Miss Papaya, also known as simply Papaya, is a Danish eurodance musician specializing in the Bubblegum Dance genre. Several of her songs, including “Operator”, “Hero”, and “Pink Dinosaur”, have appeared in the wildly popular Dance Dance Revolution video games.

Linnéa Handberg, aka Miss Papaya, was born in Copenhagen, Denmark on October 22, and raised in the UK. She is currently living in Copenhagen.

Linnéa has always been interested in music, ever since she was young.


It was no surprise then when, in the early 1990s, she began her career as a recording artist, signing up with record labels Maverick, Warner and Scandinavian Records. In 1997, when famous bubblegum group Aqua was influencing musicians with their widely popular happy dance style, Linnéa decided to create a a bubblegum dance project, and sing music in the same happy style. Linnéa, joining forces with producers “Honeycutt”, called her project “Miss Papaya” after the sweet and exotic tropical fruit.

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