LOS ANGELES – Long before the Icelandic Chinese artist Laufey became recognized the world over for her neoclassical jazz-meets-pop music, she was a student, answering a familiar yearbook prompt: “Where do you see yourself in 10 years?”

Her answer: Move to the U.S., sign a record deal and win a Grammy. The 26-year-old has done all three.

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“I must have been so confident to write that because I remember that being a very far-sought kind of thing,” the musician born Laufey Lín Jónsdóttir told The Associated Press.

Those aren't her only accomplishments: She's collaborated with Barbra Streisand , shared the stage with Hozier , Noah Kahan and the Los Angeles Philharmonic . An unexpected nonconformist to the rules of contemporary pop, Laufey's third album, “A Matte

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