Sofia Amanda Karlberg Zoubir (born 6 December 1996) is a Swedish singer and songwriter who became famous by uploading covers on YouTube.

Personal

She was born to a Moroccan mother and a Swedish father. Karlberg has said that her biggest inspiration when it came to her music were

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and

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. She signed a record deal with Universal Music in 2016 and has released an original EP titled “Spotless Mind”.

Career

Karlberg became a viral sensation when she covered Beyoncé's song "

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". Her cover was a top 55 on the UK Official Singles Chart, Hot 40 UK, several weeks on

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's viral chart and on top of the

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in many countries. She has also done many popular covers such as "

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" by

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, which was featured on the teaser trailer for the third season of the TV series ''

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'', "

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" by

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and "Shameless" by

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. in October 2017, she released her cover of "Rockstar" by

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1996 births Living people Swedish pop singers English-language singers from Sweden Singers from Stockholm 21st-century Swedish singers Swedish people of Moroccan descent 21st-century Swedish women singers {{Sweden-singer-stub