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Björk
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Björk Guðmundsdóttir ( BYURK, Icelandic: [pjœr̥k ˈkvʏðmʏntsˌtouhtɪr̥] ; born 21 November 1965) is an Icelandic singer, songwriter, composer, record producer and actress. Noted for her distinct voice, three-octave vocal range, and eccentric public persona, she has developed an eclectic musical style over a career spanning five decades, drawing on electronica, pop, dance, trip hop, jazz, and avant-garde music. She is regarded as one of the most influential musicians of her era.
Born and raised in Reykjavík, Björk began her music career at the age of 11 and gained international recognition as the lead singer of the alternative rock band the Sugarcubes by the age of 21. After the Sugarcubes disbanded in 1992, Björk gained prominence as a solo artist with her albums Debut (1993), Post (1995), and Homogenic (1997), which blended electronic, pop, and avant-garde music and achieved significant critical success. Her later albums saw further experimentation, including the glitch-influenced Vespertine (2001), a cappella album Medúlla (2004), pop-focused Volta (2007), and Biophilia (2011), an interactive album with an accompanying iPad app. Following the death of her longtime co-producer Mark Bell, she collaborated with Venezuelan artist Arca on her albums Vulnicura (2015) and Utopia (2017), while Fossora (2022) marked her first venture as a sole producer.
With sales of over 40 million records worldwide, Björk is one of the best-selling alternative artists of all time. Several of her albums have reached the top 20 on the US Billboard 200 chart. Thirty-one of her singles have reached the top 40 on pop charts around the world, with 22 top 40 hits in the UK, including the top-10 singles "It's Oh So Quiet", "Army of Me", and "Hyperballad" and the top-20 singles "Play Dead", "Big Time Sensuality", and "Violently Happy". Her accolades and awards include the Order of the Falcon, five BRIT Awards, and 16 Grammy nominations (including nine in the Best Alternative Music Album category, the most of any artist). In 2015, Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Rolling Stone named her the 64th-greatest singer and the 81st-greatest songwriter of all time in 2023.
Björk starred in the 2000 Lars von Trier film Dancer in the Dark, for which she won the Best Actress Award at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "I've Seen It All". Björk has also been an advocate for environmental causes in Iceland. A retrospective exhibition dedicated to Björk was held at New York's Museum of Modern Art in 2015.
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Björk, de son nom complet Björk Guðmundsdóttir (/ˈpjœr̥k ˈkvʏðmʏntsˌtoʊhtɪr/ ), est une musicienne, chanteuse, autrice-compositrice-interprète, productrice et actrice islandaise, née le 21 novembre 1965 à Reykjavik.
Remarquée pour sa voix couvrant trois octaves et sa personnalité excentrique, elle a développé un style musical éclectique au cours de ses quatre décennies de carrière, s'inspirant de nombreux genres : pop, rock, jazz, électronique, trip hop, classique, traditionnelle, expérimentale, concrète et avant-gardiste. Surnommée « La Reine de la pop expérimentale », elle est considérée comme l'une des pionnières les plus influentes des musiques électronique et expérimentale.
Björk commence sa carrière musicale à l'âge de 11 ans puis participe à plusieurs groupes. Sa renommée internationale commence à 21 ans en tant que chanteuse du groupe de rock alternatif The Sugarcubes. Après la séparation du groupe en 1992, la chanteuse commence sa carrière solo avec l'album Debut en 1993. Il est suivi par Post (1995), Homogenic (1997), Vespertine (2001), Medúlla (2004), Volta (2007), Biophilia (2011), Vulnicura (2015), Utopia (2017) et Fossora (2022). Ses albums sont marqués par de nombreuses collaborations et des influences musicales variées.
Plusieurs albums de Björk ont atteint le top 20 de l'US Billboard 200. En 2015, son total de disques vendus à travers le monde est estimé à plus de 20 millions d'exemplaires. Trente-et-un de ses singles ont atteint le top 40 dans différents pays, dont vingt-deux rien qu'au Royaume-Uni, à l'instar de titres comme It's Oh So Quiet, Hyperballad, Venus as a Boy, Army of Me ou encore Bachelorette. Les différentes distinctions reçues au cours de sa carrière incluent l'ordre du Faucon, l'ordre du Mérite, cinq Brit Awards et seize nominations aux Grammy Awards. Par ailleurs, elle fait partie de la liste du Time 100 des cent personnalités les plus influentes au monde en 2015 et Rolling Stone la désigne en 2023 comme étant la 60e « plus grande chanteuse » et la 81e « plus grande compositrice ».
Björk a joué dans quelques films dont Dancer in the Dark (2000) de Lars von Trier, pour lequel elle remporte le prix d'interprétation féminine au Festival de Cannes 2000 et est nommée pour l'Oscar de la meilleure chanson originale pour I've Seen It All.
Artiste engagée, Björk défend plusieurs causes humanistes et environnementales.
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Discography
Albums
- 1977 Björk
- 1990 Gling‐Gló
- 1993 Debut
- 1995 Post
- 1997 Homogenic
- 2001 Vespertine
- 2004 Medúlla
- 2007 Volta
- 2011 Biophilia
- 2013 Biophilia Live Collection
- 2015 Vulnicura
- 2017 Utopia
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- 2022 Fossora
EPs
Singles
- 1991 Ooops
- 1993 Violently Happy
- 1993 Human Behaviour
- 1993 Venus as a Boy
- 1993 Big Time Sensuality
- 1994 Human Behavour
- 1995 Hyperballad
- 1995 Army of Me
- 1995 Isobel
- 1995 It’s Oh So Quiet
- 1996 I Miss You
- 1996 Possibly Maybe
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- 1997 Big Time Sensuality / One Day
- 1997 I Miss You / Cover Me
- 1997 Jóga
- 1998 Hunter
- 1998 All Is Full of Love
- 1998 All Is Full of Love / This Shit
- 1998 Alarm Call
- 2001 Hidden Place
- 2001 Pagan Poetry
- 2002 Cocoon
- 2002 It’s in Our Hands
- 2004 Oceania
- 2004 Who Is It
- 2005 Triumph of a Heart
- 2005 Play Dead (Paul Morrell 2004 remixes)
- 2007 Earth Intruders
- 2007 Innocence
- 2008 Declare Independence
- 2008 Wanderlust
- 2008 Dull Flame of Desire
- 2008 Náttúra
- 2011 Crystalline
- 2011 Cosmogony
- 2011 Virus
- 2011 Moon
- 2017 The Gate
- 2017 Blissing Me
- 2021 Cosmogony
- 2022 Atopos
- 2022 Ovule
- 2022 Ancestress
- 2022 Fossora
- 2023 Oral
- 2025 Berghain
- I Miss You / Hide the Bells
- Simple Things