Engelina Andrina Larsen (born 1978) is a Danish singer and songwriter who is best known for writing and providing the vocals for

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's "

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", which was a number-one hit in her native Denmark.

Early life

Engelina, the daughter of Ann-Cathrin and songwriter Henning Larsen, grew up on Bornholm with her two older sisters. She was originally a

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and

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singer.

Career

In 1997 she moved from

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, where she met

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and disc jockey

in 2000 through an employee at

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, who suggested that DJ Encore's music would fit well with Engelina's vocal. One of the first songs they worked on together was "

", which was later chosen as the

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to the first season of the reality television show '' Big Brother Denmark'' in 2001. After working with DJ Encore, she joined the girl pop trio

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, together with

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(backing vocals for

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among others). The group were part of the band in the fourth season of the prime time television show ''Venner for livet'' ("Friends forever") on TV 2 in 2002. They released a self-titled album the same year. In 2007 she co-wrote the song "Like a Drug", with

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, Jonas Jeberg and Adam Powers for

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's album '' X''. The song was also sent to the A&R of

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who liked it, but thought it sounded too much like Minogue. Since 2007 Engelina has written songs also for several other artists, such as

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. She has also worked with

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, Duné,

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, Pharphar, Pilfinger,

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, Frederik Nordsø,

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Discography

Albums

;with DJ Encore *''

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'' (2002) ;with Sha Li Mar *''

'' (2002)

Singles

;with DJ Encore *"

" (2001) *" Walking in the Sky" (2002) *" High on Life" (2002) *"

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" (2002)

Songwriting discography

References

External links

Engelina
on Myspace * {{DEFAULTSORT:Engelina 1978 births Living people Danish women singer-songwriters English-language singers from Denmark People from Bornholm 21st-century Danish women singers