Lene Marlin

Lene Marlin (2009)

Lene Marlin (real: Lene Marlin Pedersen ) (born August 17, 1980 in Tromsø ) is a Norwegian songwriter and pop singer.

Youth and first success

Lene was given her first guitar at the age of 15. The autodidact first played songs she had written herself for her friends and family. In the summer of 1997 the largest radio station in Norway, NRK , received a cassette with Lene's pieces and invited her to make a recording. This recording helped her to her first record deal with Virgin .

During her high school graduation, she recorded her debut album Playing My Game . The first single from it, Unforgivable Sinner , became a hit in their home country and stayed at the top of the charts for two months. The next single, Sitting Down Here , was equally successful. The release of the album Playing My Game was sold 1.8 million times worldwide and reached platinum in several European countries .

Her simple style, personal lyrics and memorable melodies led to the success of the artist, who now lives in Oslo . She was named best Scandinavian artist at the 1999 MTV Europe Music Awards . A break followed, during which she withdrew from the public.

In August 2008 she announced that she was dating the actor Kåre Conradi .

The following albums

After a break of almost five years, she finally made a remarkable comeback in 2003 with the album Another Day . The first single, You Weren't There , jumped to number 1 in numerous countries, including Norway, in the first week. However, with 600,000 CDs sold worldwide, the commercial success was not as overwhelming as on their debut album.

The third album Lost In A Moment with the single How Would It Be was released in 2005. From a commercial point of view, the work lagged behind its two predecessors. In her home country of Norway she did not reach first place for the first time, but only fourth place. However, Marlin achieved solid placements in the Swiss and Italian charts.

A year later she recorded the song Avalon with the Swiss band Lovebugs . The song made it into the charts in Switzerland and Norway. After that it became quiet about the artist. The fact that she co-wrote the theme song for Rihanna's album Good Girl Gone Bad in 2007 caused little stir . She also sang a duet ( All gone ) with the band Marquess on their album ¡Ya! .

Almost four years after Lost In A Moment , Marlin's fourth studio album, Twist The Truth , was released in Norway at the end of March 2009 , and the LP was released in Germany in mid-August of that year. The first single Here We Are reached number 6 in the Norwegian singles charts and became the most played song by a Norwegian artist on local radio stations. You Could Have was released as a download single in June 2009. In the following years Marlin devoted himself again to writing songs for other artists. This work resulted in the duet Worth It with Aleksander With , which reached third place in the Norwegian charts.

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	NO
1999	Playing my game	DE76 (6 weeks) DE	-	CH45 gold (24 weeks)CH	UK18th platinum (45 weeks)UK	NO1 × 3 Triple platinum (35 weeks)NO	First published: April 27, 1999
2003	Another day	DE59 (3 weeks) DE	-	CH32 (7 weeks) CH	UK93 (1 week) UK	NO1 (14 weeks) NO	First published: September 24, 2003
2005	Lost in a moment	DE94 (1 week) DE	-	CH33 (6 weeks) CH	-	NO4 (7 weeks) NO	First published: June 13, 2005
2009	Twist the truth	-	-	CH67 (1 week) CH	-	NO3 (9 weeks) NO	First published: March 30, 2009

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	NO
2013	Here We Are - Historier så langt	-	-	-	-	NO15 (4 weeks) NO	First published: 2013

Singles

Chart placements

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	NO
1998	Unforgivable Sinner Playing My Game	DE78 (9 weeks) DE	-	-	UK13 (9 weeks) UK	NO1 platinum (18 weeks)NO	First published: October 12, 1998
1999	Sitting Down Here Playing My Game	DE57 (18 weeks) DE	AT38 (3 weeks) AT	-	UK5 silver (16 weeks)UK	NO2 gold (7 weeks)NO	First published: June 28, 1999
2000	Where I'm Headed Playing My Game	-	-	CH28 (18 weeks) CH	UK31 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: 1999
2003	You Weren't There Another Day	-	-	CH74 (6 weeks) CH	UK59 (1 week) UK	NO1 (11 weeks) NO	First published: September 5, 2003
2005	How Would It Be Lost in a Moment	DE95 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	NO11 (3 weeks) NO	First published: August 22, 2005
2009	Here We Are Twist The Truth	-	-	-	-	NO6 (5 weeks) NO	First published: 2009
2013	Is It True	-	-	-	-	NO18 (1 week) NO	First published: 2013
	Kanskje you behøver noen	-	-	-	-	NO18 (1 week) NO	First published: 2013

Further single releases

• 2003: Another Day
• 2003: Sorry (only in Italy)
• 2005: What If
• 2006: Still here (only in Asia)
• 2009: You Could Have

Chart placements as a guest musician

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	NO
2006	Avalon In Every Waking Moment	-	-	CH10 (38 weeks) CH	-	NO13 (1 week) NO	First published: September 8, 2006 ( Lovebugs feat. Lene Marlin)
2009	Worth It	-	-	-	-	NO3 gold (6 weeks)NO	First release: 2009 (Aleksander Denstad With feat. Lene Marlin)
2013	Engler i sneen	-	-	-	-	NO7 (2 weeks) NO	First publication: 2013 ( Kurt Nilsen og Lene Marlin)

Awards for music sales

Golden record  France 2000: for the single Where I'm Headed  Sweden 1999: for the single Unforgivable Sinner 1999: for the album Playing My Game

Platinum record  France 2001: for the album Playing My Game

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
France (SNEP)	-	gold1	platinum1	550,000	snepmusique.com
Norway (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	4 × platinum4th	140,000	ifpi.no
Sweden (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	-	55,000	sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	25,000	hitparade.ch
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver1	-	platinum1	500,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	silver1	6 × gold6th	6 × platinum6th

Artist awards

• 1999 Karoline prizes
• 1999 MTV Europe Music Awards : Best Nordic Act (best Scandinavian artist)
• 1999 Spellemannprisen : Best Song ("Unforgivable Sinner")
• 1999 Hit Award: Best International Female Artist , Best Norwegian Female Artist , Best Norwegian Artist and Hit of the year ("Unforgivable Sinner")
• 2000 Spellemann Prizes: Best Artist of the Year , New Artist of the Year , Pop Artist of the Year and Best Song of the Year ("Where I'm Headed")

Web links

Commons : Lene Marlin  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Lene Marlin on Myspace
• Lene Marlin at laut.de
• Biography at musik-base.de
• Discography on hitparade.ch
• CD review

Individual evidence

1. ↑ CatherineE Gonsholt Ighanian: Lene Marlin krefter romanse. In: Verdens Gang . August 17, 2008, accessed on December 3, 2019 (Norwegian): “Etter ett års Taushet krefter Lene Marlin at hun og Kåre Conradi er samboere. (After a year of silence, Lene Marlin confirms that she and Kåre Conradi live together.) " 
2. ↑ Chart history on norwegiancharts.com, accessed on April 19, 2012.
3. ↑ ^{a b c d} Chart sources: DE AT UK NO