Rebecka Törnqvist | |
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Background information | |
Origin | Uppsala, Sweden |
Genres | Jazz, pop |
Years active | 1993–present |
Labels | EMI, Warner, Kaza, Metronome |
Rebecka Törnqvist (born 26 April 1964 in Uppsala, Sweden) is a Swedish jazz and pop vocalist.
Her debut album A Night like This was released in 1993 and sold over 100,000 copies. [1] This was followed by Good Thing in 1995. [2]
Most of the albums by Rebecka Törnqvist are sung in English, with the exception of Vad jag vill (2001). [2] She helped to increase "interest in young female jazz vocalists in Sweden in the 1990s, though her solo albums weren't pure jazz, but rather pop with heavy jazz influences". [2]