Before gaining fame in her native country, the Netherlands, Jansen became a fixture in the constellation of artists associated with Los Angeles nightclub The Hotel Café – a national launching pad for artists as Sara Bareilles, Priscilla Ahn, and Joshua Radin.

As daughter of an American mother and Dutch father, Laura has been living in the U.S.A. for over 10 years.

Jansen’s debut album Bells,a dreamy collection of piano-driven alt-pop songs, was released on Universal Music in The Netherlands in 2009, on Decca Records in the USA in March 2011 and in the rest of the world in May 2011 on Universal Music Group.

Bells has gone platinum in Jansen’s native country the Netherlands, reached a #1 position on iTunes and a #6 position in the Dutch Album Top 100.

Propelled by Single Girls and a cover of Kings of Leon’s Use Somebody, which has spent more than 6 months lodged in the Top 25 on the Dutch singles chart.

Laura Jansen is currently working on her next album.

Passionate about politics, Jansen worked at the U.N. in Geneva and studied political science in college but backed away after a good friend, a human-rights activist, was killed in Africa.

Jansen spent two years at a music conservatory in the Netherlands, before transferring to Boston’s renowned Berklee College of Music with a scholarship. After graduating, she moved to Nashville to become a songwriter.

In 26 February 2007 she released her Trauma EP , from which she licensed songs to MTV’s “The Real World” and “Newport Harbor,” and she had a song covered on “Canadian Idol.”

In summer 2008, Laura performed as both a member of Joshua Radin’s band and as an opener on his sold-out headlining tour.

She made her first TV appearance with Radin on “Last Call with Carson Daly” and performed alongside Radin as the only two musical performers at Ellen DeGeneres’ wedding.

Soon after, Laura was offered a slot on the Hotel Café All Girls’ Tour in the Fall alongside Ingrid Michaelson, Rachael Yamagata, and Erin McCarley.

Upon returning from the SXSW Music Festival, Laura finished her second EP Single Girls, released on released 26 June 2009, a collection of five alternative, intimate pop songs. It debuted at #25 on the U.S. iTunes Pop Charts.

Upon her return, Laura was invited to the Netherlands for a series of performances, most importantly at the television show “De Wereld Draait Door”.

In a week she was signed to Universal Music Netherlands where her full length record entitled Bells (a compilation of Jansen’s two previously released EP’s 2007’s Trauma and 2009’s Single Girls, plus Use Somebody) was released on September 6, 2009.

In a short amount of time Laura completed two sold out national club tours and received a certified gold record. Her album stayed lodged in the Dutch Album Charts for over 60 weeks and reached a #1 position on iTunes.

Bells sold over 50.000 copies in The Netherlands and reached platinum status in 2011.

Jansen toured Europe in the fall of 2009 with William Fitzsimmons, both as a member of his band and as his support act. She continued to play in Germany, Austria, The UK and The Czech Republic as fans spread the word.

Laura also appeared as a special guest vocalist on stage in Amsterdam with Snow Patrol as well as Novastar.

In 2010 she was a featured artist at Germany’s showcase festivals Popkomm and Reeperbahn Festival as well as the SXSW Music Festival 2010.

In 2011 Laura continued to tour, visiting The Netherlands, Germany, Austria and Switzerland again. Jansen also toured with Belgium singer-songwriter Milow as his support act and a member of his band in August 2011 in Germany.

After returning from touring in Europe in the beginning of 2011, Jansen hit the road again with Joshua Radin in February 2011 as both a member of his band and as an opener on his headlining tour through the USA and Canada.

Following her album release of debut album Bells in the USA on March 22, 2011 Jansen went on the road with her own headline tour with shows in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles and several performances on the SXSW Music Festival 2011,most importantly with a showcase at the Hotel Café Showcase.

In October 2011 Laura Jansen also performed on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson with her song Wicked World

At the moment Jansen’s live band consists of the Dutch musicians Jan-Peter Hoekstra (guitars, vocals), Wouter Rentema (drums, percussion, vocals), and Jan Teertstra (bass, vocals)