Biography

Lene Marlin wrote all the songs on "Playing My Game" alone.

In 1998 came the release in Norway of her first single "Unforgivable Sinner". It proved to be a huge hit as it reached number one and kept that position for 8 weeks. It was also the fastest selling single in Norwegian music history. Her second single "Sitting Down Here" also did very well in Norway and led into the release of her album "Playing My Game" on March 22 in Norway. In only 3 days the album sold 50,000 copies, quite an accomplishment in a country with a population of 4.4 million. (To put that in perspective for those in the US, that would mean that an artist would need to sell 3.4 million in the US in 3 days to match her numbers.)

Her debut single "Unforgiveable Sinner" appeared in the Norwegian movie Bunch of Five (1998), the song was also included on the soundtrack.

The album "Playing My Game" has now sold over 1,000,000 copies.

Lene won four awards (Best Pop Solo Artist, Best Single ("Sitting Down Here"), Best Newcomer and the Artist Of The Year) at the Norwegian equivalent to the Grammy awards 1999 ("Spelleman"), as well as the MTV-Europe award for Best Nordic Act in Dublin on November 11, 1999.