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　　August 17, 1980 was a very special day in the Pedersen household as Lene was born. Her parents gave her the name Lene Marlin Pedersen, today the world knows her better as Lene Marlin. Her parents must have sensed something special about Lene as she grew, in fact Lene tells the story of being two years old and crying because she had to leave a guitar behind at the music store. She attributes some of her love for music and playing the guitar to that day as she found a deep interest in music, both in writing songs and singing.

　　When Lene was 15 years old her parents surprised her with a guitar for christmas, this one she kept close to her heart. It almost seemed as though the guitar belonged in her hands, she learned to play quickly and before long was performing for a small group of friends. Several of her first songs were recorded on her home cassette player which she would then playback and begin to refine her songs.

　　Sometime during the summer of 1997, NRK (the main norwegian TV/Radio station) in Lene's hometown received a tip about this talented young girl who wrote and played her own songs, writing them from her room at home. The TV station invited her in to record a song. Someone who worked for NRK heard her music and told Per-Erik Johansen at Virgin Records about Lene. Three weeks later a contract had been signed and Lene's life took an interesting turn.

　　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 the 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.)

　　During 1999 her album sales have soared. Her album continues to sell well in Europe, today album sales total around 1,500,000. This is a very promising sign for Lene Marlin, her management, and Virgin Records.

　　Lene won four awards at the norwegian grammy awards in 1999, as well as the MTV-Europe award for Best Nordic Act in Dublin on November 11, 1999, being yet another sign that this young lady is reaching heights that few have ever seen.

　　Virgin has decided not to release her current album in the US. This due to a number of factors, one of which involves the amount of time she would need to spend in the US for the album to succeed. We are hopeful that in the near future, maybe with the release of her next album, Virgin will give some serious consideration and focus on the US market as well.

　　1980年8月17日，对于Pedersen一家来说是个特别的日子，这一天Lene出生了。她的父母给她取名Lene Marlin Pedersen，她就是如今大家熟知的Lene Marlin。Lene的父母在她很小的时候就感觉她与众不同，Lene说，在她两岁的有一天，在音乐店里第一次看到了吉他，她非常感兴趣， 以至于父母要抱她离开时竟然大哭起来。Lene在音乐和练习吉他方面投入了很多热情， 她发现她能在音乐里找到很多乐趣，同时写歌和唱歌也让她感到十分快乐。

　　1997年夏季的某一天，Lene家乡的NRK(挪威主要的一个广播电视台)的Troms从别人那里知道了Lene这样一个能自己写歌唱歌的女孩，就邀请Lene去录了一首歌，电视台一些人听过Lene的音乐后就向挪威 Virgin唱片的Per-Erik Johansen推荐。三个星期后，Virgin唱片和Lene签约了，从此Lene的生命翻开了更精彩的一页。

　　1998年，Lene的第一张单曲唱片"Unforgivable Sinner" 在挪威发行。随之，连续8周这张单曲名列排行榜首位。它也是挪威音乐历史上销售速度最快的单曲唱片。Lene的第二支单曲"Sitting Down Here"也创下很好的成绩， 并被收入她的第一张专辑"Playing My Game"中， 这张99年三月22日发行的专辑，仅仅三天就销售50,000张， 这在仅有四百四十万人口的国家里确实是一个相当不错的成绩。99年，这张专辑的销售一直居高不下。 对Lene Marlin和Virgin唱片来说，他们的签约都很有价值。