Lisa Miskovsky (born 9 March 1975) is a Swedish musician and singer-songwriter.

Biography

Miskovsky quickly placed herself on the Swedish rock music charts with her debut album ''Lisa Miskovsky'' and single "Driving One of Your Cars", with Swedish releases in 2001. Following this release, she received two Swedish Rock Bear awards; one for Best Swedish Newcomer, and the other for Best Swedish Female Artist of the Year. She followed up her musical success with the album ''

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'', released in 2003, which quickly climbed to number one in the Swedish pop charts, even reaching platinum sales. The album's success came greatly from two of its songs "Lady Stardust" and "Sing to Me" which both became hits. "Lady Stardust" was also a radio hit in Europe, particularly in Germany and the United Kingdom. Some of her music was co-written and produced by

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, lead songwriter from the Swedish rock band

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, and Simon Nordberg. Lisa is a songwriter as well as a singer and musician. She had the original idea and wrote the lyrics to " Shape of My Heart", performed by

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. Lisa contributed vocals to the track "Dead End" on ''

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'', the 2006 release from Swedish

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. However, she does not actually appear in the band's special edition DVD included in Come Clarity. Instead, her part is lipsync'd by one of In Flames' roadies. Lisa became internationally known as she performed the theme song "Still Alive" for ''

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'' (not to be confused with the song from the video game ''Portal'' of the same name, which was sung by

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video game developed by

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(DICE). A remix album titled '' Still Alive: The Remixes'' was released on 11 November 2008 to coincide with the North American release date of ''Mirror's Edge''. The album featured Miskovsky's original version, along with remixes by

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, Armand van Helden, and Teddybears. At

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a new entry in the ''Mirror's Edge'' franchise was announced. In November 2013 fans of Lisa Miskovsky and

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submitted a petition to

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, hoping to ensure their future involvement with the game. In 2011 she released her fourth studio album, ''

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'', after moving record labels from

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. Lisa entered

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, the Swedish preselection for the

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with the song "Why Start a Fire". Lisa competed in the fourth semifinal and placed in the top two songs of the heat. As a result, Lisa has competed at the grand final in Stockholm in 2012 where she finished 9th. Ten years after her last entry into the contest, Lisa entered

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with the song "Best to Come". She performed on 19 February 2022 and finished third, qualifying to the semi-final. She performed again at second semi-final on 5 March 2022, finishing third and failing to qualify to the final.

Personal life

Besides music, Miskovsky enjoys snowboarding and has participated in the Swedish national snowboard team, and she is also known to be fond of ice hockey and surfing. Her mother, Pirjo, is Finnish and her father, Karel Miškovský, is a Czech immigrant. Her sister is Carolina Miskovsky; the two have performed together publicly. She shared in a fan interview at

, that she is a mother with two daughters, however she did not reveal any other personal information. In 2003, she married a Norwegian snowboarder, Marius Sommer. They filed for divorce in 2006 but reconciled for a time. They separated in September 2014. She resides in

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. During the

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she was a sports reporter on location, mainly covering snowboard and freestyle skiing.

Discography

Studio albums

Compilation albums

Singles

Other

*2005: Kent -

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(vocals on "Välgärningar & Illdåd") *2006:

- ''

'' (vocals on "Dead End") *2008: Still Alive (theme for the video game ''

'') #8 UK Indie chart #96 UK chart #23 ''Billboard''

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*2013: Comfort You (lyrics) & Home (featuring

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) (vocals & lyrics), both songs for Raven's latest album Songs from a Blackbird #3 in Norway.

References

External links

Official websiteMySpace''Mirror's Edge'' soundtrack website
(archived)
Lisa Miskovsky record collection
{{DEFAULTSORT:Miskovsky, Lisa 1975 births Living people Swedish guitarists Swedish pop singers Swedish rock singers Swedish women singer-songwriters Swedish singer-songwriters Melodifestivalen contestants English-language singers from Sweden Swedish people of Czech descent Swedish people of Finnish descent People from Umeå 21st-century Swedish singers 21st-century Swedish women singers 21st-century guitarists 21st-century women guitarists