Lady Linn
Background information
Birth nameLien De Greef
Born (1981-09-14) September 14, 1981
Sint-Amandsberg, Belgium
GenresJazz, pop, soul
Occupation(s)Singer, composer
Websitewww.ladylinn.be

Lady Linn (born 14 September 1981, in Sint-Amandsberg) is the artist name of the Belgian singer Lien De Greef. She does live performances with her group Lady Linn And Her Magnificent Seven. The band brings a mix of jazz, pop and soul.[1]

Biography

De Greef grew up in the East-Flemish town of Serskamp, a part of the community Wichelen and now lives in Ghent, where she also teaches at the Music Academy and the Institute for Music and Dance (MUDA). She studied jazz and light music at the Conservatory of Ghent. After she graduated in 2004, she became the lead singer of Bolchi, a pop group in Ghent led by Jeroen De Pessemier and which currently does live acts with Foxylane and The Subs. Apart from that, she is also the singer of the hip hop band Skeemz.[1] She can also be heard as backing vocal at the CD Over & weer (2008) by Eva De Roovere and the CD Humanoid and single Call on me (both 1999) from Marjan Debaene. She also took care of the singing parts for DJ Red D because of which she could be seen often in Belgian and international house scene. A last project in which Lien participates is "Howie and Linn".[2]

But, because of her affection for jazz in 2004 she let herself surround with seven musicians, and during two years she toured with covers of jazz and swing songs from the 1930s and 1940s. From 2006 on they also started bringing own songs, which resulted in the CD 'Here we go Again' in February 2008. This CD is filled with tracks by De Greef herself, except for one title. With this CD and the corresponding singles they broke through in Flanders and they scored several hits like 'A Love Affair' and 'That's Allright'. In April 2009 they obtained gold with 15,000 sold copies[3] and shortly after even platinum.[4] That period she also stood on the Hotlist of Studio Brussel with her cover of "I Don't Wanna Dance" by Eddy Grant.

On 6 February 2009 De Greef won one of the 2008 Music Industry Awards (MIA), namely that in the category of best female artist ahead of Natalia, Sandrine and Kate Ryan.[5] She was also nominated in the category "breakthrough of the year", and she immediately went home with the main prize. Later in that year, on 8 August, she received the Radio 2 Summer Hit-trophy in Westende.

On 8 January 2010 Lady Linn and Her Magnificent Seven won the MIA for best pop artist and that of best female solo artist.[6] In 2012, their album No Goodbye at all became their second album to reach the golden status.[7]

Discography

[8]

Album(s) with hits in
the Flemish Ultratop 50		 Date of
appearance		 Date of
entrance		 Highest
position		 Number
of weeks		 Remarks
Here we go again11 February 200816 February 20082106Platinum
No goodbye at all29 April 20117 May 2011320Gold
High20148 February 2014142*
Keep It a Secret15 April 201623 April 201615-
Black Swan9 November 201817 November 201829-
Single(s) with hits in
the Flemish Ultratop 50		 Date of
appearance		 Date of
entrance		 Highest
position		 Number
of weeks		 Remarks
A love affair200815 November 2008tip11-
I don't wanna dance200921 March 2009425Nr. 1 in the Radio 2 Top 30
Cool down200911 July 2009tip7-
Here we go again19 October 200931 October 2009tip8-
Cry baby28 February 201112 March 2011tip8-
Little bird16 May 20114 June 2011tip14-
Over17 October 20115 November 2011tip29-
Everlasting31 May 20196 July 2019tip46-

References

  1. 1 2 "Lady Linn". De Standaard (in Dutch). 9 February 2008. Retrieved 13 February 2009.
  2. ↑ "Gezocht: figuranten voor Howie & Linn" (in Dutch). Studio Brussel. 14 January 2010.
  3. ↑ "The magnificent Lady Linn and her band of seven". Dagblad de Limburger (in Dutch). 29 August 2009.
  4. ↑ "Lady Linn and her Magnificent Seven" (in Dutch). muziekcentrum.be. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  5. ↑ "Milow pakt vijf MIA's, dEUS twee". Gazet van Antwerpen (in Dutch). 6 February 2009. Retrieved 13 February 2009.
  6. ↑ "Daan, Absynthe Minded en Lady Linn kapen de prijzen weg op de MIA's" (in Dutch). muziekcentrum.be. 8 January 2010.
  7. ↑ "Goud voor Lady Linn & her Magnificent Seven: No Goodbye at all" (in Dutch). muziekcentrum.be. 17 February 2012.
  8. ↑ "Ultratop Belgian charts" (in Dutch). Ultratop.
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