Linda Sundblad

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Linda Sundblad
Background information
Birth name Linda Caroline Sundblad
Born (1981-07-05) 5 July 1981
Origin Lidköping, Sweden
Genres Pop, dance, Europop
Occupations Singer-songwriter
Website www.lindasundblad.com

Linda Caroline Sundblad (born 5 July 1981 in Lidköping) is a Swedish female singer, actress and model.

Career

Lambretta

Dropping out of school at the age of 15 to join the pop-rock music band Lambretta, she experienced much success at a young age. After releasing three albums with Lambretta, she decided in Autumn 2005 to go solo.[1]

Solo

Her first solo single, "Oh Father", was released in September 2006 and her debut album, Oh My God!, a couple of months later. "Oh Father" was nominated for the Grammys.[2] Music wise it remained silent around Linda until the second part of 2009 when the new single 2 All My Girls was released and a second album announced[3] for March 24, 2010.

Other projects

She is also featured on the cover of the Reflections album by Apocalyptica, for which she sings the vocals to "Faraway Vol.2". Sundblad works currently with House music artist Rasmus Faber; she sang for him on the single "Everything Is Alright",[4] which was released on 22 November 2008 and on his second single "Always", which was released on 6 April 2009. Sundblad also features on Rasmus Faber's debut album "Where We Belong".[5]

Melodifestivalen 2011

Linda Sundblad participated in Melodifestivalen 2011, the Swedish selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. She competed in the third semi-final on 19 February 2011 in Cloetta Center, Linköping with the song "Lucky You" which finished 6th and did not qualify for the final.

Model career

Sundblad has worked since 2005 as a model, presenting L'Oreal and Munthe plus Simonsen.[6]

Radio career

Since 8 November 2006 Sunblad has worked as a radio announcer at Sveriges Radio[7] where she moderated the programme P3 Star.

Discography

Singles

  • Oh Father (2006, SE #1)
  • Lose You (2006, SE #2)
  • Back in Time (2007)
  • Who (Q Boy) (2007)
  • Cheat (2007)
  • 2 All My Girls (2009, SE #50)
  • Let's Dance (2010, SE #7)
  • Perfect Nobody (2010)
  • Lucky You (2011)

Albums

  • Oh My God! (2006, SE #11)
  • Manifest (2010)
  • Öppna Ditt Hjärta Så Ska Du Få EP (2012)

Lambretta

Albums

  • Breakfast (July 1999)
  • Lambretta (June 2002)
  • The Fight (March 2005)

Singles

  • Blow Up All My Fuses (1999)
  • Absolutely Nothing (1999)
  • And All The Roses (1999)
  • Bimbo (April 2002)
  • Creep (August 2002)
  • Perfect Tonight (2002)
  • Chemical (2004)
  • Anything (2004)
  • Kill Me (2004)

Guest appearances

Singles

with Apocalyptica
  • Faraway Vol.2 (2003)
with Rasmus Faber
  • Everything Is Alright (2008)
  • Always (2009)
with Kleerup
  • History (2009)

TV appearances

  • "Sommarkrysset" (2007)
  • "FörKväll" (2006–2007)
  • "Nyhetsmorgon" (2006–2007)
  • "Bingolotto" (2006)
  • "Studio Virtanen" (2006)
  • "Vi i femman" (2005)
  • "Körslaget" (2010)
  • "Allsång på Skansen" (2010)[8]

References

  1. "Bästa Läsningen • Snyggaste Modet". Cafe.se. Retrieved 2012-11-06. 
  2. info@deejaylink.com (2008-11-22). "Rasmus Faber feat. Linda Sundblad - Everything Is Alright :: Song Page". Deejaylink.com. Retrieved 2012-11-06. 
  3. "Rasmus Faber feat. Linda Sundblad - Always (Studio Apartment & Ananda Project Remixes) - Traxsource.com - Download Underground House and Electronic Music in WAV and MP3 format". Traxsource.com. 2012-10-31. Retrieved 2012-11-06. 
  4. Stefan Malmqvist kultur@svd.se Fler artiklar av skribenten (2006-11-08). "Linda Sundblad är redo för revansch | Kultur | SvD" (in (Swedish)). Svd.se. Retrieved 2012-11-06. 
  5. "Lambretta-Linda blir programledare på P3 | Nöjesbladet | Aftonbladet". Aftonbladet.se. 2008-07-28. Retrieved 2012-11-06. 

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