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Laufey (singer)

Laufey Lín Bing Jónsdóttir (Icelandic: [ˈlœyːvei ˈliːn ˈjounsˌtouhtɪr̥]; Chinese: 林冰; pinyin: Lín Bīng; born 23 April 1999), known mononymously as Laufey (/ˈleɪveɪ/ LAY-vay), is an Icelandic singer-songwriter and record producer. She achieved prominence in the early 2020s for her success as a jazz-inspired pop artist, with critics noting that her jazz-inflected songs have received considerable success for a genre that has largely declined commercially.

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a family name, but this person is referred to by the given name Laufey.

Laufey

Laufey Lín Bing Jónsdóttir / 林冰[1][2]

(1999-04-23) 23 April 1999
Reykjavík, Iceland

  • Singer-songwriter
  • record producer

  • Vocals
  • piano
  • guitar
  • cello

2020–present

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Having performed as a cello soloist with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra at age 15, Laufey was a finalist in the 2014 edition of Ísland Got Talent (Iceland's Got Talent), and a semi-finalist on The Voice Iceland the following year. She released her debut EP, Typical of Me (2021), and graduated from the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Her debut album, Everything I Know About Love (2022), charted in Iceland and the United States. Its follow-up, Bewitched (2023), won Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards (2024) and its single "From the Start" found moderate chart success in Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

Early life and education[edit]

Laufey Lín Bing Jónsdóttir was born on 23 April 1999 in Reykjavík, Iceland's capital. Her father is Icelandic and her mother is Chinese,[3] hailing from Guangzhou.[4] Her mother is a classical violinist and her grandfather, Lin Yaoji, was a violin educator at the Central Conservatory of Music in China, which Laufey credits as partly inspiring her love of music.[5][6] She has an identical twin sister named Júnía Lín Jónsdóttir, who is a violinist and serves as her creative director.[7][8] She lived in Washington, D.C., for two years and then moved back to Reykjavík in 2008, where she studied at the Álftamýrarskóli.[9] Laufey started learning the piano at the age of four and the cello at the age of eight. She graduated from the Reykjavík College of Music, where she also studied singing, in 2018.[10] She spent her childhood moving between Reykjavík and Washington, D.C., as well as visiting Beijing.[11]


At age 15, Laufey performed as a cello soloist with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra.[12] While in Iceland, Laufey participated in the 2014 edition of Ísland Got Talent—the Icelandic version of Got Talent—where she ended as a finalist. The following year she also appeared as a contestant on The Voice Iceland and reached the semi-finals. At the time, she was the youngest competitor in the series' history.[13]


Laufey graduated with a presidential scholarship from the Berklee College of Music in 2021. As of October 2023, she resides in Los Angeles.[4][14]

Laufey discography

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