Karin Anneli Catarina Pandora Magnusson, known professionally as Pandora, was born on January 20, 1970 in Sweden and is a singer. She learned to play the guitar at an early age and began performing on stage during her teenage years, playing acoustic versions of songs and singing rock covers with various bands. In 1993, Magnusson moved to Stockholm and signed with Virgin Records under the artist name Pandora. Her debut single "Trust Me" was released in October 1993 and became the best-selling local single of the year, going gold. Her debut studio album One of a Kind followed in November, achieving gold status in both Sweden and Finland. In February 1995, her second album Tell the World was released, selling over 1 million albums in Asia alone. Pandora's third album Changes was released in December 1996 under Universal Music. She toured through Scandinavia and Japan in 1997 and released "Spirit to Win" as the official track of the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. In 2003, Pandora competed in Melodifestivalen with the song "You", but it failed to make it past the heats. She later released her ninth studio album 9 Lives, which peaked at number 16 on the Swedish chart. In November 2007, she collaborated with United DJs for the album Celebration. Pandora's tenth studio album Head Up High was released in November 2011.
