When Amy was six years old she started figure skating which she was really talented at. She won
several gold medals and practiced six times a week.
As a child, Amy also had a small role on the TV-show "De drabbade".
Amy's first singing/stage appearance was at age 7, when she competed in "Småstjärnorna"
(Little stars). She lip synced to Belinda Carlisle's "Heaven is a place on earth" and finished
3rd.
A few years after that, she competed in a talent contest for children called
"Super Troupers". She won the semi final that she competed in, and finished 3rd in the big final.
In 2004, Amy competed in a talent contest called "Mix Megapol Summer Idol", where the first prize was to record a cd in a real studio. She did not only win the contest, but in the jury of that contest was a person from the record company Bonnier Amigo, who later offered Amy her record deal.
A little while after that contest, Amy recorded her first single "What's in it for me". Two days had been reserved for recording, but the single was finished in less than one hour and was released February 16th 2005, when Amy was just 12 years old.
Her first single was a huge success and reached number one on the single charts, and later sold
platinum.
Because of the huge success with "What's in it for me", an album was recorded called "This is me
now". It was released in May 2005, and sold more than 100 000 copies.
At the end of 2005, Amy had appeared on more than 20 television shows and a concert tour had been
organized during the summer.
To promote Amy's album internationally, Amy signed a deal with Warner music in July 2005. In just a short while, she was extreamly popular in other Nordic countries aswell as Poland and Germany. A special edition for the album was created for the European market.
Three more singles from her debut album was later released, "Welcome to the city", "Champion" and "Shooting star".
In 2005, Amy was also nominated for multipe awards. As the youngest person in the history she received the Nordic Music awards for Best nordic hit for "What's in it for me". She also won two NRJ radio awards and she was also the youngest to be nominated for the Swedish Grammy awards. She won a Grammy for the Best Swedish Female Artist, Song of the year and Newcomer of the year. She also won a Nickelodeon Kids choice award for Hit of the year, and was nominated for Rockbjörnen.
Amy's second album was recorded in February 2006, which took four weeks. The album, "Still me, still
now" was then released in May. A couple of weeks before that, the first single "Don't cry your heart
out" was released.
The second album was also a massive success, and it reached gold status two days before the release
date!
In the summer of 2006, Amy was a part of the Diggiloo tour all over Sweden. She became very well
known for her amazing version of Edith Piad's French song "Je ne regrette rien".
Later that summer, two other singles from the album was released, "Big guns" and "It can only get
better".
In 2006 Amy also did print modeling for a mail-order catalogue for Ellos aswell as promotional work
for Statoil and Stadium. In December the same year, she also showed off her acting and figure skaing
talents as an ice princess in the Swedish Christmas Calendar.
In the end of 2007, Amy started recording her third album which is known as "Music in motion".
The first single was released in late September, and the name was "Is it love?".
The album was released in November 2007, aswell as the single "Stay my baby".
In the beginning of 2008, Amy appeared in the first selection to the Swedish selection for the
Eurovision song contest. She competed with her song "Thank you", and made it straight to the final
in Globen.
Amy is known for keeping her private life separated from her career. She has not revealed her real
surname (which is not Diamond).
Amy goes to school like everyone other teenager in Sweden and does most of her career work on the
weekends. She's often seen doing homeworks when she's out doing promotional work or after concerts.