Laleh
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Laleh Pourkarim is a city in and the capital of Bandar-e Anzali County, Gilan Province, Iran...
, Iran
Iran
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) is an Iranian
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
born Swedish
Sweden
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singer-songwriter
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and former actress. She uses her given name Laleh as a stage name
Stage name
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. She left Iran when she was a one year old and came to Sweden as a teenager, attending school in the multicultural district of Hammarkullen, Angered
Angered
Angered is a suburb in Gothenburg Municipality, Sweden. Angered is the biggest Million Programme area in Gothenburg, and one of the biggest in the country with 40 000 inhabitants....
of Gothenburg
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. Before that she lived in Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
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and Minsk
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- Ecological situation :The ecological situation is monitored by Republican Center of Radioactive and Environmental Control .During 2003–2008 the overall weight of contaminants increased from 186,000 to 247,400 tons. The change of gas as industrial fuel to mazut for financial reasons has worsened...
, Belarus
Belarus
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. She had her musical breakthrough in 2005 with her first single "Invisible (My Song)". Her third single "Live Tomorrow
Live Tomorrow
"Live Tomorrow" is the third single by Iranian-Swedish singer-songwriter Laleh from her self-titled debut album, released on August 31, 2005. She personally wrote and produced the song, which was nominated to "Song of the Year" at the "P3 Guld Awards" in 2005....
" was an even greater success and ended up first on the Swedish radio station for several weeks SR P3's radio show "Tracks" (Trackslistan). She personally produces and writes her albums, in which she sings in three different languages: English, Swedish and Persian. At the Swedish Grammis
Grammis
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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!
Jalla! Jalla!
Jalla! Jalla! is a 2000 Swedish comedy film directed by Josef Fares starring Fares Fares, Torkel Petersson, Tuva Novotny and Laleh Pourkarim as the main roles. Jalla! Jalla! is the debut film by Josef Fares and one of his most well-known...
, directed by Josef Fares
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, which was a big success at the Swedish box office in 2000.
She is the daughter of Houshang Pourkarim who died in 1995. He was a painter, a prominent Iranian ethnologist and rural sociologist from Bandar-e Anzali
Bandar-e Anzali
Bandar-e Anzali , also Romanized as Bandar-e Pahlavī, Bandar Pahlavi, and Bandar Pahlevi, or simply as Pahlavī, Pahlevī, and Pehlevi; earlier, Enceli and Enzeli) is a city in and the capital of Bandar-e Anzali County, Gilan Province, Iran...
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Albums
| Year | Album | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| SWE | ||
| 2005 | Laleh Laleh (album) Laleh is the self-titled debut album by Iranian-Swedish singer-songwriter Laleh, released on March 30, 2005 on Warner Music Sweden Records. The album, which was both written and produced by Laleh herself, was nominated to "Album of the Year" at the Grammis Awards for 2005 but lost to pop singer... |
1 |
| 2006 | Prinsessor Prinsessor Prinsessor is the second studio album by Iranian-Swedish singer-songwriter Laleh, released on December 6, 2006 on Warner Music Sweden Records. The album wasn't as successful as her debut album, peaking at number three on the Swedish Albums Chart... |
3 |
| 2009 | Me and Simon Me and Simon Me and Simon is the third studio album by Iranian-Swedish singer-songwriter Laleh, released on January 21, 2009 on Warner Music Sweden records. The album peaked at number two on the Swedish Singles Chart.... |
2 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWE | DEN Tracklisten Tracklisten is a Danish top 40 record chart that is presented every Thursday midnight at .The weekly Danish Singles Chart also known as Track Top-40 combines the 40 best selling tracks from legal music downloads and the sales of music singles on either CD or vinyl... |
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| 2005 | "Invisible (My Song)" | 7 | — | Laleh |
| "Storebror" | — | — | ||
| "Live Tomorrow Live Tomorrow "Live Tomorrow" is the third single by Iranian-Swedish singer-songwriter Laleh from her self-titled debut album, released on August 31, 2005. She personally wrote and produced the song, which was nominated to "Song of the Year" at the "P3 Guld Awards" in 2005.... " |
20 | 11 | ||
| 2006 | "Forgive But Not Forget" | 46 | — | |
| "Det är vi som bestämmer (Vem har lurat alla barnen)" |
— | — | Prinsessor | |
| "November" | — | — | ||
| 2007 | "Call On Me" | — | — | |
| "Closer" | — | — | ||
| 2008 | "Snö Snö "Snö" is a song by Iranian-Swedish singer-songwriter Laleh recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra for the film Arn - The Knight Templar. It was released on December 19, 2007 as her ninth single and was later placed on her third studio album, Me and Simon... " |
14 | — | Me and Simon |
| 2009 | "Simon Says" | 41 | — | |
| "Big City Love" | 32 | — | ||
| "Bjurö klubb Bjurö klubb "Bjurö klubb" is a song by Iranian-Swedish singer-songwriter Laleh. It was released as the third single from her album Me and Simon on September 10, 2009, and as digital download on September 14, 2009. As her other songs, she has also written and produced this track... " |
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| 2010 | "Mysteries" | — | — | |
| 2011 | "Just nu" | 25 | — | Så mycket bättre Så mycket bättre Så mycket bättre is a Swedish reality television show that airs on TV4. The basic premise is that each artist attempts to do their own version of another artists well-known songs, with each person getting an episode featuring all of their songs being performed by the other musicians... |
| "Ängeln i rummet" | 15 | — | ||
| "Alla vill till himmelen men ingen vill dö" | 31 | — | ||
Awards and nominations
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Title | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Rockbjörnen Awards Rockbjörnen Rockbjörnen is a Swedish popular music award established by the Stockholm evening newspaper Aftonbladet in 1979. The award, which is awarded annually, is divided into several categories and is mostly concentrated around the genres Pop and Rock. The first award was however given to the Swedish... |
Swedish Song of the Year | "Live Tomorrow Live Tomorrow "Live Tomorrow" is the third single by Iranian-Swedish singer-songwriter Laleh from her self-titled debut album, released on August 31, 2005. She personally wrote and produced the song, which was nominated to "Song of the Year" at the "P3 Guld Awards" in 2005.... " |
Nominated |
| Swedish Album of the Year | "Laleh Laleh (album) Laleh is the self-titled debut album by Iranian-Swedish singer-songwriter Laleh, released on March 30, 2005 on Warner Music Sweden Records. The album, which was both written and produced by Laleh herself, was nominated to "Album of the Year" at the Grammis Awards for 2005 but lost to pop singer... " |
Nominated | ||
| Grammis Awards Grammis The Grammis Awards are the Swedish equivalent of the Grammy Awards. The awards ceremony is generally held each year in February in Stockholm.The awards were established in 1969 and awarded until 1972 when they were cancelled.... |
Album of the Year | "Laleh Laleh (album) Laleh is the self-titled debut album by Iranian-Swedish singer-songwriter Laleh, released on March 30, 2005 on Warner Music Sweden Records. The album, which was both written and produced by Laleh herself, was nominated to "Album of the Year" at the Grammis Awards for 2005 but lost to pop singer... " |
Nominated | |
| Artist of the Year | Laleh Pourkarim | Won | ||
| New Artist of the Year | Won | |||
| Composer of the Year | Nominated | |||
| Producer of the Year | Won | |||
| Lyricist of the Year | Nominated | |||
| Ballad of the Year | "Live Tomorrow Live Tomorrow "Live Tomorrow" is the third single by Iranian-Swedish singer-songwriter Laleh from her self-titled debut album, released on August 31, 2005. She personally wrote and produced the song, which was nominated to "Song of the Year" at the "P3 Guld Awards" in 2005.... " |
Nominated | ||
See also
- List of famous Persian women
- List of Swedes in music
- List of Warner Music Group artists