Robyn
Robyn is the stage name of the Swedish pop singer-songwriter Robin Miriam C… Read Full Bio ↴Robyn is the stage name of the Swedish pop singer-songwriter Robin Miriam Carlsson (born 12 June 1979 in Stockholm, Sweden). She is best known for her critically acclaimed electropop music, her impressive live shows and the hits "With Every Heartbeat" (#1 UK) and "Dancing On My Own" (#8 UK, #1 Sweden). In 2011, the single "Dancing On My Own" was nominated at Grammy Awards for the category Best Dance Recording. She is the owner of Konichiwa Records, which release only her music, including Robyn and Body Talk.
Robyn's parents are actors, and she herself was involved in acting at the age of 9, with an extra role in Kronbruden at the Swedish theatre Dramaten. In 1991, at the age of 12, Robyn recorded the theme song named "Du kan alltid bli nummer ett" ("You can always be number one") for the Swedish television show Lilla Sportspegeln. In the same year she performed this song on television show Söndagsöppet. Robyn was rediscovered by Swedish pop singer Meja in the early 90s. Meja and her band Legacy of Sound visited Robyn's school and were involved with a musical workshop.
Following the completion of her middle school education, Robyn signed to Ricochet Records Sweden, a subsidiary of BMG. She collaborated with producers Max Martin and Denniz Pop. Writing duties were assisted by Ulf Lindstrom and Johan Ekhe, who also helped to produce the album, and they stayed on board with Robyn until 2003.
Robyn started her career in the pop music industry at the age of 16. She signed a record deal with RCA Records in 1994 to release her debut single "You've Got That Somethin'" in Sweden, followed by her breakthrough single "Do You Really Want Me (Show Respect)". In October 1996 she released her debut album Robyn Is Here. Robyn's US breakthrough came in 1997, when the dance-pop singles "Show Me Love" and "Do You Know (What It Takes)" reached the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Her second album My Truth was released in May 1999 in Sweden, with subsequent releases elsewhere in Europe. The single "Electric" was a hit across Europe, and propelled My Truth to second position in Sweden. Despite her success in the US market with her debut album, My Truth did not receive an international release.
In 1999, Robyn contributed to Christian Falk's debut solo album Quel Bordel, appearing on the tracks "Remember" and "Celebration". In 2000, she appeared on the track "Intro/Fristil" on Petter's self-titled album. In 2001, Robyn contributed the song "Say You'll Walk the Distance" to the soundtrack for the film On the Line.
In November 2002, Robyn swapped labels at BMG (from RCA to Jive Records) and released her third album Don't Stop The Music in Sweden. She issued the singles "Keep This Fire Burning" and "Don't Stop The Music" in Scandinavia and mainland Europe. The lead single "Keep This Fire Burning" was covered by British soul singer Beverley Knight.
The decade-long relationship between Robyn and BMG ceased in 2004. When they reacted negatively to "Who's That Girl", which showcased a new electropop sound, Robyn decided to release music on her own. In early 2005, she announced she would be leaving Jive Records to start her own record label, Konichiwa Records. In May 2004, Robyn's Best was released in America. It is essentially a condensed version of her debut album, containing no material from her later releases. In 2006, following her departure from BMG, the compilation Det Bästa Med Robyn (The Best of Robyn) was released in Sweden.
Robyn released the single "Be Mine!" in March 2005, followed a month later by her fourth studio album Robyn. This album became her first number one album upon its release in Sweden. Collaborators of this album include names like Klas Åhlund from Teddybears, the Swedish duo The Knife and former Cheiron producer Alexander Kronlund. Sampling influences from electronic, rap and R&B music, Robyn received rave reviews, and gained the singer three Swedish Grammy Awards in 2006 for "Årets Album" (Best Album), "Årets Kompositör" (Best Writer, alongside Klas Åhlund) and "Årets Pop Kvinnlig" (Best Pop Female). Robyn released three more singles from the eponymous album: "Who's That Girl", "Handle Me" and "Crash and Burn Girl".
In 2006 she featured on the Basement Jaxx track "Hey You", taken from their album Crazy Itch Radio. The year also marked the release of Christian Falk's second album People Say, on which Robyn contributed the tracks "Dream On" and "C.C.C.". In December 2006, she released The Rakamonie EP in the UK.
In March 2007, Robyn released the single "Konichiwa Bitches" in the UK, followed by the revised edition of the album Robyn in April 2007. This version contains slightly altered versions of two of the original songs and two new tracks: "With Every Heartbeat" (a collaboration with Kleerup) and "Cobrastyle" (a cover of a 2006 single by Swedish rockers Teddybears). The second single from this revised album was "With Every Heartbeat", issued in late July 2007 and reaching number one on the UK singles chart. Follow-up singles "Handle Me", "Be Mine!", "Who's That Girl" and "Dream On" were top thirty hits. Also in 2007, Robyn contributed vocals to Fleshquartet's single "This One's For You", from their album Voices of Eden.
The Rakamonie EP was released in January 2008 in the US under Cherrytree Records, a subsidiary of Interscope, and the US edition of her self-titled album was released in April 2008. "With Every Heartbeat (with Kleerup)", "Handle Me" and "Cobrastyle" were top ten club hits, and the former received airplay at US pop and dance radio stations. She was also featured on "Sexual Eruption (Fyre Department remix)" by Snoop Dogg.
Robyn completed a short US tour to promote the album Robyn, and was the supporting act for Madonna's Sticky & Sweet Tour at select European dates in 2008. In January 2009, Robyn won a Swedish Grammis Award for Best Live Act 2008. In 2009 she featured on the single "The Girl and the Robot" from the album Junior by Norwegian electronic band Röyksopp.
In 2010 Robyn announced she planned to release three albums in the same year. To promote the first part, she released the songs "Fembot", "Dancehall Queen" (produced by Diplo) and "None of Dem" (featuring Röyksopp) to digital outlets as promotional singles on 13 April 2010. Klas Åhlund was the main producer of all Body Talk albums.
Robyn released Body Talk Pt. 1, on 14 June 2010 in the Nordic countries through EMI and on 15 June 2010 in the US through Interscope. This mini-album was preceded on 1 June 2010 by the lead single "Dancing On My Own". The song became Robyn's first number one hit in Sweden, and her fourth top ten hit in both the UK and the US, peaking at #8 on the UK Singles Chart and at #3 on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Songs chart. Later The Guardian and Slant Magazine rated "Dancing On My Own" as the best song of 2010, and Pitchfork Media ranked it 4th in their Top 100 Tracks of 2010. On 30 August 2010, Robyn performed at Polar Music Prize 2010 a cover of "Hyperballad", with Björk being in the audience.
On 6 September 2010, Body Talk Pt. 2 was released in the UK. It was preceded on 5 September 2010 by the single "Hang With Me", a dance version of an acoustic song from Body Talk Pt. 1. This album also contains a duet with Snoop Dogg on "You Should Know Better (feat. Snoop Dogg)". On 12 September 2010 Robyn performed a remixed version of "Dancing On My Own" with deadmau5 at MTV Video Music Awards 2010.
Robyn released on 22 November 2010 (US and Scandinavia) the third and final part of the Body Talk series, entitled Body Talk. The album includes five songs from each previous Body Talk parts, along with five new songs. The new tracks have been made available separately as Body Talk Pt. 3 in the United States and Germany. The album was promoted mainly by the release of the single "Indestructible" on 1 November 2010. Body Talk received extremely favorable reviews from most music critics and featured on many year-end lists.
On 1st April 2011, Robyn issued the single "Call Your Girlfriend".
Official site: http://www.robyn.com
Robyn's parents are actors, and she herself was involved in acting at the age of 9, with an extra role in Kronbruden at the Swedish theatre Dramaten. In 1991, at the age of 12, Robyn recorded the theme song named "Du kan alltid bli nummer ett" ("You can always be number one") for the Swedish television show Lilla Sportspegeln. In the same year she performed this song on television show Söndagsöppet. Robyn was rediscovered by Swedish pop singer Meja in the early 90s. Meja and her band Legacy of Sound visited Robyn's school and were involved with a musical workshop.
Following the completion of her middle school education, Robyn signed to Ricochet Records Sweden, a subsidiary of BMG. She collaborated with producers Max Martin and Denniz Pop. Writing duties were assisted by Ulf Lindstrom and Johan Ekhe, who also helped to produce the album, and they stayed on board with Robyn until 2003.
Robyn started her career in the pop music industry at the age of 16. She signed a record deal with RCA Records in 1994 to release her debut single "You've Got That Somethin'" in Sweden, followed by her breakthrough single "Do You Really Want Me (Show Respect)". In October 1996 she released her debut album Robyn Is Here. Robyn's US breakthrough came in 1997, when the dance-pop singles "Show Me Love" and "Do You Know (What It Takes)" reached the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Her second album My Truth was released in May 1999 in Sweden, with subsequent releases elsewhere in Europe. The single "Electric" was a hit across Europe, and propelled My Truth to second position in Sweden. Despite her success in the US market with her debut album, My Truth did not receive an international release.
In 1999, Robyn contributed to Christian Falk's debut solo album Quel Bordel, appearing on the tracks "Remember" and "Celebration". In 2000, she appeared on the track "Intro/Fristil" on Petter's self-titled album. In 2001, Robyn contributed the song "Say You'll Walk the Distance" to the soundtrack for the film On the Line.
In November 2002, Robyn swapped labels at BMG (from RCA to Jive Records) and released her third album Don't Stop The Music in Sweden. She issued the singles "Keep This Fire Burning" and "Don't Stop The Music" in Scandinavia and mainland Europe. The lead single "Keep This Fire Burning" was covered by British soul singer Beverley Knight.
The decade-long relationship between Robyn and BMG ceased in 2004. When they reacted negatively to "Who's That Girl", which showcased a new electropop sound, Robyn decided to release music on her own. In early 2005, she announced she would be leaving Jive Records to start her own record label, Konichiwa Records. In May 2004, Robyn's Best was released in America. It is essentially a condensed version of her debut album, containing no material from her later releases. In 2006, following her departure from BMG, the compilation Det Bästa Med Robyn (The Best of Robyn) was released in Sweden.
Robyn released the single "Be Mine!" in March 2005, followed a month later by her fourth studio album Robyn. This album became her first number one album upon its release in Sweden. Collaborators of this album include names like Klas Åhlund from Teddybears, the Swedish duo The Knife and former Cheiron producer Alexander Kronlund. Sampling influences from electronic, rap and R&B music, Robyn received rave reviews, and gained the singer three Swedish Grammy Awards in 2006 for "Årets Album" (Best Album), "Årets Kompositör" (Best Writer, alongside Klas Åhlund) and "Årets Pop Kvinnlig" (Best Pop Female). Robyn released three more singles from the eponymous album: "Who's That Girl", "Handle Me" and "Crash and Burn Girl".
In 2006 she featured on the Basement Jaxx track "Hey You", taken from their album Crazy Itch Radio. The year also marked the release of Christian Falk's second album People Say, on which Robyn contributed the tracks "Dream On" and "C.C.C.". In December 2006, she released The Rakamonie EP in the UK.
In March 2007, Robyn released the single "Konichiwa Bitches" in the UK, followed by the revised edition of the album Robyn in April 2007. This version contains slightly altered versions of two of the original songs and two new tracks: "With Every Heartbeat" (a collaboration with Kleerup) and "Cobrastyle" (a cover of a 2006 single by Swedish rockers Teddybears). The second single from this revised album was "With Every Heartbeat", issued in late July 2007 and reaching number one on the UK singles chart. Follow-up singles "Handle Me", "Be Mine!", "Who's That Girl" and "Dream On" were top thirty hits. Also in 2007, Robyn contributed vocals to Fleshquartet's single "This One's For You", from their album Voices of Eden.
The Rakamonie EP was released in January 2008 in the US under Cherrytree Records, a subsidiary of Interscope, and the US edition of her self-titled album was released in April 2008. "With Every Heartbeat (with Kleerup)", "Handle Me" and "Cobrastyle" were top ten club hits, and the former received airplay at US pop and dance radio stations. She was also featured on "Sexual Eruption (Fyre Department remix)" by Snoop Dogg.
Robyn completed a short US tour to promote the album Robyn, and was the supporting act for Madonna's Sticky & Sweet Tour at select European dates in 2008. In January 2009, Robyn won a Swedish Grammis Award for Best Live Act 2008. In 2009 she featured on the single "The Girl and the Robot" from the album Junior by Norwegian electronic band Röyksopp.
In 2010 Robyn announced she planned to release three albums in the same year. To promote the first part, she released the songs "Fembot", "Dancehall Queen" (produced by Diplo) and "None of Dem" (featuring Röyksopp) to digital outlets as promotional singles on 13 April 2010. Klas Åhlund was the main producer of all Body Talk albums.
Robyn released Body Talk Pt. 1, on 14 June 2010 in the Nordic countries through EMI and on 15 June 2010 in the US through Interscope. This mini-album was preceded on 1 June 2010 by the lead single "Dancing On My Own". The song became Robyn's first number one hit in Sweden, and her fourth top ten hit in both the UK and the US, peaking at #8 on the UK Singles Chart and at #3 on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Songs chart. Later The Guardian and Slant Magazine rated "Dancing On My Own" as the best song of 2010, and Pitchfork Media ranked it 4th in their Top 100 Tracks of 2010. On 30 August 2010, Robyn performed at Polar Music Prize 2010 a cover of "Hyperballad", with Björk being in the audience.
On 6 September 2010, Body Talk Pt. 2 was released in the UK. It was preceded on 5 September 2010 by the single "Hang With Me", a dance version of an acoustic song from Body Talk Pt. 1. This album also contains a duet with Snoop Dogg on "You Should Know Better (feat. Snoop Dogg)". On 12 September 2010 Robyn performed a remixed version of "Dancing On My Own" with deadmau5 at MTV Video Music Awards 2010.
Robyn released on 22 November 2010 (US and Scandinavia) the third and final part of the Body Talk series, entitled Body Talk. The album includes five songs from each previous Body Talk parts, along with five new songs. The new tracks have been made available separately as Body Talk Pt. 3 in the United States and Germany. The album was promoted mainly by the release of the single "Indestructible" on 1 November 2010. Body Talk received extremely favorable reviews from most music critics and featured on many year-end lists.
On 1st April 2011, Robyn issued the single "Call Your Girlfriend".
Official site: http://www.robyn.com
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Robyn Lyrics
'Dancing On My Own ' Somebody said you got a new friend Does she love you…
01. Curriculum Vitae You can't stop it You can't escape it You can't…
04 Dancing On My Own Somebody said you got a new friend Does she love you…
88 Days I light a candle in the morning To signify that…
Ain't No Thing Boy, you gotta want me, really, really want me Boy, you…
Aldrig hänt Allt som jag slipper att få veta allt som jag slipper…
Any Time You Like It's like you're waiting for me to start There's no…
Anytime You Like It's like you're waiting for me to start There's no right…
Baby Forgive Me Here come the night In your eyes Baby, be brave Be wise It's…
Bad Gal Bad gal, oh, oh bad gal, oh, oh Oh, oh oh,…
Be It's a good thing tears never show in the pouring…
Be Mine (Ballad version) It's a good thing, tears never show in the pouring…
Be Mine! It's a good thing tears never show in the pouring…
Beach2K20 Hey Robyn So you wanna go out? Yeah How you gonna get there?…
Because It's in the Music They wrote a song about us It's called something like stardu…
Because of Boys Hey girl give it a break you wear it all…
Between The Lines Even reading in between the lines Every day, you hit my…
Big City Lately shit's been drivin' me crazy Won't you take me outta…
Bionic Woman Good evening ladies This is your captain speaking Were about…
Blow My Mind Straight up from my heart you're my number one And hey…
Breakdown Intermission Hey, my friend, I thought you knew it's all an…
Buffalo Stance Who's lookin' good today? No moneyman Can win my love Who…
Bum Like You You're always up to no good Your fingers in my cookie…
Bumpy Ride Sometimes life can be a bumpy ride Sometimes it feels…
C.C.C. Emily tries, but misunderstands She's often inclined to bor…
Call Your Girlfriend Call your girlfriend It's time you had the talk Give your re…
Cobrastyle I press trigger I don't press people button Nobody chat come…
Crash and Burn Girl I should write a song about you And all the shit…
Criminal Intent Somebody alert the authorities, I got criminal intent Conspi…
Cry When You Get Older Hey girl in the strobing light What your mama never told…
Curriculum Vitae You can't stop it you can't escape it You can't…
Dancehall Queen I take the bus to town Sitting in the back and…
Dancin On My Own Somebody said you got a new friend Does she love you…
Dancing on My Own Somebody said you've got a new friend Does she love you…
Dancing On My Own (Fred Falke Club M Somebody said you got a new friend; Does she love you…
Dancing on My Own (Skrillex remix) Somebody said you got a new friend Does she love you…
Do You Know Always be around Don't you know I can see what you…
Do You Know (What It Takes) Always be around Do ya Do ya Do ya Don't you know…
Do You Know What It Takes Always be around Don't you know I can see what you…
Do You Really Want Me Boy listen carefully to me now Cause this is something every…
Do You Really Want Me (Show Respect) Do you really want me am I really special Taking is…
Do You Really Want Me (Show Respect) (QD3 Remix) Boy, listen to me careful now 'Cause this is something every…
Don Alright, yeah This little girl didn't care what anybody sai…
Don't F*****g Tell Me What to Do My drinking is killing me My drinking is killing me My…
Don't Fucking Tell Me What to Do My drinking is killing me My drinking is killing me My drink…
Don't Stop the Music Alright, yeah This little girl didn't care what anybody sai…
Don't Want You Back I know what can I expect you're just a man But…
Don't xxxxxxx Tell Me What To Do My drinking is killing me My drinking is killing me My drink…
Dont Stop The Music Alright, yeah This little girl didn't care what anybody sai…
dont xxxxxxx tell me what to do My drinking is killing me My drinking is killing me My drink…
Dont_Stop_The_Music This little girl didn´t care what anybody said She got the…
Don’t Fucking Tell Me What to Do My drinking is killing me My drinking is killing me My drink…
Dream On Thugs and badmen Punks and lifers Fucked up interns Pigs and…
Eclipse There's an eclipse in your eye Where I used to shine Every…
Electric Electric It's electric It's a natural high Electric We don't…
Ever Again Come on, let's have it out Go 'head and try a…
Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall I turn the music up, I got my records on I…
Fembot I've got some news for you Fembots have feelings too You spl…
Get Myself Together It's all over like steps in the first snow Something's been…
Giving You Back GIVING YOU BACK Robyn/K. Fambro/D. Boynton Produced by K-Fa…
Handle Me Yeah, I heard about some guy that you beat pretty…
Handle Me (OrtzRoka Death To Disco Remix) (Yeah) I heard about some guy that you beat pretty…
Hang With Me Will you tell me once again How we're gonna be just…
Healthy Love Have you ever have that strange feeling? Something is just n…
Here We Go I couldn´t wait another minute when I had you here…
Honey No, you're not gonna get what you need But baby, I…
How Often things in life don´t make sense It´s when the…
Human Being I'm a human being And so are you My heart can't stop…
Hyperballad We live on a mountain right at the top There's a…
I Wish Do you know what I think all these nights when…
If You Really Want Me Boy listen carefully to me now Cause this is something every…
In My Eyes (Konichiwa Records) (It's gonna be okay) Okay Okay Hey litt…
In My Heart Hope things will get better 'cause that's what I need I…
Include Me Out It is really very simple Just a single pulse repeated at…
Indestructible I'm going backwards through time at the speed of light I'm…
Indestructible ظ_ô Acoustic Version I'm going backwards through time at the speed of light I'm…
Jack U Off If you're looking for somewhere to go Thought I'd take u…
Jag vet en dejlig rosa Jag vet en dejlig rosa Och vit som liljeblad Nar jag pa…
Just Another Girlfriend You say that I am all a girl like me…
Keep The Fire Burning Allright Even when you don't know I'll be by your side Even…
Konichiwa Bitches You wanna rumble in my jungle I'll take you on Stampede your…
Last Time Ever since I was a little girl even younger than…
Long Gone Long gone Lips move, I can not hear A single word, they'…
Love Kills If you're looking for love, get a heart made a…
Main Thing We've got a thing, We've got a thing, I know right now…
Missing U Baby, it's so real to me now it's over The space…
Monday Morning Whispered: (Friday, Saturday, Sunday) I know you'll love…
Monument Make a space For my body Dead or whole Push this side apart …
Moonlight Oh baby no, don't you go, let them wait Oh baby…
More Than Feelings I could feel at the time There was no way of…
My Only Reason My only reason Love is my only reason and love can…
My Truth Robyn ? My Truth If I don't say what you wanna…
None of Dem None of these boys can dance Not a single one of…
Not on The Inside Isn't funny how some people Never practice what the preach …
O Baby Oh, baby, you're making that mistake again, oh, why? Oh, don…
Oh Baby Chorus: O baby you're making that mistake again oh why O…
O_Baby Oh, baby, you're making that mistake again, oh, why? Oh, don…
Play Some people live their lives by the book Some people are…
Psycho Just woke up But it's not a dream You're still and I'm…
QD3 Edit [Chorus:] Do you really want me am I really special Taking…
Regntunga Skyar Regntunga skyar vartän jag ser; Nån sol finns ej mer utan…
Regntunga skyar (feat. KMH Jazz Orchestra) Regntunga skyar vartän jag ser; Nån sol finns ej mer utan…
Remember No, I don't remember Guildford What, was there something? J…
Robotboy Hey now boy Where you've been? Smashed up toy Are you lost a…
Robyn She want a picture with Robyn You know that she up…
Robyn Is Here [Chorus] Robyn is here Robyn is here Robyn is here gotta…
Say You'll Walk the Distance I can still see your face but I still can't…
Send to Robin Immediately Baby forgive me Baby forgive me Baby forgive me, mmm If you…
Sexual Eruption Sexual eruption (x2) I'm gonna take my time, she gon get…
Shoud Have Known I should have seen it coming I should have fucking known How…
Show Me Love Yeah, yeah, yeah Always been told that I've got too much…
Stars 4-Ever You and me together Stars forever [4x] You and me on…
Still Your Girl Did you think I'd leave you down I know you didn't…
Tell You Battery getting low On your burner phone Tuck it safe…
Tell Your Girlfriend Call your girlfriend It's time you had the talk Give your re…
The Falling It's not the wind that blows me in; I've been blown…
The Girl and the Robot I go mental every time you leave for work You never…
The Last Time Ever since I was a little girl even younger than…
Time Machine (Hey) Hey, what did I do? Can't believe the fit I just…
Tomteverkstan Mmmm... no I don't like that one No I don't…
U Should Know Better I've gone around the world and the seven seas I'm cashin'…
Underneath the Heart I look into your eyes to see a place, drifting…
Universal Woman VERSE 1 She needs a place to rest her broken soul Longs…
We Dance to the Beat We dance to the beat We dance to the beat We dance…
Where Did Our Love Go Thoughts about you and me Thinkin' about what we used…
Who's That Girl Good girls are pretty like all the time I'm just pretty…
With Every Heartbeat Maybe we could make it all right We could make it…
You've Got That Somethin' Look at me here I am I'm givin all of…