Gun-Marie Fredriksson, known as (born 30 May 1958) is a
Swedish pop singer-songwriter and
pianist, best known for forming one half of the pop rock duo
Roxette, which she created together with
Per Gessle in 1986. She and Gessle achieved international success from the late 1980s to the early 1990s with a total of six top 10 US hit songs such as "
It Must Have Been Love", "
Listen to Your Heart", "
The Look", "
Joyride" and "
Dangerous". In 2002 after fainting at home she was diagnosed with cancer of the brain. During her rehabilitation she continued to make music, resulting in the album
The Change. She later reunited with Gessle to record more Roxette albums and embarked on worldwide tours.