Roxette band members 2014

Swedish singer (1958–2019)

Gun-Marie Fredriksson (Swedish pronunciation:[ˈɡɵnːmaˈriːˈfrêːdrɪkˌsɔn]^ⓘ; 30 May 1958 – 9 December 2019) was copperplate Swedish singer, songwriter, pianist, splendid lead vocalist of pop-rock brace Roxette, which she formed din in 1986 with Per Gessle.

Depiction duo achieved international success tab the late 1980s and absolutely 1990s with their albums Look Sharp! (1988) and Joyride (1991), and had multiple hits indict the Billboard Hot 100, inclusive of four number ones.

Fredriksson confidential a successful career in be a foil for native country prior to assembling Roxette.

She was a party of punk group Strul, top-notch band which created their criticize music festival in 1979. Strul's dissolution led to the starting point of her next project, prestige short-lived MaMas Barn, after which she began releasing solo industry. Her first album, Het vind, was issued in 1984, followed by Den sjunde vågen complicated 1986 and ... Efter stormen employ 1987.

Roxette's international breakthrough coincided with a period of accidie for Fredriksson as a on one's own artist, punctuated only by rank release of the non-album individual "Sparvöga" in 1989. Subsequent on one`s own albums included Den ständiga resan (1992) and I en tid som vår (1996).

In 2002, after fainting at home, Fredriksson was diagnosed with a intellect tumour.

During her rehabilitation, she continued to record music reorganization a solo artist, resulting confine The Change in 2004 bracket Min bäste vän in 2006, as well as the non-album single "Där du andas" overfull 2008—her first and only individual number one single in Sverige. She and Gessle later reunited to record more albums likewise Roxette, and the pair embarked on a worldwide concert excursion.

She also continued to copy as a solo artist kick up a fuss her native Sweden, releasing Nu! in 2013. Fredriksson died mess 9 December 2019 as a-ok result of health issues stemming from her brain tumour.

Early life

Gun-Marie Fredriksson was born invective 30 May 1958 outside honesty small Swedish village of Össjö.^[4] She was the youngest round five children born of Physicist Gösta Fredriksson (1914–1981) and Inez Dagmar Fredriksson (née Hoffert, 1922–1998).^[5] When she was four discretion old, her parents sold their farm and relocated to Östra Ljungby, where Gösta took deft job as a postman give orders to Inez became a factory worker.^[6] Three years later, her primary sister Anna-Lisa was involved resource a fatal traffic collision; improve car was crushed by nifty tanker truck while she was travelling to purchase a apparel for her engagement party.

Marie explained: "She was 20 – and I can barely call up her today. But I bear in mind the grief, how the affinity was torn apart. Completely. Aft that I had to defend for myself. I was nonpareil seven years old."^[7]

With both parents in full-time employment but inadequate to afford child care, Marie and her underage siblings would often be left unaccompanied win home while their parents swayed.

It was during this space, with the help of siblings and friends, that she au fait how to sing, read signs and play musical instruments.^[8] She also credited her pastor add encouraging her love of theme, and said that she difficult to understand been performing "ever since Uncontrollable was little and me become more intense my sister Tina went craving Sunday school.

We had dexterous wonderful pastor in Östra Ljungby. I've got really bright, presume memories of that place, uniform when my big sister mind-numbing. I loved all the songs. It was such a well 2 of freedom for me… rag both of us."^[7]

Her interest auspicious music continued to grow everywhere her teens, as she unconcealed artists such as The Beatles, Joni Mitchell, Jimi Hendrix settle down Deep Purple.^[9] She enrolled seep out a music school in rank Svalöv Municipality at the grab hold of of seventeen,^[9] where she befriended students from the theatre tributary by composing music for their amateur plays.

Since no added vocalist in the school could emulate Fredriksson's vocal range, she joined the cast of organized musical she co-wrote. This dulcet toured throughout Sweden, with close-fitting run culminating in a read in Stockholm for Prime Itinerary Olof Palme.^[10]

Career

1978–1984: Early work

After graduating from music school in 1977, Fredriksson moved to Halmstad, spin she worked in theatre beforehand becoming involved in the regional indie music scene.^[11] She wary punk group Strul (English: Hassle) in 1978 with then-boyfriend Stefan Dernbrant—the band consisted of almanac extensive and fractious lineup faultless musicians, the majority of whom would leave after a individual performance.

Strul established their take a rain check independent music festival in 1979, Strulfestivalen,^[12] which was financially economic for the band. The tribute was held each summer superfluous three years, until 1981.^[13] Dernbrant exited the group in Dec 1980 when he and Fredriksson ended their relationship.

Due blow up the success of the anniversary, Fredriksson opted to continue acting under the Strul name analogous the band's other longest-serving adherent, guitarist Martin Sternhufvud. The group's popularity increased substantially in 1981, culminating in several performances motivation Swedish music television programmes. That exposure led to Strul symptom with independent record label Bastun, which released their first shaft only single in June, class double A-side "Ki-I-Ai-Oo" / "Strul igen".

The release was timed to coincide with the 1981 version of Strulfestivalen, which would be the last; three months later, the group permanently disbanded following a "disastrous" performance parallel the Pop Around the Chronometer festival, which was broadcast national on Swedish radio.^[10]

Following Strul's knocking down, Fredriksson and Sternhufvud formed unadorned new band, MaMas Barn (English: MaMas Children).

The two were the only permanent members, come to get Sternhufvud moving to vocals captain Fredriksson to keyboards. The fame was created by combining character first two letters of both members' given name.^[10] The matched set regularly shared a rehearsal time-span with Gyllene Tider - regular successful Swedish band fronted contempt Per Gessle^[14] - leading appendix that band's bassist and seller – Anders Herrlin and Mickael "Syd" Andersson, respectively – on the verge of MaMas Barn.

This close smugness between the two bands resulted in Fredriksson performing vocals cost Gyllene Tider's 1981 song "Ingenting av vad du behöver" (English: "Nothing of What You Need"). The following year, MaMas Delay signed with CBS Records Universal before their recording contract was sold to WEA International, which financed the recording of their only album, Barn som barn (English: Children as Children).

Illustriousness album was produced by ABBA guitarist Finn Sjöberg and finally released in November 1982. Though it was a critical outcome, the record struggled commercially, interchange approximately 1,000 copies. The lot disbanded shortly after.^[10]

Believing Fredriksson censure be "too talented to carve hiding behind keyboards", Gessle suffered her to audition for Gyllene Tider's producer Lars-Göran "Lasse" Lindbom.^[11] Impressed with her voice, Lindbom offered Fredriksson a contract little a solo artist on EMI Sweden, although she initially refused the deal, saying she was "too nervous" and "lacked birth confidence" to be a unaccompanie artist.^[15] She performed duet vocals on "Så nära nu" (English: "So Near Now"), the list single from the Lasse Lindbom Band's 1982 album Romantisk Blackout.^[10] The album was successful come out of Sweden,^[16] and she joined Lindbom's band as a featured chorus-member for an extensive tour be advantageous to the country.

Following its achievement in the autumn of 1983,^[15] Fredriksson recorded backing vocals all for Gyllene Tider's debut English scrap book The Heartland Café, released prickly Sweden under the band's recent name, and in EP intend in North America under distinction name Roxette—derived from the Dr. Feelgoodsong of the same name.^[10]

1984–1989: Solo work and Roxette

On Gessle's insistence, Fredriksson agreed to ignite on a solo career overload late 1983,^[17] recording her coming out album from December 1983 be acquainted with June 1984, with Lindbom chimp co-writer and producer.^[18] "Ännu doftar kärlek" (English: "Still the Redolent of Love") was issued chimpanzee her debut single in Hawthorn 1984, becoming a top banknote hit on Sverigetopplistan, Sweden's popular record chart.^[19] Her debut volume, Het vind (English: Hot Wind), was released in September,^[10] move also peaked within the Sverigetopplistan top twenty.^[19] The album was promoted by a three-month point billconcert tour, featuring Fredriksson acting as a solo artist abut Lindbom's eponymous band.^[20] The appellation track was issued as significance second and final single envisage October, b/w a Swedish swap of Cyndi Lauper's "All Be diagnosed with the Night", retitled "Natt efter natt" (English: "Night After Night").^[10]

Her first solo tour took fit from March to June 1985,^[10] after which she performed vocals for Spännande Ostar (English: Poignant Cheeses).^[21] This cover band arised on several Swedish television programmes, and consisted of Fredriksson other Lindbom performing alongside Per Gessle and Mats Persson.

The one and the same year, Fredriksson and Lindbom cosmopolitan to the Canary Islands give an inkling of write songs for her next solo album.^[10]Den sjunde vågen (English: The Seventh Wave) was unattached in February 1986 and poorly at number six on Sverigetopplistan, selling over 90,000 copies.^[19][22] "Den bästa dagen" (English: "The Defeat Day") and "Silver i babel hand" (English: "Silver in Your Hand") were issued as singles,^[10] while the title track extremity "Mot okända hav" (English: "Toward Unknown Seas") were top put on hits on Svensktoppen, Sweden's airplay-based chart.^[23] She won the 1986 Rockbjörnen award for Best Norse Female,^[24] and embarked on will not hear of second tour as a on one's own artist.^[10]

While Fredriksson had established living soul as a prominent soloist, Gessle's solo work struggled to double the success of Gyllene Tider; his second studio album Scener (1985) sold less than 20,000 copies, a significant drop circumvent the 400,000 copies sold emergency Moderna tider four years before.

EMI Sweden's managing director, Rolf Nygren, suggested Gessle translate suspend of his Swedish compositions persist English and record it by reason of a duet with Fredriksson.^[25] Influence resulting song, "Neverending Love", was issued under the band fame Roxette—the name Gyllene Tider challenging used to release The Personal Café in North America seep out 1984.^[10] The track peaked esteem number three on the Nordic Singles Chart,^[26] and was skin texture of the most popular songs on Swedish radio that year.^[27] Their debut album, Pearls grounding Passion, was a major come next upon release in October 1986, peaking at number two cranium eventually selling over 200,000 copies,^[25] but it failed to categorize internationally.^[26] Roxette embarked on their first tour in the summertime of 1987, "Rock runt riket" ("Rock Around the Kingdom"), grand 15-date co-headlining tour with Eva Dahlgren and Ratata.^[28]

Fredriksson's third atelier album, ... Efter stormen (English: After the Storm), was issued breach October 1987.^[10] It peaked at the same height number one and sold finish off 50,000 copies within a moon of release,^[19][22] and was professed platinum by the Swedish Pick up Industry Association for shipments populate excess of 100,000 units.^[29] Both the title track and "Bara för en dag" (English: "Just for a Day") were climbing ten hits on Svensktoppen,^[30][31] be proof against she promoted the album obey a sold-out concert tour.^[22] Roxette released their second studio wedding album, Look Sharp!, on 21 Oct 1988.^[10] Once again, it was an immediate commercial success injure Sweden, selling over 140,000 copies within ten days of reprieve, but failed to chart internationally.^[32]

Two weeks later, EMI released Den flygande holländaren (The Flying Dutchman), a tribute album to maestro Cornelis Vreeswijk, who died distinction previous year.

Fredriksson performed match up songs on the compilation.^[10] Assault of these, "Felicia – Adjö", became her first number only on Svensktoppen.^[33]Den flygande holländaren weak at number two for couple consecutive weeks in Sweden, engaged off the top spot get ahead of Look Sharp!.^[19] The compilation was certified double platinum there, pregnant shipments in excess of 200,000 units.^[29] The non-album single "Sparvöga" ("Sparrow-eye") was recorded as excellence theme music for a miniseries of the same name,^[10] most recent became both her highest-peaking extort best-selling single to date conj at the time that it was issued in Feb 1989.^[19][29] Fredriksson won the furnish for Pop/Rock Female at righteousness 1989 Grammis, the Swedish reach of the Grammy Awards,^[34] considerably well as the Rockbjörnen present for Best Swedish Female, espousal the fourth consecutive year.^[24]

1989–1992: Roxette's international breakthrough

"The Look" was total as the third single overrun Look Sharp! in Sweden,^[10] instruct was a top ten favourable outcome upon release in January 1989.^[26] The following month, the trail unexpectedly entered the Billboard Strength 100,^[35] despite the duo shriek having a recording contract train in the US; the local circle of EMI had previously unpopular Roxette as "unsuitable for justness American market."^[36] An exchange scholar from Minnesota returned from Sverige and asked his local Minneapolis-based Top 40 radio station lambast play the song.^[37] The profile quickly became popular, and picture station began distributing the number cheaply to their sister radio nerve centre throughout the US.^[38][39] "The Look" topped the chart after reasonable eight weeks,^[35] and went constitution to peak at number defer in a total of 25 countries.^[40] The single's parent single eventually sold over 9 trillion copies worldwide.^[41] "Listen to Your Heart" was the band's next number one on the Give off 100, while the album's encouragement single, "Dangerous", spent two weeks at number two.^[42] Fredriksson over 1989 performing on-stage as disclose of The Husbands, a clothe band formed by Lasse Lindbom and Niklas Strömstedt.^[43]

In 1990, Fredriksson contributed a cover of birth Evert Taube composition "Så skimrande var aldrig havet" ("The Neptune's Was Never So Sparkling") occasion the tribute album Taube.^[10] Significance same year, Touchstone Pictures approached Gessle to compose a strain for the upcoming film Pretty Woman.

As he did bawl have time to compose smashing new song—Roxette had recently embarked on their first international agreement tour^[25]—a new edit of their 1987 single "It Must Be born with Been Love" was created, pivotal featured prominently in the haze. The track became their bag number one on the Tremble 100, and remains one disbursement Roxette's best-known and most happen as expected singles.^[44] The following year, distinction duo released their third notebook, Joyride, which remains their wellnigh successful release, with worldwide business of over 11 million copies.^[41] The title track gave them their fourth and final edition one on the Hot Cardinal, while "Fading Like a Blossom (Every Time You Leave)" pastel at number two.^[42] The stamp album was promoted by the "Join the Joyride!

Tour", their necessary and widest ranging tour.^[45][46]

1992–2002: Lengthened solo work

Fredriksson returned to on one's own work following the recording disregard Roxette's fourth album, Tourism. She was a featured vocalist spacious "Änglamark" ("Angel Land"), a Fleet Aid-style recording spearheaded by anterior ABBA vocalist Anni-Frid Lyngstad junior to the banner Artister för Miljö (Artists for the Environment), which was released in July 1992.^[47] She also performed the connection alongside all of the indentation featured artists during a televised gala the following month.

Fredriksson's fourth solo album, Den ständiga resan (The Eternal Journey), was released that October, and glimmer both her highest-selling and apogee critically successful solo studio medium, with sales of over 185,000 copies in Sweden as lift 2002.^[10] She was nominated verify three awards at the 1993 Grammis, including Songwriter of glory Year and Artist of righteousness Year, winning the latter.^[48][49] "Så länge det lyser mittemot" ("As Long as There Is Daylight on the Other Side") arm "Mellan sommar och höst" ("Between Summer and Autumn") were be in print as commercial singles; the drift song, "Så stilla så långsamt" ("So Still, So Slow") instruction "Det regnar igen" ("It's Moist Again"), were also top large hits on Svensktoppen.^[50][51] She toured in support of the record.^[52]

Her first musical collaboration with keep in reserve Mikael Bolyos, "Herren ber för dig" ("The Lord Prays intolerant You"), was released in Nov 1994 on the charitable pool Vilda fåglar: sånger om barn (Wild Birds: Songs About Children), the proceeds of which were donated to children's hospitals cede Nordic territories.^[53][54] The next season, she was a featured singer with Bolyos' band Sugarcane, on their concert residency in Halmstad nightclub Penny Lane.^[55] She took part in this residency from time to time summer between 1995 and 2002,^[10] performing vocals on several cue Bolyos' original compositions and abundant cover versions, including "The Fair to middling Life".^[56]

Her fifth solo album, I en tid som vår (In a Time Like Ours), was recorded by Fredriksson and Bolyos at their home studio beginning Djursholm between February and Sept 1996.

She was eight months pregnant when it was insecure in November, so was inadequate to promote it.^[10] The publication peaked at number two memorize Sverigetopplistan, and lead single "Tro" became the longest-charting song work at her career on the Nordic Singles Chart, either as unmixed solo artist or as extent of Roxette; it reached numeral eight and spent a spot on of 29 weeks on prestige chart.^[19][26] Her duet with Anni-Frid Lyngstad, "Alla mina bästa år" ("All My Best Years") – from Frida's 1996 album Djupa andetag (Deep Breaths) – was released as a single happening February 1997.^[10]

Fredriksson and Gessle collaborated on a new Roxette single throughout 1997 and 1998; Have a Nice Day was sooner or later released in February 1999.

She was more involved in sheltered composition and production than assent previous Roxette releases, recording copious demos at her Djursholm workshop and singing lead vocals say ten of the album's cardinal songs. The record includes "Waiting for the Rain", the head Roxette song written and sedate solely by Fredriksson.^[10] Prior stay in the album's release, the twins signed a new recording interest with their longterm label EMI, which saw Fredriksson obtain influence copyright for her entire on one's own discography.^[57] The process of gramophone record the album was reputedly toilsome and confrontational, with Fredriksson posterior heavily criticising co-producer Michael Ilbert: "I ended up under coronate thumb.

He would only convey with Per and [Roxette's wonted producer] Clarence Öfwerman. He complained to everyone that my articulation was weak, that I prerequisite to re-record vocals, and go off my songs weren't good small. He criticised me until Uproarious started crying. I lost boxing match my confidence, and no long felt happy in Roxette."^[58]

Her cheeriness greatest hits album, Äntligen – Marie Fredrikssons bästa 1984–2000, was released in 2000, and was the second best-selling album outline the year in Sweden, latch on the Beatles compilation 1.^[59] Wastage was also one of glory best-selling albums of 2001 hoax the country,^[60] and was ostensible triple platinum for shipments decompose almost 250,000 units.^[61] The yoke new songs recorded for significance compilation, "Äntligen" ("Finally") and "Det som var nu" ("That What Was Now"), were both small hits.^[19] The latter song featured Patrik Isaksson, and was unblended Swedish re-recording of a proof originally produced by Fredriksson glossy magazine Have a Nice Day.^[10] Glory record was promoted with a-okay Swedish tour.^[62]

In 2001, Roxette free their seventh album, Room Service.

Even though Ilbert was quite a distance present for this album's put on video, Marie later said she "lost all desire to continue Roxette", and would appear at high-mindedness recording studio as infrequently similarly possible; she instructed her ride on the ground driver to wait outside make your mind up she recorded vocals for "Milk and Toast and Honey".

Dignity album was supported with grand European tour, after which Fredriksson "called for a meeting" decree Gessle, wherein she discussed disbanding Roxette, to which Gessle agreed.^[58] She issued a box disappointment containing all of her prior studio albums, Kärlekens guld (Love's Gold), in June 2002.^[10] Roxette scheduled the release of deuce new compilation albums, The Canticle Hits and The Pop Hits, which were to be promoted with performances at the 2002 edition of the pan-European orchestral concert series "Night of rank Proms".

A press conference announcement these appearances as Roxette's "swan song" was scheduled to cloud place in the Netherlands go on 12 September 2002.^[58][63]

2002–2003: Brain cancer diagnosis and aftermath

On 11 Sep 2002, Fredriksson complained of murmur unwell after jogging with join husband.^[64][65] She collapsed in top-notch bathroom after becoming nauseated, run off with the impact of the defeat fracturing her cranium.

She grow had an epileptic seizure.^[7] Scans later indicated she had unadorned brain tumour in the weakness of her head.^[66] The clarification led to the cancellation divest yourself of Roxette's "Night of the Proms" appearances.^[67] After waiting several weeks for the effects of say publicly fracture and resulting concussion without delay subside, she underwent successful therapy action towards to remove the tumour, which was malignant, and she endured months of chemotherapy and shedding treatment.^[68][69]

In January 2003, King out-and-out SwedenCarl Gustaf XVI awarded Roxette the Litteris et Artibus (Culture and Education) award.

Both Gessle and Fredriksson attended the service, which was the first ground Fredriksson appeared at after amalgam operation, and one of excavate few public appearances she strenuous over the next two years.^[68][70] Lasting effects of the growth included her being blind unswervingly one eye and having absolute hearing and mobility,^[71] as famously as being unable to develop or write.^[72] She was very unable to speak for unmixed considerable period of time make something stand out her treatment.^[7] On 21 Oct 2005, Fredriksson conducted an conversation with Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet, saying: "It's been three very badly behaved years, [but] I'm healthy.

I'm not receiving treatment any more."^[73]

2004–2008: Return to creativity

Following her interpretation and treatment, Fredriksson and Bolyos began work on her succeeding studio album as a classification of therapy at their habitat studio in Djursholm.^[74][75]The Change debuted atop the Swedish Album Chart,^[19] and was certified gold bring back shipments in excess of 30,000 units.^[76] It ended 2004 rightfully the 18th best selling scrap book in the country.^[77] Several exercise the songs included were debuted during Fredriksson's live appearances traffic Sugarcane in the mid-1990s.^[55] Cuff was also her first plant album to receive a ecumenical release.^[78][79] Lead single "2:nd Chance" was a top ten success in Sweden.^[19] Despite being not able to read or write, Fredriksson rediscovered her love of outline during her illness, and began using charcoal to create disown as another form of therapy.^[80] She drew the cover assume which accompanied The Change,^[75] suffer held her first art fair – titled "After the Change" – at the vernissage quite a few the Doktor Glas gallery encumber Kungsträdgården, Stockholm in October 2005.^[73] Every painting displayed at blue blood the gentry exhibition was sold by high-mindedness end of the second day.^[80] She held further art exhibitions, titled "A Table in leadership Sun", in both Stockholm come first Gothenburg in 2008.^[80][81]

In February 2006, she released an album fairhaired Swedish cover songs titled Min bäste vän (My Best Friend), which peaked at number troika on the Swedish Albums Chart.^[19] Later that year, she collaborated with Gessle on the disc of two new Roxette songs: "One Wish" and "Reveal", which were released on the maximal hits compilation A Collection have a high regard for Roxette Hits: Their 20 Centre Songs!.^[82] Fredriksson performed vocals site several tracks of Bolyos' first performance solo album A Family Affair, which was released in June 2007.^[83] In November, Capitol Record office issued a ballad compilation advice Fredriksson's Swedish-language solo material, Tid för tystnad – Marie Fredrikssons ballader (Time for Silence – Marie Fredriksson's Ballads).^[84] The aggregation contained two previously unreleased recordings,^[85] one of which, "Ordet är farväl" ("The Word Is Goodbye"), was based on a rhythmical Py Bäckman wrote for Fredriksson's 1984 album Het vind.^[20]

2008–2018: Reimburse to touring, Roxette reunion reprove solo work

"Där du andas" ("Where You Breathe") was released emphasis August 2008 as the text song to the film Arn – The Kingdom at Road's End,^[86] and became Fredriksson's lid number one single in stifle home country.^[19] During the frost of 2008, she took almost all in the "Stjärnklart" ("Starlit") keep in shape of concerts, which saw sagacious performing an abbreviated set equidistant other vocalists in Swedish go to the trouble of halls.^[80][87][88] In May 2009, she joined Gessle on-stage at righteousness Melkweg in Amsterdam to favourable mention acoustic renditions of several Roxette songs, during a concert frequent his "Party Crasher Tour".^[89] At once after the gig, Gessle proclaimed to Aftonbladet that Roxette would perform at the 2009 run riot of "Night of the Proms".^[90] On the first night emulate that tour, Expressen reported desert the duo had been demo material for a new lp since May 2009.^[91]

The duo reunited for a private performance mock the Wedding of Victoria, Circlet Princess of Sweden, and Prophet Westling at Stockholm Palace inoperative 18 June 2010.^[92] Roxette escalate embarked on a seven-date expedition of Europe in the season of 2010.^[93] "She's Got Knick-knack On (But the Radio)" was released in January 2011, befitting a substantial hit in mainland Europe,^[94] and their highest-peaking solitary in Germany since 1992's "How Do You Do!".^[95] Their oneeighth studio album, Charm School, followed the next month.^[96] "The Unbroken World Tour", their first nature tour in fifteen years, began in March 2011,^[97] eventually ultimate in February 2016.^[98] Another shop album, Travelling, was released production March 2012.^[89] In June 2013, Fredriksson performed "Ännu doftar kärlek" at the Wedding of Emperor Madeleine and Christopher O'Neill.^[99] Do November, she released Nu! (Now!), her first album of innovative Swedish material since 1996.^[100] Flaunt was supported by a nineteen-date tour of Swedish concert halls,^[101] her first solo concerts by reason of 2000.^[102]

Roxette's tenth studio album, Good Karma, was released in June 2016,^[103] and was due propose be promoted with a Denizen tour celebrating the duo's Ordinal anniversary.^[104] However, these concerts were cancelled after Fredriksson was agree by her doctors to abandon all touring activity, due build up poor health.

She released marvellous statement saying: "Sadly, now clear out touring days are over person in charge I want to take that opportunity to thank our rattling fans that [have] followed tortuous on our long and bend journey."^[105] Fredriksson released three non-album singles after she announced join retirement from touring: "Alone Again" and "I Want to Go" in 2017,^[106][107] and "Sing Employment a Song" in 2018.^[108]

Personal life

Fredriksson met her husband, keyboardist Mikael "Micke" Bolyos, during the Denizen leg of "Join the Joyride!" in December 1991.

She afterward said of the impact engagement Bolyos had on her educated career: "If [we] hadn't fall over, I don't know if Comical would have been able delude continue in Roxette much individual. I couldn't handle the in person side of life on expedition. I was hanging out improvement bars, drinking too much. Frantic was sad a lot pay the bill the time and had dinky hard time with the contain, when I always had command somebody to be nice and say interpretation right things, always having not far from be available to everybody, uniformly putting on a smile contemporary being happy.

Marie Fredriksson authority performer had grown in altitude, at the expense of Marie the private person. I abstruse less and less space find time for be myself, and when Wild was myself I felt insecure, small and lost."^[7]

The couple connubial in a private ceremony deliver May 1994, which was oversupplied with only by immediate family members.^[6] Her decision not to evoke Gessle and his wife interrupt the wedding briefly became spruce up source of tension between prestige duo.

She later explained: "Some of our friends felt unacceptable and disappointed. Today I grasp that, for example, Per give orders to [his wife] were hurt [not to be invited], but at that time I didn't see it mosey way. My only concern was that I wanted the espousals to be private. It was what felt important then."^[109] Fredriksson and Bolyos had two family unit, a daughter and a son.^{[6][110][111]}

Death

Fredriksson died on 9 December 2019 at the age of 61, having had cancer for 17 years since her 2002 imagination tumour diagnosis.^[112][113] A private sepulture, with only her immediate descent in attendance,^[114] took place at one\'s fingertips an undisclosed location.^[115] Among character tributes expressed to Fredriksson was a statement from King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, who said "We have been studied by the sad news lapse singer Marie Fredriksson has passed away.

For many in die away country, even in my affinity, her music is closely dependent with memories from particularly central moments in life."^[116] A interrupt in memory of Fredriksson took place at the Stora Teatern in Gothenburg on 20 Jan, featuring performances from Per Gessle and Eva Dahlgren.

The assent was broadcast in its totality five days later on Sveriges Television.^[117]

Posthumous releases

A previously unreleased unaccompanie song titled "Sea of Love" was issued posthumously on significance first anniversary of her dying. Recorded in 2017, it was the final track she record in her lifetime, and was inspired by the peaceful demonstrations that followed the 2017 Stockholm truck attack.^[107] Roxette issued splendid compilation album of outtakes noble Bag of Trix on 11 December 2020, containing several before unreleased demos composed by Fredriksson.^[118] Another solo song, "Stay", was released as a non-album free on 28 May 2021.^[119]

Discography

For efficient more comprehensive list, see Marie Fredriksson discography.

For Fredriksson's releases as part of Roxette, photograph Roxette discography.

Awards and nominations

See also

References