Meja (born Anna Pernilla Beckman, Nynäshamn, Stockholm County, 12 February 1969), is a Swedish composer and singer. Among her best known songs are "I'm Missing You","All 'Bout the Money" and "Private Emotion" (duet with Ricky Martin). Meja tends to sing with an American accent. She gained more widespread popularity after her single "How Crazy are You?" was used as the main theme music for the Xbox video game Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball....
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Meja (born Anna Pernilla Beckman, Nynäshamn, Stockholm County, 12 February 1969), is a Swedish composer and singer. Among her best known songs are "I'm Missing You","All 'Bout the Money" and "Private Emotion" (duet with Ricky Martin). Meja tends to sing with an American accent. She gained more widespread popularity after her single "How Crazy are You?" was used as the main theme music for the Xbox video game Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball.
Prior to her solo career, Meja sang leads on several singles for the early 1990s dance group Legacy of Sound, including the top 10 hit Happy.
Meja was born Anna Pernilla Torndahl. At the age of three she named herself Meja, a name that in 1976 became a legal registered Swedish name. Today hundreds of children in Sweden have been named “Meja”.
At the age of 5, Meja started writing poems, singing in choirs and acting. She had her stage debut at “Ystads City theatre” at the age of 7. She was brought up in a musical family, her grandfather, Per...
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