Säkert! is a project by Annika Norlin (born 22 November, 1977 in Östersund, Sweden). The first album, entitled Säkert!, was released on February 7 2007. Säkert! is a sarcastic statement meaning "sure" in Swedish, Annika was originally going to go by Lä ju but decided against. Annika also sings in her other project named Hello Saferide, where she always sings in English. Her debut album Säkert! entered on 9th place in the album charts and managed to stay on there for 29 weeks. The album spawned...
Säkert! is a project by Annika Norlin (born 22 November, 1977 in Östersund, Sweden). The first album, entitled Säkert!, was released on February 7 2007. Säkert! is a sarcastic statement meaning "sure" in Swedish, Annika was originally going to go by Lä ju but decided against. Annika also sings in her other project named Hello Saferide, where she always sings in English.
Her debut album Säkert! entered on 9th place in the album charts and managed to stay on there for 29 weeks. The album spawned several singles that had success on the radio station P3 including Vi Kommer Att Dö Samtidigt, Allt Som Är Ditt, Sanningsdan and Det Kommer Bara Leda Till Något Ont. The song Det Var Tre Månader Sen Idag was featured as a B-side to the single Vi Kommer Att Dö Samtidigt. In 2007 she also released the song Faller Isär (Omixat) as a free download of her Myspace page. In 2008 the album achieved gold status in Sweden and at the Swedish version of the Grammys she won two awards, female artist of the year and lyricist of the year (Year of 2007). P3 Guld also gave her the award for female artist of 2007. Her album was released in Japan in 2008 and had Vi Kommer Att Dö Samtidigt (Rufus Remix) as a bonus track.
Säkert! was also featured on a compilation album where Swedish artists made their own versions of now deceased classic Swedish singer Cornelis Vreeswijk songs. She sang the song Generalens Visa
"Jag har läst så många artistbiografier och konstnärsbiografier. Det jag märker är att sångerna och konstverken skapas av krossade hjärtan, inte av de som vill tacka sina fruar för att de stått o lagat mat i femton år. Då tänkte jag att vem skulle jag vilja tillägna en låt till? Jag valde att skriva en låt om min kompis Fredrik" -Annika vid konsert i Norrköping där de framförde "Fredrik". Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
