Kurt Nilsen
Kurt Erik Nilsen (born September 29, 1978 in Bergen ) is a Norwegian musician.
Career
Since 1997 Nilsen played in the music group Fenrik Lane . He had learned to be a plumber as a profession and continued to do so until he was successful. He became known for his participation in the television casting show Idol , the Norwegian version of Pop Idol (in Germany Deutschland sucht den Superstar ) in 2003. Nilsen won the competition and later also the international comparison World Idol of all eleven national winners based on the same format based television shows. His voice was compared to Bono 's.
His debut album was then successful worldwide, all other albums could only reach the charts in his home country. However, he remained successful there, so he was able to place all of his ten albums released up to 2017 in the top 10.
family
In January 2005 Kurt Nilsen separated from his fiancé Kristine Jacobsen, with whom he had been a couple for eleven years and with whom he has two children: Marte (* 1996) and Erik (* 2000).
Since July 2006 he was married to Kristin Halvorsen, with whom he has a son, Lukas (* 2006). In June 2013, they announced their split.
He has been in a relationship with Oda Rivrud since September 2013.
Discography
Albums
Studio albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 DE
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 AT
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 CH
|
 NO
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| 2003 | I. |
DE19 (13 weeks) DE |
AT58 (2 weeks) AT |
CH69 (4 weeks) CH |
NO1  (25 weeks)NO |
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| 2003 | A Part of Me | - | - | - |
NO2 (29 weeks)NO |
|
| 2007 | Push push | - | - | - |
NO2 (16 weeks) NO |
|
| 2008 | Rise to the occasion | - | - | - |
NO1 × 3
(26 weeks)NO |
|
| 2010 | Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas | - | - | - |
NO1 × 9
(78 weeks)NO |
with the Kringkastingsorkestret
since 2010 regular return to Christmas, first place in 2010 , 2013/14 , 2014/15 and 2016 |
| 2013 | Inni en god period | - | - | - |
NO1 (18 weeks) NO |
|
| 2017 | Amazing | - | - | - |
NO4 (3 weeks) NO |
|
with Fenrik Lane
- Shoe (1998, under the name Breed )
- Come Down Here (2002)
Live albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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DE
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AT
|
CH
|
NO
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| 2006 | Hallelujah - Live | - | - | - |
NO1 × 6
(37 weeks)NO |
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| 2009 | Hallelujah - Live (Volume 2) | - | - | - |
NO1 × 2
(15 weeks)NO |
with Espen Lind, Askil Holm & Alejandro Fuentes
|
|
| 2013 | Kurt Nilsen Live | - | - | - |
NO3 (10 weeks) NO |
||
| Number one albums | DE-DE | AT-AT | CH-CH | NO6thNO | |||
| Top 10 albums | DE-DE | AT-AT | CH-CH | NO10NO | |||
| Albums in the charts | DE1DE | AT1AT | CH1CH | NO10NO | |||
Singles
Chart placements
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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DE
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AT
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CH
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 UK
|
NO
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| 2003 | She's so high I. |
DE25 (9 weeks) DE |
AT42 (12 weeks) AT |
CH91 (2 weeks) CH |
UK25 (3 weeks) UK |
NO1 × 10
(20 weeks)NO |
|
| 2004 | Here She Comes I. |
- | - | - | - |
NO12 (4 weeks) NO |
|
| 2006 |
Hallelujah Hallelujah - Live |
- | - | - | - |
NO1 (37 weeks) NO |
|
|
The Boys of Summer Hallelujah - Live |
- | - | - | - |
NO12 (6 weeks) NO |
with Espen Lind, Askil Holm & Alejandro Fuentes
cover version of Don Henley |
|
| 2007 | Push Push Push Push |
- | - | - | - |
NO1 (18 weeks) NO |
|
| Silence push push |
- | - | - | - |
NO9 (3 weeks) NO |
||
| 2008 | Reality kicks push push |
- | - | - | - |
NO20 (1 week) NO |
|
| Lost Highway Rise to the Occasion |
- | - | - | - |
NO1 (15 weeks) NO |
||
| Don't Have What It Takes Rise to the Occasion |
- | - | - | - |
NO19 (1 week) NO |
||
| 2009 |
With or Without You Hallelujah - Live (Volume 2) |
- | - | - | - |
NO1 (5 weeks) NO |
with Espen Lind, Alejandro Fuentes & Askil Holm
Cover version of U2 |
| 2010 | Himmel på jord Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas |
- | - | - | - |
NO4 (33 weeks) NO |
with the Kringkastingsorkestret
since 2010 regular return to Christmas, highest position in week 1/2015 |
| 2013 | Adieu | - | - | - | - |
NO9 (2 weeks) NO |
|
| Engler i sneen | - | - | - | - |
NO7 (2 weeks) NO |
with Lene Marlin
|
|
| 2014 | Gje meg handa di venn Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas |
- | - | - | - |
NO23 (3 weeks) NO |
with the Kringskstingsorkestret and Helene Bøksle
|
| Nå tennes tusen julelys Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas |
- | - | - | - |
NO26 (7 weeks) NO |
with the Kringkastingsorkestret
|
|
| 2016 |
Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas |
- | - | - | - |
NO39 (9 weeks) NO |
with the Kringkastingsorkestret
|
More singles
- 2004: All You Have to Offer
- 2004: My Street
- 2004: Before You Leave
- 2005: Never Easy
- 2008: Rise to the Occasion
- 2013: You sa
- 2013: The gamle dansen
- 2016: Going All In
- 2017: Amazing
Chart placements as a guest musician
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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DE
|
AT
|
CH
|
UK
|
NO
|
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| 2006 | When the Stars Go Blue Places I've Been |
- | - | - | - |
NO14 (2 weeks) NO |
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| 2017 | Amazing | - | - | - | - |
NO19 (9 weeks) NO |
Broiler feat. Kurt Nilsen
|
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| Number one singles | DE-DE | AT-AT | CH-CH | UK-UK | NO5NO | |||
| Top 10 singles | DE-DE | AT-AT | CH-CH | UK-UK | NO9NO | |||
| Singles in the charts | DE1DE | AT1AT | CH1CH | UK1UK | NO18thNO | |||
Awards for music sales
Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.
| Country / Region |
 gold |
platinum
|
Sales | swell |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
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|
Norway (IFPI)
|
- |
32 × platinum32
|
840,000 | ifpi.no NO2 ( Memento from November 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) |
| All in all | - |
32 × platinum32
|
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swell
- ↑ Kurt Nilsen's biography at laut.de , accessed on February 19, 2017
- ↑ Kurt Nilsen Does Bono Better than Bono - The Third Place of October 28, 2008 (English)
- ↑ a b c d e Chart sources: DE AT CH UK NO
- ↑ Report on marital status on popdirt.com (English)
- ↑ Brudd mellom Kurt Nilsen og kona - Verdens Gang from June 26, 2013 (Norwegian)
- ↑ Feirer jul med kjæresten: Kurt Nilsen Feirer jul på voksent vis i år - utes sine tre barn. - Se og Hør from December 24, 2015 (Norwegian)
- ↑ Kurt Nilsen - Rise to the Occasion at countrymusicnews.de from May 22, 2008
- ↑ Kurt Nilsen's biography on Facebook
- ↑ Kurt Nilsen's biography at Billboard.com , accessed February 19, 2017
Web links
- Kurt Nilsen's sound carrier in the catalog of the German National Library
- Official website (English)
- Kurt Nilsen at Discogs (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nilsen, Kurt |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nilsen, Kurt Erik (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 29, 1978 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mountains |