Can Swedish pop sensation Robyn conquer North America?
What happened Twenty-eight-year-old Swedish pop singer Robyn—whose hits in the ’90s were produced by the team that helped launch the career of Britney Spears—released a self-titled album in North America on April 29th, which is being praised by many critics as a highly innovative batch of songs and a brave departure from the work of her teenage years. The album has gained Robyn a large following in Europe since coming out there in 2005, but some critics doubt that she can make it big on this side of the Atlantic. What the commentators said “If there were any justice,” said Chris Willman in Entertainment Weekly, “the divas who’ve been trading off the No. 1 slot—Mariah, Madonna, and newcomer Leona Lewis—would also be slugging it out with a platinum-blond dark horse from Scandinavia.” Robyn’s latest album is incredible. “Not since Pink’s M!ssundaztood has an easily dismissed young thrush made so unexpected a leap to career artist.” Well, she’s “arriving in North America amidst a nest of c
