Laleh

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Laleh Pourkarim (Persian: لاله پورکریم, born June 10 1982 in Bandar-e Anzali, Iran) is an Iranian-Swedish singer-songwriter. She came to Sweden when she was 12 and went to school in Angered, Gothenburg. Before that she had lived in Azerbaijan and Minsk, Belarus [http://www.shomaliha.com/zanan/laleh.html Laleh Pourkarim: A girl from northern Iran "(in Persian)"] ] . She personally produced and wrote her 2005 self-titled debut album, in which she sang in three different languages: English, Swedish and Persian. At the Swedish Grammis Awards for 2005, she received seven nominations and won three: Artist of the Year, Producer of the Year, and New Artist of the Year.

She also had a major acting role in the Swedish movie "Jalla! Jalla!", directed by Josef Fares, which was a big success at the Swedish box office in 2000.

She is a daughter of Houshang Pourkarim, a prominent Iranian sociologist from Bandar Anzali. [http://www.shomaliha.com/zanan/laleh.html Laleh Pourkarim: A Girl from Northern Iran "(in Persian)"] ]

Discography

Albums

*"Laleh" (2005)
*"Prinsessor" (2006)

ingles

*"Invisible (My Song)" (EP, 2005)
*"Storebror" (EP, 2005)
*"Live Tomorrow" (2005)
*"Forgive But Not Forget" (2006)
*"November" (2006)
*"Call on Me" (2007)
*"Snö" (2007) with the London Symphony Orchestra. Theme from Arn – The Knight Templar.

References

External links

* [http://www.laleh.se/ Official website]

See also

* List of famous Persian women
* Rock and alternative music in Iran

In Persian it means Tulip.