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Sophie Zelmani Born 12 February 1972 As Sophie Edkvist Is A Female Singer-Songwriter From Stockholm Sweden Who Debuted In 1995 With The Single Always You. Her Music Is Quite Unique In Swedish Music History Since It's Based On The American Singer/songwriter Tradition. Sophie Also Appears On The Dawson's Creek Soundtrack With Her Ballad I'll Remember You And Has Since Recorded 7 Albums. Upon Recording A Few Songs At A Local Studio She Decided To Send The Demos To Three Record Companies With No Special Expectations. Soon Sony Sweden Gave Her A Phone Call And Offered Her A Record Deal. At This Stage She Had Never Played In Front Of An Audience. Sophie Started To Record Her Self-Titled Debut Album In 1995. The Album Was Produced And Arranged By Lars Halapi A Long Time Collaborator Who Has Subsequently Worked On All Her Material. She Was Awarded A Grammy At The Swedish Grammy Awards As Best Newcomer In 1995 She Was Also Nominated For Best Female Pop Singer. Her Album Managed Gold Status Both In Sweden And Japan. After Promoting Her Debut In The US She Finally Started To Work On Her New Album In The Autumn Of 1997. This Second Effort Entitled Precious Burden Came The Following Year. Since The Turbulence Of The First Album Release Zelmani Has Started Saying No To Interviews And Only Embarks On Tour For Short Periods Of Time. The Third Fourth And Fifth Albums Time To Kill 1999 Sing And Dance 2002 And Love Affair 2003 Quickly Followed. Ten Years After Her Debut She Released A Best-Of Album Titled A Decade Of Dreams Which Also Included Two New Tracks. Further Albums Released After This 'best Of' Are Memory Loves You 2007 The Ocean And Me 2008 I'm The Rain 2010 Soul 2011 . Zelmani Has Also Contributed Music To The TV Series "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" And "Dawson's Creek". Her Cover Of Bob Dylan's "Most Of The Time" Appears On The Soundtrack To "Masked And Anonymous" And Also On The Album Cohen - The Scandinavian Report.
Her Song "Stand By" Appeared In The Film "Independence Day" 1996 . Her Song "Always You" Appeared In The Film "My Best Friend's Wedding" 1997 . read less