Miisa

{{Short description|Finnish Eurodance artist}}

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Miisa-Leena Päällysaho (19 February 1970 – 7 July 2016),{{cite web|url=https://www.is.fi/viihde/art-2000001221525.html|title=90-luvun suosikkilaulaja Miisa on kuollut|publisher=Ilta-Sanomat|date=17 July 2016|language=fi|access-date=17 July 2016}} better known as Miisa, was a Finnish Eurodance artist who released two albums in the 1990s.

Her first single was released in Finland in 1991 and in the mid-1990s Miisa was trying to break into the US markets. Her biggest hit was the single Set Me Free, reaching #9 on the Billboard compiled Dance Club Songs chart in March 1996.[http://www.billboard.com/artist/311129/miisa/chart Miisa – Chart history] Billboard. Retrieved 17 July 2016. The song All or Nothing (1994) was included on the soundtrack to the 1999 comedy But I'm a Cheerleader.[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0179116/soundtrack But I'm a Cheerleader (1999) Soundtracks], imdb.com; retrieved 17 July 2016.

It was later revealed that Miisa did not actually sing on her records, but the real vocalist was the Swedish singer Karin Strömfelt.{{cite web|url=https://svenska.yle.fi/artikel/2012/01/06/finsk-90-talsstjarna-dok-plotsligt-upp-i-voice-sverige|title=Finsk 90-talsstjärna dök plötsligt upp i Voice Sverige|publisher=Yle X3M|date=6 January 2012|language=sv|accessdate=17 July 2016}} After her music career, Miisa worked as a make-up artist. She died of cancer on 7 July 2016, aged 46.