Ginalina

Gina Lam, better known by her stage name Ginalina, is a Canadian family folk singer and songwriter, based in Vancouver.[1] She released her first children's album, Sandcastle Magic, in 2012, which won a 2013 Parents' Choice Award: Silver Honour Award.[2] Her following album, Forest Friends' Nature Club was released in 2015 and was nominated for a Juno Award[3] and for a 2015 Canadian Folk Music Award,[4] as well as winning a 2016 Parents' Choice Award: Silver Honour Award. In 2016, she released Home is Family which won the Children's Artist of the Year category at the Western Canadian Music Awards,[5] a 2017 Parents' Choice Award: Gold Honour Award. This album was nominated for the 2017 Canadian Folk Music Awards in the category: Children’s Album of the Year.[6] In 2018, Ginalina released her fourth album, entitled "It Takes a Village". It was selected as a nominee for the 2019 Juno Award in the category of Children's Album of the Year,[7] and nominated for Children’s Album of the Year in the 2020 Canadian Folk Music Awards.[1]

Ginalina
Ginalina in concert
Background information
Birth nameGina Lam
OriginVancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Genres
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
Years active2012–present
LabelsIndependent
Websitewww.ginalina.com

Starting mid-2016, Ginalina's music videos have been aired on Kidoodle.TV in the Canada and United States[8] as well as on the Knowledge Network.[9]

She was born in Toronto.[10]

Personal life

Ginalina grew up playing classical violin and loved to sing and write stories as a child.[11] She is Canadian-Taiwanese and both her parents are from Taiwan. She has four children.[12]

Discography

  • Sandcastle Magic (2012)[13]
  • Forest Friends' Nature Club (2015)[14]
  • Home is Family (2016)[15]
  • It Takes a Village (2018)
  • Small but Mighty (2019)

References

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