Lisa Ekdahl

Lisa Ekdahl (born 29 July 1971) is a Swedish popular music singer and songwriter. She has so far released 10 albums, most of them in Swedish, but some entirely in English. Her voice has been described as "child-like" and she was awarded three Swedish music prizes, one of them as the nation's best artist of the year. She also enjoyed success in Denmark and Norway.

She signed with EMI Records, but later recorded two pop albums with RCA/BMG: Med kroppen mot jorden and Bortom det blå in 1996 and 1997. In 1998, she recorded the English language album When Did You Leave Heaven, which contained jazz standards. Ekdahl has been focusing on, with great success, Scandinavia and Europe (most noticeably France), leaving little mark in other countries such as the United States. primarily in the bossa nova style. Her fragile and childish voice seems to be made for this type of music. Their album was a great success in France and Scandinavia, Her hit song "Vem Vet" is also in the soundtrack of the Korean drama Love Rain.

In 2016 she participated in the music show Så mycket bättre broadcast on TV4.

Personal life She was born in Hägersten, Sweden to her parents who were a nuclear physicist and kindergarten teacher. She was raised just outside Mariefred, Sweden. She has two sisters and attended school at the Tälje Musikgymnasium. Her music is published by her company Lisa Ekdahl AB.

Ekdahl has lived in New York City. In 1999, she met American composer and guitarist Salvadore Poe, former guitarist of 1990s New York sleaze rockers Spread Eagle on a flight to India. They married in 2000, and they later collaborated on an album together. They are now divorced. She was previously married to Swedish singer Bill Öhrström, with whom she has a son Milton (born 23 December 1994). She also has a daughter born in 2012.

She currently lives in the Södermalm district of Stockholm.

Awards Rockbjörn-- "Best Female Artist" 1994 Swedish Grammys—1994 Artist of the year, Female Pop Rock artist of the Year Album of the Year The Ulla Billquist scholarship

Discography Singles Title Year Peak chart positions Album SWE "Vem vet" 1994 4 Lisa Ekdahl

Solo albums 1994: Lisa Ekdahl 1996: Med kroppen mot jorden 1997: Bortom det blå 2000: Sings Salvadore Poe 2004: Olyckssyster 2006: Pärlor av glas 2009: Give Me That Slow Knowing Smile 2014: Look to Your Own Heart 2016: Tolkningarna – Så mycket bättre Säsong 7 2017: När alla vägar leder hem 2018: More of the Good

Live albums 2011: At the Olympia Paris

Compilations 2002: Heaven Earth & Beyond 2003: En samling sånger

Collaborations 1995: When Did You Leave Heaven (with the Peter Nordahl trio) 1998: Back to Earth (with the Peter Nordahl trio) 2000: Duet with Henri Salvador in the song "All I Really Want Is Love" on his album Chambre Avec Vue 2001: Kiss & Hug: From a Happy Boy (duet with Danish singer Lars H.U.G. in the song "Backwards") 2003: Duet with Rod Stewart in the song "Where or When" on his album As Time Goes By: The Great American Songbook 2