Ginalina
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Background information | |
Birth name | Gina Lam |
Origin | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
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Years active | 2012–present |
Labels | Independent |
Website | www.ginalina.com |
Gina Lam, better known by her stage name Ginalina, is a Canadian family folk singer and songwriter, based in Vancouver.[1] She released her first children's album, Sandcastle Magic, in 2012, which won a 2013 Parents' Choice Award: Silver Honour Award.[2] Her following album, Forest Friends' Nature Club was released in 2015 and was nominated for a Juno Award[3] and for a 2015 Canadian Folk Music Award,[4] as well as winning a 2016 Parents' Choice Award: Silver Honour Award. In 2016, she released Home is Family which won the Children's Artist of the Year category at the Western Canadian Music Awards,[5] a 2017 Parents' Choice Award: Gold Honour Award. This album was nominated for the 2017 Canadian Folk Music Awards in the category: Children’s Album of the Year.[6] In 2018, Ginalina released her fourth album, entitled "It Takes a Village". It was selected as a nominee for the 2019 Juno Award in the category of Children's Album of the Year,[7] and nominated for Children’s Album of the Year in the 2020 Canadian Folk Music Awards.[1]
Starting mid-2016, Ginalina's music videos have been aired on Kidoodle.TV in the Canada and United States[8] as well as on the Knowledge Network.[9]
She was born in Toronto.[10]
Personal life
Ginalina grew up playing classical violin and loved to sing and write stories as a child.[11] She is Canadian-Taiwanese and both her parents are from Taiwan. She has four children.[12]
Discography
- Sandcastle Magic (2012)[13]
- Forest Friends' Nature Club (2015)[14]
- Home is Family (2016)[15]
- It Takes a Village (2018)
- Small but Mighty (2019)
References
- ^ a b "Ginalina up for 2020 Canadian Folk Music Award".
- ^ "Parents' Choice Awards: Audio 2013: Ginalina - Sandcastle Magic".
- ^ "Juno nomination: Children's album of the year 2016: Ginalina - Forest Friends' Nature Club".
- ^ "2015 Canadian Folk Music Award nominees".
- ^ "2017 Western Canadian Music Award winners".
- ^ "2017 Canadian Folk Music Award nominees".
- ^ "Vancouver's 'misfit' Ginalina eyes Juno Awards shot with It Takes a Village".
- ^ "Kidoodle TV: Ginalina music videos". 25 May 2016.
- ^ "Knowledge Kids: Ginalina music videos". 22 June 2016.
- ^ https://www.pressreader.com/canada/asian-journal/20190215/281775630426414
- ^ "Prince George Citizen - Ginalina loved by kids, adults".
- ^ "The Source - Creating music – a family affair". 12 January 2016.
- ^ "Ginalina loved by kids, adults".
- ^ "Making Pacific Spirit-inspired kids album no walk in the park".
- ^ "Inspiring Folk & Children's Artist from Vancouver Nominated for JUNO Award". 12 March 2019.