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Björk

Icelandic singer · Iceland · Musicians · Born 1965 · age 60

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The Icelandic musician who turned pop music into a laboratory - three-octave range, collaborations with everyone from trip hop producers to Venezuelan experimentalists, and a stage presence that made avant-garde accessible to millions who'd never heard the term.

A life in dates

2010Polar Music PrizeAward2005“It's a big question. Getting rid of religion would be a good start, wouldn't it? It seems to be causing a lot of havoc.”In their words18 March 2005When asked "Given the chance, how would you change the world?" (The Independent, 18 March 2005.)

“It's interesting for me to bring up a girl.”In their words13 March 2005From The Observer, March 13 2005 issue

2004“Everyone is bisexual: I’ve always had as many powerful, creative ladies in my life as I have men, and you could probably describe some of those relationships as romantic.”In their wordsOctober 2004Diva magazine, October 2004

“I don't like records that are the same from beginning to end, that are too styled and slick.”In their words6 September 2004Newsweek, 6 September 2004

2001“But, but, these are the people that made the Busby Berkeley movies, yeah? So they're not exactly subtle.”In their words19 October 2001Explaining her swan dress on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, season 9, episode 177 (19 October 2001)

Bodil Award for Best Actress in a Leading RoleAward2000Edda Award for Best Leading Actor or ActressAwardEuropean Film Award for Best ActressAwardJameson People's Choice Award for Best ActressAward1998“I am grateful grapefruit.”In their words9 February 1998From her acceptance speech for the Brit Award for International Female Solo Artist at the 18th Brit Awards, 9 February 1998

1997Nordic Council Music PrizeAward1965Born21 November 1965

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Björk in a publicity photo with the Sugarcubes in 1988Björk in a publicity photo with the Sugarcubes in 1988Björk performing in Japan with the Sugarcubes in 1992Björk performing in Japan with the Sugarcubes in 1992Björk performing during the Homogenic tour in 1997Björk performing during the Homogenic tour in 1997Björk at the 2001 Academy Awards, wearing her swan dressBjörk at the 2001 Academy Awards, wearing her swan dressBjörk DJing in 2006Björk DJing in 2006Björk performing at the Big Day Out festival in Melbourne, 2008Björk performing at the Big Day Out festival in Melbourne, 2008Björk performing at the Cirque en Chantier in Paris (February 2013)Björk performing at the Cirque en Chantier in Paris (February 2013)

In their own words 6

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  1. It's a big question. Getting rid of religion would be a good start, wouldn't it? It seems to be causing a lot of havoc.

    Mar 18, 2005, When asked "Given the chance, how would you change the world?" (The Independent, 18 March 2005.), Own words

  2. It's interesting for me to bring up a girl.

    Mar 13, 2005, From The Observer, March 13 2005 issue, Own words

  3. Everyone is bisexual: I’ve always had as many powerful, creative ladies in my life as I have men, and you could probably describe some of those relationships as romantic.

    Oct 2004, Diva magazine, October 2004, Own words

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Awards

Polar Music Prize2010
Bodil Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role2001
European Film Award for Best Actress2000
Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actress2000
Edda Award for Best Leading Actor or Actress2000
Nordic Council Music Prize1997
Knight of the National Order of Merit
Icelandic Music Awards
Qwartz Electronic Music Awards
Knights of the Order of the Falcon
Honorary Doctorate at the University of Iceland

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Born in Reykjavík on 21 November 1965, Björk Guðmundsdóttir started performing at 11 and by 21 was fronting the Sugarcubes, the alternative rock band that got her out of Iceland. When they split in 1992, she went solo and released Debut (1993), Post (1995), and Homogenic (1997) - albums that pulled electronica and avant-garde music onto pop charts and made her unmistakable voice a signature sound of the decade. The experiments kept coming: the glitch textures of Vespertine (2001), the all-voice Medúlla (2004), Biophilia (2011) with its custom iPad app. After her longtime co-producer Mark Bell died, she worked with Arca on Vulnicura (2015) and Utopia (2017), then produced Fossora (2022) herself for the first time. She acted too - won Best Actress at Cannes in 2000 for Dancer in the Dark - and has moved 40 million records, with 22 UK top 40 hits and 16 Grammy nominations, the most in the alternative category. In 2015, MoMA gave her a retrospective.

Country
Iceland
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
living
Dates
Born 1965 · age 60

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