Björk
Björk Guðmundsdóttir (/ˈbjɜːrk/;[1] Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈpjœr̥k ˈkvʏðmʏntsˌtoʊhtɪr]; born 21 November 1965), kent as Björk, is an Icelandic sangster-sangwriter an producer. Her muisical style is eclectic an she haes achievit recognition in alternative rock, jazz, electronic dance muisic, classical, an avant-garde.[2]
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Background information | |
Birth name | Björk Guðmundsdóttir |
Born | Reykjavík, Iceland | 21 November 1965
Genres | Rock Alternative rock Progressive rock Electronica Trip hop Jazz Classical Neo-psychedelia |
Instruments | Vocals, Keybuirds |
Years active | 1977–present |
Associate acts | The Sugarcubes, Tappi Tikarrass, KUKL, Spit and Snot, Exodus, Jam80 |
Wabsteid | bjork.com |
Three o Björk's 1990s singles chairtit in the UK Tap 10 ("It's Oh So Quiet" reached nummer 4, "Army of Me" numbmer 10, an "Hyperballad" nummer 8).[3] Her record label, One Little Indian, reportit that bi 2003, she haed sauld mair nor 15 million albums warldwide.[4] She haes wan fower BRIT Awards, fower MTV Video Music Awards, ane MOJO Award, three UK Music Video Awards, an, in 2010, the Polar Music Prize frae the Ryal Swadish Academy o Muisic in recognition o her "deeply personal muisic an leerics, her precise arrangements an her unique voice."[5]
Björk haes been nominatit for 14 Grammy Awards (plus twa for airt direction on her album sleeves, done bi ithers) an aw, ane Academy Award, an twa Golden Globe Awards. She wan the Best Actress Award at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival for her performance in Dancer in the Dark.[6] She wis rankit thirty-saxt in VH1's "The 100 Greatest Women in Rock and Roll",[7] aicht in MTV's "22 Greatest Voices in Music",[8] an saxtiet in Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Singers of All Time".[9]
Personal life
She haes a son an a dochter, Sindri an Isadòra. She lifes in New York Ceety, but awns a hame in Reykjavík an aw.
Discografie
- Björk (1977)
- Debut (1993)
- Post (1995)
- Homogenic (1997)
- Selmasongs (2000) (soondtrack)
- Vespertine (2001)
- Medúlla (2004)
- Drawing Restraint 9 (2005) (soondtrack)
- Volta (2007)
- Biophilia (2011)
- Vulnicura (2015)
- Utopia (2017)
- Fossora (2022)