Marit Larsen

Marit Larsen in the Nuremberg Frankenhalle (2015)

Marit Elisabeth Larsen (born July 1, 1983 in Lørenskog ) is a Norwegian pop singer , guitarist and songwriter .

Career

Marit Larsen live in Skien (2009)

She became known as a member of the pop duo M2M with her friend Marion Raven . After separating in 2002, she started her solo career in 2004/2005. She recorded her debut album Under the Surface with her new record company EMI . Her breakthrough came with her first single Don't Save Me and she was number 1 in Norway for five weeks . The debut album Under the Surface reached number three.

In 2006 she won an MTV Award at the MTV Europe Music Awards in the category "Best Norwegian Artist".

After a one-year release hiatus, Marit Larsen returned in the summer of 2008 with the single If a Song Could Get Me You and came first in Norway for the second time , this time for two weeks. The song was released in July 2009 in German-speaking countries. In Germany and Austria the song reached No. 1 in Switzerland Place 2. For these countries, a new album from the songs of the two previously released albums in Norway has been compiled and published under the same title as the song. It also reached top chart positions. At the end of 2009 she started her first tour through Germany and Switzerland, which initially lasted until December.

In January 2010 she re-recorded the song Out of My Hands in Brussels together with the Belgian singer Milow . The song was included on the March 2010 re-release of their album If a Song Could Get Me You . In February and March 2010 Larsen came to Germany for another 12 concerts. In the summer of 2010, Larsen attended various events broadcast on German television ( TV total , ARD Eurovisionsparty, ZDF-Fernsehgarten , Popstars ) to promote her single Don't Save Me , which was released on July 30, 2010.

On December 30, 2011, she had a guest appearance in the telenovela Anna and Love . On April 7th, she performed at the music show Die Frühlingsshow on ZDF . With Spark , Larsen released their second album in Germany on November 18, 2011. Shortly afterwards, in April 2012, a tour of Germany followed. The fourth studio album When the Morning Comes was released in Norway in October 2014. The single I Don't Want to Talk About It was released on August 4th.

Private life

Marit Larsen lives in Oslo . She was dating the singer Thom Hell , who left Larsen's band due to the relationship. In the summer of 2010, the couple separated again after three years of relationship. Her father Geir Tore Larsen plays in the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Your mother is a pianist.

Music genre

As a musical role model, Marit Larsen u. a. Joni Mitchell , Rufus Wainwright , Paul McCartney and Billy Joel . Larsen's style of music is usually described as being rather profound:

"Marit Larsen's songs live mainly from their pop catchiness, but they also combine elements of folk with classic singer / songwriting ."

- laut.de

"Marit Larsen [...] performs sophisticated songs with her almost crystal voice: either strange separation songs or gloomy love songs, always catchy, melodious, but far too tinkering with sound and playfully diverse to be reduced to three-minute radio pop."

- Magdi Abdoul-Kheir : Südwest Presse

Discography

Marit Larsen in a duet with Dierks Bentley at the Nobel Peace Prize concert in Oslo 2008

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
year	title	DE	AT	CH	NO	Remarks
2006	Under the surface	-	-	-	NO3 × 2 Double platinum (52 weeks)NO	First published: March 6, 2006
2008	The Chase	-	-	-	NO1 platinum (21 weeks)NO	First published: October 13, 2008
2011	Spark	DE57 (5 weeks) DE	-	CH36 (5 weeks) CH	NO2 (12 weeks) NO	First published: November 18, 2011
2014	When the morning comes	DE71 (2 weeks) DE	-	CH53 (1 week) CH	NO1 (10 weeks) NO	First published: October 20, 2014

Compilations / EPs

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
year	title	DE	AT	CH	NO	Remarks
2009	If a Song Could Get Me You	DE3 platinum (43 weeks)DE	AT7th gold (21 weeks)AT	CH2 gold (40 weeks)CH	-	First published: August 14, 2009
2016	Joni Was Right I & II	-	-	-	NO36 (1 week) NO	First published: September 9, 2016

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
year	Title album	DE	AT	CH	NO	Remarks
2006	Don't Save Me Under the Surface	DE48 (5 weeks) DE	-	CH63 (1 week) CH	NO1 (11 weeks) NO	First published: February 2006 Republished: July 30, 2010
	Under the Surface Under the Surface	DE38 (7 weeks) DE	AT64 (2 weeks) AT	-	NO6 (16 weeks) NO	First published: May 2006 Republished: February 19, 2010
	Only a fool under the surface	-	-	-	NO14 (1 week) NO	First published: November 2006
2008	If a Song Could Get Me You The Chase / If a Song Could Get Me You	DE1 platinum (43 weeks)DE	AT1 gold (32 weeks)AT	CH2 platinum (33 weeks)CH	NO1 (24 weeks) NO	First published: August 2008 Republished: July 24, 2009
2010	Out Of My Hands Milow / If a Song Could Get Me You	DE19 (9 weeks) DE	AT44 (7 weeks) AT	CH21 (5 weeks) CH	-	First published: April 2010 with Milow
2011	Vår best day	-	-	-	NO1 (5 weeks) NO	First published: February 2011

More singles

2007: Solid Ground
2008: I've Heard Your Love Songs
2009: Addicted
2009: Fuel
2011: Coming Home
2012: Don't Move
2014: I Don't Want to Talk About It
2015: Faith & Science
2015: Please Don't Fall for Me
2015: Traveling Alone

Awards

2006: MTV Europe Music Award for Best Artist in Norway
2010: Radio Regenbogen Award in the category Listener Award 2009

Individual evidence

↑ Re-edition of their successful album! March 8, 2010, German website by Marit Larsen ( Memento from March 25, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
↑ Slutt mellom Thom Hell og Marit Larsen. (No longer available online.) Fvn.no, August 25, 2010, archived from the original on August 28, 2010 ; accessed on August 28, 2010 (Norwegian, paid access). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fvn.no
^ Portrait of Marit Larsen on laut.de , accessed on March 25, 2017
↑ Magdi Aboul-Kheir: Not a one-hit wonder. Marit Larsen has a new hit with "Under the Surface". In: Schwäbisches Tagblatt online. March 10, 2010, accessed December 24, 2016 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c Chart sources: DE AT CH NO

Web links

Commons : Marit Larsen - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Official website

personal data
SURNAME	Larsen, Marit
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Larsen, Marit Elisabeth (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Norwegian pop singer, guitarist and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH	July 1, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lørenskog , Norway

[1] Re-edition of their successful album! March 8, 2010, German website by Marit Larsen ( Memento from March 25, 2010 in the Internet Archive )

[2] Slutt mellom Thom Hell og Marit Larsen. (No longer available online.) Fvn.no, August 25, 2010, archived from the original on August 28, 2010 ; accessed on August 28, 2010 (Norwegian, paid access). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fvn.no

[3] Portrait of Marit Larsen on laut.de , accessed on March 25, 2017

[4] Magdi Aboul-Kheir: Not a one-hit wonder. Marit Larsen has a new hit with "Under the Surface". In: Schwäbisches Tagblatt online. March 10, 2010, accessed December 24, 2016 .

[charts-5] Chart sources: DE AT CH NO