Biography
Jessica Georganne Pilnäs, (born 5 July 1978 in Åryd, Växjö ), is a Swedish singer perhaps mostly known for her song "Jag ger dig allt" (English: I give you all). She sang the song in Melodifestivalen 1995, and came in third place.
Born in Åryd, she is the daughter of Thommy Gustafsson, keyboard player for the Swedish band Sven-Ingvars. She married the guitarist Johan Norberg and by that taking his family name and known as Jessica Norberg although continuing to use her original name Jessica Pilnäs in various recordings and appearances at concerts.
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Under the name Jessica G. Pilnäs, she participated as a teenager in the Melodifestivalen 1995 with the song "I give you everything" which ended up in third place. Pilnäs has since had a hit with the song "Pretender" (2000) from the album of the same name, under the artist name Isa. She has been a choir singer for artists such as Carola, Robyn and Stephen Simmonds and regularly performs as a solo singer with Kid Creole and the Coconuts around Europe. As a composer, she is represented with "Everything I Do" (Laura Pausini) and "Miss Jealousy" (Charlotte Perrelli). In 2003, she received the Gevalia Music Prize. In January 2011, her second solo album "Bitter and Sweet" (ACT) came under the artist name Jessica Pilnäs. In 2012, "Norma Deloris Egstrom, A Tribute to Peggy Lee" was released. The album was nominated for the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik.
She is also active as a doctor after completing studies at Karolinska Institutet in Solna 2003–2010 and a medical degree in June 2010.
Biography text from Last.fm, available under CC BY-SA.