Miss Li Explained

Miss Li
Birth Date:	21 July 1982
Birth Place:	Borlänge, Sweden
Module:	Embed: yes Background: person Discography: See discography Years Active: 2006–present Label: Pistol Packin' Music

Linda Therese Karlsson (born 21 July 1982), known professionally as Miss Li, is a Swedish singer-songwriter and former the Football All-Swedish player. 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.

Biography

Linda Karlsson was born on 21 July 1982 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.^[1] Her single "Don't Try to Fool Me" has been featured on the Showtime original series Weeds, as well as Grey's Anatomy,^[2] 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.^[3] After an extensive tour promoting her seventh album, Wolves concluded in 2014, Miss Li stated she sank into a depression, and went into seclusion.^[4] 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).^[4] However, The unnamed track did not appear on the album, though Li stated that Rihanna had purchased the rights to it.^[5]

Miss Li released her eighth studio album, A Woman's Guide to Survival, in 2017.^[6] The song "Aqualung" from the album was featured in the debut video for the 2019 Volvo XC40.^[7] Her song, "I Can't Get You Off My Mind", is used for movie promos on the cable and satellite station Starz.

Discography

Studio albums

Year	Information	SWE ^[8]
2006	Late Night Heartbroken Blues Released: 22 November 2006 Label: National Format: CD, LP, digital download	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 ^[9] 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^[10] Released: 24 September 2021 Label: Pistol Packin' Music^[11] Format: CD, LP, digital download	1 ^[12]
2021	Wonderful Misery^[13] Released: 12 November 2021 Label: Pistol Packin' Music^[14] Format: Digital download	—

Compilation albums

Year	Information	SWE
2007	Best of 061122‒071122 Released: 25 December 2007 Label: National Format: CD, LP, digital download	11
2012	Singles and Selected Released: 7 November 2012 Label: National Format: CD, LP, digital download	15

EPs

• Så mycket bättre 2012 – Tolkningar (2012)^[15]
• Så mycket bättre – Tolkningarna (2019)^[16]

Singles

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"

Year	Peak chart positions		Certifications	Album
SWE	GER ^[17]
"Oh Boy"	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"		—	—
"Om du lämnade mig nu" (with Lars Winnerbäck)		1	—	GLF: 2× Platinum^[18]	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"		—	57
"Här kommer natten"		16	—	GLF: Gold	Så mycket bättre 2012 – Tolkningar
"Nåt för dom som väntar"		40	—
""		19	—	GLF: Gold
"Lovekiller"	2013	47	—
"I Finally Found It"^[19]	2014	—	—
"Bonfire"	2016	—	—		A Woman's Guide to Survival
"Aqualung"	2017	—	—
"Love Hurts"		—	—
"The Day I Die (I Want You to Celebrate)"		—	—
"Den vintertid nu kommer"	2018	23	—	GLF: Gold	rowspan="2"
"Blommorna"	2019	—	—
"Lev nu dö sen"		1	—	GLF: 5× Platinum	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"		—	—
"Komplicerad"	2020	2	—	GLF: 3× Platinum	Underbart i all misär
"Starkare"^[20]		26	—	GLF: Platinum
"Terapi"^[21]		39	—
"Förlåt"^[22]	2021	27	—	GLF: Gold
"Instruktionsboken"^[23]		18	—	GLF: Platinum
"Utan dig"		26	—
"Tidsmaskin"		36	—
"X"^[24]	2022	2	—		rowspan="7"
"Hälsa Gud"^[25]		4	—
"Ålderdomshemmet"^[26]	2023	16	—
"Våran sång" (Sveriges Officiella VM-låt 2023)^[27]		4	—
"Misstag"^[28]	2024	12	—	GLF: Gold
"Maraton"		8 ^[29]	—	GLF: Gold
"Verktygslådan"^[30]		24 ^[31]	—
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released.

Featured singles

References

Citations

External links

• Interview by Frontface

Notes and References

1. Web site: iTunes. Late Night Heartbroken Blues. 22 November 2006. 2 May 2019. 30 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210730155939/https://music.apple.com/us/browse. live.
2. Grey's Anatomy. Kung Fu Fighting. 1 November 2007. American Broadcasting Company.
3. Web site: iSpot. White House Black Market TV Commercial Featuring Coco Rocha, Song by Miss Li. 2013. 2 May 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612170434/https://www.ispot.tv/ad/7Inm/white-house-black-market-featuring-coco-rocha-song-by-miss-li. 12 June 2018. live.
4. Web site: Dalarnas Tidningar. Linda "Miss Li" Carlsson om åren av tystnad. 29 August 2016. Eriksson. Elin Bergvik. https://archive.today/20190502030102/https://www.dt.se/artikel/linda-miss-li-carlsson-om-aren-av-tystnad. 2 May 2019. Swedish. live. 2 May 2019.
5. Web site: Miss Li skrev musik till Rihanna. Sveriges Radio. 15 September 2016. https://archive.today/20190502030707/https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2842&artikel=6517335. 2 May 2019. Swedish. 2 May 2019. live.
6. Web site: A Woman's Guide to Survival. AllMusic. https://archive.today/20190502022035/https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-womans-guide-to-survival-mw0003141351. 2 May 2019. 2 May 2019. live.
7. Web site: Miss Li - Aqualung / Volvo. Sony Music Sweden. 2 May 2019. 30 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210730155915/https://www.facebook.com/login/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fwatch%2F%3Fv%3D1535023429854339. live.
8. Web site: Miss Li in Swedish Charts . 4 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121020223809/http://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Miss+Li . 2012-10-20 . live .
9. Web site: 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. . 2020-02-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160322021320/http://missli.se/?interpret= . 2016-03-22 . live .
10. Miss Li släpper singeln "Utan Dig" och avslöjar titeln på kommande album. 20 August 2021. sv. Sony Music. Mynewsdesk. 22 August 2021. 22 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210822083911/https://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/sonybmg/pressreleases/miss-li-slaepper-singeln-utan-dig-och-avsloejar-titeln-paa-kommande-album-3122297. live.
11. Web site: Miss Li · Underbart I All Misar (CD) (2021). iMusic. sv. 22 August 2021. 22 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210822083913/https://imusic.dk/music/0194398888729/miss-li-2021-underbart-i-all-misar-cd. live.
12. Web site: Veckolista Album, vecka 39. Sverigetopplistan. 1 October 2021. 1 October 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211001135355/https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/54?dspy=2021&dspp=39. live.
13. Miss Li releases new album "Wonderful Misery" & new single "Without You".. 18 November 2021. en. allboutmusic.com. 27 October 2022. 27 October 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221027035747/https://allboutmusic.net/miss-li-wonderful-misery-without-you/. live.
14. Web site: Miss Li · Wonderful Misery (2021). Apple Music. en. 27 October 2022. 27 October 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221027035704/https://music.apple.com/us/album/wonderful-misery/1593036228. live.
15. Web site: Så mycket bättre 2012 - Tolkningar - EP by Miss Li on Apple Music. Apple Music. 1 May 2021. 6 June 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210606051239/https://music.apple.com/us/album/s%C3%A5-mycket-b%C3%A4ttre-2012-tolkningar-ep/1541654567. live.
16. Web site: Så mycket bättre - Tolkningarna - EP by Miss Li on Apple Music. Apple Music. 1 May 2021. 1 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210501215755/https://music.apple.com/us/album/s%C3%A5-mycket-b%C3%A4ttre-tolkningarna-ep/1487945378. live.
17. Web site: Discographie von Miss Li. GfK Entertainment. 4 October 2020. 20 November 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211120182645/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/suche?artistId=Miss+Li. live.
18. Web site: Träffar hittades för sökkriterie: Miss Li. Sverigetopplistan. 2024-03-02. sv. 2024-03-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20240302115228/https://sverigetopplistan.se/search/?query=Miss. live.
19. Web site: I Finally Found It - Single av Miss Li. Apple Music. 4 October 2020. 3 December 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211203163458/https://music.apple.com/se/album/i-finally-found-it-single/1493976250. live.
20. Web site: Starkare by Miss Li. Spotify. 29 May 2020. 20 November 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211120182645/https://open.spotify.com/album/5OuS1Zomw7WCPI1J7rhGzG?si=KZ0Aal1rQIaJjUskHnqN6Q. live.
21. Web site: Terapi - Single av Miss Li. Apple Music. 4 October 2020. 3 December 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211203163451/https://music.apple.com/se/album/terapi-single/1532444316. live.
22. Web site: Sorry - Single av Miss Li på Apple Music. Apple Music. sv. 30 January 2021. 3 December 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211203163449/https://music.apple.com/se/album/f%C3%B6rl%C3%A5t-single/1547953082. live.
23. Web site: Instruktionsboken - Single av Miss Li på Apple Music. Apple Music. sv. 23 April 2021. 23 April 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210423164631/https://music.apple.com/se/album/instruktionsboken-single/1562136958. live.
24. Web site: Miss Li släpper singel om alla sina ex. gaffa.se. 2 November 2022. 2 November 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221102014134/https://gaffa.se/nyheter/2022/mars/miss-li-slapper-singel-om-alla-sina-ex/. live.
25. Web site: Miss Li släpper nya singeln "Hälsa Gud" och uppträder på Idolfinalen 2022 . mynewsdesk.com . 28 October 2022 . 2 November 2022 . 2 November 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221102012757/https://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/sonybmg/pressreleases/miss-li-slaepper-nya-singeln-haelsa-gud-och-upptraeder-paa-idolfinalen-2022-3211642 . live .
26. Web site: Miss Li är tillbaka med nya singeln 'Ålderdomshemmet'. www.mynewsdesk.com. 30 March 2023. 12 June 2023. 12 June 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230612081414/https://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/sonybmg/pressreleases/miss-li-aer-tillbaka-med-nya-singeln-aalderdomshemmet-3243484. live.
27. Web site: Miss Li gör den officiella VM-låten . www.svenskfotboll.se . 5 June 2023 . 12 June 2023 . 12 June 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230612032747/https://www.svenskfotboll.se/nyheter/landslag/2023/06/vm-laten-2023/2 . live .
28. Web site: "Misstag" Miss Li gör det igen. www.orenbronyheter.com. 22 February 2024. 29 February 2024. 29 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240229095414/https://www.orebronyheter.com/misstag-miss-li-gor-det-igen/. live.
29. Web site: Veckolista Singlar, vecka 26. Sverigetopplistan. 28 June 2024.
30. Web site: Sony Music Entertainment . @missliofficial släpper nya låten ”Verktygslådan” och startar sin sommarturné i Nyköping ikväll. Missa inte Miss Li i sommar . 2024-06-15 . www.instagram.com.
31. Web site: Veckolista Singlar, vecka 25. Sverigetopplistan. 21 June 2024.
32. Web site: Discographie Miss Li. austriancharts.at. German. 4 October 2020. 22 October 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201022080246/https://austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Miss+Li. live.