Damian Lynn

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Damian Lynn at the 2017 Blacksheep Festival
Damian Lynn at the 2017 Blacksheep Festival
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Count to ten
  CH 12 07/05/2015 (6 weeks)
Truth be told
  CH 11 04/09/2017 (3 weeks)
Singles
When We Do It
  CH 38 01/22/2017 (15 weeks)
Feel the heat
  CH 45 07/01/2018 (4 weeks)
Damian Lynn at the 2017 Blacksheep Festival

Damian Lynn (born June 30, 1991 ; actually: Damian Lingg ) is a Swiss pop musician ( singer-songwriter ).

biography

Damian Lynn comes from Kriens- Obernau. After completing his bachelor's degree, he interrupted his training as a secondary school teacher in favor of his musical career. Founded with the end of 2008 band Sway89 won Lynn (then as Damian Lingg) 2009 the central Swiss talent contest for young bands spring . The band brought out the singles Keep On Rocking , The End of the World and From Hero to Zero on Foolrecords in 2011 with him as front singer . The band existed until 2013 and then re- founded as Nordwest . Lynn left the band in autumn 2012, started a solo career and released his debut album Count to Ten in 2015. In 2016 he won a Swiss Music Award in the “Best Talent” category.

His second CD, Truth Be Told , was released in March 2017 , on which he played all the instruments himself except for the bass. According to a review by the Aargauer Zeitung , Lynn is “more mature and musically multifaceted” on this CD. His song When We Do It ran over 1300 times on all Swiss radio stations in March 2017, making it one of the most played songs of all and by far the most played song by a Swiss artist.

From November 4 to November 7, 2019, Lynn played in the opening act for the German singer-songwriter Madeline Juno . During their Was geht tour he played four concerts in Freiburg im Breisgau , Munich , Cologne and Stuttgart . He presented the titles Clock and Winter , among others .

Lynn's friend Nadja Purtschert is a former professional snowboarder and Olympic participant.

Discography

Albums

  • 2015: Count to Ten (Phonag)
  • 2017: Truth Be Told (Phonag)

Singles

  • 2015: Memories
  • 2017: When We Do It
  • 2018: Feel the Heat

Honourings and prices

  • 2009: Spring spring talent competition in Central Switzerland with the band Sway 89
  • 2016: Swiss Music Award in the "Best Talent" category

Web links

Commons : Damian Lynn  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Chart discography Switzerland
  2. ↑ Sway89 - Keep On Rocking on swisscharts.com
  3. ↑ a b Damian Lynn: “In between you will probably grow up”. In: Aargauer Zeitung, April 7, 2017
  4. ↑ Vaddi Concerts GmbH: Madeline Juno • Freiburg • Jazz House. facebook.com, November 4, 2019, accessed November 10, 2019 .
  5. ^ Damian Lynn live in Stuttgart. rollingstone.de, November 6, 2019, accessed November 10, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Kriens singer Damian Lynn in the fast lane. In: Luzerner Zeitung, April 2, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Lynn, Damian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lingg, Damian (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss musician
DATE OF BIRTH June 30, 1991