached number one in the music charts in several countries.

Life and career

Rydberg's father is the

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n popular singer

Teshome Mitiku Teshome Mitiku ( am, ተሾመ ምትኩ; born 1949) is an Ethiopian singer and saxophonist. He is the father of Swedish singer Emilia and brother of saxophonist Theodros Mitiku. He was leader of Soul Ekos Band active in 1960s. Early life Tes ...

. Her mother is Swedish, Malena Rydberg. As a student she attended the Adolf Fredrik's Music School in Stockholm. Rydberg was discovered in 1996 by Lars Anderson, son of

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's manager,

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. She used the

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of Emilia in the first years of her career, but more recently she has started to perform under the name of Emilia Mitiku, using her father's surname. In 2009, she competed in Melodifestivalen, the Swedish national selection for Eurovision Song Contest, with the song " You're My World". She advanced directly from her heat; however, she placed ninth in the final. She released her album ''My World'' in 2009. Her single "Teardrops" was released to radio stations on 2 June 2009. Her duet with , "Side By Side" (Szerelemre hangolva), was recorded in both Hungarian and English languages and issued the same year. Emilia recorded a

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of Rihanna's "

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" for a studio session in Stockholm which was published on

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. On 25 June 2012 she released the single "Lost Inside".

Discography

Albums

Singles

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References

External links

Emilia Mitiku
- Official YouTube channel
Profile at rateyourmusic.com
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Emilia Mitiku – Booking and events
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rydberg, Emilia 1978 births Living people Swedish pop singers Swedish people of Ethiopian descent Melodifestivalen contestants Singers from Stockholm Swedish soul singers 21st-century Swedish singers 21st-century Swedish women singers English-language singers from Sweden