Anne-Lie Rydé (born 17 October 1956 in

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) is a

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pop and rock singer.

Early life and Music career

Rydé grew up on Lidingö, but moved to

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in 1976. There she played with the Gothenburg-based band Extra from 1978 to 1983. She moved back to Stockholm in 1983 and broke through as a solo artist that year with the eponymous album "Anne-Lie Rydé." Her first hit was ''"Segla på ett moln"'' (Sail On a Cloud), written by Per Gessle. Anne-Lie Rydé was visually inspired by Punk and Nina Hagen, but musically she played rock. She wrote a number of songs herself. She toured in 1983–84 with Dan Hylander, Py Bäckman and the

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, and in 1985 received a Rockbjörnen and a Karamelodiktstipendiet, a scholarship awarded for innovation in music in

. She had serious problems with her vocal cords in 1987 and almost had to stop singing, but managed to recover with ''"Mellan ljus och mörker"'' in 1989. The 1990s were a turning point in Rydé's career; she began singing pop music instead of rock. In 1992 the album ''"Stulna kyssar"'' became Rydé's biggest success to date and in 1993 was followed by a show of the same name. She participated in

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2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

, with ''"Säg att du har ångrat dig"'',

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, with ''"Så nära"'', and

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

, with ''"Första gången"'', a duet with

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, failing to reach the final on all three occasions.

Discography

Singles

References

External links

Official homepage
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