Veronica Maggio

Veronica Sandra Karin Maggio (born 15 March 1981) is a Swedish singer and songwriter.

Born to an Italian father and a Swedish mother, Maggio was raised in Uppsala.

Veronica Sandra Karin Maggio was born on 15 March 1981 in Uppsala, Sweden, to a Swedish mother and an Italian father.

She attended Uppsala Musikklasser primary school and went on to study music at Bolandgymnasiet (Boland highschool) in Uppsala and was also the lead singer of the group Solitude, with other members Daniel Fredriksson, Marcus "Gonzo" Berglund, Karl Jansson, and Kristoffer Hoflund.

After studying music and being the lead member of a band, Maggio released her debut single, "Dumpa mig" in 2006 under Universal Music.

Her debut album, Vatten och bröd (2006), proved to be commercial success and resulted in Maggio winning a Grammi for "Årets nykomling" (Newcomer of the Year).

Since her debut, Maggio has released five more albums under Universal, with four of them topping the charts in Sweden.

Additionally, 26 of her songs have become top-20 hits in Sweden.

In March 2006, Maggio released her debut single "Dumpa mig" (Dump Me); the video for the single soon became the hit of the week on TV stations like ZTV.

Her second single was the song "Nöjd?" (Satisfied?).

She signed a contract with Universal Music and went on a tour in Summer 2006 as part of Sommarkrysset, a Swedish live-music program on TV4.

Maggio's debut album is called Vatten och bröd (Water and Bread).

The lyrics and music were written by Stefan Gräslund, except for the rap verse in "Vi har, vi har" (We Have, We Have), which was written by rapper Kristoffer Malmsten (known as LKM).

"I started writing in English when I was really young, but I just wasn’t good enough."

She has had three number one hits in Europe with "Måndagsbarn" (2008) in Norway and "Jag kommer" (2011) and "Hornstullsstrand" (2019) in Sweden.

Outside of her solo releases, she has written songs for other artists, most notably "Hey Brother" for Avicii.

On 26 March 2008, Maggio released another album – Och vinnaren är... (And the Winner Is...), which she wrote and recorded together with Oskar Linnros.

In 2009 she enjoyed some success in Norway and Denmark with her single "Måndagsbarn" (Monday child) reaching 1st position at the Norwegian charts, as well as being A-listed on the Norwegian radio station NRK P3, and the album Och vinnaren är... broke into the top 40 albums list.

In 2010 Maggio worked with Petter on his new single "Längesen" (Long Time ago) from his album "En räddare i nöden" (A saviour when in need).

In October 2011, Maggio had a son and in 2019 a daughter with Nils Tull of the band Hoffmaestro & Chraa.

In 2011 she released the album Satan i gatan, on which she collaborated with amongst others Christian Walz and Markus Krunegård.

The album was a success and reached the 1st place in both Swedish and Norwegian music charts, as did the single "Jag kommer".

During the summer and autumn of 2011, Maggio toured through Denmark, Norway and Sweden, and again in 2012 at Ruisrockfestival in Finland.

On 4 October 2013, Maggio released her fourth album, Handen i fickan fast jag bryr mig, with production from Salem Al Fakir, Vincent Pontare and Magnus Lidehäll.

The album was preceded by the single "Sergels torg", released on 20 August 2013.

Critics described the song as Maggio's trademark sound: summery pop with light synth and retro-soul references, combined with relatable lyrics.

The album also includes a duet with Swedish singer Håkan Hellström, "Hela huset", which was released as the second single.

The album is one of the most successful in Swedish history, having peaked at number one and spending over 425 weeks on the charts as of May 2023.

she said in 2016, "I was mimicking things I’d heard and I wasn’t able to find my own identity."

On 17 March 2016, Veronica Maggio released the title track as the first single from her fifth album, Den första är alltid gratis (The First One is Always Free).

The album was released on 6 May 2016.

A critic described it as "another pop triumph, combining pacing, urgent melodies, with uplifting, hook-heavy choruses."

Maggio said in an interview: "I really like the happy/sad combination."

"There’s a lot of melancholy in it, but there’s also something euphoric… I tended to write darker lyrics because it was always nighttime. I was still in the process of playing live lots, so I sort of surprised myself."

In 2016, Maggio was announced as the most streamed artist on Spotify in Sweden since the platform's launch in 2008.

In 2018, Veronica Maggio released the single, "20 Questions" which was featured in Bergman's Reliquarium, a short film homage to Ingmar Bergman.

On 22 March 2019, Maggio released "Kurt Cobain" as the first single from her sixth studio album, Fiender är tråkigt (Enemies are Boring).

This was followed by "Tillfälligheter" on 3 May 2019.

Both singles achieved considerable success in Sweden, peaking at number four and obtaining places on the year end singles chart for 2019: "Kurt Cobain" at number 53 and "Tillfälligheter" at number 12.

The album was released in two halves, with the first five tracks available in June 2019 as an EP.