Laleh

Laleh
Background information
Birth name	Laleh Pourkarim
Born	June 10, 1982 (1982-06-10) (age 27)
Origin	Gothenburg, Sweden
Genres	Pop, Pop rock, Folk, Indie
Occupations	Singer-songwriter
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, keyboards
Years active	2000–2006 (actress) 2005–present (singer)
Labels	Lost Army / Warner Music Sweden
Website	Official website

Laleh Pourkarim (Persian: لاله پورکریم, born June 10, 1982 in Bandar-e Anzali, Iran) is an Iranian-Swedish singer-songwriter and former actress. She left Iran when she was 1 year old, came to Sweden when she was 12 and went to school in Angered, Gothenburg. Before that she had lived in Azerbaijan and Minsk, Belarus.^[1]. She had her breakthrough in 2005 with her hit single "Live Tomorrow" which was a success in Sweden and ended up first on the Swedish radio station SR P3's radio show "Tracks" (Trackslistan).^[2] She personally produced and wrote her 2005 self-titled debut album, in which she sang in three different languages: English, Swedish and Persian. At the Swedish Grammis Awards for 2005, she received seven nominations and won three: Artist of the Year, Producer of the Year, and New Artist of the Year.

She also had a major acting role in the Swedish movie Jalla! Jalla!, directed by Josef Fares, which was a big success at the Swedish box office in 2000. ^[3]

She is a daughter of Houshang Pourkarim, a prominent Iranian sociologist from Bandar Anzali.^[1]

Discography

Studio albums

• Laleh (2005)
• Prinsessor (2006)
• Me and Simon (2009)

Singles

• "Invisible (My Song)" (EP, 2005)
• "Storebror" (Big Brother) (EP, 2005)
• "Live Tomorrow" (2005)
• "Forgive But Not Forget" (2006)
• "Det är vi som bestämmer (Vem har lurat alla barnen)" (It is we who decide [Who fooled all the children]) (2006)
• "November" (2006)
• "Call on Me" (2007)
• "Closer" (2007)
• "Snö" (Snow) (2007) with the London Symphony Orchestra. Theme from Arn – The Knight Templar.
• "Simon Says" (2009)
• "Big City Love" (2009)
• "Bjurö klubb" (2009)

Awards and nominations

See also

• List of famous Persian women
• List of Swedes in music
• List of Warner Music Group artists

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Laleh Pourkarim: A girl from northern Iran (in Persian)
2. ^ "Trackslistan 1 Oktober 2005". sr.se. http://www.sr.se/p3/topplistor/tracks/?getListW=39&getListY=2005&showyear=2005&listID=1. Retrieved 2009-06-17. 
3. ^ "Svenska filminstitutet - Laleh Pourkarim". sfi.se. http://www.sfi.se/sv/svensk-film/Filmdatabasen/?type=PERSON&itemid=284711. Retrieved 2009-06-14. 
4. ^ "Grammis 2005". grammis.se. http://www.grammis.se/default.asp?page=75. Retrieved 2009-06-17. 
5. ^ "Infosajten - Grammisvinnare 2005". infosajten.com. http://infosajten.com/grammis3.html#2005. 

External links

• Official website