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Lina Rafn
Person · female · Kingdom of Denmark · Copenhagen · born 1976 · recording since 2002
Danish singer
Also known as 丽娜·拉芬
Timeline
1970s
2000s
· Debut release
Debut release: Silent Heart
First documented Single in the MusicBrainz discography.
source: musicbrainz
Biography
Biography
Lina Rafn Sørensen (born 12 August 1976), known professionally as Lina Rafn is a Danish female singer, songwriter and producer active in the band Infernal. Additionally, she is a former VJ on the Danish music video channel The Voice TV Danmark, presenting various charts.
Lina Rafn was born in Copenhagen, and was a professional dancer from a very early age. She made her professional singing debut in 1997 with the founding of Infernal with Paw Lagermann and Søren Haahr. Infernal's debut single, "Sorti de L'enfer" was an instrumental dance-track.
From there on, she gained worldwide fame and recognition for her work. She is noted for her strong vocals and, along with Paw, created the hit "From Paris to Berlin". With the name of the band Infernal, she has released four albums and has sold millions of copies to date.
Her vocal trademark is a growl before hitting a high note.
Lina has also recordings under the name Paw & Lina with fellow Infernal member Paw Lagermann. Lina also recorded a track with Green Court called "Silent Heart
Silent HeartSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracksASilent Heart (club mix)BSilent Heart (Flutlicht remix)".
Lina was a judge in the first and second season of the Danish X Factor alongside Thomas Blachman and Remee. She did not appear in the third season of the show in 2010 and was replaced by Pernille Rosendahl. She returned for the seventh season in 2014 as Ida Corr's replacement, joining Thomas Blachman and Remee (who replaced Anne Linnet).
Since 2014, Lina has been one of the owners of the nightclub Klosteret in Copenhagen.
Personal life
Lina had her first daughter, Karmen, in the beginning of 2010 with her long-time boyfriend Kasper Pertho.
Singles
Solo
Featured in
As part of Infernal
Refer to detailed Infernal discography
As duo Paw & Lina
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 | 11 | 61.8th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 1 | 73.9th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 2 | 62.1th |
| Recording span (years) | 0 | 9.4th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (1 release groups)
Single · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Silent HeartSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracksASilent Heart (club mix) BSilent Heart (Flutlicht remix) | 9 December 2002 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Lina Rafn head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 11 | 61.8th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 1 | 73.9th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 2 | 62.1th |
| Recording span (years) | 0 | 9.4th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Infernal(band) | — | present | |
| Infernal(band) | — | present |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lina_Rafn_at_Danish_DJ_Awards_anno_2007.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/aaa7c8c8-736b-432b-b1c2-f6662b2435f2discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/aaa7c8c8-736b-432b-b1c2-f6662b2435f2core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q445803genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q445803seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lina_Rafnbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lina_Rafn
Why this artist is in the database
- List of Danish musicians
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: Jepsen · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q445803 · MusicBrainz: aaa7c8c8-736b-432b-b1c2-f6662b2435f2
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