Lenni-Kim
Lenni-Kim Lalande (born September 8, 2001) is a Canadian singer and actor. Biography. Early life. Lenni-Kim Lalande was born on September 8, 2001 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He is the only son of Guy Lalande and Myriam Landry. From an early age, he imitated the singers he saw on television. At age eight, Lenni-Kim entered an advertising agency and then began to shoot advertisements and films in Quebec. Career. In 2015, Lenni-Kim Lalande became known by participating in the second season of French TV show "The Voice Kids", where he chose French singer Patrick  Fiori as coach, but was eliminated from the battles. He then posted on the Internet several cover songs, including "Something Big" by Shawn Mendes and "Love Me Like You Do" by Ellie Goulding in duet with Phoebe Koyabe. To mark World Suicide Prevention Day, he launched the song "Pourquoi tout perdre", with a clip directed by Antoine Olivier Pilon and starring several actors including , Alice Morel-Michaud, Camille Felton, Michaël Girard and Marc-François Blondi. In 2017, he signed a contract with Warner Music France, which produced his album "Les autres", released in June 2017. His clips, "Yolo" and "Do n't Stop" have reached thirty-six million views together, "Don't Stop" having recently reached twenty-three million views and "Yolo" reached thirteen million views. He sang in duet with French singer Lou Jean the French credits of the second season of the series "". In the autumn of 2017 he participated in the eighth season of the French TV show "Danse avec les stars" on TF1, and finished second in the competition. Being sixteen years old at the time, he is the youngest candidate in the history of the show, all seasons combined. He was nominated for the NRJ Music  Awards in the "Francophone Breakthrough of the Year" category. He participated in the "" album (released on December 1, 2017) and at the "" concert, recorded on November 19, 2017, and broadcast on December 1, 2017. On February 16, 2018, he released a new clip for his song "Juste toi et moi", which reached a million views on social networks. In 2018, he starred in five episodes of the French TV series "Tomorrow Is Ours" on TF1, playing the role of Zac, a Quebec penfriend for the Moreno twins. On September 1, 2018, he participated in the French program Fort Boyard, presented  by Olivier Minne, alongside singer Tal, journalist Isabelle Morini-Bosc, presenter Guillaume Pley, actress Isabelle Vitari and comedian Jeanfi Janssens, for the French association "Asperger Amitié." On July 13, 2019, he participated for the second time in the French program Fort Boyard, for the association Les Bonnes Fées, alongside the Miss France 2019 Vaimalama Chaves, the general manager of the Society Miss France Sylvie Tellier, the actress and humorist Nicole Ferroni, singer Francis Lalanne and columnist Pierre-Jean Chalençon. On September 13, 2019, he released a new EP, "18", while waiting for the full album. He organized a series of  tours in 2018–2019, in France, Belgium, Switzerland, Quebec (Canada) and Russia. The release of a second album is scheduled for early 2021. Its lead single titled "Mélancolie" was released 30 April 2021.