Background
Engelina, the daughter of Ann-Cathrin and songwriter Henning Larsen, grew up on Bornholm with her two older sisters.
Engelina, the daughter of Ann-Cathrin and songwriter Henning Larsen, grew up on Bornholm with her two older sisters.
She was originally a jazz and soul singer. In 1997 she moved from Århus to Copenhagen, where she met producer and disc jockey DJ Encore in 2000 through an employee at Sony/ATV Music Publishing, who suggested that DJ Encore"s music would fit well with Engelina"s vocal. One of the first songs they worked on together was "I See Right Through to You", which was later chosen as the theme song to the first season of the reality television show Big Brother Denmark in 2001.
After working, she joined the girl popular trio Sha Li March, together with Christina Undhjem (former lead singer in YouKnowWho) and Ida Correspondent (backing vocals for Gnags among others).
The group were part of the band in the fourth season of the prime time television show Venner for livet ("Friends forever") on television 2 in 2002. They released a self-titled album the same year.
In 2007 she co-wrote the song "Like a Drug", with Cutfather, Jonas Jeberg and Adam Powers for Kylie Minogue"s album X. The song was also sent to the A&R of Britney Spears who liked it, but thought it sounded too much like Minogue. Since 2007 Engelina has written songs also for several other artists, such as Eric Saade, Sash!, Basshunter, Medina, Clemens, The Storm, Svenstrup & Vendelboe, Kato, Electric Lady Laboratory, Alexander Brown, Anthony Jasmin and Patrick Spiegelberg.
She has also worked with Teddy Riley, Busta Rhymes, Thomas Troelsen, Rui da Silva, Gary Barlow, Duné, Rune RK, Roger Sanchez, Fresh I, Pharphar, Pilfinger, Ankerstjerne, Rasmus Seebach, Barbara Moleko, Shaka Loveless, Frederik Nordsø, Fridolin Nordsø, Kay n"Dustry, Matt Schwarz, Nexus, Camille Jones, Stine Bramsen, Christopher, Basshunter, Asle Bjorn, Chris Minh Doky, Tue West, Sash Hampenberg, Providers, Cc Sheffield, Aura Dione.
