Miss Li

Miss Li
Miss Li in 2012
Background information
Birth name Linda Karlsson
Born (1982-07-21) July 21, 1982
Borlänge, Sweden
Genres Pop, jazz fusion, cabaret, blues
Occupation(s) Musician, songwriter
Instruments Vocals, piano
Years active 2006–present
Website www.missli.se

Linda Karlsson (born July 21, 1982), better known by her stage name Miss Li, is a Swedish singer and songwriter. She was born in Borlänge, but now lives in Stockholm. Her single "Don't Try to Fool Me" has been featured on the Showtime original series Weeds, as well as Grey's Anatomy. Her song "Bourgeois Shangri-La" from the album Dancing the Whole Way Home 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.[1] Stylight used "Boo" in a commercial. Her song, "Aqualung" was featured in the debut video for the 2019 Volvo XC40.[2] 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
[3]		 Certification
2006 Late Night Heartbroken Blues
60
2007 God Put a Rainbow in the Sky
  • Second studio album
  • Released: 2 May 2007
  • Label: National
  • Format: CD, LP, Digital download
29
Songs of a Rag Doll
  • Third studio album
  • Released: 17 October 2007
  • Label: National
  • Format: CD, LP, Digital download
23
2009 Dancing the Whole Way Home
  • Fourth studio album
  • Released: 31 March 2009
  • Label: National
  • Format: CD, LP, Digital download
8
2011 Beats & Bruises [4]
  • Fifth studio album
  • Released: 16 March 2011
  • Label: National
  • Format: CD, LP, Digital download
13
2012 Tangerine Dream
  • Sixth studio album
  • Released: 10 October 2012
  • Label: National
  • Format: CD, LP, Digital download
11
2013 Wolves
  • Seventh studio album
  • Released: 10 April 2013
  • Label: National
  • Format: CD, LP, Digital download
2
2017 A Woman's Guide to Survival
  • Eighth studio album
  • Released: 24 November 2017
  • Label: Sony Music
  • Format: CD, LP, Digital download
27
[5]

Compilation Albums

Year Information SWE
[3]		 Certification
2007 Best of 061122-071122
11
2012 Singles and Selected
  • Second compilation album
  • Released: 7 November 2012
  • Label: National
  • Format: CD, LP, Digital download
15

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
SWE GER
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)
2016 "Bonfire" — — A Woman's Guide To Survival
2017 "Aqualung" — —
"Love Hurts" — —
"The Day I Die (I Want You to Celebrate)" —[upper-alpha 3] —
  1. ↑ "Oh Boy" did not chart until July 2008.[6]
  2. ↑ "Plastic Faces" did not chart until 2013 in Germany.[7]
  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.[8]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.ispot.tv/ad/7Inm/white-house-black-market-featuring-coco-rocha-song-by-miss-li
  2. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7EcLm4Hvck&t=21s
  3. 1 2 Miss Li in Swedish Charts
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ "Sverigetopplistan – Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 9 December 2017. Click on "Veckans albumlista".
  6. ↑ "Oh Boy" on Swedish Chart
  7. ↑
  8. ↑ "Swedish Heatseekers Chart – 13 October 2017". Retrieved October 14, 2017.


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