Emmelie de Forest

Emmelie Charlotte-Victoria de Forest (born 28 February 1993) is a Danish singer-songwriter. She represented Denmark with the song "Only Teardrops" in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö, Sweden, winning the contest.Her debut album Only Teardrops was released on the Universal Music Group|Universal Music label on 6 May 2013.
==Music career==
===Early career===
De Forest began singing at the age of nine and sang with her mother in the Steve Cameron Gospel Choir for several years.According to Neill, they made an album together titled Emmelié de Forest and Fraser Neill that sold only 100 copies.When De Forest was 18 years old, she ended her collaboration with Neill and moved to Copenhagen to study at the Complete Vocal Institute.
===2013: Eurovision Song Contest and Only Teardrops===
De Forest was one of ten acts that performed in the 2013 Dansk Melodi Grand Prix for a chance to represent Denmark at the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö, Sweden.On 26 January 2013, she performed the song Only Teardrops (written by Lise Cabble, Julia Fabrin Jakobsen and Thomas Stengaard) and won the national selection.
Her debut album, Only Teardrops, was released on 6 May, a week before her performance in the Eurovision contest.
On 14 May, de Forest reached the final of the Eurovision, being one of the ten finalists that qualified from the first semi-final.
Category:Artists
==Discography==
===Albums===
Title 	Album details	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions
Title 	Album details	DEN 	BEL 	SWE 	UK
Only Teardrops	
* Released: 6 May 2013
* Label: Universal Music Denmark
* Formats: CD, CD/DVD, Digital Download	4 	140 	32 	148
===Singles===
Year 	Title 	Peak chart positions 	Peak chart positions 	Peak chart positions 	Peak chart positions 	Peak chart positions 	Peak chart positions 	Peak chart positions 	Peak chart positions 	Peak chart positions 	Peak chart positions 	Certifications 	Album 	 	 	 	
Year 	Title 	DEN 	AUS 	AUT 	BEL 	GER 	IRE 	NL 	SWE 	SWI 	UK 	Certifications 	Album 	 	 	 	
2013 	"Only Teardrops" 	1 	47 	7 	11 	5 	5 	4 	3 	3 	15 	
* DEN: 2× Platinum 	Only Teardrops 	 	 	 	
2013 	"Hunter & Prey" 	5 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	 	Only Teardrops 	 	 	 	
2014 	"Rainmaker" 	1 	— 	— 	5 	2 	— 	— 	— 	74 	1 	
*DEN: 1× Gold 	Rainmaker 	 	 	 	
2014 	"Drunk Tonight" 	1 	— 	— 	— 	2 	9 	— 	— 	— 	3 	 	Drunk Tonight 	 	 	 	
2015 	"Hopscotch" 	— 	— 	— 	— 	3 	— 	— 	— 	— 	4 	 	Hopscotch 	 	 	 	
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Category:IMF 9 Artists