Robyn Carlsson
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Robin "Robyn" Carlsson (born June 12, 1979) is a Swedish singer and songwriter.
Povel Ramel gave her the Karamelodiktstipendiet 2000.
At a very young age (12?), she recorded the title song for the Swedish television show Lilla Sportspegeln. Her US breakthrough came in 1997 and 1998 with the release of the singles "Do You Know What It Takes" and "Show Me Love" who both ended up on the Billboard top 10. She followed those two singles with the slightly less successful "Do You Really Want Me (Show Respect)", which was the lead off single for the 1995 Swedish release. It offered the standard version and a remix causing the album to be re-released with this remix on it. Her following album My Truth was not released in the US (though it was promised to be) because her American record company didn't think the album contained any potential hits. The album won rave reviews and is referred to by fans as her best album to date, it even garnered her a Grammy (as did "Robyn is Here" both in the US and Sweden). In 2003 she changed labels (from RCA to JIVE) and released "Don't Stop the Music" in Sweden. This album was also promised a US release after a few minor changes were made to it. These changes were never made and it has yet to see and American release. In 2005 she wrote the song "Money for Nothing" for Swedish pop singer Darin Zanyar.
In May of 2004, a cd, Robyn's Best was released by BMG. It is a shortened version of her first album and containes no material from her other two albums that had been previously released. It was a poor attempt by her past record label to pass the album off as a greatest hits album.
In April of 2005 Robyn released her new album titled "Robyn" on Konichiwa Records, a record label she started in 2004 for the sole purpose of releasing her music. Konichiwa (Japanese for "how are you?") refers to the phrase "Konichiwa bitches!" by the comedian Dave Chappelle. It is also the name of a rap song in the end of her self-titled album "Robyn", which is conspired to be a little controversial for this young pop singer. The album entered at No. 1 in Sweden on May 5th, 2005.
Discography
- Robyn is Here (1995 - 1997 (US))
- My Truth (1999)
- Don't Stop the Music (2003)
- Robyn (2005)
External links
- Official site (http://www.robyn.com/)
- Konichiwa Records (http://www.konichiwa.se/)