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Renaida
Renaida at Melodifestivalen 2018
Background information
Birth name	Renaida Kebyera Braun
Born	(1997-08-14) 14 August 1997 (age 27) Dodoma, Tanzania
Origin	Nyköping, Sweden
Genres	Pop soul dance-pop hip hop
Occupation	Singer
Years active	2016–present
Labels	Sony Music Sweden

Renaida Kebyera Braun (born 14 August 1997), sometimes known simply as Renaida, is a Swedish singer. She first began her singing career participating in Idol 2016 which was broadcast on TV4, where she placed sixth. Afterwards, she began performing in the musical Aladdin.

Braun competed in Melodifestivalen 2018 with the song "All the Feels", and qualified to Andra Chansen from the first semi-final. She was drawn in a duel with singer Olivia Eliasson for a place in the final, and won, therefore qualifying to the Grand Final, where she finished in ninth place.

In October 2019, Braun revealed that she had been diagnosed with cancer. The following month she stated that her cancer was successfully removed from her neck, and she will not need to undergo any further treatments.

Singles

References

1. Nyheter, SVT (26 January 2018). "Känd från Idol – nu ska Renaida erövra mellon". SVT Nyheter. Sveriges Television. Archived from the original on 7 February 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
2. "Renaida får roll i stor musikalföreställning". 29 March 2017. Archived from the original on 6 January 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
3. Radio, Sveriges (28 November 2017). "Renaida Braun gör debut i Melodifestivalen - P4 Sörmland". Sveriges Radio. Archived from the original on 6 January 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
4. "Renaida Braun till andra chansen: "Helt sjukt"". Expressen. 3 February 2018. Archived from the original on 7 February 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
5. "Piken mot rivalen: "Hon dansar faktiskt inte"". Aftonbladet. 2 March 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-03-03. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
6. “I’m gonna make it” — Melfest alum Renaida reveals battle against cancer in emotional Instagram post Archived 2019-10-16 at the Wayback Machine. Wiwibloggs Retrieved 16 October 2019
7. Johansson, Tommy (14 October 2019). "Renaida allvarligt sjuk: "Jag har cancer"". www.sn.se. Archived from the original on 14 October 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
8. Adams, William Lee (7 November 2019). ""I am so grateful!" Renaida shares joyful Insta post that celebrates cancer removal". Wiwibloggs. Archived from the original on 7 November 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
9. "Renaida discography – Swedish Charts". swedishcharts.com/ Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 2018-02-10. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
10. "Sverigetopplistan – Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan. Archived from the original on 15 January 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
11. "Waste My Time by Renaida". Spotify. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
12. "I Like It by Renaida". Spotify. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
13. "Ett andetag i taget by Renaida". Spotify. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
14. "Dansant ångestattack". Spotify. Retrieved 27 March 2020.

External links

• Media related to Renaida Braun at Wikimedia Commons

• 1997 births
• Idol (Swedish TV series) participants
• Living people
• People from Nyköping Municipality
• Swedish adoptees
• Immigrants to Sweden
• Tanzanian emigrants
• Swedish pop singers
• Swedish women pop singers
• 21st-century Swedish singers
• 21st-century Swedish women singers
• Melodifestivalen contestants of 2018
• Swedish people of Tanzanian descent