Laufey, 1999
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Laufey, 1999
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Laufey is 27 years old, born April 23, 1999 in Reykjavík · Taurus.
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Laufey blends jazz pop and classical music into Grammy-winning ballads. Born in Iceland on 23 April 1999, she performed as a cello soloist with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra at 15, then graduated from Berklee College of Music in 2021. Her album Bewitched won Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album at the 2024 Grammy Awards, and her single "From the Start" became a hit. Taurus energy: grounded in tradition, magnetic in execution.
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Laufey Lín Bing Jónsdóttir, known mononymously as Laufey, is an Icelandic singer, songwriter and writer born 23 April 1999. Her musical style fuses jazz pop and classical music. She began performing as a cello soloist with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra at age 15, then competed as a finalist in the 2014 edition of Ísland Got Talent and a semifinalist on The Voice Iceland in 2015.
In 2021, Laufey released her debut EP, Typical of Me, and graduated from the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Her 2022 debut album, Everything I Know About Love, charted across Iceland and the United States. Bewitched (2023) won Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards in 2024 and produced the hit single "From the Start". Her third album, A Matter of Time, released 22 August 2025, won Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album at the 68th Annual Grammy Awards.
As a singer, pianist and musician, Laufey performs live, records albums, and writes her own material. Born under Taurus, she channels the sign's grounded sensibility and deliberate craft into her orchestral-pop sound. Icelandic pop has long prized intimate production and classical instrumentation; Laufey's cello foundation and Berklee training position her within that tradition.
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Laufey performed as a cello soloist with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra at age 15. In 2014, she was a finalist in Ísland Got Talent (Iceland's Got Talent), and in 2015 she reached the semifinal of The Voice Iceland. She later studied at Berklee College of Music in Boston, graduating in 2021.
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Independent, ambitious, and self-reliant. Laufey tend to step into pioneer roles early and prefer setting direction over following it.
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