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Björk

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

cantautrice islandese (1965-)

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Björk Guðmundsdóttir is an Icelandic composer, actor, singer, and record producer born in Reykjavík in 1965. She is a soprano who speaks and writes in Icelandic and English. Her musical genres include rock music, alternative rock, experimental music, and electronic music. She has performed with groups such as The Sugarcubes, Tappi Tíkarrass, and KUKL. Her instrumental repertoire features the keyboard instrument, flute, piano, and pipe organ.

She has received the Nordic Council Music Prize, the Polar Music Prize, the Bodil Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, and the 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 work includes poetry and collaborations with record labels One Little Independent Records and Elektra. She was influenced by artists including Kate Bush, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Nina Hagen, and Zeena Parkins.

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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

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Female
Origin: Iceland
Active from: 1965

1990s2000sa cappellaalternativealternative dancealternative pop

Discography

Member of

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Listeners · Last.fm

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

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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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Named after: Betula
Gender: female
Citizenship: Iceland
Place of birth: Reykjavík
Occupation: disc jockey
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: Icelandic
Religion: irreligion
Field of work: poetry
Instrument: set of free reeds
Record label: Elektra
Discography: Björk discography
Official website: bjork.com
Image: Björk at Cannes.jpg
Height: 1.63
Number of children: 2
Voice type: soprano

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Commons category: Björk
date of birth: 1965-11-21
topic's main category: Category:Björk
unmarried partner: Matthew Barney
Commons gallery: Björk
member of: Björk Guðmundsdóttir & tríó Guðmundar Ingólfssonar
influenced by: Zeena Parkins
nominated for: Academy Award for Best Original Song
name in native language: Björk Guðmundsdóttir
start of work period: 1977-00-00
topic has template: Template:Björk
has works in the collection: Museum of Modern Art
social media followers: 846499
different from: Björk
official shop URL: shop.bjork.com
short name: Björk

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Article · Italiano

Björk Guðmundsdóttir, meglio conosciuta solo come Björk (AFI, pronuncia islandese: [pjœr̥k ˈkvʏðmʏntsˌtouʰtɪr̥] ; Reykjavík, 21 novembre 1965), è una cantautrice, compositrice, produttrice discografica, attrice e attivista islandese. Nota come musicista già dagli anni Ottanta in patria, si trasferisce negli anni Novanta a Londra, dove acquisisce notorietà internazionale cominciando la sua parabola di artista in continua evoluzione e alla continua ricerca musicale e vocale che l'ha portata a essere riconosciuta come l'anello di congiunzione tra l'artista pop e l'artista d'avanguardia. Dalle notevoli capacità vocali, è celebre per lo stile musicale largamente eclettico, comprendente generi differenti quali rock alternativo, folk, jazz, trip hop, techno, musica elettronica, classica, sperimentale, minimalista e d'avanguardia, nonché per il particolare abbigliamento di scena, gli originali e discussi video musicali e la sua personalità. Con i suoi ultimi album Björk rappresenta una grande innovazione nel panorama musicale, collegando la sua musica alla tecnologia avanzata: già Biophilia nel 2011 esce come suite di applicazioni per iPad e iPhone e il tour su di esso incentrato comprende l'uso di strumenti tecnologici d'avanguardia, mentre Vulnicura (2015) vede dedicata una mostra "immersiva" in realtà virtuale - Björk Digital - e una serie di videoclip anch'essi in VR, e infine il residency show Cornucopia nel 2019 include oltre alla musica live anche tecnologia digitale e performance. Il magazine Rolling Stone l'ha piazzata alla 60ª posizione nella classifica dei 100 migliori cantanti di sempre. Björk ha venduto oltre quaranta milioni di dischi in tutto il mondo e ha vinto 138 premi, fra cui cinque BRIT Awards, quattro MTV Video Music Awards, tre UK Music Video Awards e un Premio Italiano della Musica. È stata inoltre candidata quindici volte ai Grammy Award, a un Premio Oscar e a due Golden Globe. Nel 2000 ha vinto invece la Palma d'Oro e il premio per la miglior attrice al festival di Cannes 2000 per la sua recitazione in Dancer in the Dark.

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