Lenka (singer)

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Lenka (2009)
Lenka (2009)
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Lenka
  DE 35 08/21/2009 (3 weeks)
  AT 30th 08/21/2009 (5 weeks)
  CH 48 08/02/2009 (9 weeks)
  UK 58 07/11/2009 (1 week)
  US 142 09/27/2008 (2 weeks)
Two
  CH 88 05/01/2011 (1 week)
  US 196 05/07/2011 (1 week)
Singles
The show
  DE 23 06/19/2009 (15 weeks)
  AT 13 07/24/2009 (19 weeks)
  CH 21st 06/28/2009 (19 weeks)
  UK 22nd 05/23/2009 (10 weeks)
Trouble is a friend
  DE 65 11/20/2009 (4 weeks)
Everything at Once
  DE 18th 
gold
gold
11/09/2012 (29 weeks)
  AT 24 December 21, 2012 (9 weeks)
  CH 53 01/27/2013 (4 weeks)
  UK 69 11/17/2012 (4 weeks)

Lenka Kripac (born March 19, 1978 in Bega , New South Wales ), stage name Lenka , is an Australian singer living in the USA .

Life

In 1978 Lenka Křipač was born in New South Wales to a Czechoslovak father and an Australian mother . When she was seven years old, the family moved to Sydney . Lenka went to school there and took acting lessons at the Australian Theater for Young People , including with Cate Blanchett . This training enabled her to make several appearances in theater, television ( Spellbinder - Caught in the Past ) and in independent films . Lenka is married to the artist James Gulliver Hancock and has had a son since March 2012. Her husband is also a partner in her artistic work. He works as the designer of their record covers and video appearances. She lives and commutes between Sydney, New York and Los Angeles .

Lenka Kripac played with the electro rock band Decoder Ring as a singer and keyboard player, with whom she recorded the album Somersault as the soundtrack for the film of the same name. In 2007 they separated after three years.

Kripac decided to pursue a solo career and moved to Los Angeles in 2007, where she was signed to the US label Epic Records ( Sony BMG ). In 2008 she released her solo debut album of the same name in the USA under her stage name Lenka , which was also released in Europe the following year. With the song The Show she had her first big hit in England and in German-speaking countries.

At the SWR3 New Pop Festival in September 2009, Lenka gave a concert in the Baden-Baden Theater . On the album Atemlos by Christopher von Deylens Projekt Schiller , Lenka lent her voice to two songs ( Addicted and Sunrise ).

In 2012, Lenka achieved her greatest success in Germany to date with her single Everything at Once from her second album Two . The song gained additional notoriety through a commercial by the software company Microsoft for the launch of Windows 8 .

In May 2015, Lenka released her fourth album The Bright Side and in October 2017 her fifth album Attune.

Discography

Albums

  • 2008: Lenka
  • 2011: Two
  • 2013: Shadows
  • 2015: The Bright Side
  • 2017: Attune

Singles

  • 2008: The Show
  • 2008: Trouble Is a Friend
  • 2008: Gravity Rides Everything
  • 2009: We Will Not Grow Old
  • 2009: Knock Knock
  • 2009: Don't Let Me Fall
  • 2010: Roll with the Punches
  • 2010: Sunrise (with Schiller , album breathless )
  • 2010: Addicted (with Schiller, album Atemlos )
  • 2011: Heart Skips a Beat
  • 2011: Everything at Once
  • 2011: Two
  • 2015: Blue Skies

With decoder ring:

  • 2004: Somersault
  • 2005: Fractions

Filmography

year title role
2005 The Alice Sally Fleming
2003 Lost Things - Beach of Lost Souls Emily
2001 Head start Lucy Swain
All saints Erin Shanahan
2000 The Dish Marie McIntyre
Murder call Lily Aureli
Above the law Dee Anne Williams
1998 Wildside Jasmine Yakabovich
1997 Medivac Nikki Kershaw
1995-1996 GP Vesna Kapek
1995-2005 Cheez TV as herself (moderator)
1995-1997 Spellbinder - Trapped in the Past Josie
1994 Home and Away Francine "Frankie" Brooks

swell

  1. ↑ a b Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
  2. ↑ Awards: DE
  3. ↑ itunes.apple.com Lenka. Biography. (English)
  4. ↑ Lenka's all grown up and married ( Memento of the original from May 11, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed November 27, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.asiaone.com
  5. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from October 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.lenkamusic.com
  6. ↑ Lenka Talks David Bowie, Stop-Motion, and the Sound of Her Heart (English) Interview on Flavorwire, accessed on November 27, 2012

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personal data
SURNAME Lenka
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kripac, Lenka
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian pop singer
DATE OF BIRTH March 19, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH New South Wales , Australia