Huge 90s singer looks unrecognisable 27 years after smash hit Lovefool and cancer battle
HUGE 90s singer Nina Persson looks unrecognisable 27 years after her band's smash hit, Lovefool.
Nina, 49, shot to fame as one-fifth of Swedish rock group The Cardigans in 1992, but has taken her career solo in more recent years.
As the troupe's lead, she fronted six albums, two of which shot to number one in their home country.
Their biggest single, Lovefool, was originally released in 1996 but only enjoyed major international success when it was re-issued the following year.
The track reached number two in the UK, as well as number one in New Zealand and three in Canada.
The Cardigans went on hiatus between 2006 and 2012, but Nina kept herself busy with her second album, Colonia, which she dropped in 2009 under the alias A Camp.
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She'd already released released her first LP, also called A Camp, in 2001 but chose to use her real name for 2014's Animal Heart.
But 2009 was a difficult year for Nina as she was diagnosed with cervical cancer and underwent surgical treatment at this time.
Thankfully, she's now fully recovered and shared an unrecognisable photo of herself during a recent trip to Tokyo.
Surprisingly, the Örebro-native didn't want to be a musician growing up, saying in an interview she "it wasn't the dream".
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She admitted, "I loved music and I enjoyed it. But I thought I was going to do different things and then suddenly I was 10 years into my career.
“That’s where I was. I think I was just a little dumbstruck the whole time and too tired to object.”
The Cardigans also comprises of Lars-Olof Johansson, Bengt Lagerberg, Magnus Sveningsson and Peter Svensson. They continue to tour sporadically but have ruled out producing new music.
