Laleh Pourkarim (born June 10 1982 in Bandar-e Anzali, Iran) is an Iranian-Sweden|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<ref name=shomaliha>[http://www.shomaliha.com/zanan/laleh.html Laleh Pourkarim: A girl from northern Iran ''(in Persian)'']</ref>. 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.<ref name=shomaliha>[http://www.shomaliha.com/zanan/laleh.html Laleh Pourkarim: A Girl from Northern Iran ''(in Persian)'']</ref>
Discography
Albums
*''Laleh (album)|Laleh'' (2005)
*''Prinsessor'' (2006)
Singles
*"Invisible (My Song)" (EP, 2005)
*"Storebror" (EP, 2005)
*"Live Tomorrow" (2005)
*"Forgive But Not Forget" (2006)
*"November" (2006)
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