What is velvet singer?

Velvet is a Swedish singer, songwriter and actress. Her real name is Jenny Petterson and she was born on March 5, 1975, in Helsingborg, Sweden. Velvet started her career as a singer in the late 1990s and gained popularity in the early 2000s with her hit singles "Rock Down to (Electric Avenue)" and "Don't Stop Movin'". She has released four studio albums in her music career. Apart from being a singer, Velvet has also worked as an actress and has appeared in Swedish films and television shows such as "Stjärnorna på slottet", "The Spiral" and "Ingen rök utan eld". Velvet participated in the Swedish reality show Melodifestivalen in 2006 and 2016, where she qualified to represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest but did not win. She continues to make music and perform both in Sweden and internationally.