Hedin also recorded lead vocals for other Swedish artists such as Dr. Alban ("Look Who's Talking"), Stakka Bo ("Here We Go" and the whole Supermarket album released in 1993), Amadin ("Alrabaiye") or Flexx ("Wake Up").
In 2000, Hedin released her own single "Fame 2000" as NaNa D'Aquini under the Danish label Merlin / Playground Scandinavia. It was a cover and remix of the 1980s hit "Fame" by Irene Cara. A music video was shot in Las Vegas[1] and the song was remixed by several DJs worldwide.
Most of the time, Dilnarin "Dee" Demirbag was on stage and in music videos with E-Type, lip-synching to Hedin's voice. Hedin can be seen in the music videos of "Set the World on Fire" (both versions),[4][5] "Life"[6] and "Paradise".[7]
On 6 June 2018 Hedin received the MVP (Most Valuable Person) Award[10] at the Denniz PoP Awards by a jury consisting of major producers and artists such as Carly Rae Jepsen, Tove Lo, Rami Yacoub and Max Martin. Fans from all over the world voted for her, and she was picked for her behind-the-scenes contribution, helping to form the classic Cheiron sound. Producer and jury member Jacob Schulze says "Without Nana, the Cheiron sound wouldn't have sounded like it did. She's been an invaluable part of the Cheiron story and deserves this prize more than anyone else."[11]
Cancer
In August 2009, Hedin was diagnosed with tongue cancer after being wrongly diagnosed by several specialists in 2008. The tumor was in stage 4 when rightly diagnosed and Hedin finally got help. The tumor was life threatening at that time, she did survive but due to the massive radiotherapy treatment the singer was given, she has not performed ever since. In 2014, she started suffering from osteoradionecrosis (jawbone death) because of the radiotherapy. The Swedish surgeons said that they would have to resect the complete mandible and that she would never be able to sing again. Hedin started a world wide search for second opinions to try and find a better surgery to save her voice. In 2022 M.A.S- a Swedish non-profit organization started a fundraiser on GoFundMe named "Save NaNa's Voice 2022" in order to finance Hedin's journey to India for reconstructive jaw surgery.
Hedin's fans all over the world helped to donate and the fundraising is still ongoing.
