The Most Famous Singers With Persian Descent

 Janet Ava Leon (born 19 October 1990 in Gothenburg, Sweden) known professionally as Janet Leon, is a Swedish singer-songwriter of Persian descent. She was part of the pop girl group Play between 2003–2005, replacing Faye as the lead singer. In 2009, she released her solo self-titled debut album.Leon also provided backing vocals for Agnetha Fältskogs album A.In November 2013, Leon was announced as a contestant for Melodifestivalen 2014, the national selection to find the Swedish representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 with the song “Hollow”. This will be Leon’s second time performing in Melodifestivalen. The song was written by Karl-Ola Kjellholm, Jimmy Jansson, and Louise Winter. She competed in the fourth semi-final, on 22 February 2014 in Örnsköldsvik where she finished in 8th and last place and she knocked out from the competition.