Miriam Melanie Bryant (born 8 March 1991) is a Swedish singer and songwriter. On 14 February 2016, she became the first act to simultaneously hold the top three entries on the

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weekly

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since its original release on 13 October 1962.

Biography

Her father is British and her mother is Finnish. Miriam Bryant was born in Gothenburg, Sweden. She began to write songs in 2011 together with her childhood friend, Victor Rådström who is a producer and songwriter. Four months later, she produced three songs released in her single debut "Finders, Keepers" in March 2012 through the record label 100 songs. The song received worldwide attention among bloggers and music sites. She is signed to

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in Sweden and to

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in the United States. Miriam Bryant 2014-09-10 001

She has collaborated with music producer and DJ

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, who first heard her on the German radio. Zedd made a remix of her song "Push Play" on his re-released album. Bryant released her ''Push Play'' EP on 8 October 2013 through Interscope Records, her debut release in the United States. In 2015, Bryant was one of eight artists being involved in the programme ''

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'' on the Swedish commercial channel TV4. The single "Black Car" became a hit in homeland Sweden, winning Song of the Year in 2016. In 2017, Bryant was nominated for Best Live Act on the Swedish Grammis. In 2018, British press wrote the following about her single— ''Clash'' magazine wrote "Highly Intelligent and completely infectious", and ''

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'' wrote "Miriam Bryant is your next pop superhero". In 2018, she played at

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and

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, to name a few. In December 2019, she hosted the TV and radio fundraising project

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together with

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and

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. ''PS jag hatar dig'' (2021) was Bryant's first Swedish-language studio album; on the previous two she had sung in English. In 2024 she released her first Finnish-language single "Mustelmilla (Mi Amor)".

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Other charted songs

Notes

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bryant, Miriam 1991 births Musicians from Gothenburg Living people English-language singers from Sweden Swedish-language singers Swedish women singer-songwriters Swedish people of British descent Swedish people of Finnish descent 21st-century Swedish singer-songwriters 21st-century Swedish women singers