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Linda Therese Karlsson (born 21 July 1982), known professionally as Miss Li, is a Swedish singer-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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_crop.jpg) Miss Li performing, 2011. | |
| Born | 21 July 1982 |
| Spouse |
Sonny Gustafsson (m. 2007) |
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| Discography | See discography |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Labels | Pistol Packin' Music |
Linda Karlsson was born on 21 July 1982[a] 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.
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.
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| SWE [10] | ||
| Late Night Heartbroken Blues |
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60 |
| God Put a Rainbow in the Sky |
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29 |
| Songs of a Rag Doll |
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23 |
| Dancing the Whole Way Home |
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8 |
| Beats & Bruises[11] |
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13 |
| Tangerine Dream |
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11 |
| Wolves |
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2 |
| A Woman's Guide to Survival |
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27 |
| Underbart i all misär[12] |
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1 |
| Wonderful Misery[14] |
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— |
| Livet, döden, skiten däremellan |
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5 [16] |
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| SWE [10] | ||
| Best of 061122‒071122 |
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11 |
| Singles and Selected |
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15 |
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWE [10] |
GER [19] | ||||
| "Oh Boy" [A] | 2006 | 8 | — | 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" | 2008 | 42 | — | ||
| "I Heard of a Girl" | 2009 | 39 | — | 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"[B] | — | 57 | |||
| "Här kommer natten" | 16 | — |
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Så mycket bättre 2012 – Tolkningar | |
| "Nåt för dom som väntar" | 40 | — | |||
| "1:a gången" | 19 | — |
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| "Lovekiller" | 2013 | 47 | — | ||
| "I Finally Found It"[23] | 2014 | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "Bonfire" | 2016 | —[C] | — | A Woman's Guide to Survival | |
| "Aqualung" | 2017 | — | — | ||
| "Love Hurts" | — | — | |||
| "The Day I Die (I Want You to Celebrate)" | —[D] | — | |||
| "Den vintertid nu kommer" | 2018 | 23 | — |
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Non-album singles |
| "Blommorna" (with Petter) |
2019 | —[E] | — | ||
| "Lev nu dö sen" | 1 | — |
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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" | —[F] | — | |||
| "Komplicerad"[G] | 2020 | 2 | — |
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Underbart i all misär[b] |
| "Starkare"[H][28] | 26 | — |
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| "Terapi"[I][29] | 39 | — | |||
| "Förlåt"[J][30] | 2021 | 27 | — |
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| "Instruktionsboken"[K][31] | 18 | — |
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| "Utan dig"[L][12] | 26 | — | |||
| "Tidsmaskin"[M][12] | 36 | — | |||
| "X"[32] | 2022 | 2 | — | Livet, döden, skiten däremellan | |
| "Hälsa Gud"[33] | 4 | — | |||
| "Ålderdomshemmet"[34] | 2023 | 16 | — | ||
| "Våran sång" (Sveriges Officiella VM-låt 2023)[35] | 4 | — | Non-album single | ||
| "Misstag"[36] | 2024 | 12 | — |
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Livet, döden, skiten däremellan |
| "Maraton" (featuring Eah Jé) |
8 | — |
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| "Verktygslådan"[37] | 24 | — | |||
| "Småstadsdrömmar" | 20 [38] | — | |||
| "På måndag" | 27 [39] | — | |||
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released. | |||||
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