# Stella Mwangi

Stella Nyambura Mwangi (born 1 September 1986) is a Kenyan-Norwegian singer, rapper, and songwriter. Her work has been used in films such as American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile and Save the Last Dance 2, and also in TV-series such as CSI: NY, Scrubs and Survival of The Thickest. She represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf with the song "Haba Haba".

## Early and personal life

Stella was born in Murang'a in the Central Province of Kenya in 1986 and spent her first 5 years there before her family moved to Eidsvoll in Norway in 1991. She started to practice playing music when she was eight years old. She also plays the piano. Her father made sure she and her siblings learned the Gikuyu language and Swahili even far away from home. He used cultural music and poetry to teach them the languages and this inspired Stella's music and her connection to the Kenyan culture.
Mwangi's father was killed in a hit-and-run accident in February 2012.

## Eurovision Song Contest 2011

In 2011, Mwangi participated in the Norwegian national selection Melodi Grand Prix 2011 to represent Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011, which was held in Düsseldorf, Germany. On 12 February 2011, Mwangi emerged as the winner.
On 10 May, she represented Norway at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Haba Haba" but failed to qualify for the Eurovision final, despite being one of the big favourites of the contest.
Mwangi first topped the official singles chart in Norway in week 6, 2011 with her winning song "Haba Haba".

## Melodi Grand Prix 2018

Stella competed in the Melodi Grand Prix for the chance to represent Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 along with Alexandra Rotan with the song You Got Me. They placed third overall.

## Discography
### Albums

| Album title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
| Album title | Album details | NOR |
| Living for Music | Released: 20 October 2008 Label: MTG Productions Formats: Digital download, streaming | — |
| Kinanda | Released: 10 June 2011 Label: EMI Norway Formats: Digital download, streaming | 15 |
| Eyes Off Me | Released: 9 September 2021 Label: Recurrent Records / Position Music Formats: Digital download, streaming | — |
| Icon | Released: 16 June 2022 Label: Choicetracks Inc. / Position Music Formats: Digital download, streaming | — |
| "—" denotes an album that did not chart or was not released. |||

### Extended plays

| Title | Details |
| Stella Mwangi | Released: 23 March 2017 Label: Position Music Formats: Digital download, streaming |
| No Games | Released: 19 August 2019 Label: Recurrent Records / Position Music Formats: Digital download, streaming |

### Singles

| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album or EP |
| Year | Title | NOR | ZAF | Album or EP |
| "Take It Back" | 2007 | — | — | Living for Music |
| "The Dreamer" | 2008 | — | — | Living for Music |
| "Makelele Remix" | 2008 | — | — | Living for Music |
| "Smile" | 2010 | — | — | Living for Music |
| "Haba Haba" | 2011 | 1 | 4 | Kinanda |
| "Lookie Lookie" | 2011 | — | — | Kinanda |
| "Take My Time" (featuring Mohombi) | 2011 | — | — | Kinanda |
| "Hula Hoop" | 2011 | — | — | Kinanda |
| "Bad As I Wanna Be" | 2012 | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Shut It Down" | 2013 | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Bouncer Ræva" | 2014 | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Stella Stella Stella" | 2014 | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Koolio" | 2014 | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Biashara" (featuring Kristoff and Khaligraph Jones) | 2014 | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Chukua Hatua" | 2015 | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Obe Baba" (featuring Raj Okemwa) | 2015 | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Identifyourself" | 2016 | — | — |
| "Big Girl" | 2016 | — | — | Stella Mwangi |
| "Ready to Pop" | 2017 | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Kuchizi" | 2017 | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Not Your Ordinary" | 2018 | — | — | No Games |
| "You Got Me" (with Alexandra Rotan) | 2018 | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "10 Toes" | 2018 | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "F.I.L." (with Alexandra Rotan) | 2018 | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Repeat" | 2018 | — | — | No Games |
| "So What" | 2019 | — | — | No Games |
| "Number 1" (with Victoria Kimani) | 2019 | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Ma Itù" | 2019 | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "In the Spot" (with JS16) | 2020 | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Long Way Coming" (with Aaron Salovaara) | 2020 | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Eyes Off Me" | 2021 | — | — | Eyes Off Me |
| "Watch" (with Valorant) | 2021 | — | — | Non-album single |
| "Naughty" | 2021 | — | — | Eyes Off Me |
| "Icon" | 2022 | — | — | Icon |
| "I Do What I Want" | 2022 | — | — | Icon |
| "Talk That Talk" | 2024 | — | — | Non-album single |
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released. |||||