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Lera Lynn
Person · female · United States · Houston · born 1984 · recording since 2011
American singer-songwriter
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Also known as Лера Линн
Timeline
10 events▣ Album 8◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1
1980s
2010s
· Debut release
Debut release: Have You Met Lera Lynn?
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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2020s
Biography
English biography162 words · 3 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1301448853
Biography
Lera Lynn (born December 5, 1984) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician.
Early life
Born in Houston, Texas, Lynn was raised in Georgia. She has a bachelor's degree in anthropology from the University of Georgia. Before attending the university, she briefly attended Young Harris College in Young Harris, Georgia.
Career
Lynn's first LP, Have You Met Lera Lynn, was released in 2011. In 2014, she released an EP entitled Lying in the Sun
Lying In The SunSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 5 tracks1Lying In The Sun3:512I Become You4:433Fire4:094Free Is Never Free3:565I'm Your Fool3:22 and also began creating music for the second season of the crime drama series True Detective. Working with songwriter and music producer T Bone Burnett, the two collaborated with singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash at Burnett's home in Los Angeles, California with two of the resulting tracks being included on Cash's 2018 album She Remembers Everything. After approving the musical tracks, series creator Nic Pizzolatto cast Lynn as a recurring character who performs the songs in a dive bar frequented by the main characters. Her 2016 album Resistor
ResistorSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracks1Shape Shifter3:512What You Done3:363Drive4:114Cut + Burn3:335Run the Night5:116For the Last Time3:457Fade into Black5:478Slow Motion Countdown5:219Scratch + Hiss4:5610Little Ruby4:44 was reviewed in Rolling Stone.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 14 | 70.2th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 21 | 87.5th |
| Studio albums | 8 | 88.9th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 10 | 86.7th |
| Recording span (years) | 14 | 33.6th |
| Genres | 3 | 80.4th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (21 release groups · 8 studio albums)
Albums · 8
2011 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 30:20
1Whiskey4:232Happy Ever After2:343Gasoline3:164Fire & Undertow3:185Bobby, Baby3:146Good Hearted Man2:107Paper Anchor2:428I Tried to Leave You2:149For the Ride3:1910You & Me Alone3:102014 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 41:48
1Out To Sea5:512Standing On The Moon4:203La Di Da3:324Letters4:005Refrain3:246Comin' Down3:527Empty Pages2:068I'm Your Fool3:239Leave It Up To Me3:2310Hooked On You3:5711Sailor Song4:002016 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 44:55
1Shape Shifter3:512What You Done3:363Drive4:114Cut + Burn3:335Run the Night5:116For the Last Time3:457Fade into Black5:478Slow Motion Countdown5:219Scratch + Hiss4:5610Little Ruby4:442018 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 31:26
1Same Old Song4:162Lose Myself3:303What Is Love3:154Breakdown2:595Crimson Underground3:096Wolf Like Me4:057Nothin' to Do With Your Love3:288In Another Life3:329Almost Persuaded3:122020 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 34:19
1Are You Listening?3:192What I'm Looking For3:203So Far3:474It Doesn't Matter3:495Dark Horse2:416Let Me Tell You Something3:157A Light Comes Through3:028Make You OK4:189Isolation2:5810Things Change3:502022 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 38:16
1Illusion4:232Black River3:483Conflict of Interest3:234What is This Body?3:185Something More Than Love3:086In a Moment3:377I’m Your Kamikaze2:388Cog in the Machine3:239Golden Sun3:4610You Are Not Your Own2:5411Eye in the Sky3:58Endless Dungeon (Original Game Soundtrack)
2023 · studio album
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Tracklist · 25 tracks · 1:40:46
1Endless Dungeon (Main Title)4:242Free Again3:443Deserted Places4:374Sister Labs4:485Shelldiva4:226Home3:387Fisticuffs3:248Dust Echoes3:289The Crystal Bot3:3210The Lost Soul Legend4:1911Hunting Mobs3:1812Endless3:4613Celluloid 112014:0014Bug Momma4:4515Nonpleiotropic5:1116Never Surrender4:0517On the Fly4:4918The Garden3:2819Cosmic Cork4:2020Overmind3:3621Black Out1:4022Dusty Shadows5:2723The Architect3:5024The Shaft1:3825Station Blues6:372025 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 43:37
1Comic Book Cowboy3:532Left Turn Lane4:243Cherry Tree4:124Both Sides2:575Beige3:576Into Nothing4:167Now That We Hold It All2:588Same as Hopeless3:229Digital You3:0710Let Her Go3:1311I Love You4:2412Laundry2:54
EP · 5
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Ring of FireSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 8:161Ring of Fire4:49 2Don't Make Me Wait3:27 | 3 March 2012 | ||
| 2013 | Lying In The SunSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 5 tracks · 20:011Lying In The Sun3:51 2I Become You4:43 3Fire4:09 4Free Is Never Free3:56 5I'm Your Fool3:22 | September 2013 | ||
| 2020 | Love One AnotherSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 4 tracks · 15:321Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas4:21 2I'll Be Home for Christmas2:11 3Love One Another4:44 4River4:16 | 2020 | ||
| 2025 | True SessionsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 4 tracks · 12:361The Only Thing Worth Fighting For2:58 2Church in Ruins2:29 3My Least Favorite Life3:23 4My Least Favorite Life (instrumental)3:46 | 2025 | ||
| — | What is This Body?Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 4 tracks · 13:271What is This Body?3:18 2I’m Your Kamikaze2:38 3Something More Than Love3:08 4Illusion4:23 | — |
Single · 8
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | My Least Favorite LifeSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 3:291My Least Favorite Life3:29 | 2015 | ||
| 2016 | ImageSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 5:161Image5:16 | 28 October 2016 | ||
| 2018 | I'll Be Home for ChristmasSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 2:101I'll Be Home for Christmas2:10 | 2018 | ||
| 2018 | My Funny ValentineSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 2:411My Funny Valentine2:41 | 2018 | ||
| 2019 | What's Love Got To Do With ItSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 4:121What's Love Got To Do With It4:12 | 2019 | ||
| 2019 | Dark HorseSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 2:401Dark Horse2:40 | 2019 | ||
| 2019 | When I GoSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 9:021When I Go4:32 2When I Go (The Village Sessions)4:30 | 29 April 2019 | ||
| 2021 | Dark Horse (Reimagined)Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 2:561Dark Horse (Reimagined)2:56 | 2021 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Lera Lynn head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 14 | 70.2th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 21 | 87.5th |
| Studio albums | 8 | 88.9th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 10 | 86.7th |
| Recording span (years) | 14 | 33.6th |
| Genres | 3 | 80.4th |
Awards & honours
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Downtown 13(band) | — | present |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lera_Lynn_%40_Troubadour_02-28-2026_22.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/758fde07-0a5c-4677-98d2-4dd7894874f5discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/758fde07-0a5c-4677-98d2-4dd7894874f5core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20706998genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20706998seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lera_Lynnbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lera_Lynn
Why this artist is in the database
- List of singer-songwriters
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Image: jus10h · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q20706998 · MusicBrainz: 758fde07-0a5c-4677-98d2-4dd7894874f5
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