Carola Maria Häggkvist, better known as simply Carola, is a Swedish singer-songwriter. She has been among Sweden's most popular performers since the early 1980s, and has released albums ranging from pop and disco to hymns and folk music. Her debut album, Främling, sold around one million copies and remains the biggest-selling album in Swedish music history. She has also worked as a songwriter. Carola participated in the 2013 grand final interval act in Malmo performing the English version of her 1991 winner, with a wind machine blowing her off the stage mid-song.