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Greta Salome Stefansdottir
Stefansdottir in 2016
Background information
Also known as	Greta Salome
Born	( 1986-11-11 ) 11 November 1986 (age 37) Mosfellsbær , Iceland
Genres	Pop soul folk
Occupation(s)	Singer songwriter violinist
Instrument(s)	Vocals violin
Labels	Hands Up Music

Greta Salome Stefansdottir ( Icelandic pronunciation: [?kr?ːta ?saːloum? ?st?ːvauns?tou?t?r?] ; born 11 November 1986), known outside Iceland simply as Greta Salome , is an Icelandic singer, songwriter, and violinist in the Iceland Symphony Orchestra . She represented Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku , Azerbaijan , in a duet with singer Jonsi with the song " Never Forget ". ^[1] They qualified from the first semi-final into the Eurovision final and eventually finished in 20th place with 46 points. She represented Iceland again, this time as a soloist, in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song " Hear Them Calling ". ^[2]

Career [ edit ]

Greta released her first album, titled In the Silence , on 16 November 2012. The album contains her Eurovision song "Never Forget", in both the English and the Icelandic version ("Mundu Eftir Mer"). In August 2012 she released Everything Around Me . It was announced that Greta was among the list of participants in Iceland's selection for Eurovision 2016 with the song "Raddirnar". ^[3] She qualified from the first semi-final to participate in the final of the selection process. Her song was changed to English for the final, under the title " Hear Them Calling "; she won the national final. She represented Iceland performing the song in the first semi-final of Eurovision on 10 May 2016 placing fourteenth with 51 points. ^[4] Recently, she had been finishing what will be her second studio album featuring her most recent singles. ^[5] She also wrote the song "Crazy", which was performed by Raya and participated in UK's national selection for Eurovision Song Contest 2018

Discography [ edit ]

Studio albums [ edit ]

Singles [ edit ]

References [ edit ]

Notes [ edit ]

A ^ " Never Forget " did not appear on the official Belgian Ultratop 50 chart, but rather on the Ultratip chart, which combines "Airplay and Sales", at number 30.

B ^ "Raddirnar" is the original version of " Hear Them Calling ", which was later translated into English.

Sources [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

• Greta's Facebook page