Miisa-Leena Päällysaho (19 February 1970 – 7 July 2016),
better known as Miisa, was a Finnish
Eurodance
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artist who released two albums in the 1990s.
Her first single was released in Finland in 1991 and in the mid-1990s Miisa was trying to break into the
US markets. Her biggest hit was the single ''Set Me Free'', reaching #9 on the ''
Billboard
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'' compiled
Dance Club Songs
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chart in March 1996. The song ''All or Nothing'' (1994) was included on the soundtrack to the 1999 comedy ''
But I'm a Cheerleader''.
It was later revealed that Miisa did not actually sing on her records, but the real vocalist was the Swedish singer Karin Strömfelt.
After her music career, Miisa worked as a make-up artist. She died of cancer on 7 July 2016, aged 46.
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Discography
;Albums
*''Attitude'' (1994)
*''Miisa'' (1995, US 1996)
;Singles
*''Upside Down'' (1991)
*''Set Me Free'' (1993, US 1996)
*''Hold On'' (1993)
*''All or Nothing'' (1994, US 1995)
*''You & Me (Innocence)'' (1994)
*''Lovin' U'' (1995)
*''How Will I Know'' (1996)
*''Get Ready'' (1996)
*''If''
References
External links
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1970 births
2016 deaths
Musicians from Turku
Finnish fraudsters
20th-century Finnish women singers
Eurodance musicians
Musical hoaxes
Music controversies
Entertainment scandals