Lene Marlin Pedersen was born in Tromsø and made her Norwegian debut in 1998 with the single "Unforgivable Sinner" (released October 12, 1998) - it proved to be a huge hit as it reached number one and kept that position for eight weeks. It was also the fastest selling single in Norwegian music history, and appeared in the soundtrack of the Norwegian movie Schpaaa. It was followed by her first album Playing My Game. She won an MTV Europe award in 1999. Her single "Where I'm Headed", from the French film Mauvaises fréquentations, topped the charts in France and Italy. Her song Sitting Down Here also came top in the UK singles chart in 1999.

Lene Marlin's second album, Another Day, was released on September 22, 2003, and her third, Lost In A Moment, in June 2005. The first single from that album, "How Would It Be," was released in Europe in May 2005.

Despite being less well-known in other parts of the world, Marlin made a trip to Taiwan and China during October 2005 to promote a Taiwanese version of Lost in a Moment. This included one bonus track, Still Here, a cover of a song by a famous Chinese singer, Faye Wong. The visit proved to be very successful; events held included a concert appearance hosted by MTV Taiwan, various television appearances, and a live street gig. Her record company claims that Lost in a Moment was their best selling western record of the year.

In 2006 she performed with Swiss band Lovebugs on their single Avalon which made the Top 10 in the Swiss Charts as well as topping the Swiss National Airplay Charts.

Lene won four awards, viz. 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, presented in Dublin, Ireland in November 1999.

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