Charlotte Perrelli (maiden name Charlotte Nilsson, born October 7, 1974 in Hovmantorp, Sweden) is a Swedish singer. Perelli is most known for winning the 1999 Eurovision Song Contest, participating with the song "Take Me to Your Heaven". October 7 is the 280th day of the year (281st in leap years). ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who uses his or her voice as an instrument to make music. ...
CharlotteNilsson was the winner of this Eurovision with the song, Take Me To Your Heaven.
From this year, the long-standing rule that each country had to sing in one of its own national languages was dropped, and it was decided that France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom, as the highest-paying European Broadcasting Union subscribers, would automatically be allowed to participate every year, irrespective of their five-year point average.
With CharlotteNilsson of Sweden already having crept into a three-point lead at a crucial moment, the realisation quickly dawned that, while twelve points for Iceland would put them back into a commanding position, twelve points for Sweden would settle the contest in abrupt fashion.