# Miss Li

Linda Therese Karlsson (born 21 July 1982), known professionally as Miss Li, is a Swedish singer-songwriter. 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. Her single "Don't Try to Fool Me" has been featured on the Showtime original series Weeds, as well as Grey's Anatomy, 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. After an extensive tour promoting her seventh album, Wolves concluded in 2014, Miss Li stated she sank into a depression, and went into seclusion. 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). However, The unnamed track did not appear on the album, though Li stated that Rihanna had purchased the rights to it.
Miss Li released her eighth studio album, A Woman's Guide to Survival, in 2017. The song "Aqualung" from the album was featured in the debut video for the 2019 Volvo XC40. 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

| Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Details | SWE |
| Late Night Heartbroken Blues | Released: 22 November 2006 Label: National Format: CD, LP, digital download | 60 |
| 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 |
| Dancing the Whole Way Home | Released: 31 March 2009 Label: National Format: CD, LP, digital download | 8 |
| Beats & Bruises | Released: 16 March 2011 Label: National Format: CD, LP, digital download | 13 |
| Tangerine Dream | Released: 10 October 2012 Label: National Format: CD, LP, digital download | 11 |
| Wolves | Released: 10 April 2013 Label: National Format: CD, LP, digital download | 2 |
| A Woman's Guide to Survival | Released: 24 November 2017 Label: Sony Music Format: CD, LP, digital download | 27 |
| Underbart i all misär | Released: 24 September 2021 Label: Pistol Packin' Music Format: CD, LP, digital download | 1 |
| Wonderful Misery | Released: 12 November 2021 Label: Pistol Packin' Music Format: Digital download | — |
| Livet, döden, skiten däremellan | Released: 11 October 2024 Label: Pistol Packin' Music Format: CD, LP, digital download | 5 |

### Compilation albums

| Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Details | SWE |
| Best of 061122‒071122 | Released: 25 December 2007 Label: National Format: CD, LP, digital download | 11 |
| Singles and Selected | Released: 7 November 2012 Label: National Format: CD, LP, digital download | 15 |

### EPs

* Så mycket bättre 2012 – Tolkningar (2012)
* Så mycket bättre – Tolkningarna (2019)

### Singles
#### As lead artist

List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name :
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album |
| Title | Year | SWE | GER | Certifications | Album |
| "Oh Boy" | 2006 | 8 | — | | Late Night Heartbroken Blues |
| "High on You" | 2007 | — | — | | Late Night Heartbroken Blues |
| "I'm Sorry, He's Mine" | 2007 | 46 | — | | God Put a Rainbow in the Sky |
| "Good Morning" | 2007 | — | — | | Non-album single |
| "Om du lämnade mig nu" (with Lars Winnerbäck) | 2007 | 1 | — | GLF: 2× Platinum | Daugava |
| "Let Her Go" | 2007 | — | — | | God Put a Rainbow in the Sky |
| "Gotta Leave My Troubles Behind" | 2007 | — | — | | Songs of a Rag Doll |
| "Ba Ba Ba" | 2008 | 42 | — | | Songs of a Rag Doll |
| "I Heard of a Girl" | 2009 | 39 | — | | Dancing the Whole Way Home |
| "Dancing the Whole Way Home" | 2009 | — | — | | Dancing the Whole Way Home |
| "Stupid Girl" | 2009 | — | — | | Dancing the Whole Way Home |
| "Bourgeois Shangri-La" (featuring Amanda Jenssen) | 2010 | — | — | | Dancing the Whole Way Home |
| "I Can't Get You Off My Mind" | 2011 | — | — | | Beats & Bruises |
| "You Could Have It (So Much Better Without Me)" | 2011 | — | — | | Beats & Bruises |
| "Hit It" | 2011 | — | — | | Beats & Bruises |
| "My Heart Goes Boom" | 2012 | — | — | | Tangerine Dream |
| "Plastic Faces" | 2012 | — | 57 | | Tangerine Dream |
| "Här kommer natten" | 2012 | 16 | — | GLF: Gold | Så mycket bättre 2012 – Tolkningar |
| "Nåt för dom som väntar" | 2012 | 40 | — | | Så mycket bättre 2012 – Tolkningar |
| "1:a gången" | 2012 | 19 | — | GLF: Gold | Så mycket bättre 2012 – Tolkningar |
| "Lovekiller" | 2013 | 47 | — | | Så mycket bättre 2012 – Tolkningar |
| "I Finally Found It" | 2014 | — | — | | Non-album single |
| "Bonfire" | 2016 | — | — | | A Woman's Guide to Survival |
| "Aqualung" | 2017 | — | — | | A Woman's Guide to Survival |
| "Love Hurts" | 2017 | — | — | | A Woman's Guide to Survival |
| "The Day I Die (I Want You to Celebrate)" | 2017 | — | — | | A Woman's Guide to Survival |
| "Den vintertid nu kommer" | 2018 | 23 | — | GLF: Gold | Non-album singles |
| "Blommorna" (with Petter) | 2019 | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| "Lev nu dö sen" | 2019 | 1 | — | GLF: 5× Platinum | Så mycket bättre |
| "Until It All Ends" | 2019 | 69 | — | | Så mycket bättre |
| "Everything's Alright" | 2019 | 61 | — | | Så mycket bättre |
| "Då börjar fåglar sjunga" | 2019 | 19 | — | | Så mycket bättre |
| "Kaffe och en cigarett" | 2019 | 46 | — | | Så mycket bättre |
| "Second Life Replay" | 2019 | — | — | | Så mycket bättre |
| "Komplicerad" | 2020 | 2 | — | GLF: 3× Platinum IFPI Norge: Platinum | Underbart i all misär |
| "Starkare" | 2020 | 26 | — | GLF: Platinum | Underbart i all misär |
| "Terapi" | 2020 | 39 | — | | Underbart i all misär |
| "Förlåt" | 2021 | 27 | — | GLF: Gold | Underbart i all misär |
| "Instruktionsboken" | 2021 | 18 | — | GLF: Platinum | Underbart i all misär |
| "Utan dig" | 2021 | 26 | — | | Underbart i all misär |
| "Tidsmaskin" | 2021 | 36 | — | | Underbart i all misär |
| "X" | 2022 | 2 | — | IFPI Norge: Gold | Livet, döden, skiten däremellan |
| "Hälsa Gud" | 2022 | 4 | — | | Livet, döden, skiten däremellan |
| "Ålderdomshemmet" | 2023 | 16 | — | | Livet, döden, skiten däremellan |
| "Våran sång" (Sveriges Officiella VM-låt 2023) | 2023 | 4 | — | | Non-album single |
| "Misstag" | 2024 | 12 | — | GLF: Platinum | Livet, döden, skiten däremellan |
| "Maraton" (featuring Eah Jé [sv]) | 2024 | 8 | — | GLF: Platinum | Livet, döden, skiten däremellan |
| "Verktygslådan" | 2024 | 24 | — | | Livet, döden, skiten däremellan |
| "Småstadsdrömmar" | 2024 | 20 | — | | Livet, döden, skiten däremellan |
| "På måndag" | 2024 | 27 | — | | Livet, döden, skiten däremellan |
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released. ||||||
* ↑ "Oh Boy" did not chart until July 2008.
* ↑ "Plastic Faces" did not chart until 2013 in Germany.
* ↑ "Bonfire" did not enter the Swedish Singles Chart, but peaked at number 19 on the Swedish Heatseeker chart.
* ↑ "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.
* ↑ "Blommorna" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number one on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.
* ↑ "Second Life Replay" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number 11 on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.
* ↑ An English version was released titled "Complicated".
* ↑ An English version was released titled "Stronger".
* ↑ An English version was released titled "Therapy".
* ↑ An English version was released titled "Sorry".
* ↑ An English version was released titled "The Manual".
* ↑ An English version was released titled "Without You".
* ↑ An English version was released titled "Time Machine".

#### As featured artist

| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Year | Single | SWE | AUT | GER | Album |
| 2019 | "Close Your Eyes" (Felix Jaehn and Vize featuring Miss Li) | 63 | 23 | 21 | Breathe |