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Björk

Björk was born Björk Guðmundsdóttir on 21 November 1965 in Reykjavík, Iceland. She is an Icelandic singer, songwriter, composer, actress, record producer and DJ.

Björk
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Björk performs during the Biophilia Tour in Paris, February 2013
Born
Björk Guðmundsdóttir

(1965-11-21) 21 November 1965 (age 58)
Reykjavík, Iceland
Spouse(s)
Þór Eldon (m. 1986–1987)
Partner(s)Matthew Barney (2000–13)[1]
Children2
Parent(s)
Musical career
Genres
Occupation(s)
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Years active1975–present
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Websitebjork.com
Websitebjork.com
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Her career started with singing Tina Charles' 1976 hit song "I Love to Love" in a school recital, and a recording of her singing the song was sent to the RÚV radio station. The recording was nationally broadcast, after that, Björk was offered a recording contract. Her self-titled début album, Björk, was recorded and released in Iceland in December 1977. Before embarking on a solo career in 1993, Björk was the lead singer of alternative rock band The Sugarcubes, which is called as "Iceland's biggest rock band". Since then, she has received consistent critical praise for her innovative vocal and compositional approaches, musical experimentation, and art direction, and is recognized as one of the best singer-songwriters of her generation. Her albums reached the top 20 in the Billboard 200 chart.

Björk has won five BRIT Awards, four MTV Video Music Awards, one MOJO Award, three UK Music Video Awards, 21 Icelandic Music Awards and, in 2010, the Polar Music Prize from the Royal Swedish Academy of Music in recognition of her "deeply personal music and lyrics, her precise arrangements and her unique voice". She has also been nominated for 14 Grammy Awards, one Academy Award, and two Golden Globe Awards. She was included in Time Magazine's list of the 100 most influential people in the world. She won the Best Actress Award at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival for her performance in the movie Dancer in the Dark.

She has a son and a daughter, Sindri and Isadòra. She lives in New York City, but also owns a home in Reykjavík.

Björk was in the 2013 television documentary When Björk Met Attenborough with Sir David Attenborough.[2][3]

Discography (albums by Björk)

  • Björk (1977) - Her first album, most songs are a mixture of covers translated into Icelandic.
  • Gling-Gló (1990) - A jazz album where she sings mostly in Icelandic. The only album that was made by Björk Guðmundsdóttir & tríó Guðmundar Ingólfssonar.
  • Debut (1993)
  • Post (1995)
    • Telegram (1996) - Remixes from Post.
  • Homogenic (1997)
  • Selmasongs (2000) - Soundtrack album of Lars von Trier's Dancer in the Dark.
  • Vespertine (2001)
  • Greatest Hits (2002) - Collection of the best tracks of Björk chosen by audience.
  • Family Tree (2002) - Mini compact disc boxset of rare and unreleased works.
  • Live Box (2003) - Collection of music from each album's live shows.
  • Medúlla (2004)
  • Drawing Restraint 9 (2005) - Music from her movie with her former husband Matthew Barney, Drawing Restraint 9.
  • Surrounded (2006) - Dual Disc boxset of most of her old music, remastered in Surround Sound.
  • Volta (2007)
  • Biophilia (2011)
    • Bastards (2012) - Remixes from Biophilia.
  • Vulnicura (2015)
  • Utopia (2017)
  • Fossora (2022)

Björk Media

  • Björk in a publicity photo with The Sugarcubes in 1988

  • Björk performing in Japan with the Sugarcubes in 1992

  • Björk performing during the Homogenic Tour in 1997

  • Björk at the 2001 Academy Awards, wearing her swan dress

  • Björk DJing off of her iBookBjork

  • Björk performing at the Big Day Out festival in Melbourne, 2008

  • Björk on stage at New York City Center in 2015

  • Bjork performing at the Eden Project in 2018

  • Mark Bell contributed to much of Björk's material, including his co-production of Homogenic, until his death in 2014.

References

  1. ↑ Pareles, Jon (30 January 2015). "Sometimes Heartbreak Takes a Hostage". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/01/arts/music/for-bjork-a-new-album-vulnicura-and-a-moma-show.html?_r=0&module=ArrowsNav&contentCollection=Music&action=keypress&region=FixedLeft&pgtype=article. Retrieved 25 March 2015. 
  2. ↑ Music, in; Science; July 26th, Television; Comments, 2013 4. "Björk and Sir David Attenborough Team Up in a New Documentary About Music and Technology".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ↑ "When Bjork Met Attenborough - 4oD - Channel 4". Archived from the original on 2014-09-09. Retrieved 2014-09-11.

Other websites

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