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Maia Hirasawa 
Live in November 2007.Background information Born May 5, 1980
Sollentuna, SwedenOccupations Singer-songwriter Years active 2005 - present Labels Razzia Records
Thrive RecordsAssociated acts Nicolai Dunger, Hello Saferide, Toe Maia Hirasawa (born May 5, 1980) is a Swedish singer-songwriter.
She was born and raised in Sollentuna[citation needed], but has lived for many years in Gothenburg. Maia became known through Annika Norlin's band Hello Saferide, where she is a back-up singer. Her solo career began in early 2007 when the song "And I Found This Boy" started being played heavily on Swedish radio. The single was followed up by the album "Though, I'm Just Me" and the single "Gothenburg". During the summer of 2007 she toured around Sweden, playing at such shows as Allsång på Skansen, Hultsfredsfestivalen, Peace & Love and Arvika Festival. In 2010 she for the first time released material in Swedish with the EP "Dröm bort mig igen".[1]
Contents
Discography
Albums
Year Album Information Peak chart positions SWE
[2]JPN
[3]2007 Though, I'm Just Me - Released: April 12, 2007
- Language: English
- Formats: CD, digital download
9 — 2009 "GBG vs STHLM" - Released: April 3, 2009
- Language: English
- Formats: CD, digital download
12 — 2011 Maia Hirasawa - Released: January 19, 2011
- Language: English, Japanese, Swedish
- Formats: CD, digital download
— 37 Extended plays
- 2006 - The My New Friend EP
- 2010 - Dröm bort mig igen
- 2011 - Boom!
Singles
Release Title Notes Chart positions Album SWE
[2]JPN
[4]2007 "Mattis & Maia" — — Though, I'm Just Me "And I Found This Boy" 56 — "Gothenburg" — — 2008 "The Worrying Kind" The Ark cover 9 — 2008 "South Again" — — "GBG vs STHLM" 2010 "Come with Me" feat. Nicolai Dunger — — — "It Doesn't Stop" Used in Kao essential damage shampoo TV commercials[5] — 4 Maia Hirasawa "Nerumare (After Long Tomorrow)" (Toe feat. Maia Hirasawa) Used in Pocari Sweat TV commercials[5] — — — 2011 "Boom!" Used in JR Kyushu shinkansen TV commercials[5] — 6 Boom! (extended play) References
- ^ "Allsång på Skansen fanns inte på min karta"
- ^ a b "Discography Maia Hirasawa". Swedishcharts.com. http://www.swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Maia+Hirasawa. Retrieved May 9, 2011.
- ^ "アーティスト： マイア・ヒラサワ". Oricon. http://ranking.oricon.co.jp/free_contents/search/search.asp?artcd=530337&artist=%83%7D%83C%83A%81E%83q%83%89%83T%83%8F&ordt=sle&bs=all&bs2=1. Retrieved May 9, 2011.
- ^ "Hot 100｜JAPAN Charts｜Billboard JAPAN" (in Japanese). Billboard. http://www.billboard-japan.com/system/jp_charts/hot100/.
- ^ a b c "マイア・ヒラサワ（Maia Hirasawa） - タイアップ" (in Japanese). CDJournal. http://artist.cdjournal.com/a/maia-hirasawa/171750/tieup/. Retrieved May 9, 2011.
External links
Categories:- 1980 births
- Living people
- Swedish musicians
- Swedish singer-songwriters
- Swedish people of Japanese descent
- Swedish singer stubs
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