Born: October 16, 1983
Place of Birth: Stockholm, Sweden
Zodiac Sign: Libra
Lorine Zineb Nora Talhaoui, aka Loreen (Swedish: [lɔˈreːn]), is a singer and songwriter.
Representing Sweden, she has won the Eurovision Song Contest twice – in 2012 and 2023 – with the songs "Euphoria" and "Tattoo". She is the second performer (after Johnny Logan) and the first and only woman to have won the competition twice.
Interested in becoming a musician, Loreen participated in the Idol 2004 television competition, finishing fourth. The following year she released her first single, "The Snake," with the band Rob'n'Raz and became a television presenter on TV400. While working as a segment producer and director for several Swedish reality TV shows, she entered Melodifestivalen 2011 with the song "My Heart Is Refusing Me," which became a top 10 hit in Sweden. She had two top 20 hits in Sweden with the singles "Crying Out Your Name" (2012) and her Melodifestivalen 2017 entry "Statements".