Miss Li

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.

Miss Li
Miss Li in 2011
Background information
Birth nameLinda Karlsson
Born (1982-07-21) 21 July 1982
Falun, Dalarna, Sweden
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • musician
Instruments
Years active2006–present
Websitewww.missli.se

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.

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 "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, 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] The unnamed track, however, did not appear on the album, though Li stated that Rihanna had purchased the rights to it.[7]

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
Year Information SWE
[10]		 Certification
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

Compilation albums
Year Information SWE
[10]		 Certification
2007 Best of 061122‒071122
11
2012 Singles and Selected
  • Released: 7 November 2012
  • Label: National
  • Format: CD, LP, Digital download
15

As lead artist
Year Single Peak chart positions Album
SWE
[10]		 GER
[12]
2006 "Oh Boy" [upper-alpha 1] 8 — Late Night Heartbroken Blues
2007 "High on You" — —
"I'm Sorry, He's Mine" 46 — God Put a Rainbow in the Sky
"Good Morning" — — Single release only
"Om du lämnade mig nu" (duet with Lars Winnerbäck) 1 — Daugava
(a Lars Winnerbäck album)
"Let Her Go" — — God Put a Rainbow in the Sky
"Gotta Leave My Troubles Behind" — — Songs of a Rag Doll
2008 "Ba Ba Ba" 42 —
2009 "I Heard of a Girl" 39 — Dancing the Whole Way Home
"Dancing the Whole Way Home" — —
"Stupid Girl" — —
2010 "Bourgeois Shangri-La" (feat. Amanda Jenssen) — —
2011 "I Can't Get You Off My Mind" — — Beats & Bruises
"You Could Have It (So Much Better Without Me)" — —
"Hit It" — —
2012 "My Heart Goes Boom" — — Tangerine Dream
"Plastic Faces"[upper-alpha 2] — 57
"Här kommer natten" 16 — Så mycket bättre
(Säsong 3 - Pughs dag - Program 1) (EP)
"Nåt för dom som väntar" 40 — Så mycket bättre
(Säsong 3 - Olles dag - Program 2) (EP)
"1:a gången" 19 — Så mycket bättre
(Säsong 3 - Magnus dag - Program 4) (EP)
2013 "Lovekiller" 47 — Så mycket bättre
(Säsong 3 - Darin dag - Program 7) (EP)
2014 "I Finally Found It"[15] — — non-album single
2016 "Bonfire" — — A Woman's Guide to Survival
2017 "Aqualung" — —
"Love Hurts" — —
"The Day I Die (I Want You to Celebrate)" —[upper-alpha 3] —
2018 "Den vintertid nu kommer" 23 — TBA
2019 "Blommorna"
(with Petter)		 —[upper-alpha 4] —
"Lev nu dö sen" 1[upper-alpha 5] — 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] —
2020 "Komplicerad"[upper-alpha 7] 2 — TBA
"Starkare"[upper-alpha 8][20] 26 —
"Terapi"[upper-alpha 9][21] 39 —
2021 "Förlåt"[upper-alpha 10][22] 27 —
  1. "Oh Boy" did not chart until July 2008.[13]
  2. "Plastic Faces" did not chart until 2013 in Germany.[14]
  3. "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.[16]
  4. "Blommorna" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number one on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[17]
  5. "Lev nu dö sen" was certified Gold in Sweden.[18]
  6. "Second Life Replay" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number 11 on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[19]
  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".
Year Single Peak chart positions Album
SWE
[10]		 AUT
[23]		 GER
[12]
2019 "Close Your Eyes"
(Felix Jaehn and Vize featuring Miss Li)		 63 23 21 Non-album single

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]

References
  1. Karlsson, Linda (21 July 2018). "I'm not skinny. I'm not tall. I don't look like a model..." Facebook. Archived from the original on 2 May 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  2. "Miss Li Biography". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 2 May 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  3. "Late Night Heartbroken Blues". iTunes. 22 November 2006. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  4. "Kung Fu Fighting". Grey's Anatomy. American Broadcasting Company. 1 November 2007.
  5. "White House Black Market TV Commercial Featuring Coco Rocha, Song by Miss Li". iSpot. 2013. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  6. Eriksson, Elin Bergvik (29 August 2016). "Linda "Miss Li" Carlsson om åren av tystnad". Dalarnas Tidningar (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2 May 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  7. "Miss Li skrev musik till Rihanna". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). 15 September 2016. Archived from the original on 2 May 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  8. "A Woman's Guide to Survival". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 2 May 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  9. "Miss Li - Aqualung / Volvo". Sony Music Sweden. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  10. "Miss Li in Swedish Charts". Archived from the original on 2012-10-20. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  11. "It will be a little quiet of Miss Li the next few month. She is in studio recording a new fantastic album. You have to wait until early 2011 to be able to hear it, but its worth waiting for". Archived from the original on 2016-03-22. Retrieved 2020-02-13.
  12. "Discographie von Miss Li". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  13. "Oh Boy" on Swedish Chart
  14. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-11-14. Retrieved 2017-11-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  15. "I Finally Found It - Single av Miss Li". Apple Music. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  16. "Swedish Heatseekers Chart – 13 October 2017". Archived from the original on 13 October 2017. Retrieved October 14, 2017.
  17. "Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 23". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  18. "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 47, 2019". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  19. "Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 49". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  20. "Starkare by Miss Li". Spotify. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  21. "Terapi - Single av Miss Li". Apple Music. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  22. "Sorry - Single av Miss Li på Apple Music" (in Swedish). Apple Music. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  23. "Discographie Miss Li". austriancharts.at (in German). Retrieved 4 October 2020.


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