Laufey Lín Bing Jónsdóttir

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Laufey Lín Bing Jónsdóttir born 23 April 1999), known mononymously as Laufey, 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.
Although Laufey was influenced by classical
Having performed as a cello soloist with music, classical artists such as Frédéric Chopin,
the Iceland Symphony Orchestra at age and played it from an early age, she turned to
15, Laufey was a finalist in the 2014 her father's records of female jazz musicians
edition of Iceland's Got Talent, and a such as Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday to
semi-finalist on The Voice Icelandthe
develop her musical style. She has cited
following year. She released her debut
Fitzgerald and Chet Baker as her biggest
EP, Typical of Me (2021), and graduated
artistic influences, naming the former as her
from the Berklee College of Music in
favorite musician. Laufey also cited Taylor Swift,
Boston. Her debut album, Everything I
Know About Love (2022), charted in Norah Jones, and Adele as inspirations for her
Iceland and the United States. Its musicianship; she said "[Swift] has done for pop
follow-up, Bewitched (2023), won Best and country what I hope to do for jazz. She has
Traditional Pop Vocal Album at the 66th managed to unite people across the world
Annual Grammy Awards (2024) and which is one of my main goals as a musician."
performed its single, "From the Start",
which found moderate chart success in
Canada, New Zealand and the United
Kingdom.