Biography of Lene Marlin
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Biography of Lene Marlin
Biography
Lene has always loved music. Her parents saw she was very musical, so
when she turned 15 they gave her a guitar for Christmas. She really
wanted to play this guitar so she took a few lessons, and started
writing and composing songs. In front of her friends and her
brother Rune she started to perform her songs and they really enjoyed
her music...
On a day in 1997 when she was on vacation, her friends called a local
radio station (NRK Troms?. They told nothing about it to Lene. So Lene
was very surprised to her what her friends had done for her, and
they convinced her to record some songs in the studio. Later, when she
again recorded a few numbers, her dad supposed to pick her up at the
radio-station, but her dad couldn't, so she took the bus.
In this bus a reporter recognized her and heard her songs. She spoke
about ten minutes with him, and he told her that he wanted to send a
tape of her to Virgin Records. He only needed her permission, so she
said yes, and a few days later she was invited by Virgin to come
and record a few numbers. The first song she released was "Unforgivable
Sinner". The Norwegian people really liked this songs, because it
became a huge hit. It was number one for 8 weeks.
It also was the fastest selling single in Norway. After this great hit,
she released her debut album "Playing my game". This album has already
sold more then a milion copies.
Her succes is becomming even bigger, because she released two singles
in the UK. Sitting Down Here and Unforgivable Sinner. Sitting Down Here
already made it to the top 10 charts.
**Facts:**
_full name:_ | Lene Marlin Pedersen
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day of birth: | August 17th, 1980
place of birth: | Stordalstrand, small village near Troms?/td>
favorite artists: | Alanis Morisette, U2, Verve and Radio Head
favorite movie: | Face Off
favorite actor: | Tom Hanks