The Mamas

The Mamas are a Swedish-American pop and soul group. They won Melodifestivalen 2020 with their single "Move", which reached number one in Sweden in March 2020.

The Mamas
LaMotte, Haynes and Yonas Manna at a Melodifestivalen press conference in 2020.
Background information
Origin	Sweden and United States
Genres	Pop Soul
Years active	2019–2023[a]
Labels	Universal Music Sweden
Members	Ashley Haynes Loulou LaMotte Dinah Yonas Manna
Past members	Paris Renita

Career

The group consists of Ashley Haynes (born 19 January 1987 in Washington, D.C.),^[1] Loulou LaMotte (born 16 April 1981 in Malmö)^[2] and Dinah Yonas Manna (born 5 September 1981 in Stockholm).^[1] Founding member Paris Renita left the group in 2019.^[3]

As a four-piece, the group provided backing vocals for John Lundvik's Melodifestivalen 2019 entry "Too Late for Love".^[4] Lundvik went on to win the competition and got to represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 held in Tel Aviv, Israel, with the Mamas continuing to provide backing vocals.^[5] The song finished 5th in the grand final on 18 May 2019.^[6]

In late 2019, it was announced that the Mamas (without Paris Renita) would take part in Melodifestivalen in 2020, this time in their own right with their entry "Move".^[7] They performed in the first heat on 1 February 2020 in Linköping, and qualified directly for the final that took place on 7 March 2020 in the Friends Arena in Stockholm.^[8]

The Mamas went on to win Melodifestivalen 2020 with a total of 137 points, earning the right to represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 held in Rotterdam, Netherlands.^[9][10] However, the contest was cancelled in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[11]

They returned the following year and participated in Melodifestivalen 2021 with the song "In the Middle". They performed in the fourth heat on 27 February 2021^[12] and qualified directly for the final which was held on 13 March 2021 at the Annexet in Stockholm. The Mamas finished in 3rd place in the final with a total of 106 points.

The Mamas played on the Swedish Socialdemocratic Workers Party international workers day celebrations in May 2021.^[13] In November 2021, they released their third EP Won't Let the Sun Go Down.

In April 2023, the Mamas announced that they would go on indefinite hiatus to pursue their solo careers.^[14]

Discography

Extended plays

Title	Details	Peak chart positions
		SWE [15]
Tomorrow Is Waiting	Released: 25 September 2020[16] Format: Digital download, streaming Label: Universal Music	—
All I Want for December	Released: 21 November 2020[17] Format: Digital download, streaming Label: Universal Music	19 [18]
Won't Let the Sun Go Down	Released: 12 November 2021[19] Format: Digital download, streaming Label: Universal Music	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released.

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions			Certification	Album
		SWE [15]	SCO [20]	UK Down. [21]
"When You Wish Upon a Star"[22]	2019	—[A]	—	—		We Love Disney
"Move"	2020	1	52	55	GLF: Platinum[24]	Non-album single
"Let It Be"[25]		—	—	—		Tomorrow Is Waiting
"Touch the Sky"[26]		—	—	—
"A Christmas Night to Remember"[27]		88	—	—		All I Want for December
"In the Middle"	2021	9	—	—		non album singles
"Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini"[28]		—	—	—
"Sun Goes Down"[29]		—	—	—		Won't Let the Sun Go Down
"Say So"[30] (with Ash Haynes)		—	—	—
"Just a Little"[31] (with Dinah Yonas Manna)		—	—	—
"Don't Kill the Groove"[32] (with LouLou LaMotte)		—	—	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released.

Other charted songs

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album
		SWE Heat. [23]
"Shine a Light"	2020	7	All I Want for December

Notes

1. "When You Wish Upon a Star" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number five on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.^[23]

1. Indefinite hiatus