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Ana Lovisa Johnsson (born October 4th , 1977 in Gothenburg , Sweden ) is a Swedish Singer and Songwriter . Her longplay disc '' Cuz I Can '' appeared in April 2004 in Sweden. However, her worldwide debut '' The Way I Am '' was released some months later. She is sometimes known as '''Ana'''. BIOGRAPHY Ana was born in Gothenburg , Sweden to Rolph and Carina Johnsson but later moved to Sunne , a village in the province of Värmland. She became fed up of school and went to USA as an exchange student. She took up skiing as a hobby and now she is a semi-professional snowboard artist. She competed and travelled around the US and at one point, she came 5th and 6th in a championship in 1996 . Eventually she came back to Sweden in 2001 , finished high school and started working at various jobs. She is fluent in 4 languages - Swedish , English , German and Norwegian . MUSIC '']] Her singing talents started when she was a teenager and became a singer of coverband ''@groove'' and moved to Karlstad . But her big break started when she heard about the first season of Popstars in Sweden and decided to give it a go. She succeeded in the final and Ana, Jenny Karolina, Kristina Bergfoth, Malin Catharina Olsson and Susanna Emily Anna Patoleta formed the band "Excellence". They were a huge success, sold many albums and completed a sold out tour. However, "Excellence" wasn't Ana's style of music and left the band. She continued her music career as a solo artist. In the autumn of 2003 , she released "The Way I Am" on the radio and it developed into a radio hit in Sweden and Germany and it gave her a nomination for the 2004 NRJ Awards in Stockholm. She released her debut album "''Cuz I Can''" in 2004 soon after. This album was only released in Sweden . She was approached by the head of Colombia Tristar during a cruise and was invited to contribute a song to the soundtrack of Spiderman 2 . The song was called " We Are " and it became the first single to come off the soundtrack and was released worldwide. It became a big hit and she released her second album " The Way I Am ", which took her a year to make and features some songs from '' Cuz I Can ''. She says that the 14 songs in the album all have a deep meaning to her. Ana is currently recording a new album which will be released sometime in 2006. Also she is planning to release a single during Spring 2006. DISCOGRAPHY Albums Singles From Cuz I Can From The Way I Am
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