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Voices (Tusse song)

2021 song by Tusse

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 1, 2026
Entity authorityQ105685559 ↗
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"Voices" is a song performed by Congolese-Swedish singer Tusse, composed by Joy Deb, Linnea Deb, Jimmy "Joker" Thörnfeldt and Anderz Wrethov. The song competed in Melodifestivalen 2021, where it made it through to the final on 13 March 2021. The song received the most points from both the viewers and the international jury in the final and won the final with 175 points, 57 points ahead of the runner-up. It represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Rotterdam. Following the song's win at Melodifestivalen, it ascended to number one on the Swedish Sverigetopplistan chart. It was later certified Platinum by the Swedish Recording Industry Association.

In the semi-final, the song managed to qualify for the final on 22 May. In the final the song placed 14th, breaking Sweden's streak of top 10 entries since 2013, thus giving the country their lowest result in eight years.

Tusse also released a French language version of the song. He has declared: "It's a huge pleasure for me to be able to release "Voices" in French.

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The public source identifies “Voices (Tusse song)” as 2021 song by Tusse. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Voices, Tusse and song.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2021, 2013—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2021. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Voices, Tusse and song providing the first useful test.
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Reception evidence should be dated and situated: later canonical status may differ sharply from the work’s initial circulation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 1, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q105685559. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2021 and 2013.

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This entry incorporates text from “Voices (Tusse song)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.