Tone Sekelius

Tone Sekelius
Tone Sekelius
	Sekelius in 2023
Background information
Born	16 July 1997 (age 28); Växjö, Sweden

Tone Sekelius (born 16 July 1997) is a Swedish social media influencer and singer.^[1]

Career

Sekelius' song "Awakening" entered Sverigetopplistan, the official Swedish singles' chart, at place 89 in February 2017.

In a 2021 interview with Aftonbladet, Sekelius came out as transgender and revealed that she would change her name to Tone. Sekelius' first name had previously been Thomas.^[2]

Sekelius competed in Melodifestivalen 2022 with the song "My Way".^[3] She was the first openly transgender performer in the contest.^[4]^[5] She placed 5th in the final with 84 points.

In 2023, Sekelius was a guest celebrity judge in the episode "Marathon Talent Hunt" of the reality television series Drag Race Sverige broadcast on SVT1 and SVT Play.^{[citation needed]} She competed in Melodifestivalen 2023 with the song "Rhythm of My Show", which went on to place 12th (last) in the final with 20 points.^[6]

Discography

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions
Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album
Title	Year	SWE ^[7]	Album
"Awakening"	2017	89	Non-album singles
"One More in the Crowd"	2017	—
"Christmas Lights"	2018	—
"My Way"	2022	9 ^[8]
"What a Shame"		—
"Crying on Christmas"		—
"Rhythm of My Show"	2023	19 ^[9]

References

↑ Youtubestjärnan från Växjö kommer ut som transperson. Sveriges Radio. 22 February 2021. Archived from the original on 12 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
↑ "Thomas Sekelius byter namn till Tone – kommer ut som transperson". Aftonbladet. 21 February 2021. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
↑ "Tone Sekelius: "Jag vill verkligen bli artist"". Dagens Nyheter. 12 February 2022. Archived from the original on 12 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
↑ Löwing, Joakim (29 January 2022). "Tone Sekelius är första transpersonen i Mello: "Jag har alltid drömt om att bli artist"". Allas. Archived from the original on 12 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
↑ "Samira Manners: the singer giving Sweden's Melodifestivalen an English accent". The Local. 12 February 2022. Archived from the original on 12 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
↑ "Loreen wins Melodifestivalen and will represent Sweden for a second time". ESCXTRA.com. 11 March 2023. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
↑ "Sverigetopplistan". Sverigetopplistan. Archived from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
↑ "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 11". Sverigetopplistan. Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
↑ "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 11". Sverigetopplistan. Archived from the original on 4 March 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2023.

External links

Media related to Tone Sekelius at Wikimedia Commons

[1] Youtubestjärnan från Växjö kommer ut som transperson. Sveriges Radio. 22 February 2021. Archived from the original on 12 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.

[2] "Thomas Sekelius byter namn till Tone – kommer ut som transperson". Aftonbladet. 21 February 2021. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2022.

[3] "Tone Sekelius: "Jag vill verkligen bli artist"". Dagens Nyheter. 12 February 2022. Archived from the original on 12 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.

[4] Löwing, Joakim (29 January 2022). "Tone Sekelius är första transpersonen i Mello: "Jag har alltid drömt om att bli artist"". Allas. Archived from the original on 12 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.

[5] "Samira Manners: the singer giving Sweden's Melodifestivalen an English accent". The Local. 12 February 2022. Archived from the original on 12 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.

[6] "Loreen wins Melodifestivalen and will represent Sweden for a second time". ESCXTRA.com. 11 March 2023. Retrieved 20 March 2023.

[7] "Sverigetopplistan". Sverigetopplistan. Archived from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2022.

[8] "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 11". Sverigetopplistan. Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022.

[9] "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 11". Sverigetopplistan. Archived from the original on 4 March 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2023.

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