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Lisa Miskovsky | |
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 Miskovsky live at Stadsfesten Skellefteå in June 2007 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 9 March 1975 |
| Origin | Holmsund, Sweden |
| Genres | Pop, country pop, indie pop, dream pop, pop rock |
| Occupation(s) | |
| Instrument(s) | Piano, acoustic and electric guitar |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Labels | Sony |
| Website | lisamiskovsky |
Lisa Miskovsky (born 9 March 1975) is a Swedish musician and singer-songwriter.
Miskovsky 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 with the album Fallingwater , released in 2003, which climbed to number one in the Swedish pop charts, reaching platinum sales. The album contained two hit songs, "Lady Stardust" and "Sing to Me". "Lady Stardust" was also a radio hit in Europe, particularly in Germany and the United Kingdom.[ citation needed ]
Some of her music was co-written and produced by Joakim Berg, lead songwriter from the Swedish rock band Kent, and Simon Nordberg.[ citation needed ]
Miskovsky 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 Backstreet Boys. [1]
Miskovsky contributed vocals to the track "Dead End" on Come Clarity , the 2006 release from Swedish melodic death metal outfit In Flames. [2]
Miskovsky performed the theme song "Still Alive" for Mirror's Edge , an action-adventure video game developed by EA Digital Illusions CE (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 Benny Benassi, Junkie XL, Paul van Dyk, Armand van Helden, and Teddybears. [3]
In 2011 she released her fourth studio album, Violent Sky , after moving record labels from Universal Music to Sony Music Entertainment.[ citation needed ]
Miskovsky entered Melodifestivalen 2012, the Swedish preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 with the song "Why Start a Fire". Lisa competed in the fourth semifinal and placed in the top two songs of the heat. Lisa competed at the final in Stockholm in 2012, where she finished 9th. [4]
Ten years after her last entry into the contest, Miskovsky entered Melodifestivalen 2022 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. [5]
Besides music, Miskovsky enjoys snowboarding and has participated in the Swedish national snowboard team. [6]
Her mother, Pirjo, is Finnish and her father, Karel Miškovský, is a Czech immigrant. [7] Her sister is Carolina Miskovsky; the two have performed together publicly. [8]
She shared in a fan interview at Melodifestivalen 2012, that she is a mother with two daughters, however she did not reveal any other personal information. [9] In 2003, she married a Norwegian snowboarder, Marius Sommer. They filed for divorce in 2006 but reconciled for a time. [10] They separated in September 2014. [11] She resides in Umeå. [4]
During the 2014 Winter Olympics she was a sports reporter on location, mainly covering snowboard and freestyle skiing.[ citation needed ]
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||
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| SWE [12] | |||||||||
| 2001 | Lisa Miskovsky
| 23 | |||||||
| 2003 | Fallingwater
| 1 | |||||||
| 2006 | Changes
| 2 | |||||||
| 2011 | Violent Sky
| 4 | |||||||
| 2013 | Umeå
| 7 | |||||||
| 2019 | Bottenviken
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or not released to that country | |||||||||
| Year | Album | Chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| SWE [12] | ||
| 2008 | Last Year's Songs: Greatest Hits
| 13 |
| Year | Title | Album | Chart positions |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE | |||
| 2001 | "Driving One of Your Cars" | Lisa Miskovsky | 14 |
| "What If" | 41 | ||
| 2002 | "Quietly" | — | |
| 2003 | "Lady Stardust" | Fallingwater | 6 |
| 2004 | "Sing to Me" | 26 | |
| "A Brand New Day" | 59 | ||
| 2006 | "Mary" | Changes | 17 |
| "Sweet Misery" | 53 | ||
| "Acceptable Losses" | — | ||
| 2008 | "Another Shape of My Heart" | Last Year's Songs: Greatest Hits | 45 |
| "Still Alive" | Mirror's Edge | 29 | |
| 2010 | "Lover" | Violent Sky | 59 |
| 2011 | "Got a Friend" | — | |
| 2012 | "Why Start a Fire" | Umeå | 15 |
| "Wild Winds" | — | ||
| 2013 | "Coming On Strong" | — | |
| 2022 | "Best to Come" | Melodifestivalen 2022 | 40 [16] |
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