Miss Li

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Miss Li
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Miss Li in 2011
Background information
Birth nameLinda Karlsson
Born (1982-07-21) 21 July 1982 (age 41)
Borlänge, Sweden
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • musician
Instrument(s)
  • Vocals
  • piano
Years active2006–present
Spouse(s)
Sonny Boy Gustafsson
(m. 2007)

Linda Karlsson (born 21 July 1982), better known by her stage name Miss Li, is a Swedish singer and songwriter. 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.

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Life and career

Linda Karlsson was born on 21 July 1982 [lower-alpha 1] in Borlänge, Sweden. In her adulthood, she relocated to Stockholm.

Using the stage name Miss Li, she released her debut album, Late Night Heartbroken Blues , in 2006. [3] Her single "Don't Try to Fool Me" has been featured on the Showtime original series Weeds , as well as Grey's Anatomy , [4] both in 2007.

Miss Li performing at the 2009 Stockholm Pride Festival Miss Li and keyboard at Stockholm Pride 2009.jpg
Miss Li performing at the 2009 Stockholm Pride Festival

Her song "Bourgeois Shangri-La" from her fourth studio album, Dancing the Whole Way Home (2009), was used by Apple in the iPod Nano 5G television commercial, and her song "Oh Boy" was used in a 2010 Volvo C70 commercial. Her track "True Love Stalker" was used in the television promo of an episode of Desperate Housewives . The track "Forever Drunk" was featured in the opening scene of Grey's Anatomy . 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 that same year. In 2013 "My Heart Goes Boom" was used in American television advertisements of women's clothes by White House Black Market. [5] After an extensive tour promoting her seventh album, Wolves concluded in 2014, Miss Li stated she sank into a depression, and went into seclusion. [6] She subsequently attended a songwriters' camp in Los Angeles, California, where she collaborated in the studio with Rihanna, writing a track for the artist's album Anti (2016). [6] However, The unnamed track did not appear on the album, though Li stated that Rihanna had purchased the rights to it. [7]

Miss Li released her eighth studio album, A Woman's Guide to Survival, in 2017. [8] The song "Aqualung" from the album was featured in the debut video for the 2019 Volvo XC40. [9] Her song, "I Can't Get You Off My Mind", is used for movie promos on the cable and satellite station Starz.

Discography

Albums

YearInformation SWE
[10]
2006 Late Night Heartbroken Blues 60
2007 God Put a Rainbow in the Sky
  • Released: 2 May 2007
  • Label: National
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
29
Songs of a Rag Doll
  • Released: 17 October 2007
  • Label: National
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
23
2009 Dancing the Whole Way Home
  • Released: 31 March 2009
  • Label: National
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
8
2011 Beats & Bruises [11]
  • Released: 16 March 2011
  • Label: National
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
13
2012 Tangerine Dream
  • Released: 10 October 2012
  • Label: National
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
11
2013 Wolves
  • Released: 10 April 2013
  • Label: National
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
2
2017 A Woman's Guide to Survival
  • Released: 24 November 2017
  • Label: Sony Music
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
27
2021 Underbart i all misär [12]
  • Released: 24 September 2021
  • Label: Pistol Packin' Music [13]
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
1
[14]
2021Wonderful Misery [15]
  • Released: 12 November 2021
  • Label: Pistol Packin' Music [16]
  • Format: Digital download

Compilation albums

YearInformation SWE
[10]
2007 Best of 061122‒071122 11
2012 Singles and Selected
  • Released: 7 November 2012
  • Label: National
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
15

EPs

Singles

List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
TitleYearPeak chart positions Certifications Album
SWE
[10]
GER
[19]
"Oh Boy" [upper-alpha 1] 20068 Late Night Heartbroken Blues
"High on You"2007
"I'm Sorry, He's Mine"46 God Put a Rainbow in the Sky
"Good Morning"Non-album single
"Om du lämnade mig nu" (with Lars Winnerbäck)1 Daugava
"Let Her Go" God Put a Rainbow in the Sky
"Gotta Leave My Troubles Behind" Songs of a Rag Doll
"Ba Ba Ba"200842
"I Heard of a Girl"200939 Dancing the Whole Way Home
"Dancing the Whole Way Home"
"Stupid Girl"
"Bourgeois Shangri-La" (featuring Amanda Jenssen)2010
"I Can't Get You Off My Mind"2011 Beats & Bruises
"You Could Have It (So Much Better Without Me)"
"Hit It"
"My Heart Goes Boom"2012 Tangerine Dream
"Plastic Faces" [upper-alpha 2] 57
"Här kommer natten"16Så mycket bättre 2012 – Tolkningar
"Nåt för dom som väntar"40
"1:a gången"19
"Lovekiller"201347
"I Finally Found It" [23] 2014Non-album single
"Bonfire"2016 [upper-alpha 3] A Woman's Guide to Survival
"Aqualung"2017
"Love Hurts"
"The Day I Die (I Want You to Celebrate)" [upper-alpha 4]
"Den vintertid nu kommer"201823Non-album singles
"Blommorna"
(with Petter)
2019 [upper-alpha 5]
"Lev nu dö sen"1
  • GLF: 5× Platinum [21]
Så mycket bättre
"Until It All Ends"69
"Everything's Alright"61
"Då börjar fåglar sjunga"19
"Kaffe och en cigarett"46
"Second Life Replay" [upper-alpha 6]
"Komplicerad" [upper-alpha 7] 20202
  • GLF: 3× Platinum [21]
Underbart i all misär [lower-alpha 2]
"Starkare" [upper-alpha 8] [28] 26
  • GLF: Platinum
"Terapi" [upper-alpha 9] [29] 39
"Förlåt" [upper-alpha 10] [30] 202127
  • GLF: Gold
"Instruktionsboken" [upper-alpha 11] [31] 18
  • GLF: Platinum
"Utan dig" [upper-alpha 12] [12] 26
"Tidsmaskin" [upper-alpha 13] [12] 36
"X" [32] 20222TBA
"Hälsa Gud" [33] 4
"Ålderdomshemmet" [34] 202316
"Våran sång" (Sveriges Officiella VM-låt 2023) [35] 4
"Misstag" [36] 202412
[37]
"Maraton"
(featuring Eah Jé)
25
[38]
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released.
  1. "Oh Boy" did not chart until July 2008. [20]
  2. "Plastic Faces" did not chart until 2013 in Germany. [22]
  3. "Bonfire" did not enter the Swedish Singles Chart, but peaked at number 19 on the Swedish Heatseeker chart. [24]
  4. "The Day I Die (I Want You to Celebrate)" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number five on the Swedish Heatseekers Chart. [25]
  5. "Blommorna" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number one on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart. [26]
  6. "Second Life Replay" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number 11 on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart. [27]
  7. An English version was released titled "Complicated".
  8. An English version was released titled "Stronger".
  9. An English version was released titled "Therapy".
  10. An English version was released titled "Sorry".
  11. An English version was released titled "The Manual".
  12. An English version was released titled "Without You".
  13. An English version was released titled "Time Machine".
YearSinglePeak chart positionsAlbum
SWE
[10]
AUT
[39]
GER
[19]
2019"Close Your Eyes"
(Felix Jaehn and Vize featuring Miss Li)
632321 Breathe

Notes

  1. Karlsson notes in a 2018 Facebook post that 21 July is her date of birth. [1] AllMusic lists her birth year as 1982. [2]
  2. An English version of the album was released titled "Wonderful Misery".

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