Rebecka Törnqvist

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

Rebecka Törnqvist
Törnqvist in Stockholm, July 2009
Background information
Origin	Uppsala, Sweden
Genres	Jazz, pop
Years active	1993–present
Labels	EMI, Warner, Kaza, Metronome

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