Lady Linn

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Lady Linn
Background information
Birth nameLien De Greef
Born (1981-04-27) April 27, 1981 (age 43)
Sint-Amandsberg, Belgium
GenresJazz, pop, soul
Occupation(s)Singer, composer
Websitewww.ladylinn.be

Lady Linn (born 27 april 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[edit]

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[edit]

[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 again 11 February 2008 16 February 2008 2 106 Platinum
No goodbye at all 29 April 2011 7 May 2011 3 20 Gold
High 2014 8 February 2014 14 2*
Keep It a Secret 15 April 2016 23 April 2016 15 -
Black Swan 9 November 2018 17 November 2018 29 -
Single(s) with hits in
the Flemish Ultratop 50 		Date of
appearance 		Date of
entrance 		Highest
position 		Number
of weeks 		Remarks
A love affair 2008 15 November 2008 tip11 -
I don't wanna dance 2009 21 March 2009 4 25 Nr. 1 in the Radio 2 Top 30
Cool down 2009 11 July 2009 tip7 -
Here we go again 19 October 2009 31 October 2009 tip8 -
Cry baby 28 February 2011 12 March 2011 tip8 -
Little bird 16 May 2011 4 June 2011 tip14 -
Over 17 October 2011 5 November 2011 tip29 -
Everlasting 31 May 2019 6 July 2019 tip46 -

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "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. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014.
  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.

External links[edit]

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