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Birth name | Laila Natali Cahling |
Born | 15 December 1972 |
Origin | Lund, Sweden |
Genres | Pop, soul |
Occupation(s) | Songwriter, manager |
Years active | 1998 |
Labels | Motown |
Laila Natali Bagge Wahlgren (born 15 December 1972 in Lund), as Laila Natali Cahling, formerly Laila Bagge, is a Swedish singer, manager and songwriter.
Her mother is Swedish and her father is Palestinian.
She was signed to Motown Records in the 1990s, and released the top-40 hit "Here We Go Again" in 1998.
She worked for Sony BMG New York for three years as a talent scout. Laila also found the members and developed the girl group Play which she co-managed with Matthew Knowles. Play was signed to Sony BMG New York and the group sold nearly 1 million albums. Laila has written songs for Céline Dion, 98 Degrees, 702 and Mýa. In 2007 Laila started two new companies together with Anders Bagge (songwriter & producer) and Andreas Carlsson (songwriter): Meriola Media Group AB and Meriola Songs AB.
Wahlgren was an Idol 2008 judge together with Anders Bagge and Andreas Carlsson, and returned for the sixth season Idol 2009. The show began to air 8 September 2009 on TV4.
Laila also participated in the Let's Dance 2009 show on the Swedish television channel TV4. She finished in second place. In 2009 she also participated in the television program (English: I'm going to become a star) and flew with singer Zara Larsson to the United States, hoping to release her there.