Johanna Marie Mattsson, known professionally as Marie Lindberg, was born on May 3, 1975, in Askum parish in Bohuslän, and is a singer-songwriter and guitarist who also works as a schoolteacher. Her breakthrough moment came when she competed in the Swedish Melodifestivalen 2007 with her song "Trying to Recall", which she wrote and composed in May 1998. Performing "Trying to Recall" in Gothenburg on February 10, 2007, she was named as a finalist and went directly to the final from the second semifinal. The song placed fifth at the Melodifestivalen 2007 final, receiving 66 points from viewers' votes. Following her success in Melodifestivalen, her debut album Trying to Recall was released in the same year and reached Number 1 on Svensktoppen, the Swedish music charts. Later that year, she released the single titled Leona (Under Her Skin).
