Amy Deasismont

[2][3] To date, her biggest hits have been "What's in It For Me", "Welcome To The City", "Don't Cry Your Heart Out", "It Can Only Get Better", "Stay My Baby", "Is It Love", "Up" and "Thank You".

[5][6] Deasismont started figure skating at age six and won multiple gold medals.

She dressed as Belinda Carlisle and lip synced to "Heaven is a Place on Earth", finishing third in the competition.

[8] In 2004, she participated in talent competitions such as Minimelodifestivalen in Jönköping and Swedish TV4's Super Troupers, winning most of them.

On Mix Megapol Summer Idol she won the main prize: to record a song in a real studio.

[7] "What's in It for Me" was a commercial success, although some Swedish TV stations refused to show the music video, arguing that Deasismont was too young (turned 13 soon after the release) for the song's theme about romantic relationships.

Nevertheless, the song received extensive radio airplay while she simultaneously went on tour with Elin Lanto.

The album sold more than 150,000 copies, which was triple the requirement for gold record certification in Sweden at the time.

[14][15] Deasismont is a talented live singer and doesn't lip sync in her public performances.

Her debut album included a live version of Alicia Keys' "If I Ain't Got You", which was described in a review as "sweet and impressive at the same time".

[7] A review in Svenska Dagbladet described her voice as fine and secure, and her record label advertised it as "shining and characteristic".

[2] Deasismont signed a distribution deal with Warner in July in order to promote the album internationally.

Two days before the announced release date, she was interviewed on Nyhetsmorgon, a morning talk show, on TV4.

The host surprised her by handing her a gold record for the album; it had already sold enough copies on pre-orders alone to be certified.

"Don't Cry Your Heart Out" was radio-friendly pop, but songs such as "Diamonds" and "No Regrets" were arranged in a style reminiscent of musicals.

[citation needed] The selected songs were alleged by some to be unsuitable for Deasismont and her audience, but her potential was appreciated.

[24][25] In mid-2006, Deasismont took part in the Diggiloo tour, where she performed, among other songs, Edith Piaf's "Non, je ne regrette rien".

The album contains tracks done by some renowned producers such as Max Martin and Alexander Kronlund, who previously worked with Britney Spears.

She performed the song on some TV shows like Bobster and Bingolotto, and won "Best Female Artist" at the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards.

Deasismont entered Melodifestivalen, the Swedish selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, in February 2008.

[28] The song was later included on the re-release of her album, entitled Music in Motion – Gold Edition.

Her fifth album (including the singles "It's My Life", "Up", "Brand New Day" and "Bittersweet") titled Swings and Roundabouts, released in Scandinavia on 21 October, also reached Gold status.

In the spring of 2010, Bonnier Amigo Music Group released information about Deasismont's greatest hits album.

On 16 October 2010, Deasismont featuring Mikael Rickfors sang a duet version of "True Colors" on the Swedish programme Dansfeber.

In December 2010 some radio stations started playing her song "Ready to Fly" as a promo single, but it wasn't released officially.

[4] In 2006, Deasismont received requests to do print modeling and television work in addition to her musical career.

She appeared in a mail-order catalogue for Ellos, and did promotional work for Statoil and the sport store chain Stadium.

[30] In December, she appeared as an ice princess on Lassemajas detektivbyrå, a Swedish Christmas series.

[citation needed] In the summer of 2010 she hosted a 2nd season of 16 episodes for the SVT programme Bulldogg.

This is a programme where kids can spend time with a dog when their parents don't want any animals in the home.

Amy Diamond giving autographs in Kalmar , Sweden in 2005
Amy Diamond in Rangsby (Finland) on 14 July 2007
Amy Diamond singing at the opening ceremony of Kamppi shopping center in Helsinki , Finland in 2006
Amy Diamond, 2008
Amy Diamond in Uddevalla, 2010
Amy Diamond in September 2008