Apple launched iTunes in Sweden this week. iTunes is a digital jukebox where you can download songs for 9 Sek each, or albums for 90 Sek. Carola has three album featured on iTunes so far; "My Show", "Jul i Betlehem" and "Blott en dag".

Link: iTunes

A couple of months ago, Carolas cat had 10 kittens, and now you can adopt one of them via the radio station Mix Megapol. The radio station will give away at least five of the kittens to good, responsible cat lovers. If you want to adopt one of the kittens, go to Mix Megapol's website and fill out the form.

Link: Mix Megapol

(Thanks to Anna Johansson for the information)

Edward John joined Carola for her album signing in Gävle as well. The photo below is from Gefle Dagblad and taken by Leif Jäderberg. Feel free to email your photos to contact@carolainternational.com and I will post them as soon as possible!

Rocks, Gävle - May 8 2005

Carola is a guest artist at Smyrna church in Gothenburg on Sunday May 15 at 4.00pm and 7.00pm.

Link: Smyrnakyrkan

(Thanks to Josefin Stenmark for the information)

"Genom allt" is being tried out for the radio chart Svensktoppen this week. Carola was also interviewed by host Annika Jankell.

Audio: Listen to Svensktoppen

(Thanks to Peter Rytter for the information)

Edward John showed up for the album signing in Södertälje, and also performed. The photos are taken by Hampus Bleckberg. Feel free to email your photos to contact@carolainternational.com and I will post them as soon as possible!

Stora gågatan, Södertälje - May 6 2005


Photos: Hampus Bleckberg

Carola mentioned on her album signing Wednesday, that she might do a TV show for Norway based on the songs from "Störst av allt".

Note: Nothing is confirmed!

(Thanks Peter Karlsson for the information)

According to Expressen, there are negotiations with a number of networks to record the concert in Helsingborg for TV.

4000 tickets are already sold, and the concert might be moved to an area that allows a bigger audience.

"Want to see Carola perform live? Bring your G-P subscription card and come down to Bengans. If you buy Carolas new CD, you will receive a ticket to her showcase here at Monday May 9 at 8.00pm Note: Tickets are limited." Link: Bengans

These are photos taken by Peter Kalsson at the album signings at Åhléns City, Stockholm and MegaStore in Täby Centrum yesterday. Feel free to email your photos to contact@carolainternational.com and I will post them as soon as possible!

Åhléns City, Stockholm - May 4 2005


MegaStore, Täby Centrum - May 4 2005


Photos (c) Peter Karlsson

Carolas new album "Störst av allt" has sold gold before its release. Based from pre-orders, the album has reached 30.000 sold copies!

Congratulations Carola!

Due to extremely heavy traffic to the site, Carola International was down yesterday. I'm sorry to say that due to this, I had to delete the ALL the audio files from the site.

I am of course happy that so many people visit Carola International every day, and I thank you for all the worried emails I received yesterday, but I have to keep the traffic on the website down a little!

I apologize for any inconvenience.

The new album "Störst av allt" is released in Sweden today. The album includes hymns, love songs and some new songs, including the song Carola wrote for her mother, and performed at her funeral.

1. Störst av allt (E Hillestad / C Häggkvist) 2. Kärleksvals (U Neumann / H Elmquist) 3. Tillägnan (L Forsell / M Dominique) 4. Barn och stjärnor (Y Eggehorn / G Riedel) 5. Håll mitt hjärta (B Skifs) 6. Allting har sin tid (B Ring) 7. Gammal fäbodspsalm (G Österberg / O Lindberg) 8. Över älven (E Hillestad / C Häggkvist) 9. Måne och sol (B G Hallqvist / E Hovland) 10. Jag har hört om en stad ovan molnen (L Lithell) 11. Allt kommer bli bra mamma (C Häggkvist) 12. Jag ger dig min morgon (T Paxton / F Åkerström) 13. Den första gång jag såg dig (B Sjöberg) 14. Närmare Gud till dig (F Adams / E Linderholm / L Mason) 15. Genom allt (C Häggkvist) Producer: Erik Hillestad Musicians: Kjetil Bjerkestrand, Knut Reiersrud, Bernt Rune Stray, Helge Norbakken, Gjermund Silseth, and strings from Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sveinung Sand. Backing vocals: Marian Lisland, Gabriel Fors etc. Arrangements: Kjetil Bjerkestrand Vocal arrangements: Marian Lisland Cover design: Identicon Photos: Marc Cameron Recorded January - March 2005 in Cape Town (South Africa) / Studio Nordrakk, Oslo / St Johannes Church, Stavanger / Hitfactory, Stockholm / Rainbow Studio, Oslo. Link: Discography Link: Buy the album

Carola was interviewed and performed "Allt kommer bli bra mamma" and "Håll mitt hjärta" on Nyhetsmorgon on TV4 on Tuesday (May 3).

Video: Allt kommer bli bra mamma
Video: Interview + Håll mitt hjärta
You need to sign up and pay to see the clip.

Carola.com has added three more locations to the upcoming album signing tour, following the release of the new album "Störst av allt". Carola will visit the following places:

May 4 - Åhléns City, Stockholm - 12.30pm
May 4 - MegaStore, Täby Centrum - 5.00pm
May 6 - Stora gågatan, Södertälje - 1.00pm
May 6 - Rocks, Tunapark Eskilstuna - 5.00pm
May 7 - Rocks, Kupolen Borlänge - 2.00pm
May 8 - Rocks, Ikanohuset Sundsvall - 12.00pm
May 8 - Rocks, Valboköpcentrum Gävle - 4.00pm
May 9 - Bengans, Göteborg - 8.00pm (Exclusive concert) NEW!
May 11 - Åhléns Lindén Norrköping - 5.00pm NEW!
May 12 - Stinsen köpcentrum, Stockholm - 5.30pm NEW!
May 13 - Åhléns, Nordstan Göteborg - 12.30pm
May 13 - Gekås, Ullared - 5.00pm

Last week Carola was a guest on several Norwegian TV-shows, and now you can watch all of them online. NOTE: You need to sign up and pay to watch the clips!

Video: Håll mitt hjärta + interview (from "God morgen, Norge!" TV2 - April 27)
Video: Jag ger dig min morgon (from "God morgen, Norge!" TV2 - April 27)
Video: Interview (from "Senkveld med Thomas og Harald" TV2 - April 29)
Video: Störst av allt + interview (from "God kveld, Norge" TV2 - April 30)

(Thanks Cathrine for the information)

NIELSEN MUSIC CONTROL RADIO TOP 20
This week	Last week	No of weeks	Title
18	-	1	Genom allt

"Genom allt" enters Nielsen Music Control Radio Top 20 this week (up from no 26). Nielsen Music Control's chart is based on airplay from a number of different radio stations. This shows that "Genom allt" is getting a lot of airplay in Sweden.

Read an interview with Carola in Veckorevyn's current issue