Robin Miriam Carlsson (born 12 June 1979), known as Robyn (Swedish pronunciation: [‘r b: n]), is a Swedish singer, songwriter, record producer and DJ. She arrived on the music scene with her 1995 debut album, Robyn Is Here, which produced two US Billboard Hot 100 top-10 singles: “Do You Know (What It Takes)” and “Show Me Love”. Her second and third albums, My Truth (1999) and Don’t Stop the Music (2002), were released in Sweden.
Robyn returned to international success with her fourth album, Robyn (2005), which brought a Grammy Award nomination. The album spawned the singles “Be Mine!” and the UK number one “With Every Heartbeat”. Robyn released a trilogy of mini-albums in 2010, known as the Body Talk series. They received broad critical praise, three Grammy Award nominations, and produced three top-10 singles: “Dancing On My Own”, “Hang with Me” and “Indestructible”. Robyn followed this with two collaborative EPs: Do It Again (2014) with R yksopp, and Love Is Free (2015) with La Bagatelle Magique. She released her eighth solo album Honey in 2018 to widespread acclaim.
instruments played
Vocals
Associated Acts
Roxette R yksopp The Knife Christian Falk Snoop Dogg Kleerup Teddybears STHLM Neneh Cherry Rye Rye The Lonely Island
Genres
Electropop synth-pop dance-pop R&B (early)
Occupation
Singer songwriter record producer DJ
Spouses
Olof Inger (m. 2002 2011) Max Vitali (m. 2013)
Website
Years Active
1989 present
Name
Robyn
Nationality
Sweden