Idol experience Jenssen entered the
Idol 2007 talent show on
TV4, early on becoming one of the favourites after some strong performances. In the end she finished second in the finale after going head to head with
Marie Picasso on 7 December 2007 in
Globen Arena in
Stockholm. Jenssen lost to Marie Picasso but received 48.7% of the votes.
Idol performances Post-Idol career On 3 January 2008, Jenssen announced that she had landed a record deal. Her first single, "Do You Love Me", was released in stores on 23 January the same year. The following single "Amarula Tree" (written by Jenssen and
Pär Wiksten) was released on 16 April 2008. Her debut album,
Killing My Darlings, was released on 7 May 2008 and became one of the most sold albums of 2008 landing at number 1 on the Swedish album chart. The majority of the songs on the album were written by herself and together with Wiksten.
Marit Bergman and
Vincent Pontare also contributed with a song each. A nationwide tour in the summer and autumn of 2008 followed. She was backed up by members of
Damn and her songwriting friend Wiksten. It was a huge success, and at the end of the summer she was voted
Queen of the summer tours by
Aftonbladet readers (the biggest Swedish evening paper). In early 2009, Jenssen was nominated for a number of awards at the Swedish Grammy Awards and the P3-guld galan and at the Rockbjörnen and Gay galas she won. At Rockbjörnen for "This Year's Female Artist" and "This Year's Newcomer" and at Gaygalan she won "Artist of the Year". After the success with her debut album
Killing My Darlings, Jenssen returned to the studio to record her second album
Happyland, which was slated for a release on 28 October 2009. Her first single from the album was "Happyland" and it debuted at number 3 on the Swedish Singles chart and at number 55 on the German Singles chart. theme park in Stockholm, 2013. The album debuted at number three on the Swedish charts and was certified Gold status after just one week of album sales. The album was critically praised and it went on to win two Grammies for best female artist and best composer. Jenssen's song "Do You Love Me" was played on 23 September 2008 in the beginning of the third episode of the American TV series
Privileged. The episode was watched by about 1.8 million viewers in the US. "Our Time", a song from
Happyland, was played on Dior's Haute Couture Fashion Show Spring Summer 2011. In May 2013, Jenssen performed a solo concert at Gröna Lund theme park in Stockholm. In late 2014 she took part in the television series
Så mycket bättre which was broadcast on TV4.
Hymns for the Haunted Jenssen's third album,
Hymns for the Haunted, originally scheduled for release on 5 September 2012, was released on 14 November 2012 worldwide through
Sony Music Entertainment. The album featured co-writing by
Björn Yttling. ==Influences==