Caitlin Linney

Caitlin Donerly Linney (born in Durham, NC), known professionally as Linney, is an American singer and songwriter. Her career began in 2011 with a kickstarter campaign. Since then, she has written and performed multiple songs and won several awards. Her first award was for “best song” at the 28th Annual EVVY Awards. In 2016, she won the John Lennon Songwriting Contest for "Coming Back for More", which led to a performance on the Main Stage at the NAMM Show at the Anaheim Convention Center on January 23, 2016. She has released a studio album and two EPs.

Her single, "That Night", which is on her "Things We Say" EP, has been streamed more than 780,000 times on Spotify. On February 9, 2018, she released her single, "Outta My Heart," which Halsey tweeted about. She continues to release singles and will tour in summer 2018.

Education
Caitlin graduated from Carolina Friends School in 2007, and from Emerson College in 2011.

Musical career
In 2013, she won at Los Angeles Round of the Texaco Country Showdown with KKGO Go Country 105 radio at Knott's Berry Farm.

In 2014, she released the lyric video for “Heartbeat”, thanking cardiologists at the Duke Heart Center for saving her dad's life.

The next year, Caitlin won the John Lennon Songwriting Contest and performed on the main stage at the NAMM Show. She also was a guest producer on the John Lennon bus in Miami as a part of the John Lennon Songwriting Contest.