Although Carola's new album "Från nu till evighet" won't be released until May 17, it has already sold gold in both Sweden and Norway - three weeks before its release.

The tabloids Aftonbladet and Expressen have listened to some of the songs from the upcoming album "Från nu till evighet" and reveals many new song titles. Below are list over the songs titles revealed so far.

I have added the composers where that is known, and some of the remarks given by journalists that have listened to the songs.

1. Evighet - Listen
   (B Ljungren / G:son / H Wikström / C Häggkvist)
2. Jag ger allt - Listen
   (S Almqvist / P Thyrén)
   "Uptempo song with guitars"
3. Vem kan älska mig
   (C Häggkvist)
   "Classic ballad with a bombastic ending and great vocals"
4. Stanna eller gå
   "Hit potential with oriental beats"
5. Ingenting du säger
   "Radio hit potential, sounds like Shania Twain, with brilliant vocals and chorus"
6. Fast det är mörkt nu
   "U2 ballad"
7. Jag lever livet
   (G:son / C Häggkvist)
   "Hit potential with ABBA choirs, and a touch of house and disco"
8. Genom allt - Listen
   (C Häggkvist)
9. ?
10. ?
11. ?

NOTE: Some titles may change and this is not the correct order.

Link: Pre-order the album

These are more photos from yesterday's press conference about the Apassionata show. On the photographers website (see link below) you will find many more photos.

Copyright photos: Emma Norén

Link: Emma Norén's website
Link: Buy tickets

The single "Invincible" will be released in stores in Sweden on May 17, but you can already buy a download of the single from iTunes and CDON. The download was released yesterday April 26. Link: Buy the download

Today Carola joined Tobbe Larsson for a press conference at the Globe Arena in Stockholm about the horse show Apassionata. Carola will perform two songs on the show on May 6, 8.00pm (most likely "När löven faller" and "Eviget/Invincible").

Copyright photos: Peter Karlsson

Thanks Peter for the info

Link: Tobbe Larsson's website
Link: Buy tickets

During the interview program "Malou möter Carola" last night, parts of a new song was aired: "Jag ger allt". Today we publish the song in our Audio section and parts of the lyrics.

Jag ger allt

"Det är mörkt
men ännu finns det hopp
när jag springer utan stopp
ja ännu finns det tid
så vad gör jag med mitt liv

Det är en sak jag vill du förstår
Att en dag ska vi komma i mål
Så häng på

Jag ger allt
Jag ger aldrig nånsin upp
Jag ska kämpa tills jag dör
Även om det kostar allt
Tills allt ingenting finns kvar
Ja i alla mina dar
för det håller genom allt"

Thanks to Peter Karlsson

Link: Listen to "Jag ger allt"
Link: Pre-order the album

Carola has added one more concert to her Summer tour. She will perform in Skövde on August 8, the day after her show at Skansen in Stockholm.

Tickets go on sale next week.

Thanks to Petrus for the information

Last night media was invited to the recording studio to witness when Carola put her finishing touches on her upcoming album "Från nu till evighet, which will be released in Sweden on May 17. On the album she has co-written all the songs but one. Carola also reveals a new song title: "Vem kan älska mig", a ballad that she wrote herself.

Here is an excerpt from the lyrics:

Vem kan älska mig
(Music & Lyrics: Carola Häggkvist)

"Vem kan älska mig och se
Se mig som jag är
Kan älska nu och här
För den jag är och vem
Kan älska och förstå
När tiden börjat gå
Att allting måste ordna sig
Vem kan älska mig"

Link: Pre-order the album

From TV4.se:

"The day before the Swedish Song Contest finale, Malou von Sivers met Carola Häggkvis, pumped up for her performance but with a sour throat. They had a long and open conversation about Carolas childhood growing up in a non-religious home, and how she became a Christian when the organization Credo came to her school, and how she always felt that she is "too much" for religious people, and to religious for those who aren't.

Carola also talks about when her parents both passed away within a short time, and about how lonely she felt after losing her two, strong parents who always were there for her through tough times.

Throughout the interview, Carola talks about her complicated relationship with the tabloids. How angry and sad she gets every time he gets misunderstood, and how she feels the responible editors should get prison when they misuse the printed word. It is obvious that the hate-love relationship she has had with the tabloids for 23 years now, has changed her as a person.

Carola describes her involvement in the Christian congregation Livets Ord, and says after being asked if she longs to return to them, that she still has many friends there and that the founder Ulf Ekman is her pastor for whom she has warm feelings for.

The second time Malou and Carola meet, she has won the Swedish Song Contest and has already visited Athens, which led yet again to tabloid headlines about Carola preaching at Acropolis. Carola openely discuss that incident. She also talks about her ex-husband Runar Söögard, her new love Edward John, and how being in the spotlight for 23 years has changed her as a person.

If Carola wins the European Song Contest she invisions that she has a mission. She speaks of herself as chosen, and thinks of her career as a way of spreading the gospel to people she meets.

The most intense sequence of the interview happens when Malou von Sivers asks Carola about her views on homosexuality."

(Translation by Carola International)

Don't miss this open-hearted interview with Carola on TV4 tonight at 9.00pm

Video: About the show
Link: TV4's website

The single "Invincible" (the Swedish version of Carola's winning song from the Swedish Song Contest), will be released in Sweden on May 17, the same day the new album "Från nu till evighet" is released. Remember where you heard it first! Link: Listen to "Invincible"

Carola will attend a press conference at the Globe Arena in Stockholm on Wednesday April 26 together with Tobbe Larsson (and a Portuguese Lusitano horse) regarding her performance in the Apassionata show in the Globe Arena on May 6.

Thanks to Tobbe for the info

Link: Buy tickets

The video for "Invincible" was recorded by Mikeadelica on Tuesday April 19 in Athens, Greece, and is now in post-production, and is expected to be finished on May 4.

Over the weekend, Carola will record her vocals for the upcoming album "Från nu till evighet". The album will be released May 17 in Sweden and Norway, and on May 22 in Denmark.

Link: Pre-order the album

Tracklisting:

01. INVINCIBLE [3.00]
02. INVINCIBLE instrumental [3.01]

(Bobby Ljungren - Thomas G:son - Henrik Wikström)

G:songs AB / Key South Publishing / Arrow Music / Air Chrysalis Scandinavia AB

Keyboards: Henrik Wikström, Thomas G:son
Guitar: Torbjörn Fall, Thomas G:son, Stefan Jonsson
Bass: Stefan Brunzell
Background vocals: Linnea Debb, Jessica Marberger, Thomas G:son, Henrik Wikström, Johanna Beijbom

Recorded, Arranged & Produced by Henrik Wikström, Thomas G:son
Mixed by Ronny Lahti
Mastered by Thomas Eberger

Cover art: Micke Eriksson, M Industries

Link: Listen to "Invincible"

Four different remixes of "Invincible" has been released to radio stations and the press, three in English and one in Swedish.

The remixes that are made by Soundfactory, are said to be included on the international version of the "Invincible" single.

Link: Read Expressen's review of the remixes

Carola and Andre Crouch will perform concerts at Spikersuppa in Oslo in September next year as a part of a European Christian conference.

The event "Jubileumskonferanse" takes place in Oslo Spektrum September 18-23 2007.

Remember where you read it first!

Carola looks wonderful on the cover of the new issue of "Alla älskar Schlager", the magizine that is fully commited to the Swedish Song Contest and its artists. The magazine includes a 10 page story about Carola with many photos from her PR-trip to Athens, Greece. The magazine is out in stores now, pick up you copy today! Link: Alla älskar Schlager's website