Name	Agnes Carlsson
Height
Naionality	Swedish
Date of Birth	6-March-1988
Place of Birth	Vanersborg, Sweden
Famous for	Singing

Agnes Carlsson is a Swedish recording artist. She rose to fame as the winner of Idol 2005, the second season of the Swedish Idol series. She was then signed to Sony Music, through which she released her self-titled debut album Agnes and follow-up Stronger, both of which topped the Swedish Top 60 Albums Chart. In early 2008, it was announced that Agnes had parted ways with her record label, and was now signed to small independent label Roxy Recordings.

Released on October 28, 2008, her third album, Dance Love Pop, reached number five in Sweden, 70 in Austria, 38 in France, 45 in Switzerland and 13 in the United Kingdom. Its first two singles, "On and On" and "Release Me" became international hits, reaching the top-ten in charts worldwide. "Release Me" topped the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs and peaked at three in the United Kingdom, selling over 900,000 copies worldwide. In the spring of 2005, a 17-year-old Agnes auditioned for the second season of popular Swedish singing competition Idol in Gothenburg, singing "Varje Gang Jag Ser Dig" by Lisa Nilsson. The four judges were all hugely impressed by the strong power of her voice and she successfully passed through to the theatre rounds of the contest. Her vocals continued to impress the judges, and she made it to the semi-finals. To the dismay of the judges however, Agnes did not get a place in the final eleven contestants through public voting, and when she again failed to grab a place through the special 'wildcard' round, they decided to pass her through to the finals as the judges' choice contestant. Despite the lack of public support earlier in the competition, Agnes went on to amaze both the judges and the public during every week of the finals, with a result of making it into the grand finale without ever falling into the bottom two or three contestants.

With 57% of the one million public votes cast during the finale, she defeated Sebastian Karlsson and was crowned as the second Swedish Idol, and the first female to win the competition. In early 2008, it was announced that Agnes had parted ways with her record label Sony BMG, with Agnes citing "creative differences" behind the split. She then signed to independent label Roxy Recordings and on August 11, "On and On", the first single from her upcoming third studio, was released. The song marked a change in Agnes' music style, going towards a more dance and club style, while moving away from her original pop and R&B. Agnes first performed the song live on August 16, 2008 during the Swedish TV-show "Sommarkrysset". The single spent four consecutive weeks at its peak of number 8 on the Swedish singles chart and hit the top spot on the club chart, gaining a gold certification. The same club style would be reflected on Agnes's third studio album, Dance Love Pop, which she had written together with Swedish producer and song-writer Anders Hansson. The album was released on October 28, 2009 and debuted on the Swedish albums chart at number five with first week sales of 10,000 copies. On November 24, "Release Me" was released as the second single from the album, peaking at number nine on the Swedish chart and being certified gold.

Despite the song's success, it failed to match that of the album's first single. According to the Swedish tabloid Expressen, Agnes fourth album was to be released within the first six months of 2011, but was delayed for a year with the most recent release date being "during the spring 2012". The first official single was "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" which premiered on August 5, 2011 at Mr. Gay Sweden Show The single failed to chart the official Swedish single chart, though high digital sales and a peak at three on the digital chart. This was due to low streams on Spotify, which of the official single chart consists of since 2010.

On May 28, 2012 Agnes released the lead single, "One Last Time", from her forthcoming album. The single was, unlike her previous singles, released in Sweden only. Earlier in May the single had leaked onto Swedish Spotify, what was later dispersed. During its first day of release the single quickly reached the top ten iTunes chart. Agnes' fourth album will be released during the autumn of 2012. In an interview Agnes also said that her goal with her fourth album was to be involved with all the songs. Her American record company Interscope wanted her to move to the U.S. and record the album there, but Agnes didn't feel "at home" and couldn't find the people that she wanted to work with. Therefore she decided to go back to Sweden and record her album there. In early August 2012 a release date was finally confirmed and later on August 14 the title and artwork of the album was officially announced.