Nineties one hit wonder has barely aged a day 26 years after classic track – as it passes 50 million Spotify streams
NINETIES one hit wonder Emilia Mitiku has barely aged a day 26 years since her classic track.
The Swedish singer, 46, is best known for her 1998 song Big Big World.
Emilia shot to fame in the 90s.
Big Big World, which was released in September 1998, hit the number one spot in a number of countries.
Those included Austria, Germany, Norway and Switzerland.
26 years on and it has passed 50 million Spotify streams.
After her huge hit, she went on to release a number of other singles including Good Sign, Kiss By Kiss, You’re My World, and I Won’t Cry.
Most recently she released Counting Miracles in November 2023.
Big Big World is from album of the same name.
She’s also released albums called Emilia, Små ord av kärlek, My World and I Belong To You.
Emilia is still singing to this day.
Back in 2021 she joined a girl group called Super Fëmmes, alongside Therese Grankvist, Denise Lopez, Mia Shotte and Josefine Willers.
They recorded a cover of Rozalla’s 1991 hit Everybody’s Free.
Emilia still likes to update fans with what she’s up to on Instagram.
The star boasts over 2k followers on the social media platform.
Speaking about her huge success after Big Big World, Emilia previously told Entertainment Focus: “It was phenomenal, I had a year – two years experience that every female dreams of, if there dream is to be a pop star.
“It wasn’t productive for me as an artist, it was a bit draining and superficial.
“I was only just becoming a woman and entering this world where there was no parents telling me what to do.
“I survived it and it’s an experience and it was super cool when it happened.
“But it’s a little strange way to start a career, it would have been nice to have built that up little by little, rather than starting out at the top the first time around.”
When asked in 2013 how her music has changed over the years, she added: “I do a lot more practising now and I work on my vocals almost every day.
“I didn’t know this back then and for me, my voice has matured, it has more colours and the music that I’m doing now is closer to my heart.
“I am different, it would be strange not to have changed in 15 years, you know?”