Laufey (singer)

Laufey Lín Bing Jónsdóttir ( , ; born 23 April 1999), known professionally as Laufey, is an Icelandic singer and musician. She achieved prominence in the early 2020s for her success as a jazz-inspired pop artist.

Her debut album, Everything I Know About Love (2022), charted in Iceland and the United States. It was followed by the album Bewitched (2023), which received a Grammy for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album at the 2024 Grammy Awards; the single "From the Start" found international success.

 Early life and education 
Laufey Lín Bing Jónsdóttir was born on 23 April 1999. Her father is Icelandic and her mother is Chinese.  maternal side of her family is from Guangzhou. Her mother is a classical violinist.

Laufey graduated with a presidential scholarship from the Berklee College of Music in 2021. She currently lives in Los Angeles.

 Discography 

 Studio albums 

TitleDetailsPeak chart positionsICEAUSCANNZUKUK
IndieUSUS
IndieUS
JazzEverything I Know About Love Released: 26 August 2022
 Label: AWAL
 Format: LP, digital download, streaming15———————3Bewitched Released: 8 September 2023
 Label: AWAL
 Format: LP, CD, Cassette, digital download, streaming346381789202351

 Live albums 
TitleDetailsA Night at the Symphony  Released: 2 March 2023
 Label: AWAL
 Format: Digital download, streamingA Night at the Symphony: Hollywood Bowl (with Los Angeles Philharmonic) Released: 6 December 2024
 Label: AWAL
 Format: Digital download, streaming

 Extended plays 
TitleDetailsPeak chart positionsUS
JazzTypical of Me Released: 30 April 2021
 Label: Self-released, AWAL
 Format: Digital download, streaming, vinyl2The Reykjavík Sessions Released: 22 September 2022
 Label: AWAL
 Format: Digital download, streaming–A Very Laufey Holiday Released: 11 November 2022
 Label: AWAL
 Format: Digital download, streaming–Christmas with You 
(with Norah Jones) Released: 10 November 2023
 Label: Capitol, Blue Note
 Formats: streaming–

 Singles 
TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbumCANNZ
Hot
 "A Night to Remember": 
 "Winter Wonderland": UKUK
Indie
 for "Winter Wonderland": US
Bub.
 "A Night to Remember": US
Rock"Street by Street"2020——————Typical of Me"Someone New"——————"Best Friend"2021——————"Let You Break My Heart Again" ——————rowspan="2" "Love Flew Away" ——————"Love to Keep Me Warm" ——————A Very Laufey Holiday"Valentine"2022——————Everything I Know About Love"Everything I Know About Love"——————"Fragile"——————"Dear Soulmate"——————"Falling Behind"——————"Ain't Christmas"——————"The Christmas Waltz"——————A Very Laufey Holiday"Valentine" 2023——————A Night at the Symphony"From the Start"85892391— MC: Gold
 RIAA: GoldBewitched"Promise"——————"Bewitched"——————"California and Me" ——————"A Night to Remember" —384—1725 "Christmas Dreaming"——————A Very Laufey Holiday"Winter Wonderland"—7447——Spotify Singles Holiday"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

 Other charted songs 
TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbumNZ
Hot"Dreamer"202326Bewitched"Second Best"28"Haunted"32"Lovesick"21

 Awards and nominations 
AwardYearWorkCategoryResultGrammy Awards2024Bewitched 

 References 

Category:Singer-songwriters
Category:1999 births
Category:Icelandic singers
Category:Musicians from Reykjavík