Alexander Rybak

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Alexander Rybak (2018)

Alexander Igorovitsj Rybak (according to the Norwegian spelling; Belarusian Аляксандр Ігаравіч Рыбак , German transcription Alyaksandr Íharawitsch Rybák, by transcription of the Russian language Alexander Igorevich Rybak , * 13. May 1986 in Minsk ) is a Belarusian - Norwegian singer , violinist , composer and actor .

He became known for his victory with the song Fairytale at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 . With 387 points he achieved the highest number of points before the reform of the voting system in 2016 and with 169 points the largest lead in the history of the Eurovision Song Contest. In 2018 he qualified again for Norway at the Eurovision Song Contest and took 15th place with That's How You Write a Song .

Life

Childhood and career start

Alexander Rybak was born in 1986 into a family of artists in the Belarusian Soviet Republic . His mother is the pianist Natalia Walentinowna Rybak, his father the violinist Igor Alexandrowitsch Rybak. At the age of four, Rybak moved to Norway with his parents. There he grew up in Nesodden , a suburb of Oslo . He is fluent in Norwegian , English and Russian . He learned to play the piano and violin at the age of five. He also devoted himself to singing and composing his own pieces of music. Later he took over in Bergen concert management of the largest youth symphony orchestra of Norway, the Ung Symfoni.

In 2004 Rybak received the renowned Anders-Jahres-Kulturpreis in Norway. Two years later, he won with his self-composed song Foolin ' the talent competition Kjempesjansen the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation ( NRK ). He performed with the Israeli violinist Pinchas Zukerman , among others , and pursued a career as an actor alongside his work as a singer, composer and violinist. Rybak played a leading role in a production of the musical Anatevka at Oslo's Nye Teater, which earned him the Heddaprisen in 2007 . In 2009 Rybak made his feature film debut with a supporting role in Grete Salomonsen's Norwegian youth film Yohan - Barnevandreren , which was shown in Norwegian cinemas from the beginning of December 2009.

Participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009

On February 21, 2009, Rybak won the Melodi Grand Prix , the Norwegian national preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow , with the song Fairytale in Oslo . He had big lead on second-placed title Butterflies by Tone Damli Aaberge (Rybak got 747,888 points, 121,856 Aaberge points).

Alexander Rybak at the winners press conference of the Eurovision Song Contest 2009

In spring 2009, the title was number one in the Norwegian charts for eight weeks . On May 16, 2009 Rybak managed to win the Eurovision Song Contest with a record lead. With a total of 387 points, he surpassed the previous final record of 292 points set by the Finnish group Lordi with the title Hard Rock Hallelujah in Athens in 2006. At the same time, the contribution reached the largest gap to the runner-up to date.

After the song contest 2009

In 2011 Rybak took part as a dancer in the Swedish edition of Let's Dance . In 2014 he contributed the song Into a Fantasy to the soundtrack of the movie How To Train Your Dragon 2 .

Rybak released several albums and singles with songs in English, Norwegian, Belarusian and Russian. In 2018 Rybak won the Norwegian preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with That's How You Write a Song . At the competition in Lisbon he finished 15th with 144 points.

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK NO NO
2009 Fairytales DE16 (4 weeks)
DE 		AT46 (1 week)
AT 		CH65 (1 week)
CH 		- NO1 (19 weeks)
NO
First published: May 29, 2009
2010 No boundaries - - - - NO7 (9 weeks)
NO
First published: June 16, 2010
2011 Visa vid Vindens Angar - - - - NO7 (7 weeks)
NO
First published: June 15, 2011
with Mats Paulson
2012 Christmas tales - - - - NO34 (1 week)
NO
First published: November 23, 2012
2015 Trolls and the magic fela - - - - -
First published: December 2nd, 2015

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK NO NO
2009 Fairytale
Fairytales 		DE4 (20 weeks)
DE 		AT10 (14 weeks)
AT 		CH3 (7 weeks)
CH 		UK10 (3 weeks)
UK 		NO1
gold
gold

(22 weeks)NO
First published: May 15, 2009
Funny Little World
Fairytales 		- - - - NO1 (9 weeks)
NO
only released in Norway
Roll with the Wind
Fairytale 		- - - - NO10 (2 weeks)
NO
First published: December 12, 2009
2015 Typisk norsk
single track 		- - - - NO12
platinum
platinum

(9 weeks)NO
Katastrofe & Alexander Rybak
2018 That's How You Write a Song
single track 		- - - - NO28
platinum
platinum

(2 weeks)NO
First published: January 15, 2018

More singles

  • 2009: I Don't Believe in Miracles / Superhero
  • 2010: Oah!
  • 2010: Europe's Skies
  • 2011: Resan till dig
  • 2011: Небасхіл Еўропы (from " Budzma! Tuzin. Perasagruzka-2 ")
  • 2012: I'll Show You
  • 2012: Leave Me Alone
  • 2013: 5 to 7 years
  • 2014: Into a Fantasy
  • 2014: What I Long For
  • 2015: Kotik
  • 2016: I Love You as Before
  • 2016: I Came to Love You
  • 2016: return
  • 2016: Foolin '
  • 2018: Mom

Video albums

  • 2009: Fairytale - The Movie

Filmography

  • 2009: Yohan - Barnevandreren
  • 2009: Fairytale - The Movie
  • 2010: Speaker of the Viking Hikkin in the Norwegian dubbing of How to Train Your Dragon made easy
  • 2013: Solayoh - Aljona Lanskaja (music video)
  • 2014: Speaker of the Viking Hikkin in the Norwegian dubbing of How To Train Your Dragon 2

Awards

swell

  1. ^ Norwegian preliminary decision 2009 ( Memento from February 19, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Anja Kelber: Record victory for Norway ( Memento from May 20, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) at eurovision.de (May 17, 2009)
  3. ↑ Det här är Let's dance (Swedish)
  4. ↑ esctoday.com: Norway: Alexander Rybak- from a Fairytale Into a Fantasy
  5. ↑ https://www.eurovision.de/teilnehmer/Alexander-Rybak-Biografie-des-ESC-Teilnehmer-Norwegens,norwegen1196.html
  6. ↑ a b Chart sources: DE AT CH NO UK
  7. ↑ Awards for music sales: NO NO2 ( Memento from November 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  8. ↑ www.mic.no

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SURNAME Rybak, Alexander
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rybak, Alexander Igorovitsj (full name); Рыба́к, Алякса́ндр І́гаравіч (Belarusian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belarusian-Norwegian singer, violinist, composer and actor
DATE OF BIRTH May 13, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH Minsk