Lisa Ekdahl

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Best known in Scandinavia for her 1994 hit "Vem Vet, " Lisa Ekdahl became one of the top Swedish pop singers of the 1990s but also records and performs straightahead jazz. Ekdahl's pop albums have been in Swedish, while her acoustic jazz albums have favored English-language standards. The thin-voiced singer was born and raised in Stockholm, where in 1990, she started singing jazz with the trio of pianist Peter Nordahl. In 1994, her self-titled debut album came out in Sweden, and it was that year that her single "Vem Vet" (which is Swedish for "Who Knows") made her a superstar in Scandinavia at the age of 23. Ekdahl's subsequent pop albums in Sweden included Med Kroppen Mot Jorden in 1996 and Bortom Det Bla in 1997. The singer's first English-language effort, When Did You Leave Heaven, was also her first jazz album and the first Ekdahl album to come out in the U.S. When Did You Leave Heaven was a big seller in Sweden, but the album (which came out on RCA Victor in the U.S.) received its share of negative reviews from American jazz critics, who felt that Ekdahl's thin, very girlish voice was wrong for standards and straightahead jazz and argued that she should stick to pop. Her next jazz recording, Back to Earth, came out in 1999. ~ Alex Henderson, Rovi

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  • When Did You Leave Heaven
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  • Now Or Never
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    • But Not for Me
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    • Boy Next Door
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    • Love for Sale
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    • Blame It on My Youth
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    • Just One of Those Things
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Discography

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  • Live a L'Olympia (2011)
    Lisa Ekdahl
    Live a L'Olympia (2011)
    Jive
  • Give Me That Slow Knowing Smile (2009)
    Lisa Ekdahl
    Give Me That Slow Knowing Smile (2009)
    RCA Victor Europe
  • En Samling Sanger (2006)
    Lisa Ekdahl
    En Samling Sanger (2006)
    Sony Music Distribution
  • Pärlor Av Glas (2006)
    Lisa Ekdahl
    Pärlor Av Glas (2006)
    RCA
  • Olyckssyster (2004)
    Lisa Ekdahl
    Olyckssyster (2004)
    Sony Music Distribution
  • Heaven, Earth & Beyond (2003)
    Lisa Ekdahl
    Heaven, Earth & Beyond (2003)
  • Sings Salvadore Poe (2000)
    Lisa Ekdahl
    Sings Salvadore Poe (2000)
    RCA Victor
  • Back to Earth (1998)
    Lisa Ekdahl
    Back to Earth (1998)
    RCA Victor
  • Bortom Det Blå (1997)
    Lisa Ekdahl
    Bortom Det Blå (1997)
    BMG International
  • Med Kroppen Mot Jorden (1996)
    Lisa Ekdahl
    Med Kroppen Mot Jorden (1996)
    Sony Music Distribution
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