Jeanette Olsson

Jeanette Olsson
Background information
Occupation(s) singer and songwriter

Jeanette Olsson is a Swedish singer and songwriter. She started working as a session singer in Stockholm in the late 1990s. As the Swedish music scene exploded with worldwide impact, Jeanette found herself recording and arranging backing vocals for almost every major international pop artist of our time.

Jeanette's vocals have appeared on tracks by artists such as Jennifer Lopez, Britney Spears, Celine Dion, Nicki Minaj, Ariana Grande, CeeLo Green, Lea Michele, Demi Lovato, Melanie Amaro, Cher, Havana Brown, Paulina Rubio, Santana, LeAnn Rimes, Meat Loaf, Jessica Simpson, Christina Milian, Mýa and many others.

Jeanette signed her first publishing deal in 2001 with Kobalt Label Services and artists like Destiny's Child's Kelly Rowland and euro dance queen Kate Ryan have recorded Jeanettes songs.

After changing her hometown from Stockholm to Los Angeles in 2010, she continues to sing backing vocals for the stars. She has co-written and sung the title track for Disneynature movie Wings of Life. Her voice is heard on commercials for Fiat 500, Gillette, Sears, 7UP and Ulta and on the movie score for Soulsurfer and Rock of Ages. Together with some talented LA singers, she has sung on the Disney parade Mickey's Soundsational Parade that premiered May 26, 2011 at Disneyland California. In early 2011, Jeanette became one of the regular backing-vocalists on the TV show Glee. Occasionally, Jeanette also works as a vocal coach on the Paramount stage where Glee was filmed. She sang a cover version of "Edelweiss" for the opening sequence of The Man in the High Castle.[1]

Singer

Here is a partial list of songs/albums[2] that Olsson has sung on:

• Glee: The Music Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7 Background vocals
• Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded by NICKI MINAJ - Background vocals on "Pound The Alarm" and "Whip It"
• Love? by JENNIFER LOPEZ: Background vocals
• The Spirit Indestructible by NELLY FURTADO Background vocals on "End of the World" and "Play"
• S&M (song) by RIHANNA Background vocals
• Femme Fatal, Britney, Oops!... I Did It Again, ...Baby One More Time by BRITNEY SPEARS Background vocals
• Free, Alive, French Connection by KATE RYAN Background vocals
• Before the Dinosaurs by AURA DIONE Background vocals
• Rock of Ages Soundtrack Movie ROCK OF AGES Background vocals
• My love (ultimate essential coll.) by CELINE DION Background vocals
• Bat out of hell III by MEAT LOAF Background vocals[3]
• American Idol Season 4: The Showstoppers by AMERICAN IDOL Background vocals
• Christina Milian by CHRISTINA MILIAN Background vocals
• Shaman by SANTANA Background vocals
• Irresistible by JESSICA SIMPSON Background vocals
• Gotta Tell You (song) by SAMANTHA MUMBA Background vocals
• Free, Alive by KATE RYAN Backgroung vocals
• Dance Love Pop by AGNES Background vocals
• Breathless by SHAYNE WARD Background vocals
• Funky Dory by RACHEL STEVENS Background vocals
• Go your own way by GARETH GATES Background vocals
• Victoria Beckham by VICTORIA BECKHAM Background vocals
• Humanity - Hour 1 by SCORPIONS Background vocals
• Pop by SAME DIFFERENCE Background vocals
• Bianca Ryan by BIANCA RYAN Background vocals
• Black roses by THE RASMUS Background vocals
• Hero by CHARLOTTE PERRELLI

Songwriter

Olsson has written 150 songs that are published by Good Songs in Denmark.[4]

A selection of songs written/co-written by Jeanette:
• "Have I Told You", KELLY ROWLAND (from Destiny's Child)
• "How Many Times", Kate Ryan
• "Only If I", Kate Ryan
• "L.I.L.Y." (Like I Love You)", "Your Eyes" (co-writer),"Put my finger on it" (co-writer),"How many times" (co-writer),"Wonderland" (co-writer)by KATE RYAN
• "Higher Ground" (co-writer), SANNE SALOMONSEN
• "Not alone" (co-writer )with CHARLOTTE PERRELLI

References

  1. ↑ 'Edelweiss': An American Song for Global Dystopia, The Atlantic
  2. ↑ http://www.discogs.com/artist/Jeanette+Olsson#s=year_desc&p=1&t=Credits_All
  3. ↑ http://www.meatloafexperience.com/cdalive.htm
  4. ↑ http://www.goodsongs.dk/catalogue/jeanette_olsson/

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