Gathania Holmgren, known professionally as Gathania (born 1 August 1986, Stockholm), is a Swedish pop singer who competed on Idol 2007, the fourth season of Swedish Idol.

Gathania
Birth nameGathania Holmgren
Born (1986-08-01) 1 August 1986 (age 38)
OriginStockholm, Sweden
GenresPop, R&B
OccupationSinger
InstrumentVocals
Years active2007–present
LabelsEMI (Sweden),
Hard2Beat (United Kingdom)

Before finding success on Idol, Sweden's adaptation of the popular music competition, Holmgren worked as a waitress. Holmgren was 20 years old when she auditioned for Idol in Stockholm. She performed "Rhythm of the Night" and was chosen by the judges to advance to the next round. Holmgren advanced to the finals of the competition, finishing in ninth place overall.

Holmgren is currently signed with EMI in Sweden, and Hard2Beat Records in the United Kingdom.[1] She cites Madonna, Whitney Houston, Earth Wind and Fire, Kool and the Gang, and Michael Jackson as some of her musical influences.[2] Her first single was "Get It Out" released in February 2009,[3] and it charted in DigiListan for four weeks.[4] Her second single, "Blame It On You", was released later that year.

Singles

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Year Title Chart Positions
SWE
2009 "Get It Out" 27
"Blame It On You" 39

References

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  1. ^ "Sidan finns inte | Cosmopolitan". Archived from the original on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2009.
  2. ^ [1] Archived 2 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
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  4. ^ "Sveriges Radio P3 - DigiListan". Archived from the original on 14 April 2009. Retrieved 10 June 2009.
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