Laufey Lin

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Laufey Lín Jónsdóttir was born on April 23, 1999, in Reykjavík, Iceland, and is of Icelandic and Chinese descent. She is a classically trained cellist who began playing the instrument at age four, and her mother, Lin Wei, is a professional violinist with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra. She performed as a cello soloist with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra at age 15, was a finalist on Ísland Got Talent in 2014, and a semi-finalist on The Voice Iceland in 2015. She graduated from Berklee College of Music in 2021 on a presidential scholarship, and her debut single "Street by Street" topped the Icelandic radio charts. She won the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for her second studio album, Bewitched, at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards in 2024.