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Bjork
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Bjork performs during the Biophilia Tour in
Paris
, February 2013
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Born
| Bjork Guðmundsdottir
(
1965-11-21
)
21 November 1965
(age 58)
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Spouse
| Þor Eldon (
m.
1986–1987)
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Partner
| Matthew Barney
(2000?13)
[1]
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Children
| 2
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Parents
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Musical career
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Years active
| 1975?present
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Website
| bjork.com
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| bjork
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Bjork
was born
Bjork Guðmundsdottir
on 21 November 1965 in
Reykjavik
,
Iceland
. She is an Icelandic
singer
,
songwriter
,
composer
,
actress
,
record producer
and
DJ
.
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
RUV radio station
. The recording was nationally broadcast, after that, Bjork was offered a recording contract. Her self-titled debut album,
Bjork
, was recorded and released in Iceland in December 1977. Before embarking on a solo career in 1993, Bjork 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.
Bjork 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 Isadora. She lives in
New York City
, but also owns a home in
Reykjavik
.
Bjork was in the 2013 television documentary
When Bjork Met Attenborough
with Sir
David Attenborough
.
[2]
[3]
- Bjork
(1977) - Her first album, most songs are a mixture of covers translated into Icelandic.
- Gling-Glo
(1990) - A
jazz
album where she sings mostly in Icelandic. The only album that was made by
Bjork Guðmundsdottir & trio Guðmundar Ingolfssonar
.
- 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 Bjork 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.
- Medulla
(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)
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