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Linnea Dale (born 22 April 1991) is a Norwegian singer.

Early life

Linnea Dale was born in Tinn, Telemark, Norway. She attended the high school Skien videregående skole.[1]

Idol

She was a contestant on the fifth season of the Norwegian Idol series in 2007, finishing in seventh place. She performed "What Do I Know About Love", a song written by herself, in the semi-finals on 10 October. She has qualified for the Norwegian final.

Musical career

In 2009, Dale collaborated with the Drammen band Donkeyboy on their debut album Caught in a Life, providing guest vocals on the songs "Ambitions", "Sometimes", and "Awake". "Ambitions" debuted on the Norwegian singles chart at number seven on 6 April 2009,[2] and reached the number one spot on 29 June, after 13 weeks on the charts. She also recorded the song "Anything Goes (and Everything's Alright)" with Magnus Sinnes.

Her first EP, Children Of The Sun, was released 27 January 2012 on Warner Music. Her first solo album, Lemoyne Street, was released in April 2012, with help from producer Øystein Greni and Nikolai Eilertsen from Bigbang.

Dale competed in Melodi Grand Prix 2014, the Norwegian competition to find their representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014. She competed with her song "High Hopes" and came second in the gold final.

Her album Good Goodbyes was released on 9 May 2014. Pal Waaktaar, from a-ha, co-wrote and produced three songs.

In 2019 she collaborated with the Norwegian pop band Minor Majority on their album Napkin Poetry, providing guest vocals on the song "Another Year".

Discography

Studio albums

Title Details Peak chart positions
NOR
[3]
Lemoyne Street 19
Good Goodbyes
  • Released: 7 April 2014[5]
  • Label: Warner Music Norway AS
  • Formats: Physical, digital download, streaming
 —
Wait for the Morning
  • Released: 9 November 2018[6]
  • Label: Aftertouch
  • Formats: Physical, digital download, streaming
 —
15 Love
  • Released: 21 October 2022[7]
  • Label: Aftertouch
  • Formats: Physical, digital download, streaming
 —
"—" denotes an album that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Extended plays

Title Details
Children of the Sun
  • Released: 20 January 2012[8]
  • Label: Warner Music Norway
  • Formats: Physical, digital download, streaming
Pets
(with Of Norway)
  • Released: 24 May 2019[9]
  • Label: Beatservice
  • Formats: Physical, digital download, streaming
Petit Pets
(with Of Norway)
  • Released: 8 January 2021[10]
  • Label: Beatservice
  • Formats: Physical, digital download, streaming

Singles

As lead artist

Title Year Album or EP
"And Then the Sun Comes Up" 2012 Lemoyne Street
"High Hopes" 2014 Good Goodbyes
"Out of Heaven" 2020 15 Love
"Deep in a Dream" 2022
"Too Close Too Fast"

As featured artist

Title Year Album or EP
"Spirit Lights"
(Of Norway featuring Linnea Dale) 		2014 Accretion
"Favourite Mistake"
(Of Norway featuring Linnea Dale) 		2017 The Loneliest Man in Space
"Another Year"
(Minor Majority featuring Linnea Dale) 		2018 Napkin Poetry
"Hole in the Sky"
(Shining featuring Linnea Dale) 		Animal
"Think You Should"
(Donkeyboy featuring Linnea Dale) 		2019 Non-album single
"Baby, Let's Break Our Hearts"
(Auden Prey featuring Linnea Dale) 		2020 The Game
"Bare noen dager til"
(Atle Pettersen featuring Linnea Dale) 		Tusen julelys

Other appearances

Hver gang vi møtes (Season 9)

Title Year Album or EP
"Dagane" 2020 Odd Nordstogas dag
"Som ein båt på land" Aslag Haugens dag
"Time Machine" Chris Holstens dag
"All for Love" Morgan Suleles dag
"Flyge fra" Frida Ånneviks dag
"Det er ingen hverdag mer" Tuva Syvertsens dag
"Om du reisten din veg"
(with Odd Nordstoga) 		Siste dagen
"13 humler"

References

  1. ^ Drugg, Eva Susanne; Westhrin, Veronica (2009-06-17). "Hun synger sommerlåta" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2009-11-03.
  2. ^ "DonkeyBoy debuterer på VG-lista". Drammens Tidende (in Norwegian). 2009-04-09. Archived from the original on 2012-07-12. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
  3. ^ "Linnea Dale". VG-lista. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Lemoyne Street - Album by Linnea Dale". Spotify. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Good Goodbyes - Album by Linnea Dale". Spotify. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Wait for the Morning - Album by Linnea Dale". Spotify. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  7. ^ "15 LOVE - Album by Linnea Dale". Spotify. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  8. ^ "Children of the Sun EP - EP by Linnea Dale". Spotify. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  9. ^ "Pets - EP by Of Norway". Spotify. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  10. ^ "Petit Pets - EP by Of Norway, Linnea Dale". Spotify. Retrieved 11 June 2024.

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