Linnea Dale (born 22 April 1991) is a

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe * Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway * Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including ...

singer.

Early life

Linnea Dale was born in

Tinn Tinn is a municipality in Telemark in the county of Vestfold og Telemark in Norway. It is part of the traditional regions of Upper Telemark and Øst-Telemark. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Rjukan. The parish of ' ...

Telemark Telemark is a traditional region, a former county, and a current electoral district in southern Norway. In 2020, Telemark merged with the former county of Vestfold to form the county of Vestfold og Telemark. Telemark borders the traditional ...

, Norway. She attended the high school Skien videregående skole.

''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

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band

Donkeyboy Donkeyboy (occasionally stylised as donkeyboy) is a synthpop band from Drammen, Norway, formed in 2005. The band consists of Cato Sundberg (vocals, rhythm guitar), Kent Sundberg (synth, vocals), Peter Michelsen (guitar, backing vocals) and Thoma ...

on their debut album ''Caught in a Life'', providing

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on the songs " Ambitions", " Sometimes", and "

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". "Ambitions" debuted on the

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at number seven on 6 April 2009, 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

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. Her first solo album, '' Lemoyne Street'', was released in April 2012, with help from producer

Øystein Greni Øystein Greni (born 15 June 1974 in Oslo) is the singer and lead guitar player of the Norwegian rock and roll band BigBang. Biography Øystein Greni is the son of Thor Sigbjørn Greni, singer and songwriter of the Undertakers Circus, a 60/70 ...

and Nikolai Eilertsen from Bigbang. Dale competed in Melodi Grand Prix 2014, the Norwegian competition to find their representative in the

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. She competed with her song "High Hopes" and came second in the gold final. Her album ''

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'' was released on 9 May 2014.

Pal Waaktaar Paul Waaktaar-Savoy (born Pål Gamst, 6 September 1961) is a Norwegian musician and songwriter. Waaktaar-Savoy is best known for his work as the main songwriter and guitarist in the Norwegian pop band A-ha, which has sold more than 50 million alb ...

, from

a-ha A-ha (usually stylised as ''a-''h''a''; ) is a Norwegian synth-pop band formed in Oslo in 1982. Founded by Paul Waaktaar-Savoy (guitars and vocals), Magne Furuholmen (keyboards, guitars and vocals), and Morten Harket (lead vocals), the band ...

, co-wrote and produced three songs. In 2019 she collaborated with the Norwegian pop band Minor Majority on their album ''Napkin Poetry'', providing

on the song "Another Year".

Discography

;Albums *2012: '' Lemoyne Street'' *2014: ''

'' *2018: ''

Wait For The Morning Wait or WAIT may refer to: Music * Wait (musician), British town pipers Albums and EPs * ''Wait'' (The Polyphonic Spree EP), by The Polyphonic Spree * ''Wait'' (Emanuel Nice EP), a 2002 EP released by the band Emanuel Nice * ''Wait'' (Stee ...

'' ;EPs *2012: '' Children of the Sun''

References

External links

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