Rebecka Törnqvist

Rebecka Törnqvist
Törnqvist in Stockholm, July 2009
Background information
OriginUppsala, Sweden
GenresJazz, pop
Years active1993–present
LabelsEMI, Warner, Kaza, Metronome

Rebecka Törnqvist (born 26 April 1964 in Uppsala, Sweden) is a Swedish jazz and pop vocalist.

Her debut album A Night like This was released in 1993 and sold over 100,000 copies.[1] This was followed by Good Thing in 1995.[2]

Most of the albums by Rebecka Törnqvist are sung in English, with the exception of Vad jag vill (2001).[2] She helped to increase "interest in young female jazz vocalists in Sweden in the 1990s, though her solo albums weren't pure jazz, but rather pop with heavy jazz influences".[2]

Discography

Year Album details Peak chart positions
SWE
[3]
1993 A Night Like This
  • Release date: 1993
  • Label: EMI
4
1995 Good Thing
  • Release date: 1995
  • Label: EMI
1
1996 The Stockholm Kaza Session
(with Per 'Texas' Johansson)
  • Release date: 1996
  • Label: EMI
12
1998 Tremble My Heart
  • Release date: 1998
  • Label: EMI
5
2001 Vad Jag Vill
(Swedish for What I Want)
  • Release date: 2001
  • Label: WMS
21
2004 Travel Like in Songs
  • Release date: 2004
  • Label: EMI
10
2006 Melting into Orange
  • Release date: 2006
  • Label: EMI
14
Fire in the Hole: Sara Isaksson & Rebecka Törnqvist Sing Steely Dan
(with Sara Isaksson)
  • Release date: 2006
  • Label: UNI
22
2008 The Cherry Blossom and the Skyline Rising from the Street
  • Release date: 2008
  • Label: EMI
31
2011 Scorpions
  • Release date: 2011
  • Label: WMS
25
2017 Home Secretary
  • Release date: 2017
  • Label: BOR
55
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

With the band Gloria

Year Album details Peak chart positions
SWE
[4]
1999 Gloria
  • Release date: 1999
  • Label: WMS
13
2003 People Like You and Me
  • Release date: 2003
  • Label: WMS
26
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

References

  1. ^ "Rebecka Törnqvist 46 år" (in Swedish). Sundsvalls tidning. 26 April 2010. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  2. ^ a b c Lovén, Lars. "Rebecka Törnqvist". AllMusic. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  3. ^ "swedishcharts.com - Rebecka Tornqvist". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2025-03-04.
  4. ^ "swedishcharts.com - Gloria". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2025-03-04.