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Also known as Björk Guðmundsdóttir, Bjork, Biejörk, Icelandic singer

آهنگساز، بازیگر، خواننده، و ترانه‌سرا آیسلندی

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Björk is an Icelandic singer, composer, actor, and record producer born in Reykjavík in 1965. She is a soprano who plays the keyboard instrument, flute, piano, and pipe organ. Her musical genres include rock music, alternative rock, experimental music, and electronic music. She has been a member of The Sugarcubes, Tappi Tíkarrass, KUKL, and Björk Guðmundsdóttir & tríó Guðmundar Ingólfssonar. She has been influenced by Kate Bush, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Nina Hagen, and Zeena Parkins.

Björk has received the Nordic Council Music Prize, Polar Music Prize, Bodil Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, and European Film Award for Best Actress. She was nominated for the European Film Award for Best Actress and the Academy Award for Best Original Song. Her discography is available under her name, and she has released music through One Little Independent Records and Elektra. She has two children and was unmarried partner to Matthew Barney. Her native language is Icelandic.

Synthesized by Vinony from 44 facts across 9 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, TMDb, Wikiquote, Open Library, Firecrawl, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born
1938
Works
20

Top works

  • Singihan singmul ilgi
  • Mone ŭi chŏngwŏn esŏ
  • Die schnellste Bohne der Stadt
  • The other Alice
  • The story of Alice in her Oxford Wonderland

via Open Library + Wikidata

Film & TV

Acting · Reykjavík, Iceland

Björk Guðmundsdóttir (born 21 November 1965) is an Icelandic singer, songwriter, composer, record producer and actress. Over her four-decade career, she has developed an eclectic musical style that draws on influences and genres including electronic, pop, jazz, experimental, trip hop, alternative, classical, and avant-garde music. Born and raised in Reykjavík, Björk began her music career at the…

Known for

  • Björk: Cornucopia — Self2025
  • The Best of Me — Self2025
  • Monk in Pieces — Self2025
  • Can Creativity Save the World? — Self2024
  • Fungi: The Web of Life — Narrator (voice)2023
  • The Northman — Seeress2022
  • Björk Orchestral — Self2021
  • Björk Orchestral II — Self2021
  • Björk Orkestral III — Self2021
  • Björk Orkestral IV — Self2021

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
Iceland
Active from
1965
1990s2000sa cappellaalternativealternative dancealternative pop

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
3,491,875
Total plays
262,859,991

Tags

electronicexperimentalalternativefemale vocalistsicelandic

Similar artists

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Björk Guðmundsdóttir (born 21 November 1965), known mononymously as Björk, is an Icelandic singer, songwriter, composer, record producer, and actress. Recognised for her distinctive voice, three-octave vocal range, and unconventional public image, she has developed an eclectic musical style over a career spanning five decades, incorporating elements of electronic, pop, dance, trip hop, jazz, and avant-garde music. She is widely regarded as an influential figure in electronic and experimental music. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Bj%C3%B6rk">Read more on Last.fm</a>

via Last.fm · Björk

Quotes

  • It's so amazing when people tell me that … electronic music has not got soul. And they blame the computers. They got the finger pointed at the computers like, "There's no soul here." … You can't blame the computer. If there's not soul in the music, it's because nobody put it there. And it's not the tool's fault.
  • I am grateful grapefruit.
  • I don't like records that are the same from beginning to end, that are too styled and slick. Everything is so designed and airbrushed and Botoxed, it makes us think, 'Oh, everybody's perfect except me. Everything's smooth except me.' But nothing is smooth.
  • 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. I think everyone's bisexual to some degree or another. It's just a question of whether or not you choose to recognise it and embrace it. Personally, I think choosing between men and women is like choosing between cake and ice cream: You'd be daft not to try both when there are so many different flavours.
  • But, but, these are the people that made the Busby Berkeley movies, yeah? So they're not exactly subtle.
  • 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.

via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA

Key facts

Person.name
Björk
Person.honorific_suffix
OTF
Person.image
Bjork Orkestral Paris (cropped).png
Person.caption
Björk performing in Paris during her Björk Orkestral show in 2022
Person.birth_name
Björk Guðmundsdóttir
Person.birth_place
Reykjavík, Iceland
Person.years_active
1976–present
Person.partner
Matthew Barney (2000–2014)
Person.children
2
Person.father
Guðmundur Gunnarsson
Person.awards
Full list
Person.signature
Björk signature (don’t crop its composition).svg
Musical artist.embed
yes

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Official website

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