Malin Dinah Sundström (born 23 August 1980), better known by her stage name Dinah Nah, is a Swedish singer. She began her career in 1998, as a member of the pop group

Caramell Caramell was a Swedish music group, formed by singers Katia Löfgren and Malin Sundström, and producers Jorge "Vasco" Vasconcelo and Juha "Millboy" Myllylä. They are best known for their song "Caramelldansen". The group released two albums, ' ...

, best known for their 2001 song "

Caramelldansen is the first track from Swedish music group Caramell's second and final album ''Supergott'' released on 16 November 2001. It became an Internet meme in the mid-2000s after a nightcore, sped-up version of the song was attached to a video loop fro ...

" which became an internet meme. Nah later launched a solo career in 2015, placing twelfth in Melodifestivalen 2015 with the song " Make Me (La La La)", which became a top ten hit in Sweden. She also competed in

Melodifestivalen 2017 Melodifestivalen 2017 was the 57th edition of the Swedish music competition Melodifestivalen, which selected Sweden's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2017. The competition was organised by (SVT) and took place over a six-week period betwe ...

with the song " One More Night", failing to qualify from the first semi-final.

Life and career

Early life and Caramell

Dinah Nah was born as Malin Dinah Sundström and grew up in the

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district of

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, Sweden. She is a licensed skin therapist and nurse. During the 1990s, she was a member of the pop group

, until the group disbanded in 2002.

Solo career

Dinah Nah launched her solo career when

Anders Bagge Sven Anders Bagge (; born 16 January 1968) is a Swedish composer, lyricist, musician and record producer. Bagge is one half of the songwriter-producer duo Bagge & Peer, together with Peer Åström. He is also known for his frequent appearances ...

approached her to sing the song "Make Me (La La La)" in Melodifestivalen 2015. She participated in the fourth semi-final, placing fourth and qualifying to andra chansen. She qualified through to the final through

andra chansen Melodifestivalen (; ) is an annual song competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television (SVT) and Sveriges Radio (SR). It determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest, and has been staged almo ...

, and placed last out of twelve. She subsequently released the song "Taste Your Love". She competed in

with the song " One More Night". She participated in the first semi-final held on 4 February 2017, placing fifth and didn't qualify to the finals.

Gallery

File:Malin Sundström "Hallow'een Happening" Café Opera 1998.jpg, Nah attending the annual Hallow'een Happening at

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, 1998 File:Dinah Nah 2015 1256.jpg, Nah performing at Melodifestivalen 2015 File:Kjell Lönnå and Dinah Nah in 2015.jpg, Nah with composer and choir leader

Kjell Lönnå Kjell Olov Lönnå (13 July 1936 – 10 May 2022) was a Swedish choir leader, composer, and TV host. Lönnå was one of the national conductors for the National Swedish Choir Association (Svenska körförbundet). He is best known for his hosti ...

, 2015 File:Dinah Nah, Melodifestivalen 2017, Göteborg 17.jpg, Nah performing at

File:ColognePride 2019-Sonntag-Hauptbühne-2038-Haddaway und Dinah Nah--9123.jpg, Nah and

Haddaway Nestor Alexander Haddaway (born 9 January 1965) is a Trinidadian-born German singer best known for his 1993 hit single " What Is Love", which reached number 1 in 13 countries. Early life Haddaway was born in Trinidad and Tobago. His father wa ...

performing at

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, 2019

Discography

Singles

References

External links

Swedish pop singers Swedish women pop singers Swedish dance musicians Singers from Stockholm English-language singers from Sweden Living people 1980 births 21st-century Swedish singers 21st-century Swedish women singers {{Sweden-singer-stub