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Biography
Veronica Sandra Karin Maggio, born March 15, 1981 in Uppsala, Sweden, is a Swedish singer of Swedish and Italian origin. She won the category "Årets nykomling" (Newcomer of the Year) at Grammisgalan 2007. Since her debut, Veronica Maggio has continually broken records and been one of the biggest names in Swedish music. In 2021, she became the first artist to reach 1 billion streams on Spotify with a catalogue of entirely Swedish-language songs. As of 2022, she has had 55 entries on the Swedish singles chart and spent over 921 weeks on the albums chart.
In March 2006, Maggio released her debut single "Dumpa mig" (Dump Me); the video for the single soon became the hit of the week on TV stations like ZTV. Her other single after "Dumpa mig" was the song "Nöjd?" (Satisfied?). She signed a contract with Universal Music and went on a tour in Summer 2006. Maggio's debut album was titled Vatten & bröd (Water and Bread). The lyrics and music were written by Stefan Gräslund, except for the rap verse in "Vi har, vi har (feat. LKM)" (We Have, We Have), which was written by LKM Kristoffer Malmsten.
