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

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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

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, Sweden. In her adulthood, she relocated to

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. Using the stage name Miss Li, she released her debut album, ''

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'', in 2006. Her single "Don't Try to Fool Me" has been featured on the Showtime original series '' Weeds'', as well as ''

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'', both in 2007. Miss Li and keyboard at Stockholm Pride 2009

Her song "Bourgeois Shangri-La" from her fourth studio album, '' Dancing the Whole Way Home'' (2009), was used by

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in the

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5G television commercial, and her song "Oh Boy" was used in a 2010

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commercial. Her track "True Love Stalker" was used in the television promo of an episode of ''

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''. The track "Forever Drunk" was featured in the opening scene of ''

''. 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 ''

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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, ''

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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

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, California, where she collaborated in the studio with

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, writing a track for the artist's album ''

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'' (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

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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

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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