Leila K
Leila K | |
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| Birth name | Laila El Khalifi |
| Born | 6 September 1971 |
| Origin | Bergsjön, Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Genres | Pop, Eurodance |
| Years active | 1989–1999 ; 2011–present |
Laila El Khalifi (
Early life
El Khalifi's parents decided to send her to a school in Morocco, but she did not fit into the system so after one year she returned to Sweden.
Musical career
Leila was discovered by the musical duo
During the first years of her career she had many
In 1995 Leila K was back on the music scene with the single "Electric". She kept releasing new music until 1997, but since then she has not released anything new.
In 1998, SVT made a documentary about Leila K's claim for stardom called Fuck You, Fuck You Very Much. The event focuses on an incident that happened during the 1996 Swedish Grammis awards. In 2000, she appeared on Daisy Dee's "Open Sesame" video, a cover of her own 1992 hit. This mentioned song is sampled on U96's single "Love Religion". Daisy Dee was the presenter of the show Viva Club Rotation at the time. In 2003, Swedish media reported[1] that Leila K was living on the streets, stealing food for herself. The record company decided to help her financially by releasing a compilation album titled Leila K's Greatest Tracks.
In 2005, the Swedish cartoonist
In May 2011, Leila K appeared for the first time in years as a featured guest on a new track called "Legendary", by artist
Discography
Studio albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWE | AUT | FIN | GER
|
NL | SWI
| |||||||||
| Rob'n'Raz feat Leila K |
|
14 | 27 | — | — | 81 | 30 | |||||||
| Carousel |
|
30 | 10 | — | 30 | 89 | 32 | |||||||
Manic Panic
|
|
17 | — | 4 | — | — | — | |||||||
| Leila K's Greatest Tracks |
|
40 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||||||||||||
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | sales thresholds )
|
Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWE [3] |
AUT [4] |
FIN
[5] |
GER
[6] |
IRE [7] |
NL [8] |
NOR [8] |
SWI [9] |
UK
[10] | ||||||
| 1989 | "Got to Get" | 10 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
|
Rob'n'Raz feat Leila K | ||
| 1990 | "Rok the Nation" | 3 | — | 3 | 21 | 21 | 16 | — | 13 | 41 |
| |||
| "Just Tell Me" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "It Feels So Right" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 1991 | "Time" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Singles only | |||
| "Magic Ball" | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 1992 | "Open Sesame" | 21 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 2 | — | 4 | 23 | Carousel | |||
| 1993 | " Ça Plane Pour Moi "
|
25 | 8 | 6 | 13 | — | 24 | — | 17 | 69 | ||||
| "Check the Dan" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Slow Motion" | 27 | 26 | 20 | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Close Your Eyes" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 1995 | "Electric" | 8 | — | 2 | 61 | — | — | — | — | — | Manic Panic | |||
| 1996 | "C'Mon Now" | 21 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Rude Boy" | 29 | — | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Blacklisted" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 1997 | "Party Police" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Single only | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||||||||||||
Featured on
- Dr. Alban feat. Leila K - Hello Afrika (1990)
- Elephant & Castle vs. Leila K – Burning Up (Madonna cover) (1999)[12]
- House of Wallenberg feat. Leila K - Legendary (2011)
- Håkan Hellström feat. Leila K - Ska flyga nu (2020)
See also
References
- ^ "Leila K: "Jag snattar min mat"". Expressen.se. Archived from the original on February 6, 2009. Retrieved June 20, 2008.
- ^ "Leila K tillbaka på scen efter missbruksproblemen – Nöje". Expressen.se. Archived from the original on June 17, 2007. Retrieved June 15, 2007.
- ^ "swedishcharts.com - Swedish Charts Portal". Swedishcharts.com. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
- ^ "Das österreichische Hitparaden- und Musik-Portal". Austriancharts.at. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
- ^ "finnishcharts.com - Finnish charts portal". Finnishcharts.com. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
- ^ "Home - Offizielle Deutsche Charts". Offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
- ^ "The Irish Charts". Irishcharts.ie. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
- ^ a b "Dutch Charts". Dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
- ^ "Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade". Hitparade.ch. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
- ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ IFPI (Sweden). Archived from the original(PDF) on May 19, 2012. Retrieved August 14, 2010.
- ^ "Elephant & Castle (2) vs. Leila K – Burning Up". Retrieved April 30, 2023.
External links
- Leila K Tribute Myspace
- Leila K on The Eurodance Encyclopædia
- Fuck You, Fuck You Very Much at IMDb
- Horreurs Musicales – – Horreurs Musicales Archived August 19, 2017, at the Wayback Machine
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