She started her solo career in 2003 , when she took part in Melodifestivalen 2003 with the song " Mr. Memory " . Finishing in 6th place in her semifinal , she lost the chance to qualify for the final . Her big breakthrough came in Melodifestivalen 2004 with the song " Min kärlek " ( My love ) composed by Ingela " Pling " Forsman . She came fourth in the last semifinal and went on to take second place at Andra Chansen , the " second chance " semifinal , thus qualifying for the final . There she was the first artist on stage , and ended 2nd , behind Lena Philipsson 's immensely popular winner , " Det gör ont " . " Min kärlek " won the National Finals Song Contest . A little later , in May 2004 , Shirley released her first studio album , '' Den långsamma blomman '' ( The Slow Flower )
Melodifestivalen 2004
Melodifestivalen 2004
Shirley Clamp