Marit Larsen

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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 ."

"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
DE DE AT AT CH CH NO NO
2006 Under the surface - - - NO3
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(52 weeks)NO
First published: March 6, 2006
2008 The Chase - - - NO1
platinum
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
DE DE AT AT CH CH NO NO
2009 If a Song Could Get Me You DE3
platinum
platinum

(43 weeks)DE
AT7th
gold
gold

(21 weeks)AT
CH2
gold
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
DE DE AT AT CH CH NO NO
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
platinum

(43 weeks)DE
AT1
gold
gold

(32 weeks)AT
CH2
platinum
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

Individual evidence

  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 .
  5. a b c Chart sources: DE AT CH NO

Web links

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