Lenni-Kim
Lenni-Kim | |
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Born | Lenni-Kim Lalande September 8, 2001 |
Nationality | Canadian |
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Years active | 2015–present |
Musical career | |
Genres | pop |
Instrument | vocals |
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Website | lennikim |
Lenni-Kim (born September 8, 2001) is a Canadian singer and actor.
Biography
Early life
Lenni-Kim Lalande was born on September 8, 2001 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He is the only son of Guy Lalande and Myriam Landry.[1][2]
From an early age, he imitated the singers he saw on television. At age eight, Lenni-Kim entered an advertising agency and then began to shoot advertisements and films in Quebec.[3]
Career
In 2015, Lenni-Kim Lalande became known by participating in the second season of French TV show The Voice Kids, where he chose French singer Patrick Fiori as coach, but was eliminated from the battles.[3] He then posted on the Internet several cover songs, including "Something Big" by Shawn Mendes and "Love Me Like You Do" by Ellie Goulding in duet with Phoebe Koyabe. To mark World Suicide Prevention Day, he launched the song "Pourquoi tout perdre", with a clip directed by Antoine Olivier Pilon and starring several actors including Marianne Verville, Alice Morel-Michaud, Camille Felton, Michaël Girard and Marc-François Blondi.
In 2017, he signed a contract with Warner Music France, which produced his album Les autres, released in June 2017.[4] His clips, Yolo[5] and Don't Stop[6] have reached twenty-two million views together, Don't Stop having recently reached fifteen million.
He sang in duet with French singer Lou Jean the French credits of the second season of the series Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir.
In the autumn of 2017 he participated in the eighth season of the French TV show Danse avec les stars on TF1,[7] and finished second in the competition. Being sixteen years old at the time, he is the youngest candidate in the history of the show, all seasons combined.
He was nominated for the NRJ Music Awards in the Francophone Breakthrough of the Year category.[8]
He participated in the Génération Enfoirés album (released on December 1, 2017) and at the Enfoirés Kids concert, recorded on November 19, 2017, and broadcast on December 1, 2017.
On February 16, 2018, he released a new clip for his song "Juste toi et moi", which reached a million views on social networks.
In 2018, he starred in five episodes of the French TV series Tomorrow Is Ours on TF1, playing the role of Zac, a Quebec penfriend for the Moreno twins.
On September 13, 2019, he released a new EP, 18, while waiting for the full album.
He organized a series of tours in 2018–2019, in France, Belgium, Switzerland, Quebec (Canada) and Russia.
The release of a second album is scheduled for early 2020, followed by a new "It's a New Dawn" Tour of 25 concerts.
Discography
Album
- 2017: Les autres (Warner Music France)
EP
- 2019: 18 (Parlophone)
Singles
- 2015: Pourquoi tout perdre
- 2017: Don't Stop
- 2017: Yolo
- 2017: Maylin
- 2017: Miraculous, with Lou Jean
- 2018: Juste toi et moi
- 2018: Still Waiting For You
- 2019: Minuit
- 2019: 18 - Unplugged
- 2019: Ce mur qui nous sépare, with Lou Jean
- 2020: Bad Buzz
Tour
- 2018-2019: LK Tournée
- 2020: It's a New Dawn Tour
Filmography
Short film
- 2015: Pourquoi tout perdre, by Antoine Olivier Pilon: the boy
Movie
- 2016: A Pact Among Angels (Le Pacte des anges), by Richard Angers: William
TV series
- 2013: Les Beaux Malaises, on TVA: young Martin Matte
- 2015-2016: Fluffy Marky (Marc-en-peluche), on Télé-Québec: Jérôme
- 2018: Tomorrow Is Ours (Demain nous appartient), on TF1: Zac, Quebec penfriend for the Moreno twins
- 2020: Léo Matteï, Brigade des mineurs, on TF1 (season 7, episodes 1- 2): Lucas
TV shows
- 2015: The Voice Kids (season 2), on TF1 : candidate
- 2017: Danse avec les stars (season 8), on TF1 : candidate
- 2017: Enfoirés Kids concert, on TF1 : participating singer
- 2018: Fort Boyard, on France 2 : candidate
- 2018: Vendredi tout est permis avec Arthur, on TF1 : guest
- 2018: Baby-sitter : star incognito, on Gulli: the Quebec babysitter
- 2019: Fort Boyard, on France 2 : candidate
- 2019: Danse avec les stars (season 10), on TF1 : guest
Clips
- 2015: Pourquoi tout perdre
- 2015: All I Want for Christmas Is You, cover of Mariah Carey's song
- 2015: clip for Émile Proulx-Coultier[clarification needed]
- 2017: Don't Stop
- 2017: Yolo
- 2017: Miraculous, with Lou Jean
- 2018: Juste toi et moi
- 2019: Minuit
- 2019: Ce mur qui nous sépare, with Lou Jean
- 2020: Bad Buzz
Nominations
- 2017: NRJ Music Awards: Francophone Breakthrough of the Year.[9]
- 2019: NRJ Music Awards: Francophone Breakthrough of the Year.[10]
- 2019: Olympia Awards: Music Breakthrough of the Year.
References
- ^ "Lenni Kim se la joue déjà Ryan Gosling !". TF1. 12 October 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2017..
- ^ "Lenni-Kim | Chanteur". Lennikim.com. Retrieved 26 July 2017..
- ^ a b "Lenni-Kim - MYTF1". MYTF1. Retrieved 26 July 2017..
- ^ Steph Musicnation (15 April 2017). "Le jeune Lenni-Kim vous présente " Don't Stop " son nouveau single ainsi que ses projets ! - La Parisienne Life". La Parisienne Life. Retrieved 26 July 2017..
- ^ "Lenni Kim - Yolo (Clip officiel)". YouTube. 24 May 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017..
- ^ "Lenni Kim - Don't stop (Clip officiel)". YouTube. 28 January 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017..
- ^ "Danse avec les stars : EXCLU. Lenni-Kim sur la piste de "Danse avec les stars" !". TF1. 21 August 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2017..
- ^ "NRJ Music Awards 2017 - Site Officiel - VOTER". NRJ. Retrieved 16 October 2017..
- ^ "NRJ Music Awards 2017 : La liste des nommés". 2017-11-04. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
- ^ "NRJ Music Awards 2019 : Angèle et Roméo Elvis dominent les nominations". 2019-09-30. Retrieved 2019-10-25.
External links
- Official website (in French)
- Lenni-Kim at IMDb
- 2001 births
- Living people
- Canadian child singers
- Canadian contemporary R&B singers
- Canadian hip hop singers
- Canadian Internet celebrities
- Canadian pop singers
- Child pop musicians
- Danse avec les stars
- French-language singers of Canada
- Pop rock singers
- Quebecers of French descent
- Singers from Montreal
- 21st-century Canadian singers
- 21st-century male singers