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=== {{anchor|1989–1993: Career beginnings}}1989–1993: Early career === Robyn voiced the character of [[Miranda (The Tempest)|Miranda]] in the 1989 Swedish-Norwegian [[animated film]] ''[[The Journey to Melonia]]''. Directed by [[Per Åhlin]], the film is loosely based on [[William Shakespeare]]'s ''[[The Tempest]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/resan-till-melonia-the-journey-to-melonia/ | title=Resan till Melonia (The Journey to Melonia) (1989) | publisher=Fandango | access-date=15 July 2016}}</ref> Robyn recorded ''"Du kan alltid bli nummer ett"'' ("You Can Always be Number One"), the theme song for the Swedish television show ''Lilla Sportspegeln'', in 1991 at age 12.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/musik/rockbjornen/article19023372.ab |title=Robyn flydde till Norge och gjorde nya skivan|work=Aftonbladet |date= 9 June 2014|access-date=2 July 2016 | language = sv|trans-title=Robyn flew to Norway and made a new album}}</ref> Robyn performed her first original song{{Which|date=March 2011}} at that age on another television show, ''[[Söndagsöppet]]'' (''Sundays''). She was discovered by Swedish pop singer [[Meja]] in the early 1990s when Meja and her band, [[Legacy of Sound (Swedish group)|Legacy of Sound]], visited Robyn's school as part of a musical workshop. Impressed by Robyn's performance, Meja contacted her management and a meeting was arranged with Robyn and her parents. At age 14, after completing middle school education in 1993, Robyn signed with Ricochet Records Sweden<ref name=July97Billboard>{{cite magazine |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=qA4EAAAAMBAJ&q=billboard+july+19+1997+robyn&pg=PA22 |title= Hit Singles Catapult Colvyn, Robyn|first= Chuck|last= Taylor|magazine= Billboard|date= 19 July 1997|access-date=2 July 2016}}</ref> (which was acquired by [[Bertelsmann Music Group|BMG]] in 1994).<ref name=Nov97Billboard>{{cite magazine |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=7QkEAAAAMBAJ&q=robyn+signs+RCA+1994&pg=PA103 |title= RCA Looks Beyond Top 40 Base for Sweden's Robyn|first= Carrie|last= bell|magazine= Billboard|date= 8 November 1997|access-date=2 July 2016}}</ref> Robyn collaborated with producers [[Max Martin]] and [[Denniz Pop]], who gave the singer a gritty (but popular) sound.
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