Engelina Larsen
Encyclopedia
Engelina Andrina Larsen is a Danish
singer and songwriter
who is best known for writing and providing the vocals for DJ Encore's "I See Right Through to You
", which was a #1 hit in her native Denmark.
Engelina, the daughter of Ann-Katrin and songwriter Henning Larsen, grew up on Bornholm with her two older sisters. She was originally a jazz
and soul
singer.
In 1997 she moved from Århus to Copenhagen
, where she met producer
and disc jockey
DJ Encore in 2000 through an employee at Sony/ATV Music Publishing
, who suggested that DJ Encore's music would fit well with Engelina's vocal. One of the first songs they worked on together was "I See Right Through to You
", which was later chosen as the theme song
to the first season of the reality television
show Big Brother Denmark
in 2001.
After working with DJ Encore, she joined the girl pop
trio Sha Li Mar, together with Christina Undhjem (former lead singer in YouKnowWho) and Ida Corr
(backing vocals for Gnags
among others). The group were part of the band in the fourth season of the prime time
television show Venner for livet (literally "Friends forever") on TV 2
in 2002. They released a self-titled album the same year.
In 2007 she co-wrote the song "Like a Drug", with Cutfather
, Jonas Jeberg and Adam Powers
for Kylie Minogue
's album X
. The song was also sent to the A&R
of Britney Spears
who liked it, but thought it sounded too much like Minogue.
with Sha Li Mar
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
singer and songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
who is best known for writing and providing the vocals for DJ Encore's "I See Right Through to You
I See Right Through to You
"I See Right Through to You" is a song by the Danish eurodance producer DJ Encore featuring the vocals of Danish singer Engelina. It was released as the lead single from DJ Encore's debut album, Intuition, in 2001....
", which was a #1 hit in her native Denmark.
Engelina, the daughter of Ann-Katrin and songwriter Henning Larsen, grew up on Bornholm with her two older sisters. She was originally a jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
and soul
Soul music
Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...
singer.
In 1997 she moved from Århus to Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
, where she met producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
and disc jockey
Disc jockey
A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...
DJ Encore in 2000 through an employee at Sony/ATV Music Publishing
Sony/ATV Music Publishing
Sony/ATV Music Publishing is a music publishing company co-owned by The Michael Jackson Family Trust and Sony. The organisation was originally founded as Associated TeleVision in 1955 by Lew Grade. In 1957, ATV acquired Pye Records as a wholly owned subsidiary...
, who suggested that DJ Encore's music would fit well with Engelina's vocal. One of the first songs they worked on together was "I See Right Through to You
I See Right Through to You
"I See Right Through to You" is a song by the Danish eurodance producer DJ Encore featuring the vocals of Danish singer Engelina. It was released as the lead single from DJ Encore's debut album, Intuition, in 2001....
", which was later chosen as the theme song
Theme music
Theme music is a piece that is often written specifically for a radio program, television program, video game or movie, and usually played during the title sequence and/or end credits...
to the first season of the reality television
Reality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...
show Big Brother Denmark
Big Brother (Denmark)
Big Brother Denmark is a television series produced by Endemol. It has had a total of 5 seasons spreading over 332 days with no plans on having another series. The first season aired in 2001...
in 2001.
After working with DJ Encore, she joined the girl pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
trio Sha Li Mar, together with Christina Undhjem (former lead singer in YouKnowWho) and Ida Corr
Ida Corr
Ida Corr is a Danish singer, songwriter and music producer.-Career:At the age of 11 Corr won the first Danish Children Songcontest...
(backing vocals for Gnags
GNAGS
Gnags is a Danish rock band from Skjern formed by Peter A. G. Nielsen and his brother Jens G. Nielsen in 1966.-History:The band started playing regularly in 1968 after winning the Danish national championship in "beat music". Their championship title paved the way for the band's first two single...
among others). The group were part of the band in the fourth season of the prime time
Prime time
Prime time or primetime is the block of broadcast programming during the middle of the evening for television programing.The term prime time is often defined in terms of a fixed time period—for example, from 19:00 to 22:00 or 20:00 to 23:00 Prime time or primetime is the block of broadcast...
television show Venner for livet (literally "Friends forever") on TV 2
TV 2 (Denmark)
TV 2 is a publicly owned television station in Denmark based in Odense. The station began broadcasting on 1 October 1988, thereby ending the television monopoly previously exercised by the Danmarks Radio ....
in 2002. They released a self-titled album the same year.
In 2007 she co-wrote the song "Like a Drug", with Cutfather
Cutfather
Mich Hedin Hansen better known by his stage name Cutfather is a Danish music producer and songwriter.-Career:He is perhaps best known for his remix of "Return of the Mack" by Mark Morrison , and the song "Superstar" released internationally by Jamelia in 2003.He has worked with Danish producer...
, Jonas Jeberg and Adam Powers
Adam Powers
Adam Powers is a Danish-American songwriter and music producer. He was born in Maryland, USA to a Danish mother and an American father, but grew up in Denmark. Powers has written songs for pop and dance artists such as Kylie Minogue, Infernal, Tohoshinki, Medina, DJ Aligator and Barcode Brothers...
for Kylie Minogue
Kylie Minogue
Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE - often known simply as Kylie - is an Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing...
's album X
X (Kylie Minogue album)
X is the tenth studio album by Australian recording artist Kylie Minogue. It is her first release since the greatest hits compilation Ultimate Kylie , and her first studio album since Body Language . X was preceded by lead single "2 Hearts" and released worldwide in November 2007...
. The song was also sent to the A&R
A&R
Artists and repertoire is the division of a record label that is responsible for talent scouting and overseeing the artistic development of recording artists. It also acts as a liaison between artists and the record label.- Finding talent :...
of Britney Spears
Britney Spears
Britney Jean Spears is an American recording artist and entertainer. Born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, Spears began performing as a child, landing acting roles in stage productions and television shows. She signed with Jive Records in 1997 and released her debut album...
who liked it, but thought it sounded too much like Minogue.
Albums
with DJ Encore- IntuitionIntuition (DJ Encore album)Intuition is the debut album by the Danish eurodance producer DJ Encore featuring the vocals of singer Engelina. It was released in Denmark on 8 October 2001 and in the United States on 20 January 2002.-Track listing:-Charts:-Release history:...
(2002)
with Sha Li Mar
- Sha Li Mar (2002)
Singles
with DJ Encore- "I See Right Through to YouI See Right Through to You"I See Right Through to You" is a song by the Danish eurodance producer DJ Encore featuring the vocals of Danish singer Engelina. It was released as the lead single from DJ Encore's debut album, Intuition, in 2001....
" (2001) - "Walking in the Sky" (2002)
- "High on Life" (2002)
- "You've Got a Way" (2002)
Songwriting discography
| Year | Artist | Album | Song |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | DJ Encore feat. Engelina | Intuition Intuition (DJ Encore album) Intuition is the debut album by the Danish eurodance producer DJ Encore featuring the vocals of singer Engelina. It was released in Denmark on 8 October 2001 and in the United States on 20 January 2002.-Track listing:-Charts:-Release history:... |
"Open Your Eyes" |
| "I See Right Through to You I See Right Through to You "I See Right Through to You" is a song by the Danish eurodance producer DJ Encore featuring the vocals of Danish singer Engelina. It was released as the lead single from DJ Encore's debut album, Intuition, in 2001.... " |
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| "High on Life" | |||
| "Talk to Me" | |||
| "Intuition" | |||
| "You've Got a Way" | |||
| "Walking in the Sky" | |||
| "Chemistry" | |||
| "Out There" | |||
| "Show Me" | |||
| "Stay" | |||
| "Another Day" | |||
| 2003 | Mighty House Rocker | "Ragtime in Bollywood (Play with Me)" (single) | "Ragtime in Bollywood (Play with Me)" |
| Balthazar | "Insanity" (single) | "Insanity" | |
| 2004 | Moth feat. Engelina | "Foxy" (single) | "Foxy" |
| Multiple Personalities | "Incredible" (single) | "Incredible" | |
| Maria Lucia | That's Just Me | "Free" | |
| 2005 | Asle feat. Engelina | "Remedy" (single) | "Remedy" |
| 2006 | Cara Dove | "Freak for Love" (single) | "Freak for Love" |
| Moth | "Jade" (single) | "Jade" | |
| Chris Minh Doky Chris Minh Doky Chris Minh Doky is a Vietnamese-Danish bassist living in Copenhagen and New York City. Though Doky has worked in many genres, his main area of music is jazz... |
The Nomad Diaries | "If I Run" | |
| "Satellite" | |||
| 2007 | Kylie Minogue Kylie Minogue Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE - often known simply as Kylie - is an Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing... |
X X (Kylie Minogue album) X is the tenth studio album by Australian recording artist Kylie Minogue. It is her first release since the greatest hits compilation Ultimate Kylie , and her first studio album since Body Language . X was preceded by lead single "2 Hearts" and released worldwide in November 2007... |
"Like a Drug" |
| 2008 | Ayoe Angelica | I'm Amazed | "Get a Hold" |
| "Sugar" | |||
| "Face with Nobody" | |||
| "Never Drown" | |||
| 2010 | Basshunter Basshunter Jonas Erik Altberg , better known by his stage name Basshunter, is a Swedish singer-songwriter, record producer and DJ. He is best known for his number one hits "Boten Anna", "Dota", "Now You're Gone" and "All I Ever Wanted". Basshunter has so far released a total of six albums, two of which have... |
"Saturday" (single) | "Saturday Saturday (Basshunter song) "Saturday" is a dance-pop song by Swedish producer Basshunter. It was released digitally in the United Kingdom on 18 July 2010 as the lead single from his forthcoming fourth studio album. The song samples Reel 2 Real's "I Like to Move It". "Saturday" peaked at number twenty-one on the UK Singles... " |
| F(x) F(x) (band) f is a five member South Korean girl group formed by SM Entertainment in 2009. The name is a play on the mathematical notation for function, and when input with different 'x', there can be many different outcomes. f strives to be the kind of girl group that can change and adapt to many situations.... |
"Nu ABO Nu ABO (song) Nu ABO is the lead promotional single from the mini-album, Nu ABO, by a South Korean quintet pop girl band, f. It was released May 4, 2010 in South Korea and distributed by label agency, SM Entertainment... " |
"Nu ABO Nu ABO (song) Nu ABO is the lead promotional single from the mini-album, Nu ABO, by a South Korean quintet pop girl band, f. It was released May 4, 2010 in South Korea and distributed by label agency, SM Entertainment... |