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Marie Fredriksson was a Swedish singer, songwriter, pianist and painter, who was best known internationally as the lead vocalist of pop rock duo Roxette, which she formed in 1986 with Per Gessle. The duo achieved international success beginning in the late 1980s with the albumsLook Sharp!andJoyride, and had multiple hits on theBillboardHot 100 including four number ones-the most for any Swedish act. Select hits include ""Listen to Your Heart,"" ""It Must Have Been Love"" (from the filmPretty Woman), ""The Look,"" and ""Joyride."" Helena von Zweigbergkis one of Sweden's most talented and respected authors. She's also a journalist and has been a regular presenter ofThe Scouts, a Swedish radio series on contemporary culture and trends, since 1988. Some of her selected previous novels include Out of the Mouth of the Volcano(2008),Things You Just Say(2009), andThe Heart Beats On(2013). Jonas Akerlundand has directed Lady Gaga, Beyonce, U2, and Metallica in multiple music videos.
"""Singer-songwriter Marie Fredriksson (1958–2019) offers a heartbreakingly candid recollection of her early life, pop career [including many years with Roxette], and struggle with illness in this posthumous memoir. Fredriksson more than delivers on her stated mission to ‘share her moments of transcendence and offer consolation to those full of doubt’ by cataloging her favorite performances and refusing to let her diagnosis overshadow her career. Anecdotes about celebrities from Elton John to Frank Sinatra are just the cherry on top. Pop music fans will treasure this."" — Publishers Weekly ""Fredriksson's frustration at being discounted in the men-dominated music industry and her attempts to find alternative lifesaving treatments makes for an engaging read. Most poignant is her vulnerability as she opens her closets and photo albums that showcase a life well lived."" — Library Journal"
