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'''Linda Andrews''' (born October 19, 1973 in [[Tórshavn]]), is a [[Faroe Islands|Faroese]] singer who won the second season of the [[X Factor (Denmark)|Danish version]] of ''[[The X Factor (TV series)|The X Factor]]''<ref>{{cite news|publisher=[[Politiken]]|language=Danish|date=[[2009-03-28]]|accessdate=2009-03-28|url=http://politiken.dk/kultur/article679275.ece |title=Linda vinder X Factor 2009}}</ref>, and became the first faroese winner of
==Early Life==
She was born and raised in Torshavn. She has one nine-year-old daughter, Celeste, with who she lives nowadays in Valby. It was Celeste who got his mother to join the X Factor, so she eventually auditioned in Copenhagen. Linda had recently divorced from her husband of seven years, and she wanted to prove her daughter that she could easily stand on its own legs. She comes from a large family in the Faroe Islands, she has 4 older siblings. Prior to her rise to fame on X Factor, Andrews made her solo album debut in 2008 with Revelation, a gospel album, and prior to that, she released stray recordings such as "Hot Santa," a Christmas-themed novelty single from 2006.
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==The X Factor==
Throughout the series, she was mentored by [[Lina Rafn]] of [[Infernal (band)|Infernal]]. In the final, she sang "[[So What (song)|So What]]" by [[Pink (singer)|Pink]] and a new song written by [[Søren Rasted]] of [[Aqua (band)|Aqua]] and [[Hej Matematik]].
==Post X Factor==
After winning the X Factor, she was offered a major-label recording contract with Sony Music. Andrews made her major-label debut with "Det Bedste Til Sidst" written by Søren Rasted of the Danish pop band [[Aqua]]. The song was released in April 2009, just after Andrews had debuted the song on the season finale of X Factor (along with "So What" by P!nk). A couple months after releasing "Det Bedste Til Sidst," Andrews made her full-length album debut with Into the Light (2009), primarily of English-language. It peaked at number two on the Danish albums chart and had two singles "Into the Light" and "Mirror Mirror". <ref>http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:anfyxqyrldfe~T1</ref>
===Discography===
===Studio albums===
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| 2009
| [[Into the Light (Linda Andrews album)|Into the Light]]
* Released: June 16, 2009 <ref>http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:w9fwxztaldae</ref>
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