LeneOnline, all about the Norweigen Singer/Songwriter Lene Marlin. Marlin made her Norwegian debut on 12 October 1998, with the single "Unforgivable Sinner", which proved to be a hit as it reached number one and kept that position for eight weeks. It was also the fastest selling single in Norwegian music history, and appeared in the soundtrack of the Norwegian movie Schpaaa. It was followed by her first album, Playing My Game. She won an MTV Europe award in 1999. Her single "Where I'm Headed", from the French film, Mauvaises fr?quentations, topped the charts in France and Italy. Her song "Sitting Down Here" became a top 5 hit in the UK singles chart in 2000.

Lene Marlin's second album, Another Day, was released on 22 September 2003, and her third, Lost In A Moment, in June 2005. The first single from that album, "How Would It Be," was released in Europe in May 2005. Despite being less well-known in other parts of the world, Marlin made a trip to Taiwan and China during October 2005 to promote a Taiwanese version of Lost in a Moment. This included one bonus track, "Still Here", a cover of a song by a famous Chinese singer, Faye Wong. The visit proved to be successful; events held included a concert appearance hosted by MTV Taiwan, various television appearances, and a live street gig. Her record company claims that Lost in a Moment was their best selling western record of the year.

In 2006 she performed with Swiss band, Lovebugs on their single "Avalon", which made the Top 10 in the Swiss chart as well as topping the Swiss National Airplay Chart. Marlin won four awards: Best Pop Solo Artist, Best Single ("Sitting Down Here"), Best Newcomer and the Artist Of The Year at the Norwegian equivalent to the Grammy awards 1999 (Spelleman), as well as the MTV Europe award for Best Nordic Act, presented in Dublin, Ireland in November 1999. She has co-written together with Stargate (producers for "Lost In A Moment") a song for Rihanna, entitled "Good Girl Gone Bad The release of Lene Marlin's first single in four years has been hastened due to massive demand. Listen to a preview of Marlin's upcoming "You weren't there" single here.

The first taster from Lene Marlin's upcoming album "Another Day", the "You weren't there" single was originally scheduled for a radio-release on July 29 in Norway. It was intended to release the single earlier in France and Italy due to the upcoming holiday season that would preclude a radio playlisting until late August. Due to massive demand from North-European media and fear that Internet piracy would lead to the single being spread before its intended release, Marlin's record company, EMI/Virgin Norway elected to hasten the release of "You weren't there" from the originally scheduled July 29 to July 21.

Lene Marlin's "Another Day" album is scheduled for release on September 22.