  sannie charlotte carlson (born 11 april 1970), best known as whigfield and also as naan, is a danish born, italian based eurodance singer best known for the song "saturday night" which was a worldwide hit in 1994. singles from her following albums were also very popular across europe and asia in the mid '90s and were produced by italian producer larry pignagnoli. ==personal life== sannie charlotte carlson was born in skÃ¦lskÃ¸r, denmark. she spent several years in africa as a child before returning to her native country. before singing sannie worked as a very successful model and studied music. when she met the producer larry pignagnoli, who also produces benny benassi, katla, in-grid, ally & jo, ann lee, spagna, j.k., dhany and others, the artist "whigfield" was born. the name "whigfield" is a tribute to her piano teacher. ==musical career== ===international success=== sannie charlotte carlson rose to prominence when she signed to italian based record company x-energy. her single "saturday night" entered the top-5 in italy as well as in other european markets in october 1994. it didn't take long for the single to become a europe-wide hit at the end of 1994 and the beginning of 1995. it hit the top-5 in majority of european markets, and even managed to top the charts in germany, uk, switzerland.{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/whigfield/ |title=official chart company: whigfield |publisher=official chart company|date= 
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