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Robin Miriam Carlsson, better known by her stage name Robyn, is a Swedish recording artist (read: pop star). Robyn started her career in the pop music industry at the age of sixteen. She signed a record deal with RCA Records in 1994 to release her debut single, "You've Got That Somethin in Sweden. Later that same year, her Swedish breakthrough came with the single "Do You Really Want Me (Show Respect)."

Show Me Love

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 ten on the Billboard Hot 100. She performed on the children's show All That in 1997, singing "Show Me Love," proving her growing popularity in the United States.

Konichiwa Bitches
Recording began on Robyn's second album in 1998. The album, My Truth, was released in May, 1999 in Sweden. The single "Electric" was a hit across Europe and propelled My Truth to the number two position in Sweden. In November, 2002, Robyn swapped labels from RCA to Jive Records and released the album Don't Stop the Music in Sweden. In May 2004, the album Robyn's Best was released in America. The decade-long relationship between Robyn and her label ceased in 2004 when they reacted negatively to "Who's That Girl?" which showcased a new electro-pop sound. In early 2005, she announced she would be leaving Jive Records to start her own record label. Konichiwa Records was created, with its sole purpose being to liberate Robyn artistically.

Whos That Girl?

Robyn released the single "Be Mine!" in March, 2005. A month later, her fourth studio album, Robyn, became her first number one album upon its release in Sweden. Sampling influences from electronica, rap, R&B and new age, Robyn received rave reviews, and gained the singer three Swedish Grammy Awards in 2006 for "rets Album" (Best Album), "rets Kompositr" (Best Writer, alongside Klas hlund) and "rets Pop Kvinnlig" (Best Pop Female). It also garnered Robyn interest on a global level.

Dont Fucking Tell Me What To Do

The second single from the UK release was "With Every Heartbeat, released in late July, 2005 and reached number one on the UK singles chart. Follow-up singles "Handle Me", "Be Mine!", "Who's That Girl?" and "Dream On" were all top thirty hits. The US edition of Robyn was released in April, 2008. "With Every Heartbeat", "Handle Me" and "Cobrastyle" were top ten US club hits, and the former received airplay on US pop and dance radio stations. Robyn was also visible in the US market in 2007 when Britney Spears released the single "Piece of Me," which contains Robyn's backing vocals. She was also featured on the Fyre Department remix of "Sexual Eruption" by rapper Snoop Dogg.

In My Eyes
In an interview with Swedish magazine Bon, Robyn announced that she had plans to release three new albums in 2010. The first due in the spring, with subsequent albums released in the summer and autumn/winter. Robyn said in an interview with Stereogum, "I think this splitting a full album up into different releases is, in a way, how people listen to music. It's more about songs now. But for me this is not an EP or a lesser version of an album. It's an album, but it's maybe not the normal length. I can go back to the studio again and release these songs while they're actually fresh, and go back to the studio and work on more stuff while touring. To promote the forthcoming album Robyn released the song "Fembot on April 13, 2010.

Dancehall Queen
Robyn released the first part in the Body Talk series, Body Talk Pt. 1, on June 14, 2010. It was preceded by the 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.

On September 6, Body Talk Pt. 2 was released. It was preceded by the lead single, a dance version of the song "Hang with Me" from Body Talk Pt 1. Robyn appeared and performed "Dancing on My Own" with deadmau5 at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards on September 12.

Fembot
In October, 2010, Robyn announced the release of the single, "Indestructible, ahead of her final album from the series, Body Talk Pt. 3. Robyn also announced the release of Body Talk, a "turbo version of the Body Talk series, which included five songs from each previous Body Talk album, along with five new songs.

On it, Robyn collaborated with Swedish producer Max Martin for the song "Time Machine. Martin was responsible for producing Robyn's US breakthrough hits "Do You Know (What It Takes)" and "Show Me Love."

Hang With Me
In 2010, Robyn guest-starred in an episode of Gossip Girl, where she performed the acoustic version of "Hang With Me." During the summer of 2011, Robyn supported Katy Perry on her California Dreams tour, and on December 10, 2011, she was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live where she performed Call Your Girlfriend and Dancing On My Own.

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In 2014, Robyn announced a tour with Ryksopp, the Do It Again Tour. She also indicated that she was recording new music with the band. On April 14, 2014, Robyn and Ryksopp announced the release of the Do It Again mini album. Robyn was quoted as saying, Ive been going back and forth to Bergen to record and write with the Ryksopp boys up until recently. It started to feel more like a band thing than songs for a Ryksopp or Robyn album, so were releasing this music together as a band you could say. The album will be released on May 26, 2014.