Lene Marlin (born Lene Marlin Pedersen, 17 August 1980) is a Norwegian singer-songwriter and musician.Marlin was born in Tromsø, Norway. She made her Norwegian recording debut on 12 October 1998, with the single "Unforgivable Sinner", a number one hit for eight weeks. It was the fastest selling single in Norwegian music history, and appeared in the soundtrack of the Norwegian movie Schpaaa. Her first album, Playing My Game, followed. She won an MTV Europe award in 1999. Her single "Where I'm Headed", from the French film, Mauvaises fréquentations, became a top-5 hit in France and Italy. Her song "Sitting Down Here" became a top-5 hit in the UK Singles Chart, and reached number 5 in the Netherlands in 2000.