Robyn's Real Name: Robin Miriam Carlsson

Quick answer: The Swedish singer is known professionally as Robyn. The Encyclopedia of Popular Music, published by Oxford University Press, AllMusic, and the Recording Academy independently give the name Robin Miriam Carlsson and date her birth to June 12, 1979, in Stockholm, Sweden.

Real name and early life

Independent publishers support the documented name Robin Miriam Carlsson. The Encyclopedia of Popular Music entry, by Colin Larkin, gives that name and the date June 12, 1979, in Stockholm, and says she first performed as a member of a travelling theatre group founded by her parents, began writing songs at 11 after her parents' divorce, and was still at school when she launched a music career and signed with BMG Sweden. AllMusic independently lists her as also known as Robin Miriam Carlsson and dates the birth to June 12, 1979, in Stockholm. The Recording Academy artist biography independently gives the same name, date, and city. Store norske leksikon, a Norwegian reference work last updated July 10, 2026, independently gives Robin Miriam Carlsson and June 12, 1979, in Stockholm.

Career highlights

AllMusic says her 1995 debut album, Robyn Is Here, featured work by the producer Max Martin, and that after later label conflicts she formed her own label, Konichiwa Records, and released the 2005 album Robyn, which brought Swedish Grammis awards and Grammy nominations in the United States. The same account says the later Body Talk series of mini-albums launched two of her best-known singles, "Dancing On My Own" and "Call Your Girlfriend." The Recording Academy independently says "Do You Know (What It Takes)" and "Show Me Love," from Robyn Is Here, both reached No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1997, that the debut album topped Billboard's Heatseekers Albums chart, and that she received Grammy nominations including Best Electronic/Dance Album for Robyn and Best Dance Recording for "Dancing On My Own" and "Call Your Girlfriend." Store norske leksikon independently dates the international breakthrough to those 1997 singles, names the 2010 Body Talk trilogy, and lists later albums including Honey (2018) and Sexistential (2026). The same entry also names "With Every Heartbeat," a 2007 duet with Kleerup that it says reached No. 1 in Britain, and a 2014 mini-album with Röyksopp, Do It Again.

Name notes for searchers

People looking up Robyn or Robin Miriam Carlsson are looking for the same Swedish singer. The Encyclopedia of Popular Music, AllMusic, and the Recording Academy support the name used in the title.