Laleh Pourkarim

Laleh Pourkarim is a PersianSwedish singersongwriter and former actress. Following a short acting career, she entered the music industry in 2005 with her selftitled debut album which peaked at number one in Sweden and went on to become the highest selling album of the year.

Laleh was born in the Northern Iranian harbour town of Bandare Anzali, but fled the country a year later with her parents to live in Azerbaijan, and later moving on to Minsk and a refugee camp in Tidaholm. She moved to Sweden when she was twelve , and in her teenage years moved to Gothenburg to attend school in the multicultural district of Angered.

Source: Wikipedia