The Swedish singer Zara Larson began her vocal career as a child and by the age of twenty had achieved considerable success. Now her songs occupy leading positions in European charts, sound on radio and television. What was the girl’s path to fame, we will tell in the article.
Biography and first successes
Zara Larson was born in Sweden, in Stockholm, December 16, 1997. As a child, she was very fond of singing, which her parents drew attention to. They began to drive the girl to various song contests. In 2007, at the age of nine, Zara took part in the Swedish talent show, where she reached the finals. And in 2008, she won the Talang competition - the Swedish version of the television show America is Looking for Talent - for which she received a cash prize of five hundred thousand Swedish crowns. In the finals of this competition, Zara Larson performed the song Celine Dion My Heart Will Go On, which became her debut single. The video with the presentation was posted on YouTube, and by 2013 it was watched by more than ten million people.
Career development
After the Talang contest about Zara Larson, nothing was heard for a while, but in 2012 they talked about her again, as a preview of the Uncover single from the singer's debut mini-album appeared on YouTube. The disc itself, containing only five songs, went on sale in January 2013. The single Uncover immediately soared to first place in the Swedish, Norwegian and Danish charts. The song became platinum in sales, by the end of February 2013, videos with it were watched on YouTube more than fifty million times.
In March 2013, information appeared about the imminent release of Zara Larson's second mini-album. Songs from it, of which there were also five, became no less popular. In the same year, the artist went on the first tour, and a year later released a full-fledged studio album.
In the following years, Zara Larson was actively engaged in creativity, recorded both solo songs and duets with popular artists such as Taini Temp and David Guetta. In 2016, the singer participated in the opening and closing ceremonies of the European Football Championship in France.
In 2017, the second studio album was released, followed by tours in America and Europe. The main creative directions of Zara include pop and dance music, R'n'B and house. According to the artist herself, she is a fan of Beyoncé's talent.
Personal life
The girl is only twenty years old, so little is known about her relationship with the opposite sex. Once the singer was seen in the company of Bieber, and immediately rumors spread about their romance. However, there were no more joint photos of Zara Larson and Justin. The media broadcast that the girl is dating the popular model Brian Whittaker, but it is not known for certain whether this is so.
Zara leads an active social life, on her page on Instagram you can find more than 3.5 thousand publications, and the number of subscribers of the singer exceeds five million people.
Awards
Over her twenty years, the girl was nominated for various prestigious awards and won in many categories. So, she is the owner of four Grammy statuettes, thirteen Scandipop Awards, three MTV awards.
In 2018, Zara Larson was included in the Forbes rating of “30 under 30,” which includes participants who have achieved success in various fields at a young age.