Cazzi Opeia
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 Cazzi Opeia in 2022 | |
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| Born | Moa Anna Maria Carlebecker 10 November 1988 Jönköping County, Sweden |
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| Website | cazziopeia |
Moa Anna Maria Carlebecker (born 10 November 1988), better known by her stage name Cazzi Opeia, is a Swedish DJ, singer and songwriter.
Life and career
[edit]1988–2010: Early life and beginnings
[edit]Moa Anna Carlebecker was born in Jönköping County, located in southern Sweden, and grew up traveling around Europe and in the US with her family. She is a cousin of presenter Gry Forssell.[1] Her stage name, Cazzi Opeia, is inspired by the star constellation Cassiopeia.[2]
She took part in the sixth season of Idol in 2009.[1] She reached the semi-finals where she was beaten by Mariette Hansson and Erika Selin.
2011–2015: Music career
[edit]She was discovered by the producer Billy Mann and the record company Macho Records, who previously worked with Pink, Cher, and Jessica Simpson. Her first single "I Belong to You" became a hit when the artist DJ Tiësto included a remix in his Club Life record, making Cazzi Opeia a name globally. She has also been praised for her style and music by celebrity blogger Perez Hilton in connection with her dubstep cover of Lady Gaga's hit song "Judas".[3]
2016–2017: "Batman & Robin"
[edit]In 2016, Cazzi Opeia signed an exclusive worldwide publishing agreement with EKKO Music Rights Europe. She also signed an exclusive worldwide record deal with Superior Recordings licensed to Cosmos Music Group and The Orchard in 2017. She released the single, titled "Batman & Robin" together with Jin X Jin.
2017–2018: "Wild Ones" and "Rich"
[edit]On 5 May 2017, Cazzi Opeia was featured on artist 528's track, titled "Meat". The track was released by independent record label "Hurdy Gurdy Noise".[4]
Cazzi Opeia's single, titled "Wild Ones" released by Superior Recordings / Cosmos Music on 1 December 2017 and featured the "Wild Ones" track and the instrumental version as well[5] Along with the song being released, Cazzi Opeia teamed up with the Swedish Space Corporation and broadcast her single into space, more specifically in the direction of the Cassiopeia constellation.[2]
Cazzi Opeia's single, titled "Rich" released by Superior Recordings / Cosmos Music on 16 November 2018.
2022–present: Melodifestivalen and Eurovision
[edit]Cazzi Opeia competed in Melodifestivalen 2022 with the song "I Can't Get Enough".[6] She performed in heat 3 on 19 February 2022, qualifying to the semi-final on 5 March, from which she qualified for the final on 12 March 2022, when she finished 9th.[7]
In 2023, she co-wrote "Tattoo" performed by Loreen, which came first in Melodifestivalen 2023, and proceeded to win the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 held in Liverpool.[8]
Cazzi Opeia participated in Melodifestivalen 2024 with "Give My Heart a Break"; she also co-wrote the entry "Effortless" for Jacqline.[9] She finished second in her heat on 17 February 2024, qualifying for the final,[10] where she finished in 4th place.[11]
Discography
[edit]Singles
[edit]As lead artist
[edit]| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
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| SWE [12] | |||
| "I Belong to You" | 2010 | — | Non-album single |
| "Oxygene" | 2011 | — | Oxygen |
| "My Heart in 2" | — | Non-album singles | |
| "Here We Go Again" | 2015 | — | |
| "Here She Comes" | 2016 | — | |
| "Batman & Robin" (with JinXJin) |
2017 | — | |
| "Wild Ones" | — | ||
| "Rich" | 2018 | — | |
| "I Can't Get Enough" | 2022 | 5 | |
| "You're My Sunshine" | — | ||
| "Taste of Heaven" | 2023 | — | |
| "Give My Heart a Break" | 2024 | 7 | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
As featured artist
[edit]| Title | Year | Album |
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| "Endless Flame" (Joseph Armani featuring Cazzi Opeia) |
2014 | Non-album single |
| "Fallen Skies" (Still Young featuring Cazzi Opeia) |
2016 | Finally |
| "Meat" (528 featuring Cazzi Opeia) |
2017 | Non-album singles |
| "Garbage" (Joakim Molitor featuring Cazzi Opeia) |
2019 |
Songwriting credits
[edit]| Year | Artist | Song | Album | Label |
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| 2017 | Twice | "Someone Like Me" | Signal | JYP Entertainment |
| "24/7" | Twicetagram | |||
| Red Velvet | "Peek-a-Boo" | Perfect Velvet | SM Entertainment | |
| Djamila | "Smalltalk" | —N/a | BitStream/Universal | |
| Eva + Manu | "Alien" | EMI Finland | ||
| B.A.P | "Moondance" | Massive | TS Entertainment | |
| 2018 | Gabriel Fontana | "Stiletto's On" | ||
| Shinee | "You & I" | The Story of Light | SM Entertainment | |
| DJ Hyo | "Punk Right Now" | Deep | ||
| Twice | "Dance the Night Away" | Summer Nights | JYP Entertainment | |
| Red Velvet | "Power Up" | Summer Magic | SM Entertainment | |
| "Blue Lemonade" | ||||
| NCT Dream | "Drippin" | We Go Up | ||
| 2019 | Tomorrow X Together | "Blue Orangeade" | The Dream Chapter: Star | Big Hit |
| Red Velvet | "Sunny Side Up!" | The ReVe Festival: Day 1 | SM Entertainment | |
| "Milkshake" | ||||
| "Psycho" | The ReVe Festival: Finale | |||
| "In & Out" | ||||
| Sulli | "Goblin" | Goblin | ||
| DJ Hyo | "Badster" | Deep | ||
| NCT Dream | "119" | We Boom | ||
| GWSN | "Black Hole" | The Park in the Night Part Three | The Wave Music | |
| Louam | "Big Loop" | daWorks Records | ||
| Twice | "Hot" | Fancy You | JYP Entertainment | |
| Itzy | "Icy" | It'z Icy | ||
| Eva Parmakova | "Lipstick" | Virginia Records | ||
| DJ Antoine | "I Still Want You" | Global Productions | ||
| 2020 | ELRIS | "Jackpot" | Jackpot | HUNUS Entertainment |
| Enhypen | "Given-Taken" | Border: Day One | Belift Lab | |
| Tomorrow X Together | "Wishlist" | Minisode1: Blue Hour | Big Hit | |
| AleXa | "Kitty Run" | Do or Die | ZB Label | |
| "Do or Die" | ||||
| "A.I Trooper" | ||||
| Itzy | "Surf" | Not Shy | JYP Entertainment | |
| "Be in Love" | ||||
| WayV | "Unbreakable" | Awaken the World | SM Entertainment | |
| Verivery | "Photo" | FACE ME | Jellyfish Entertainment | |
| Twice | "Queen" | Eyes Wide Open | JYP Entertainment | |
| "Shot Clock" | ||||
| The Boyz | "Break Your Rules" | Reveal | IST Entertainment | |
| Emma Wu | "Go Home, huh?" | GX | Avex Taiwan | |
| BTS | "We Are Bulletproof: The Eternal" | Map of the Soul: 7 | Big Hit | |
| I-Land | "I&credible" | I-Land Part 1: Final Song | Stone Music | |
| GFriend | "Mago" | Walpurgis Night | Source Music | |
| 2021 | Itzy | "Tennis (0:0)" | Guess Who | JYP Entertainment |
| ENHYPEN | "Fever" | Border: Carnival | Belift Lab | |
| "Mixed Up" | ||||
| Weeekly | "Holiday Party" | Play Game: Holiday | IST Entertainment | |
| Stray Kids | "Secret Secret" | Noeasy | JYP Entertainment | |
| Tomorrow X Together | "LO$ER=LOVER" | The Chaos Chapter: Fight or Escape | Big Hit | |
| Red Velvet | "Queendom" | Queendom | SM Entertainment | |
| "Pose" | ||||
| "Knock on Wood" | ||||
| VERIVERY | "Underdog" | Series 'O' Round 2: Hole | Jellyfish Entertainment | |
| ENHYPEN | "Tamed-Dashed" | Dimension: Dilemma | Belift Lab | |
| "Blessed-Cursed" | ||||
| Billlie | "Flipp!ng A Coin" | The Billage of Perception: Chapter One | Mystic Story | |
| NCT 127 | "Gimme Gimme" | Loveholic | SM Entertainment | |
| Dwin, Lucky Luke | "NOTSOBAD" | Hi Don't Cry | ||
| AleXa | "Xtra" | Xtra | ZB Label | |
| WayV | "Good Time" | Kick Back | SM Entertainment | |
| Pentagon | "1+1" | Love or Take | Cube Entertainment | |
| Loona | "Be Honest" | [&] | Blockberry Creative | |
| Victon | "Flip a Coin" | Voice: The Future Is Now | IST Entertainment | |
| Cherry Bullet | "Keep Your Head Up" | Cherry Rush | FNC Entertainment | |
| NCT Dream | "Diggity" | Hot Sauce | SM Entertainment | |
| Oh!GG | "Melody" | 2021 Winter SMTOWN: SMCU Express | ||
| Ailee | "525" | AMY | Rocket3 Entertainment | |
| 2022 | AleXa | "Tattoo" | Tattoo | ZB Label |
| Ailee | "Murder On The Dancefloor" | I'M LOVIN' AMY | Rocket3 Entertainment | |
| Tomorrow X Together | "Good Boy Gone Bad" | Minisode 2: Thursday's Child | Big Hit | |
| "Thursday’s Child Has Far To Go" | ||||
| Momoland | "Yummy Yummy Love" | Non-album single | MLD Entertainment | |
| Hyo | "Deep" | Deep | SM Entertainment | |
| TRENDZ | "TNT (Truth & Trust)" | BLUE SET Chapter 1.TRACKS | INTERPARK MUSIC PLUS | |
| AleXa | "Wonderland" | Non-album single | ZB Label | |
| Le Sserafim | "The Great Mermaid" | Fearless | Source Music | |
| "No Celestial" | Antifragile | |||
| Jo Yu-ri | "Love Shhh!" | Op.22 Y-Waltz: in Major | Wake One Entertainment | |
| NCT 127 | "2 Baddies" | 2 Baddies | SM Entertainment | |
| "Tasty" | ||||
| Girls' Generation | "Paper plane" | Forever 1 | ||
| Red Velvet | "Bye Bye" | The ReVe Festival 2022 – Birthday | ||
| "Snap Snap" | Bloom | Avex Trax | ||
| Fifty Fifty | "Higher" | The Fifty | Attrakt | |
| AleXa | "Back in Vogue" | Back in Vogue | ZB Label | |
| 2023 | Loreen | "Tattoo" | Non-album single | Universal Music Group |
| Tomorrow X Together | "Sugar Rush Ride" | The Name Chapter: Temptation | Big Hit | |
| "Farewell, Neverland" | ||||
| Kep1er | "I Do! Do You?" | Fly-By | Sony Music Japan | |
| Moonchild | "Photogenic" | Delicious Poison | ||
| aespa | "Spicy" | My World | SM Entertainment | |
| "Salty & Sweet" | ||||
| "Hot Air Balloon" | Drama | |||
| Red Velvet | "Chill Kill" | Chill Kill | ||
| "Knock Knock (Who's There?)" | ||||
| "Will I Ever See You Again?" | ||||
| "Nightmare" | ||||
| "One Kiss" | ||||
| "Bulldozer" | ||||
| NCT | "Baggy Jeans" | Golden Age | ||
| "Golden Age" | ||||
| Shinee | "Identity" | Hard | ||
| TVXQ | "Rebel" | 20&2 | ||
| Fantasy Boys | "One Shot!" | New Tomorrow | Kakao Entertainment | |
| "Get It On" | Potential | |||
| fromis 9 | "Bring It On" | Unlock My World | Pledis Entertainment | |
| Mimiirose | "A-Ok" | Live | Yes Im Entertainment | |
| Billlie | "Dang! (Hocus Pocus)" | Side-B: Memoirs of Echo Unseen | Mystic Story | |
| Le Sserafim | "No-Return (Into the unknown)" | Unforgiven | Source Music | |
| "Guardian" | Bastions OST | THYMOS Media | ||
| 2024 | Jacqline | "Effortless" | Non-album single | Universal |
| Tomorrow X Together | "Deja Vu" | Minisode 3: Tomorrow | Big Hit | |
| StayC | "Gummy Bear" | Metamorphic | High Up | |
| aespa | "Hot Mess" | Non-album single | Warner Music Japan/SM Entertainment | |
| "Licorice" | Armageddon | SM Entertainment | ||
| "Bahama" | ||||
| "Just Another Girl" | Whiplash | |||
| Red Velvet | "Sunflower" | Cosmic | ||
| NCT Wish | "Sail Away" | Wishful | ||
| B.D.U | "My One" | Wishpool | Orca Music | |
| fromis 9 | "Take A Chance" | Supersonic | Pledis Entertainment | |
| AleXa | "Under The Armor" | Sugarcoat | ZB Label | |
| 2025 | Ifeye | "NERDY" | ERLU BLUE | Hi-Hat Entertainment |
| Illit | "Do the Dance" (빌려온 고양이) | Bomb | Belift Lab | |
| Red Velvet – Irene & Seulgi | "Girl Next Door" | Tilt | SM Entertainment | |
| NCT Dream | "Dream Team" | Go Back To The Future | ||
| Super Junior | "Delight" | Super Junior25 | ||
| Key | "Hunter" | Hunter | ||
| "Glam" | ||||
| Joy | "Get Up and Dance" | From Joy, with Love | ||
| Twice | "Blind In Love" | Enemy | Warner Music Japan | |
| 2026 | KiiiKiii | "404 (New Era)" | Delulu Pack | Starship Entertainment |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Wilson, Malou (18 February 2022). "Därför känner du igen Cazzi Opeia i Melodifestivalen 2022 – heter Moa". Archived from the original on 19 May 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
- ^ a b "Peek a Boo! Ft. Cazzi Opeia". 15 January 2018. Archived from the original on 9 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ Hilton, Perez (20 April 2011). "Hot Cover Of Lady GaGa's Judas! MUST Watch!!!". perezhilton.com. Archived from the original on 24 April 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
- ^ "Meat (Feat. Cazzi Opeia) [Music from "Veni Vidi Vici" series] by 528". iTunes Store. 5 May 2017. Archived from the original on 9 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Wild Ones – Single by Cazzi Opeia". iTunes Store. December 2017. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
- ^ "Hela listan – de tävlar i Melodifestivalen 2022". SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). 1 December 2021. Archived from the original on 30 January 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
- ^ O'Donoghue, Tom (6 March 2022). "Melodifestivalen 2022: results of the semi-final". ESCXtra. Archived from the original on 5 March 2022. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ "Loreen". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 11 July 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
- ^ "The 30 artists competing in Sweden's Melodifestivalen 2024". Eurovision Song Contest. 1 December 2023. Archived from the original on 12 December 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
- ^ "Melodifestivalen 2024 – Deltävling 3: Växjö". Mellopedia (in Swedish). SVT. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
- ^ "Sweden: Marcus & Martinus win Melodifestivalen 2024 with "Unforgettable"". Eurovisionworld. 9 March 2024. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
- ^ "Cazzi Opeia | Sverigetopplistan" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Archived from the original on 6 May 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
External links
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Media related to Cazzi Opeia at Wikimedia Commons- Official website
| International | |
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| Artists |
- 1988 births
- Living people
- English-language Swedish singers
- Musicians from Jönköping County
- Swedish dance musicians
- Swedish electronic musicians
- Swedish women singer-songwriters
- Swedish singer-songwriters
- Swedish pop singers
- Swedish women pop singers
- Swedish sopranos
- Synth-pop singers
- Swedish women in electronic music
- 20th-century Swedish women singers
- 21st-century Swedish women singers
- Eurovision Song Contest-winning songwriters