Malene Mortensen

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Malene Mortensen (2014)

Malene Mortensen (born May 23, 1982 ) is a Danish singer .

life and career

Mortensen comes from a family of musicians ; her mother was the music teacher and drummer Karen Mortensen , her father the trumpeter Jens Winther : the pianist Carl Winther is her younger brother. In her youth she was influenced by Stevie Wonder and Nancy Wilson and sang in a choir .

Mortensen became famous as a candidate for the Danish casting show Stjerne for en aften , where she made it to the finals with her version of the Moloko hit Sing It Back . A year later she won the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix , the Danish pre-selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 in Tallinn . At the contest itself, she came in last with her pop song Tell Me Who You Are . The poor performance did not prevent her further career: Her debut album in the pop-jazz genre , Paradise , was released in 2003. Produced by Niels Lan Doky , Danish jazz greats Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen and Alex Riel were involved. On later albums they accompany Chris Potter , Mike Stern and Avishai Cohen . She is not only known in Denmark, but has also toured Germany , France , Spain and especially Thailand , where she has already been on concert tour four times. The album You Belong to Me was recorded and released here in 2016 . In 2013 she performed at the Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival .

Discography (selection)

  • 2003: Paradise
  • 2005: Date With a Dream
  • 2006: Malene
  • 2007: Desperado
  • 2007: ... To All of You
  • 2009: Agony & Ecstasy
  • 2012: You Go to My Head
  • 2015: Can't Help It
  • 2016: You Belong to Me

Web links

Commons : Malene Mortensen  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/Malene-Mortensen-You-Belong-To-Me/release/10715240
personal data
SURNAME Mortensen, Malene
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish singer
DATE OF BIRTH May 23, 1982