Introduction
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.
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.
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. 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. His clips, Yolo and Don't Stop 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, 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.
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
Tour
- 2018-2019: LK Tournée
- 2020: It's a New Dawn Tour
Nominations
- 2017: NRJ Music Awards: Francophone Breakthrough of the Year.
- 2019: NRJ Music Awards: Francophone Breakthrough of the Year.
- 2019: Olympia Awards: Music Breakthrough of the Year.