Biography
Marie Fredriksson became famous for the soloist of the world-famous Swedish Roxette Group. For a 30-year-old musical career, the singer with a team released dozens of hits that loved listeners, and also entered the soundtracks to famous films. Melodic and rhythmic songs that Swede traditionally performed in English, became a classic of pop rock, which does not age over the years. In solo albums, Marie more often sang in Swedish.Childhood and youth
Gong-Marie Frederson was born in 1958 in a large family of Gosta Frederson and Ines Hoffert, where he became the fifth child. Her childhood was held in the village of Jungby, located in southern Sweden.
To feed a large family, the parents had to work a lot and often leave children without attention. Being granted to himself, Marie betrayed the dreams about the career of the singer. The girl first sang in front of the mirror, and then in front of his sisters and neighbors.
Marie every year more and more in loved in music. She listened to the classic of rock, sang, playing the guitar and piano and went to study at the Music Branch of the Friedham Folk School in the dallery. In the youth, Fredriksson participated in the productions of the student theater, but soon decided to focus on the career of the singer and left the scene.
Debut musical experiments took place on the scenes of the University Cities of Halmstad, where Marie found the first listeners and fans who fell in love with her penetrating soprano. Here they also paid attention to the producers who spoke about musical contracts.
However, the family of vocalist was not delighted with such prospects, fearing that instead of glory and money, the girl would earn only drug problems. Senior sisters supported the novice singer support, after which she decided to start a creative career.
Music
At first, Marie offered to act as a back-vocalist, but in 1984 she managed to write the debut solo album Het Vind, the single from which called the Swedish radio stations called Ännu Doftar Kärlek. However, the real success was waiting for Frederson in 1986, when she united with a long-time friend Hesle in a duet, which became known to the world as Roxette.Roxette group not only overnight conquered Sweden, but also became a star outside of its borders, including the United States, where in 1988 with the hit The Look headed the overseas hit parade. Two years later, IT MUST Have Been Love repeated this success and became hardly the most famous song performed by Marie, along with except Listen to Your Heart. The clip at the Heath of 1990 included frames from the movie "Beauty", in the soundtrack of which entered.
Despite the phenomenal success of the collective, the woman did not leave solo projects and became the most popular singer in his homeland. Fredriksson's discography has 10 solo albums and as much as Roxette.
Personal life
In the personal life of Marie was one main man - the musician Mikael Boich, whom she loved at first sight. The man made her an offer in a day after the meeting, they got married in 1994. The ceremony was held in the old church of the town of Estra Jungby, and only the closest people were present on it. Even the partner of Marie in Roxette Per Gessle was not among those invited, which made talk about the break in the group.
Two children were born in the family - the daughter of Ines Yusfin (1993) and the son of Oscar Mikael (1996), who later took up the music. About love for her husband and his standing support, a woman told in autobiography called "Love for Life".
In the book, Fredriksson shared the details of the disease, which in 2002 inflicted a powerful blow to the singer. The Marie diagnosed the brain tumor, and she had to survive the operation, exposure and a long course of rehabilitation.
The singer began problems with vision and memory, she could hardly walk. In this difficult period, Swedet took painting, where the entire unrealized creative potential was investing. In 2009, Fredriksson again went to the stage in a duet with Fege Hesle. She was able to speak again in big tours, although as a state of health it had to sing, sitting on a chair.
Death
Creativity symbolized for Marie life, therefore, even in severe illness, she sought to dialogue with the public. However, in 2016, the doctors insisted that the woman leaves concert speeches. From this year, Roxette officially ceased to exist, and Frederson continued to independently record songs in the home studio.December 9, 2019 Marie did not. She died at the age of 61 at home surrounded by loved ones. Brain cancer with subsequent complications caused death, shortly before which Swede lost the ability to see and walk. The woman insisted to farewell to her passed in a close family circle. On this day, thousands of publications in the "Instagram" with Hestegre #mariefredriksson and Fredriksson photos commemorated singer's memory.
Discography
- 1984 - Het Vind
- 1985 - Den Sjunde Vågen
- 1987 - Efter Stormen
- 1992 - Den Ständiga Resan
- 1996 - I en Tid Som Vår
- 2000 - Äntligen - Marie Fredrikssons Bästa 1984-2000
- 2004 - The Change
- 2006 - MIN BÄSTE VÄN
- 2007 - Tid För Tystnad
- 2013 - Nu!