Danielsson was born in
Osby, Sweden, and resides in
Gävleborg. In total, she has participated nine times at the Swedish
Melodifestivalen and one time at the Norwegian
Melodi Grand Prix. She has participated in the
Eurovision Song Contest twice, in
1982 (as a part of the Swedish pop and country group
Chips with the song "
Dag efter dag", finishing 8th) and in the
1985 (solo) with the song "
Bra vibrationer", finishing 3rd. Kikki Danielsson was born in Osby, but was
adopted and lived on a farm in
Älmhult,
Småland from the age of five. There, she became the only child in the family while her younger sister was adopted to another place. As a five-year-old girl, Kikki Danielsson made her first singing performance, which occurred at the local
Sunday school's
Lucia party in her Småland home church, singing the Christmas song "När Jesusbarnet låg en gång". As a child, she sang in the local church choir. As a 17-year-old girl, Kikki Danielsson begun as a singer in dansband Nickies and in 1973 she switched to another
dansband,
Wizex, with which she participated at the Swedish
Melodifestivalen 1978. She left Wizex in 1982, but as a member of the pop and country group
Chips, she participated at the Swedish
Melodifestivalen 1980,
1981 and
1982. She has also been a popular
Svensktoppen artist, with hits as the Melodifestivalen songs, but also other songs, like "
Papaya Coconut" in 1987. She willingly sings country and has contributed in radio and TV shows in the US in the 1980s. During the second half of 1984, she married Swedish musician
Kjell Roos, who led the dansband
Roosarna, with which she sang between 1990 and 1999. In 1985 she gave birth to their first child, a daughter. In late 1987 she released the
Christmas album "
Min barndoms jular". Together with Roosarna, she had many
Svensktoppen hits during the 1990s. In 1994, the "dansband of the year" prize at the
Grammis was awarded to Kikki Danielsson & Roosarna. In 1999 she separated from Kjell Roos. However, the musical co-operation restarted in 2003. Kikki Danielsson has also sung at the 2001
Stockholm Pride. Together with
Elisabeth Andreassen and
Lotta Engberg she participated at the Swedish
Melodifestivalen 2002 and together they called themselves
Kikki, Bettan & Lotta and had an own
dinner show during the second half of 2002 and participated at the Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix in 2003. They also started a successful collaboration with the Swedish brand "twilfit" designing stretchy yet fashionable T-shirts. Kikki Danielsson participated at
Melodifestivalen 2006, which is the Swedish qualifications for the
Eurovision Song Contest. She performed with the song "
I dag & i morgon", written by
Thomas G:son and Calle Kindbom, which reached the final in the
Stockholm Globe Arena, where it finished at the 10th and last place. Totally, she has participated nine times at the Swedish Melodifestivalen and one time at Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix. In 2018, she participated in
Melodifestivalen once again. From 28 November to 17 December 2006, she toured Sweden with a band on the "Julstämning med Kikki" Christmas concert tour. Her periods of
problems with alcohol have been a popular topic of the Scandinavian
press (Danielsson first started drinking heavily to self-medicate as a result of her
rheumatoid arthritis), as has her
weight problem, in which she has become obese. Because of her weight problem, she appeared in
Du är vad du äter, the Swedish version of "
You Are What You Eat", in 2006 where she made great progress and lost several pounds. In January 2010, it was announced that Kikki Danielsson together with
Sören "Sulo" Karlsson and
The Diamond Dogs would record the single ''Maybe I'll Do
, and on 13 July 2010 she appeared at Allsång på Skansen. On 13 April 2011 she released the album Första dagen på resten av mitt liv'', where she worked together with Sören "Sulo" Karlsson. In 2012, Danielsson starred in the film
Sean Banan inuti Seanafrika. In 2017, she participated in the eighth season of
Så mycket bättre (
TV4). Kikki Danielsson performed again at
Melodifestivalen on 3 February 2018, this time with the song "Osby Tennessee", which ended up seventh and last in the semi-final following votings. In February 2020, Kikki Danielsson was elected into the Melodifestivalen Hall of Fame. ==Melodifestivalen, Melodi Grand Prix and Eurovision entries==