Dilnarin "Dee" Demirbag (born 14 November 1973 in Kirvan

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) is a Swedish dancer and singer, of

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background."Grabbar - Dee är tillbaka!"
, Realtid.se Karriär, 2007-06-29

Early life

Demirbag was born in Kirvan, a small village in eastern Turkey. She came to Sweden with her family in 1976 and grew up in the cities of

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and

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. In the 1990s she started her career as a dancer, singer and photo model.

Career

She appeared in the Swedish TV series '' NileCity 105.6'' in 1995 and was dancing in

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's Swedish TV program '' Stadskampen'' in 1998. Dee figured in E-Type's band and on stage. In 2000 Dee signed up with

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for a solo project and made her debut single '"All the Way Up"' followed by the single '"Want You to Go". In 2001 she left E-Type, but since 2005 she has been touring with the band on most concerts and still does so.

Personal life

She lives in

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, Sweden. She is sister of

Dilba Dilbahar Demirbağ (born 24 November 1971), known as Dilba, is a Swedish pop singer of Kurdish background. Her first album ''Dilba'' (1996) reached commercial success. Early life Dilba was born in Kirvan, a village in eastern Turkey, and her ...

and

Dilsa Demirbag Sten Dilşa Demirbağ-Sten is a Kurdish-Swedish author and journalist. She is the Secretary General of Berättarministeriet, a foundation she co-founded together with Robert Weil and Sven Hagströmer in 2011. In 2019, she became a member of the Swe ...

References

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