Anne Linnet

Anne Linnet
Anne Linnet in February 2023.
Anne Linnet in February 2023.
Background information
Born (1953-07-30) 30 July 1953 (age 71)
Århus, Denmark[1]
GenresPop, rock, musical, classical music
Occupation(s)Musician, author
Instrument(s)Vocals, guitar, keyboard, piano
Years active1969 – present
Anne Linnet during a concert in 2006.

Anne Kristine Linnet (born 30 July 1953) is a Danish singer, musician and songwriter. She has released a number of solo albums and has also been a member of the bands Tears, Shit & Chanel, Anne Linnet Band, Marquis de Sade and Bitch Boys. Anne Linnet is one of a small group of Danish songstresses who have been popular for multiple decades. She is, and has been for five decades, a distinctive figure on the Danish music scene and is known for her honest musical phrasings, memorable and sometimes feministic lyrics, and renewal through explorations into a number of music styles.[2][3][4]

Linnet has received several Danish awards, is Knight of the Dannebrog and is granted subsidies from the Danish Arts Foundation.[5] Furthermore, she has received notability in Denmark for being outspoken about her bisexuality.[6][7]

Career

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Anne Linnet began her career in 1969 by performing folk rock, and she was in the Århus-based band Tears from 1971 to 1976. Linnet recorded the albums Sweet Thing (often regarded as her solo album) and Tears in My Ears, both with the band Tears that also included Holger Laumann. Anne Linnet also sang musical works by Holger Laumann with Radioens Big Band and others for some time since 1971.[3][2][4] In 1973, she was one of the founding members of the all-female band Shit & Chanel, which released four albums in their seven years together. One of their largest hits was the song "Smuk og dejlig" (Danish for "gorgeous and lovely"), written by Anne Linnet and it was actually about her crush on the Danish actress Ulla Henningsen.[8][9][10] One of the reasons for the band's split was that the House of Chanel had won a lawsuit against them, regarding the use of the name Chanel. After that, the band members felt a need to move on and do something new.[11][12]

Following the split, Anne Linnet formed Anne Linnet Band, which released two albums from 1981 to 1982. Two other singers and musicians in the band were Sanne Salomonsen and Lis Sørensen, both popular singers/musicians who have since had long and successful careers.

In 1983, a collection of poems by Anne Linnet were published named Glimt. In 1983, she also formed a new wave band named Marquis de Sade and they released an album of the same name that year. The sound was harder and more electronic, inspired by other European eighties bands, such as Eurythmics, and was a change from the softer pop/folk sound that had characterised her music until then. The musical theme and lyrics of Marquis de Sade centered on gender inequality and sadomasochism were also inspired by Hamburg's red-light district, which Anne Linnet Band had encountered during a tour.[13] The album Linnet/Salomonsen from 1984 was the music for a play in Bellevue Teatret named Berlin 84, and was inspired by Toula and Barbarella who worked in a red-light district. The lyrics of Linnet/Salomonsen deal with issues of LGBT erasure and male privilege, and the album has similar themes to Marquis de Sade.[14][15] Marquis de Sade released Hvid magi in 1985 and En elsker in 1986. At the time, they created some controversy, and became known for some of their songs having sadomasochistic ("Marquis de Sade") and lesbian ("Hils din mor", "Venus") themes. They had large hits with songs such as "Glor på vinduer", "Nattog" and "Venus".[16][17][12]

In 1986, Anne Linnet released the song "Barndommens gade" for the film Early Spring, both based on the novel Barndommens gade by the Danish poet Tove Ditlevsen. Linnet set a number of Tove Ditlevsen's poems from this novel to music, which was released on the album Barndommens gade that year. The song of the same name became a hit and received the Robert Award for film score of the year.[12][18] Linnet founded the record company Pladecompagniet at the turn of the year 1986/1987.[19][20]

In 1988, Linnet released the album Jeg er jo lige her (Danish for "I am (after all) right here"). The album has sold in more than 400,000 copies, which makes it her commercial high point.[21] The first single was the evergreen "Tusind stykker" (Danish for "thousand pieces"), which became a large hit, first in Anne Linnet's version, and later also in a Swedish version, performed by the Swedish singer and musician Björn Afzelius.[12] In 1989, she released the album Min sang in collaboration with the Danish priest, author and lecturer Johannes Møllehave. The album contains poems inspired by Christian faith. Linnet and Møllehave have later collaborated on a series of church concerts and lectures.

In 1994, the record company Pladecompagniet was sold to Sony for more than ten million kroner.[22] In 1994-'95, Linnet wrote a chamber opera named Thorvaldsen while she was resident in Rome. The opera was released on CD in 1996 and is about the Danish, 19th-century sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen.[23] In 1997, Linnet established her second all-female band Bitch Boys that released an album of the same name that year.[24] In 1999, Linnet founded her second record company Circle Records,[20] and the first part of her memoir named Hvor kommer drømmene fra? was published the same year. Four short children's books by Anne Linnet about Ivan the dog were released in 2000.

The album Over mig under mig by Marquis de Sade was released in 2002. All releases from Marquis de Sade have the name Anne Linnet on the cover, which is exemplified on this release with "Anne Linnet & Marquis de Sade". In 2006, she had a showing of her oil paintings in Rundetårn, Copenhagen.[2] The same year, her song from Shit & Chanel named "Smuk og dejlig" (1976), was included in the Danish Culture Canon under the heading "Evergreens". Her album Go' sønda' morn' (1980) was included in the same canon under the category "Children's culture". In 2007, she released the critically acclaimed solo album Akvarium which became a success and reached first place on the Danish record chart.[25][12]

In 2012, the second part of Anne Linnet's memoir named Testamentet was published. On 20 August 2012, it was announced that Linnet would replace Cutfather as a judge on X Factor for its sixth season, joining Thomas Blachman and fellow new judge Ida Corr (who replaced Pernille Rosendahl). She mentored the Groups category and came in third place with Wasteland. For unknown reasons, Linnet did not return as a judge for the seventh season and was replaced by original judge Remee.

Personal life

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Anne Linnet, Nibe Festival 2009.

Anne Linnet passed her studentereksamen at Århus Statsgymnasium (A-level equivalent) and went on to obtain a degree from the Royal Academy of Music, Århus. She is a bisexual and has been in a romantic relationship with both males and females.[26][27] From 1974 to 1985, she was married to the jazz musician Holger Laumann, whom she had lived together with since 1971.[28] They had two children; Eva (Evamaria) and Jan Martin (Sean), now named Marcus.[20][29] Anne Linnet's grief from the aftermath of her father's death from a blood clot in 1979 at age 58, as well as the divorce from Laumann in 1985 left her in shambles, she described to the magazine Gaffa in 2015, where she also stated: "The processing of grief in Marquis de Sade was a bit like this: if you pinch your arm so that it hurts, you don't feel so much that it also hurts somewhere else. It is often the case that other pain can trigger a kind of standstill in relation to the original grief."[30][31]

Linnet is also the mother of Alexander Theo Linnet, whom she had with Mads Buhl Nielsen in 1988.[32][33] On 6 June 2010, BT reported that Anne Linnet had signed a partnership and awaited children with 22-year-old Tessa Franck.[34] On 31 July 2010, Tessa Franck Linnet gave birth to a daughter named Isolde Elisabeth Franck Linnet. Alexander followed a musical life like his mother and is known as Xander and his single "Det burde ikk være sådan her" topped the Danish Singles Charts in 2011. Linnet also has two adopted Rumanian-born children, Peter and Maria.[35] On 19 April 2013, Tessa gave birth to a boy named Nemo. In December 2013, Anne Linnet announced that the couple had separated.[36] Anne Linnet married 38 years younger Kathrine Kjær, which she had been in a relationship with since 2017.[37] They were divorced in 2022.[38]

Discography

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See also: Tears (Danish band) § Discography, Shit & Chanel § Discography, and Anne Linnet Band § Discography

Bibliography

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  • Go’ sønda’ morn’ (songbook), 1980
  • Glimt (poetry collection), 1983
  • Hvor kommer drømmene fra? (memoir), 1999
  • Ivan som baby (children's book), 2000
  • Ivan i skoven (children's book), 2000
  • Ivan på stranden (children's book), 2000
  • Ivan & Alexander (children's book), 2000
  • Sangbog (songbook), 2011
  • Testamentet (memoir), 2012
  • Fucked (novel), 2019

Notes

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  1. ^ Christensen, Uffe (10 November 2012). "Muser og mænd - musik og masochisme". Jyllands-Posten (in Danish). Retrieved 25 December 2023. Dengang foregik alt med fødebyen Aarhus som udgangspunkt og [...] [Back then, everything happened with the city of birth Aarhus as a starting point and [...]]
  2. ^ a b c Anne Linnet's webpage (in Danish). Archived 14 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ^ a b Anne Linnet (in Danish). Den Store Danske. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  4. ^ a b Anne Linnet (in Danish). Dansk kvindebiografisk leksikon. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  5. ^ Bille, Torben, ed. (2002). Dansk rockleksikon (in Danish) (1st ed.). Politikens Forlag. pp. 292–293. ISBN 87-567-6525-8. Linnet har modtaget en række priser - Preben Harris' Dramatikerlegat i 85, LO's Kulturpris i 86, Handelsbanken Århus' Pris i 87. Hun blev kåret som Årets Sangerinde i 85, 86 og 89. Hun er Ridder af Dannebrog og modtager livsvarig ydelse fra Statens Kunstfond. [Linnet has received a number of awards - Preben Harris' Dramatikerlegat in '85, LO's Kulturpris in '86, Handelsbanken Århus' Pris in '87. She was elected Songstress of the Year in '85, '86 and '89. She is Knight of the Dannebrog and receives life-long grants from the Danish Arts Foundation.]
  6. ^ Hansen, Tine Godsk (20 February 2008). "Kvindestemmer" (in Danish). DR. Archived from the original on 19 December 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  7. ^ Jan Have Eriksen, Bax Lindhardt (29 November 2010). "Anne Linnet taler ud om sit vilde år". B.T. (in Danish). Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  8. ^ Nymand, Sofie (12 March 2023). "I Dansegarderoben synger Anne Linnet hittet Smuk og dejlig til dansepigen Diana: Denne kendte dansker er sangen i virkeligheden skrevet til" (in Danish). Billed Bladet. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  9. ^ Aggersbjerg, Marcus (7 March 2021). "Smukke og dejlige Ulla Henningsen" (in Danish). Jyllands-Posten. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  10. ^ Brovall, Sandra (16 June 2012). "Anne Linnet afslører pigen fra 'Smuk og dejlig': »Du kender hende sikkert«" (in Danish). Politiken. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  11. ^ Kvindestemmer (in Danish). DR. Archived 19 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
  12. ^ a b c d e Anne Linnet (in Danish). GAFFApedia. Archived 24 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine.
  13. ^ Eriksen, Jan (2019). Anne, Sanne og Lis: Historien om en dansk musikrevolution (in Danish) (1st ed.). Storyhouse. p. 100. ISBN 9788711911679. Det første kim til det, der skulle blive til Marquis de Sade, blev plantet under en turné med Anne Linnet Band i et par klubber i Hamburgs red light district. [The genesis of what became Marquis de Sade was planted during a tour with Anne Linnet Band, in a couple of clubs in Hamburg's red-light district.]
  14. ^ Linnet, Anne (2012). Testamentet (in Danish) (1st ed.). People's Press. p. 274. ISBN 978-87-7108-597-6. Jeg bestiller en billet til New York for at mødes med min veninde Dorte, som danser i Colorado og snart er færdig dér, og en til Berlin, så jeg kan lave min research til forestillingen på Bellevue Teatret. I Berlin vil jeg interviewe Toula og Barbarella. Jeg har besluttet, at Berlin 84 skal foregå i Toulas bar og handle om alle de ting, jeg går og tænker på omkring kvindeliv og kvindeskæbner [...] [I order a ticket to New York to meet my friend Dorte, who dances in Colorado and is soon done there, and one to Berlin, so that I can make my research for the play in Bellevue Teatret. In Berlin, I want to interview Toula og Barbarella. I have decided that Berlin 84 must take place in Toula's bar and be about all those things, which I think about regarding women's life and women's destinies [...]]
  15. ^ Eriksen, Jan (2019). Anne, Sanne og Lis: Historien om en dansk musikrevolution (in Danish) (1st ed.). Storyhouse. p. 122. ISBN 9788711911679. Musikken fra Berlin 84, der naturligt lå i forlængelse af Marquis de Sade, udkom under titlen Linnet-Salomonsen. [The music from Berlin 84, which was naturally an extension of Marquis de Sade, was released under the title Linnet-Salomonsen.]
  16. ^ Official history of Marquis de Sade (in Danish) Archived 22 February 2003 at the Wayback Machine.
  17. ^ Eriksen, Jan (21 April 2019). "Da Anne Linnet iførte sig læder og pisk og sprang ud med Marquis de Sade". Pov (in Danish). Archived from the original on 19 June 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  18. ^ "Robert-vindere" (in Danish). filmakademiet.dk. Archived from the original on 13 December 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  19. ^ Official history of Marquis de Sade (in Danish) Archived 22 February 2003 at the Wayback Machine. "I efteråret 1986 stiftede Anne Linnet sammen med A og R medarbejderen fra CBS records Jan Degner sit eget pladeselskab: Pladecompagniet." [In the autumn of 1986, Anne Linnet, together with A and R employee from CBS records Jan Degner, founded her own record company: Pladecompagniet.]
  20. ^ a b c Official timeline (in Danish) Archived 2 December 2002 at the Wayback Machine.
  21. ^ Schütt-Jensen, Kasper (15 October 2007). "Anne Linnet indspiller egen musikhistorie". Jyllands-Posten (in Danish). Archived from the original on 5 June 2015. [...] det kommercielle højdepunkt "Jeg er jo lige her" (1988), som i dag er solgt i mere end 400.000 eksemplarer. [[...] the commercial high point ”Jeg er jo lige her” (1988), which today is sold in more than 400,000 copies.]
  22. ^ Drejer, Dennis (20 September 2012). "Karrieren har sat sig på tværs". B.T. (in Danish). Retrieved 25 December 2023. Desuden blev hun mangemillionær, da hun i 1994 solgte sit pladeselskab Pladecompagniet og kunstnere som Alberte, TV2, Johnny Madsen og Peter Belli til Sony for et tociftret millionbeløb. [Furthermore, she became a multimillionaire, when she sold her record company Pladecompagniet in 1994 with artists such as Alberte, TV2, Johnny Madsen and Peter Belli to Sony for a sum of more than ten million.]
  23. ^ Official history of the chamber opera Thorvaldsen (in Danish) Archived 14 December 2002 at the Wayback Machine.
  24. ^ Bitch Boys by Bitch Boys. Discogs.
  25. ^ Svidt, Ole Rosenstand (2 November 2007). "Anne Linnet nummer 1 på hitlisten" (in Danish). Gaffa. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016.
  26. ^ ANNE LINNET FYLDER 70 – læs stort portrætinterview fra 2015 (in Danish). Gaffa. "Jeg var sammen med Holger, jeg elskede ham, men var tidligt bevidst om min biseksualitet, Smuk og Dejlig er skrevet til en kvinde. Men det var ikke noget problem mellem os, det lå i tiden." [I was together with Holger, I loved him, but was early aware of my bisexuality, Smuk og Dejlig is written for a woman. But it was no problem for us, it is a thing of the past.]
  27. ^ ”Vi er skilt, men stadig kærester” (in Danish). ALT for damerne. "Anne Linnet har dannet par med både mænd og kvinder [...]" [Anne Linnet has been in a romantic relationship with both men and women [...]]
  28. ^ Nielsen, Jens-Emil (2013). 70'er rock: Dansk rock 1970-1980 (in Danish) (1st ed.). Her & Nu. p. 76. ISBN 978-87-90184-93-3. Anne Linnet flytter sammen med den 11 år ældre saxofonist og jazzmusiker Holger Laumann, allerede mens hun som 18-årig går i 3. g. [Anne Linnet moves in with the 11 years older saxophonist and jazz musician Holger Laumann, already while she as an 18-year-old is in the 3rd year of gymnasium.]
  29. ^ Skrydstrup, Ingelise (2 August 2010). "57-årige Anne Linnet er blevet mor igen". B.T. (in Danish). Retrieved 15 January 2011.
  30. ^ Tuxen, Henrik (30 July 2023). "ANNE LINNET FYLDER 70 – læs stort portrætinterview fra 2015" (in Danish). Gaffa. Retrieved 30 May 2024. Sorgbearbejdelsen i Marquis de Sade var sådan lidt: hvis du niver dig i armen, så det gør ondt, så mærker du ikke så meget, at det også gør ondt et andet sted. Det er ofte, at anden smerte kan trigge en form for stilstand i forhold til den oprindelige sorg.
  31. ^ Sørensen, Lis (2019). Jeg er kommet for at synge (in Danish) (1st ed.). Politikens Forlag. p. 81. ISBN 978-87-400-5154-4. Anne oplevede selv en stor sorg, da hendes far døde af en blodprop i 1979, bare 58 år gammel. [Anne experienced big grief herself, when her father died from a blood clot in 1979, only 58 years old.]
  32. ^ Anne Linnets søn topper de danske hitlister (in Danish). Billed Bladet. Archived 15 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in Danish).
  33. ^ Xander (in Danish). DR. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  34. ^ Skrydstrup, Ingelise (19 September 2012). "Anne Linnet gift med gravid 22-årig". B.T. (in Danish). Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  35. ^ Jørgensen, Susanne (22 September 2012). "Anne Linnet adopterer to rumænske feriebørn". B.T. (in Danish). Retrieved 25 December 2023.
  36. ^ Seeberg, Kenan (26 December 2013). "Anne Linnet er blevet skilt". Berlingske Tidende (in Danish). Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  37. ^ Anne Linnet er ligeglad med, hvad alle andre tænker: Forelskelsen har altid været mit allerstærkeste brændstof (in Danish). Politiken.
  38. ^ Ritzau (27 August 2022). "Anne Linnet skal skilles efter fem års forhold". TV 2 (in Danish). Retrieved 25 December 2023.
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