Lisa Ajax
Ajax in 2019
Background information
Birth nameLisa Kristina Ajax[1]
Born (1998-08-13) 13 August 1998
Järfälla, Sweden
GenresPop
Years active2012–present
LabelsCapitol Records

Lisa Kristina Ajax[1] (born 13 August 1998) is a Swedish singer. Ajax began her career after winning Idol 2014,[2][3][4][5][6] and is also known for her four Melodifestivalen participations, having qualified to the final on three occasions.

She also participated at Lilla Melodifestivalen 2012 with the song "Allt som jag har".[7] Ajax participated in Melodifestivalen 2016 with the song "My Heart Wants Me Dead", and qualified to the final at Friends Arena. She placed seventh in the final.[8]

On 30 November 2016, the Swedish broadcaster, SVT, revealed the participants of Melodifestivalen 2017. Ajax participated with the song "I Don't Give A".[9] She qualified to andra chansen from the second semi-final. She went to the final on 11 March 2017 where she placed ninth.[10]

On 27 November 2018, it was revealed that Ajax would participate in Melodifestivalen 2019 with the song "Torn", in the last semi-final. She again qualified to andra chansen from the fourth semi-final and finished in ninth place in the final.[11]

She participated in Melodifestivalen 2022 with the song "Tror du att jag bryr mig" with Niello. They performed in Heat 2 on 12 February 2022, finishing in last place and failing to qualify.[12]

In 2021, Ajax released her first Swedish-language solo single, "Jag måste". The track is written by Anton Engdahl, Marcus Holmberg and Ajax herself. She is under new management and a new label.[13]

She competed as a celebrity dancer in Let's Dance 2022, broadcast by TV4.[14]

She will participate for a fifth time in Melodifestivalen in 2024, with the song "Awful Liar".[15]

Discography

EPs

Title Details Peak chart positions
SWE
[16]
Unbelievable 2
Collection
  • Released: 19 May 2017
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: Digital download
 —

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
SWE
[16]
"Love Run Free" 2014 55 Unbelievable
"Unbelievable" 14
"Blue Eyed Girl" 2015 — Non-album single
"My Heart Wants Me Dead" 2016 10 Collection
"Give Me That" —
"Love Me Wicked" —
"I Don't Give A" 2017 25
"Number One"
(with Atle)		 —
"Think About You" 2018 —[upper-alpha 1] Non-album single
"Torn" 2019 9
[19]		 Melodifestivalen 2019
"Jag måste"[20] 2020 — TBA
"Tror du att jag bryr mig"
(with Niello)		 2022 7
[21]		 Melodifestivalen 2022
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Notes

  1. ↑ "Think About You" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number 18 on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[18]

References

  1. 1 2 "Your query : Creator's Name begins with AJAX LISA on any territories (Domestic works)". ISWC. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  2. ↑ "Lisa Ajax". Posh24.se. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  3. ↑ Stockholm TT (28 November 2014). "Lisa och Mollie till "Idol"-final". Svenska Dagbladet. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  4. ↑ Lisa Ajax och Mollie Linden till Idol final Archived 2 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine Göteborgs Posten
  5. ↑ "iTunes topplista Sverige – Top 50". Archived from the original on 28 February 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  6. ↑ Lisa Ajax vann Idol 2014. Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). 5 December 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  7. ↑ "16-åringen som spås vinna årets "Idol"". Dagens Nyheter. 18 September 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  8. ↑ Escudero, Victor M. (12 March 2016). "Frans wins Melodifestivalen in Sweden". EBU.
  9. ↑ "Melodifestivalen 2017 Participants Revealed". Eurovoix.com. 30 November 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  10. ↑ The NPBC (11 February 2017). "BENJAMIN INGROSSO AND MARIETTE TO MELODIFESTIVALEN FINAL". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix.
  11. ↑ "Sweden: SVT reveals the 28 artists competing in Melodifestivalen 2019". Eurovoix.com. 27 November 2018. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  12. ↑ "Melodifestivalen 2022 Semi-Final 2 results: Liamoo and John Lundvik qualify for final". Wiwibloggs. 12 February 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  13. ↑ "🇸🇪 Lisa Ajax releases "Jag måste", first single in Swedish". escxtra.com. 21 May 2020.
  14. ↑ Lindqvist, Johan (27 February 2022). "Här är alla deltagarna i årets "Let's dance"". Göteborgs-Posten. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  15. ↑ "The 30 artists competing in Sweden's Melodifestivalen 2024". Eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union (EBU). 1 December 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  16. 1 2 "Lisa Ajax discography". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  17. 1 2 3 4 5 "Sverigetopplistan – Lisa Ajax" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  18. ↑ "Veckolista Heatseeker – Vecka 19, 11 maj 2018". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  19. ↑ "Sverigetopplistan – Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  20. ↑ "Jag Måste by Lisa Ajax". Spotify. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  21. ↑ "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 8". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
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