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Jill Johnson - Eurovision 1998

Last Update: 12 August 2024

Jill Johnson

Birth Name: Johnson, Jill Anna Maria
Nationality: Sweden
Born: 1973-05-24 (51 years old)
Birth Place: Ängelholm
Music Genre: classic swedish pop, skansk musik, swedish country, swedish pop

Jill Anna Maria Johnson (born 24 May 1973) is a Swedish country and pop singer, songwriter and TV-host. She performed in the Melodifestivalen 1998 contest, winning with the song "Kärleken är" ("Love Is"), and represented Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 with that song, which finished 10th with 53 points. In 2003 she entered Melodifestivalen for the second time with "Crazy in Love", which finished fourth in the final. She also hosted the final of Melodifestivalen 2005. Johnson is today one of the most successful artists in Sweden, with several Gold and Platinum records and since 2014 has hosted her own Swedish TV-show from Nashville, Jills veranda.