Linnea Deb

Linnea Deb, née Linnéa Mary Hansdotter Deb, (born 23 July 1977) is a Swedish singer, songwriter and producer. She is married to her co-worker Joy Deb, and together they run a business called DebMusic which produces and writes songs.

Linnea is famous for her contribution in songwriting for Melodifestivalen. She co-wrote the song "Heroes", performed by Måns Zelmerlöw, which won Melodifestivalen 2015 and the Eurovision Song Contest 2015. She also co-wrote the song "You" performed by Robin Stjernberg, which won Melodifestivalen 2013. In 2015 she co-wrote the winning song of Melodifestivalen and European Song Contest ‘Heroes’ which has the third-highest-scoring in the history of ESC and certified 5X Platinum in Sweden. Linnea also co-wrote Margaret’s single ‘Cool Me Down’. The song sold 2xPlatinum in Poland and gold in Sweden. The Album ‘Ulrik Munther’ (Ulrik Munther) which Linnea helped write and produce immediately reached position 1 on Swedish Album-Chart and the single ‘Boys don’t cry’, which features on the album, sold gold 2011.

Linnea Deb is a member of the successful songwriting and producing group ‘The Family’. Earlier the group was signed to BMG publishing. Currently, Linnea is situated in the Stockholm-based studio Northbound where she continues writing songs, mostly for the US pop market. The Family wrote and produced the first record ‘Top Down’ on Fifth Harmony’s ‘Reflection’ Album. Also, they wrote JoJo’s comeback single ‘Save my soul’.

Melodifestivalen entries (Sweden)

• "Soldiers" by Ulrik Munther (2012), 3rd place
• "You" by Robin Stjernberg (2013), 1st place (14th in the grand final at ESC 2013)
• "Glow" by Manda (2014) 8th place (Semi-final)
• "Busy Doin’ Nothin’" by Ace Wilder (2014) 2nd place
• "Red" by Eko (sv) (2014) 8th place (Semi-final)
• "Echo" by Outtrigger (2014) eliminated in Second-Chance Round
• "Heroes" by Måns Zelmerlöw (2015) 1st place (1st in the grand final at ESC 2015)
• "I Will Wait" by Isa (2016) eliminated in Second-Chance Round
• "Don't Worry" by Ace Wilder (2016) 3rd place
• "My Heart Wants Me Dead" by Lisa Ajax (2016) 7th place
• "Hunger" by Molly Pettersson Hammar (2016) eliminated in Second-Chance Round
• "I Don't Give A" by Lisa Ajax (Melodifestivalen 2017)

Krajowe Eliminacje (Poland)

"Cool Me Down" by Margaret (2016) 2nd place

Melodi Grand Prix (Norway)

"Thunderstruck" by Erlend Bratland (2015) 2nd place