Afro-dite

Afro-dite is a Swedish pop group made up of three pop singers. The group consists of Blossom Tainton-Lindquist, Gladys del Pilar and Kayo Shekoni. The name is a play on words implying they are beautiful as Greek goddess Aphrodite and being black.http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/article61588.ab

• Blossom has already been in showbusiness for a long time. She sings and dances, played in several musicals and even hosted tv-shows on Swedish television.
• Gladys, born in Ecuador, came to Sweden when she was only 7 years old. She worked with Dr. Alban and Denniz Pop but her final breakthrough was when she appeared in ABBA - the true story.
• Kayo is another multitalented woman. She is not only a singer, but also an actress, tv-show host and model. In the eighties she sang with the pop group Freestyle and in the ninetees she fronted the eurodance project Le Click.

Afro-dite came together to sing the song "Never let it go" for the Eurovision Song Contest 2002. Bohlman, Philip V. (2004). The music of European nationalism. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO. p. 2. ISBN 9781576072707. http://books.google.com/books?id=fkQf7k2OaDcC&pg=PA2&dq=the+eurovision+song+contest+2002&hl=en&ei=UhNPTa_OIZCisAP9u5WoCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDUQ6AEwATgK#v=onepage&q=the%20eurovision%20song%20contest%202002&f=false. Retrieved 6 February 2011. "Eurovision Song Contest 2002". European Broadcasting Union. http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/by-year/contest?event=316. Retrieved 6 February 2011.  The song was originally meant to be sung by Alcazar but they refused. In Eurovision, Afro-dite reached the 8th place. In 2007 they released a new album.[1]

See also

• List of Swedes in music

References

Preceded by Friends with "Listen to Your Heartbeat"

Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002

Succeeded by Fame with "Give Me Your Love"