MØ

MØ (2016)

MØ (born August 13, 1988 in Odense , Denmark; actually Karen Marie Ørsted ) is a Danish singer-songwriter and is under contract with Sony Music Entertainment . MØ, Danish for “young woman, girl”, also short for Marie Ørsted, has been compared in the past to electro-pop artists such as Grimes and Twin Shadow .

Life

Karen Marie Ørsted grew up in Ubberud , a village near Odense. Her interest in a career as a musician was sparked by the Spice Girls' 1996 album Spice . She learned the piano and played in various school bands. She later completed a five-year training course at the Odense Art Academy ( Det Fynske Kunstakademi ), which she graduated in May 2013.

In 2007 she founded the electropunk band MOR with Josefine Struckmann in Odense and had her first public appearances. In 2009 the band released their debut EP Fisse i dit fjæs on Luk Røven / Mastermind Records, followed by the EP Vanvidstimer in 2011 . In 2009 Karen Marie Ørsted began a solo career at the same time under the stage name MØ.

In 2012 she met the musician and producer Ronni Vindahl, with whom she has worked since then. MØ's single Pilgrim , produced by him, entered the Danish charts in March 2013 and reached number 11. It was also released on a record with the song Maiden as the B-side . In October, MØ's debut solo EP Bikini Daze was released on Chess Club / RCA Victor . It received mostly positive reviews, so the New Musical Express Møs praised the distinctive voice and personality with which they stand out from the crowd of Scandinavian electro-pop musicians. The EP contains among other things the song XXX 88 produced by Diplo , which was released as a single shortly afterwards. The accompanying music video, shot in Los Angeles , achieved around 876,000 clicks on YouTube. MØ was also involved in Avicii's song Dear Boy (album True ), which reached number 18 on the Swedish charts in October 2013.

In autumn 2013 MØ was on a European tour , among other things as a supporting act for AlunaGeorge and Diplo's music project Major Lazer .

MØ, who currently lives in Copenhagen , recorded her debut album No Mythologies to Follow with Vindahl there . It was released by Chess Club / RCA Victor in 2014 and reached number 2 in the Danish charts. For this she was awarded the European Border Breakers Award in the same year . At the Danish Music Awards 2014 she won in the four categories of best Danish solo artist, newcomer, best album and music video.

MØ contributed the vocals to the March 2nd, 2015 published track Lean On by Major Lazer, on which DJ Snake was also involved. It was a pre-release from Major Lazer's third album Peace is the Mission , which was released in June. The song entered the charts internationally. In Denmark , Switzerland , the Netherlands , Finland and Australia it became a number one hit , in Germany it reached number 4. MØ is also involved in Major Lazer's song Cold Water with Justin Bieber .

Discography

Albums

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	DK
2014	No Mythologies to Follow RCA Victor	-	-	-	UK58 (1 week) UK	-	DK2 platinum (38 weeks)DK	First published: March 7, 2014
2018	Forever Neverland Columbia	-	-	-	-	-	DK1 (4 weeks) DK	First published: October 19, 2018

EPs

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	DK
2013	Bikini Daze Chess Club, RCA Victor	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: October 18, 2013
2017	When I Was Young Chess Club, RCA Victor	-	-	-	-	-	DK8 (2 weeks) DK	First published: October 26, 2017

Singles

Chart placements

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	DK
2013	Pilgrim No Mythologies to Follow	-	-	-	-	-	DK11 platinum (16 weeks)DK	First published: March 15, 2013
	Walk This Way No Mythologies to Follow	-	-	-	-	-	DK33 (1 week) DK	First published: March 15, 2013
2014	Don't Wanna Dance No Mythologies to Follow	-	-	-	-	-	DK25 (3 weeks) DK	First published: January 17, 2014
2015	kamikaze	-	-	-	-	-	DK16 platinum (15 weeks)DK	First published: October 15, 2015
2016	Final song	DE16 platinum (24 weeks)DE	AT11 gold (26 weeks)AT	CH26 (22 weeks) CH	UK14th platinum (20 weeks)UK	US- gold US	DK4th × 2 Double platinum (26 weeks)DK	First published: May 12, 2016
	Drum	-	-	-	-	-	DK21 (4 weeks) DK	First published: October 7, 2016
2017	Don't leave	DE84 (4 weeks) DE	AT62 (3 weeks) AT	CH78 (7 weeks) CH	UK27 silver (12 weeks)UK	-	DK11 platinum (8 weeks)DK	First published: January 6th, 2017 with Snakehips
	Nights with You	-	-	CH81 (1 week) CH	-	-	DK21st gold (7 weeks)DK	First published: April 21, 2017
	When I Was Young When I Was Young	-	-	-	-	-	DK37 (1 week) DK	First published: October 27, 2017
2018	Sun in Our Eyes Forever Neverland	-	-	-	-	-	DK36 gold (2 weeks)DK	First published: July 12, 2018 with Diplo

More singles

• 2013: Glass
• 2013: Waste of Time
• 2013: XXX 88 (feat.Diplo)
• 2014: Say You'll Be There
• 2018: Nostalgia
• 2018: Way Down
• 2018: Imaginary Friend
• 2018: Blur (feat. Foster the People )
• 2019: On & On

As a guest musician

MØ at Utopia Island (2015)

Chart placements

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	DK
2014	Beg for It Reclassified	-	-	-	-	US27 platinum (16 weeks)US	-	First published: October 24, 2014 Iggy Azalea feat. MØ
2015	Lean On Peace Is the Mission	DE4th × 2 Double platinum (68 weeks)DE	AT3 platinum (58 weeks)AT	CH1 × 2 Double platinum (65 weeks)CH	UK2 × 3 Triple platinum (79 weeks)UK	US4th × 4 Quadruple platinum (48 weeks)US	DK1 × 4 Quadruple platinum (48 weeks)DK	First published: March 2nd, 2015 Major Lazer & DJ Snake feat. MØ
2016	Cold Water Music Is the Weapon	DE2 platinum (30 weeks)DE	AT1 platinum (28 weeks)AT	CH1 platinum (31 weeks)CH	UK1 × 2 Double platinum (32 weeks)UK	US2 × 4 Quadruple platinum (27 weeks)US	DK2 × 3 Triple platinum (26 weeks)DK	First published: July 22nd, 2016 Major Lazer feat. Justin Bieber & MØ
2018	Your lovin '	-	-	-	UK47 silver (11 weeks)UK	-	-	First published: June 14, 2018 Steel Banglez feat. MØ & Yxng Bane

Further guest contributions

• 2013: Dear Boy ( Avicii feat.MØ)
• 2014: One More ( Elliphant feat.MØ)
• 2015: Lost ( Major Lazer feat.MØ)
• 2017: 9 (After Coachella) ( Cashmere Cat feat.MØ & Sophie)
• 2017: Get It Right (Diplo feat.MØ)
• 2018: We Are ... ( Noah Cyrus feat. MØ)
• 2018: Stay Open (Diplo feat.MØ)

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Australia 2017: for the single Nights With You 2020: for the single Sun in Our Eyes  New Zealand 2016: for the single Final Song  Poland 2017: for the single Kamikaze Platinum record  France 2017: for the single Final Song  Italy 2016: for the single Final Song  Netherlands 2016: for the single Final Song  Poland 2016: for the single Lean On 2017: for the single Final Song  Sweden 2016: for the single Final Song

2 × platinum record  Australia 2017: for the single Don't Leave  Belgium 2017: for the single Cold Water  Canada 2015: for the single Lean On 3 × platinum record  Australia 2017: for the single Final Song  Belgium 2016: for the single Lean On  Canada 2016: for the single Cold Water  Norway 2015: for the single Lean On

5 × platinum record  Italy 2018: for the single Cold Water 6 × platinum record  Sweden 2015: for the single Lean On 7 × platinum record  Australia 2018: for the single Cold Water  Italy 2017: for the single Lean On 8 × platinum record  Australia 2019: for the single Lean On Diamond record  France 2017: for the single Cold Water

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	diamond	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA)	-	2 × gold2	20 × platinum20th	-	1,470,000	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	-	-	5 × platinum5	-	150,000	ultratop.be
Denmark (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	13 × platinum13	-	875,000	ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI)	-	-	4 × platinum4th	-	1,600,000	musikindustrie.de
France (SNEP)	-	-	platinum1	diamond1	400,000	snepmusique.com
Italy (FIMI)	-	-	13 × platinum13	-	650,000	fimi.it
Canada (MC)	-	-	5 × platinum5	-	400,000	musiccanada.com
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	gold1	-	-	15,000	nztop40.co.nz
Netherlands (NVPI)	-	-	platinum1	-	30,000	nvpi.nl
Norway (IFPI)	-	-	3 × platinum3	-	30,000	ifpi.no
Austria (IFPI)	-	gold1	2 × platinum2	-	75,000	ifpi.at
Poland (ZPAV)	-	gold1	2 × platinum2	-	50,000	bestsellery.zpav.pl
Sweden (IFPI)	-	-	7 × platinum7th	-	280,000	sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	-	3 × platinum3	-	90,000	hitparade.ch
United States (RIAA)	-	gold1	9 × platinum9	-	9,500,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × silver2	-	6 × platinum6th	-	4,000,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	2 × silver2	8 × gold8th	94 × platinum94	diamond1

swell

1. ↑ Paul Lester: New band of the day: MØ (No 1,371) ( English ) In: The Guardian . theguardian.com. October 12, 2012. Retrieved April 8, 2014.
2. ↑ Forvandlingskuglen from Ubberud simonstaun.dk. Retrieved June 27, 2014.
3. ↑ Afgang 2013  ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) detfynskekunstakademi.dk. Retrieved June 27, 2014.
4. ↑ MOR ( Memento from June 27, 2014 in the web archive archive.today ) nakkefestival.dk. Retrieved June 27, 2014.
5. ↑ Anna Ullmann: 'Det værste er at forsøge at skjule hvem du er'. In: Dagbladet Information , March 12, 2014. Retrieved June 27, 2014.
6. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Chart sources: UK DK DE, AT, CH
7. ↑ Nick Levine: MØ - "Bikini Daze" EP. In: New Musical Express , October 28, 2013. Retrieved June 27, 2014.
8. ↑ New single "Don't Wanna Dance" is one of the young year's most delicious pop singles. billboard.com. Retrieved June 27, 2014.
9. ↑ Avicii Dear Boy swedishcharts.com. Retrieved June 27, 2014.
10. ^ Luke Morgan Britton: MØ to support AlunaGeorge on October tour. thelineofbestfit.com, September 16, 2013. Retrieved June 27, 2014.
11. ↑ Charts Mø danishcharts.dk. Retrieved June 27, 2014.
12. ^ MØ vinder stort ved Danish Music Awards. dr.dk November 8, 2014. Accessed June 11, 2015.
13. ^ Sean Stanley: Major Lazer shares new track 'Lean On', featuring MØ. In: DIY Magazine. March 2, 2015. Accessed March 19, 2015.

Web links

Commons : MØ  - collection of images

• MØ at Discogs (English)
• Karen Marie Ørsted ( MØ ) in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Own web presence on momomoyouth.com