Linda Karlsson (born 21 July 1982), better known by her stage name Miss Li, is a Swedish singer and
songwriter
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. Since beginning her career in the early-2000s, she has released a total of eight studio albums, and several of her songs have been featured in Swedish commercials as well as numerous American television series.
Life and career
Linda Karlsson was born on 21 July 1982 in
Borlänge
Borlänge is a locality in Dalarna County, Sweden with 44,898 inhabitants as of 2020. It is the seat of the Borlänge Municipality with a total population of 51,604 inhabitants as of 2017.
History
Originally Borlänge was the name of a tin ...
, Sweden. In her adulthood, she relocated to
Stockholm
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.
Using the stage name Miss Li, she released her debut album, ''
Late Night Heartbroken Blues'', in 2006. Her single "Don't Try to Fool Me" has been featured on the
Showtime
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Film
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* ''Showtime'' (video), a 1995 live concert video by Blur
Television Networks and channels
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original series ''
Weeds'', as well as ''
Grey's Anatomy
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'', both in 2007.
Her song "Bourgeois Shangri-La" from her fourth studio album, ''
Dancing the Whole Way Home
''Dancing the Whole Way Home'' is the fourth studio album release by Swedish people, Swedish Singer-songwriter Miss Li. The album debuted and peaked at No. 8 on the Sverigetopplistan, Swedish Albums Chart on 10 April 2009. The song "Bourgeois Sha ...
'' (2009), was used by
Apple
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in the
iPod Nano
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5G television commercial, and her song "Oh Boy" was used in a 2010
Volvo C70
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commercial. Her track "True Love Stalker" was used in the television promo of an episode of ''
Desperate Housewives
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''. The track "Forever Drunk" was featured in the opening scene of ''
Grey's Anatomy
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''. Her song "My Heart Goes Boom" was featured on multiple adverts for the popular UK furniture store DFS in late 2012, shortly after her appearance on ''
Så mycket bättre
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'' that same year. In 2013 "My Heart Goes Boom" was used in American television advertisements of women's clothes by White House Black Market. After an extensive tour promoting her seventh album, ''
Wolves
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'' concluded in 2014, Miss Li stated she sank into a
depression, and went into seclusion.
She subsequently attended a songwriters' camp in
Los Angeles
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, California, where she collaborated in the studio with
Rihanna
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, writing a track for the artist's album ''
Anti
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*Änti, or Antaeus, a half-giant in Greek and Berber mythology
*A false reading of ''Nemty'', the name of the ferryman who carried Isis to Set's island in Egyptian mythology
* Áńt’į, or ...
'' (2016).
[ However, The unnamed track did not appear on the album, though Li stated that Rihanna had purchased the rights to it.
Miss Li released her eighth studio album, ''A Woman's Guide to Survival'', in 2017. The song "Aqualung" from the album was featured in the debut video for the 2019 ]Volvo XC40
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. Her song, "I Can't Get You Off My Mind", is used for movie promos on the cable and satellite station Starz
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.
Discography
Albums
Compilation albums
EPs
* ''Så mycket bättre 2012 – Tolkningar'' (2012)
* ''Så mycket bättre – Tolkningarna'' (2019)
Singles
Featured singles
Notes
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Li, Miss
1982 births
Living people
People from Borlänge Municipality
Swedish pop singers
English-language singers from Sweden
21st-century Swedish singers
21st-century Swedish women singers