Lenny (singer) edit
Lenka Filipová (*25th September 1993 Prague) known professionally as Lenny is a singer, songwriter, composer, lyricist and piano player.
Biography edit
Lenka Filipová was born on 25th September 1993 [1] in Prague into an artistic family of folk singer and guitar player Lenka Filipová and architect Boris Drbal. Her grandfather was a theatre and TV actor Adolf Filip.
She started playing the piano at the age of four and studied it at the art school from six to ten. At the same time she attended a language school where she learnt fluent English. She was also a member of a school drama club and sang in choirs. Later she started singing solo accompanied by piano. She composed melodies and later added lyrics. She wrote her first song at the age of eleven. At sixteen she started playing with a band and accompanied her mother on their tour in Europe, Australia, America and Canada where she substituted a piano player. At the same time she also participated in an American International Songwriting Competition where she got through to a semi-final with her song "You're My Everything".[2] Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page). From October 2013 she studied songwriting for three years at British and Irish Modern Music Institute in London. She successfully graduated in 2016 and received her bachelor´s degree.[3]
In 2018 she became one of the Forbes magazine "30 under 30" personalities who "change the world around".[4]
Music career edit
In 2013 Lenny signed the contract with Universal Music [5] and on 24th June 2013 released her first EP called All My Love with four songs, three of which her own songs.[6] "All My Love" was written by Australian band Dallas Frasca.[7] Her second Fighter EP was released on 6th December instead of the originally planned debut album. The EP contains five songs of which there are two cover versions - "I'm Ready" by Bryan Adams and "Am I Wrong" by Keb' Mo'.[8] In 2013 Lenny received the Discovery of the Year - Objev roku – Award in Anděl,[9] and was also nominated for Objev roku in Český Slavík Mattoni.[10]
In September 2016 Lenny´s debut studio album Hearts was released. She supported it on a club tour Hearts Tour 2016, which lasted for a month, from 30th September to 30th October.[11] Due to its success the tour´s prolongation was announced in December. The Hearts Tour 2017 started on 3rd March and finished on 25th March.[12] Lenny was nominated for Apollo Award for her album.[13] [14] In 2016 she was also nominated for a Žebřík [15] Award in the Singer category and for Anděl.[16] Award in four categories. All four nominations brought Lenny awards - Album of the Year (Hearts), Song of the Year (Hell.o), Singer of the Year and Video of the Year (Hell.o).[17] [18] Besides her main awards she also received the music genre Angel Award in Rock & Pop category.[19] [20]
Her song "Hell.o" was also successful in Italy,[21] [22] where she joined a local talk show Che tempo che fa.[23] on 12th February 2017. In June 2017 she performed the song as a guest of the 11th year of Wind Music Awards in Verona.[24]
In June 2017 Lenny signed a global contract with a German subsidiary of Universal Music,[25] [26] on which she released for the local market a remix of "Hello.o" by an American duo Fancy Cars.[27] [28] On 20th February 2018 Lenny supported British soul singer Emeli Sandé at her concert in Prague's O2 arena. Apart from the songs from her debut album she introduced a new song "Maneater" from her oncoming second album.[29] [30]
Discography edit
Studio albums edit
- Hearts (2016)
EPs edit
- All My Love (2013)
- Fighter (2013)
Singles edit
- „All of This“
- „Bones“
- „Standing at the Corner of Your Heart“
- „Hell.o“
- „My Love“
References edit
- ^ Lenny – BIO [online]. lennymusic.net. Dostupné online.
- ^ Lenka "Lenny" Filipová (22 let) [online]. iDNES.cz, 2013-07-02.Dostupné online.
- ^ HNÁTEK, Václav. Máma se rozbrečela. Deska se jí líbí, nejvíc sprostá píseň, říká Lenny. iDNES.cz [online. 2016-08-19. Dostupné online.
- ^ 30 pod 30 [online]. Forbes, 2018. Dostupné online.
- ^ PAVLIŠ, Dominik. Lenny [online]. iREPORT.cz, 2014-01-08. Dostupné online.
- ^ Písničkářka Lenny, dcera Lenky Filipové, vydává své první EP. Deník.cz [online]. 2013-06-25. Dostupné online.
- ^ DVOŘÁK, Stanislav. Lenny má nový klip All My Love. Novinky.cz [online]. 2013-09-12. Dostupné online.
- ^ ČERNÁ, Martina. RECENZE: Lenny podruhé. Dospělejší a ostřejší. iREPORT.cz [online]. 2013-12-29. Dostupné online.
- ^ ČTK. Hudební ceny Anděl získali Bratři Orffové. Objevem roku je zpěvačka Lenny. Hospodářské noviny [online]. 2014-05-14.Dostupné online.
- ^ Český slavík 2013: Jaký byl Jan Kraus? Bavil i šokoval. Podívejte se na výsledky ankety. EuroZprávy.cz [online]. 2013-11-23. Dostupné online.
- ^ Vyprodaný koncert, nadšení fanoušci! Takhle odstartovala Lenny své první turné!. TV Nova [online]. 2016-10-12. Dostupné online.
- ^ Lenny vydává dokument o turné a zveřejňuje jarní termíny. Novinky.cz [online]. 2016-12-12. Dostupné online.
- ^ Apollo 2016 – nominace [online]. Ceny Apollo. Dostupné online.
- ^ ČTK. Cenu Apollo získal producent Ondřej Holý vystupující jako dné. iDNES.cz [online]. 2017-03-02. Dostupné online.
- ^ Hudební ceny Žebřík 2016: nominace [online]. iREPORT.cz. Dostupné online.
- ^ Vyhlásili nominace na Ceny Anděl. Nejvíce jich má Lenny. Novinky.cz [online]. 2017-03-15. Dostupné online.
- ^ DVOŘÁK, Stanislav. Anděly ovládla zpěvačka Lenny. Novinky.cz [online]. 2017-05-22. Dostupné online.
- ^ ČTK. Hvězdou hudebních cen Anděl se stala Lenny. Akademici ocenili i životní dílo Špinarové. Český rozhlas [online]. 2017-05-22. Dostupné online.
- ^ Žánrové Ceny Anděl pro Lenny, Pio Squad, Ucházím i Dné. Novinky.cz [online]. 2017-05-17. Dostupné online.
- ^ ČTK. Hudební ceny Anděl ovládla zpěvačka Lenny. Proměnila všechny čtyři nominace. Lidovky.cz [online]. 2017-05-22. Dostupné online.
- ^ HNÁTEK, Václav. Můj hit znají v Itálii lépe než mě samotnou, tvrdí Lenny. iDNES.cz [online]. 2018-01-15. Dostupné online.
- ^ EZR, Ondřej. Zpěvačka Lenny si svým chraplákem získala Italy. Naživo ji ale uslyší i Češi. Lidovky.cz [online]. 2017-02-09. Dostupné online.
- ^ MARTÍNEK, Josef. VIDEO: Lenny v italské talk show zazpívala hit Hell.o. Podívejte se na to. iREPORT.cz [online]. 2017-02-13. Dostupné online.
- ^ Lenny, backstage ai Wind Music Awards: la videointervista. Rockol [online]. 2017-06-06. Dostupné online.
- ^ HNÁTEK, Václav. VIDEO: Lenny míří do Německa s klipem postaveným na poetice hororů. iDNES.cz [online]. 2017-06-12. Dostupné online.
- ^ ŠPULÁK, Jaroslav. Zpěvačka Lenny u nás letos samostatně vystoupí třikrát. Novinky.cz [online]. 2017-07-27. Dostupné online.
- ^ Wer nach dem Soundtrack des Sommers 2017 sucht, der wird an Lenny mit “Hell.o (Fancy Cars Remix)” nicht vorbeikommen. Universal Music Group [online]. 2017-09-06. Dostupné online.
- ^ ŠPULÁK, Jaroslav. Zpěvačka Lenny: Moc kontrolovat se nenechám. Novinky.cz [online]. 2017-11-10. Dostupné online.
- ^ Lenny bude zpívat před Emeli Sandé. Novinky.cz [online]. 2017-12-28. Dostupné online.
- ^ TRÁVNÍČEK, Jan. Velký hlas Emeli Sandé očaroval Prahu. Musicserver.cz [online]. 2018-02-21. Dostupné online.
External reference edit
- Pictures, sounds or videos concerning Lenny in Wikimedia Commons
- lennymusic.net – Lenny´s official web pages