Páll Óskar Hjálmtýsson

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Páll Óskar at the Reykjavik Jazz Festival (2015)

Páll Óskar Hjálmtýsson (stage name Páll Óskar , international Paul Oscar , born March 16, 1970 in Reykjavík ) is an Icelandic pop singer , DJ and songwriter .

biography

Páll Óskar was born as one of seven children into a family of musicians. He appeared as an interpreter himself at an early age: his first record appeared at the age of seven, and at twelve he played the leading role in the musical "Gummi Tarzan" based on the children's book by Ole Lund Kirkegaard .

The broken voice ushered in a long break from singing, which only ended when Páll Óskar began his studies and took part in choir and musical productions at the university. He later worked as a studio singer, he also appeared in Reykjavík as a drag queen and became known for his provocative shows. After the club closed, he went to the radio, where he made a name for himself as a disk jockey .

In 1993 Páll Óskar met the Icelandic musicians Jóhann Jóhannsson and Sigurjon Kjartansson in New York City , who played in the rock band Ham . With them he founded the band Milljónamæringarnir (the millionaires) in October of that year , which released the album Milljón á mann in the summer of 1994 .

A year later, Páll Óskar released the full-length player Palli as a solo artist and on his own record label , which became the best-selling Icelandic music album of 1995. In 1997 he reached 20th place in the Eurovision Song Contest as a representative of Iceland . 11 years later he wrote the text of the Euroband song This is my Life with Peter Fenner , which was the Icelandic entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 and came in 14th. In his homeland he is considered a gay icon and often appears as a DJ in Reykjavík clubs.

Discography

Albums

  • Stuð (Groove, 1993)
  • Palli (1995)
  • Seif (1996)
  • Deep Inside (1999)
  • Ef ég sofna ekki (2001)
  • Ljósin heima (2003)
  • Allt fyrir ástina (2007)
  • Silfursafnið (2008)
  • Páll Óskar og Sinfó (2011)
  • Uppklapp (2011)

Singles

  • Minn hinsti dans (1997)
  • Allt fyrir ástina (2007)
  • International (2007)
  • Betra Lif (2007)
  • He þetta ást? (2008)
  • Þú komst við hjartað í mér (2008)
  • Silfursafnið (2008)
  • Sama hvar þú ert (2008)
  • Gordjöss á esperantó ( 2010)
  • La dolce vita (2011)
  • Partísyrpa (2011)
  • Ofar regnbogahæðum (2011)
  • Ást sem endist (2015)
  • Gegnum dimman dal (2015)
  • Líttu upp í ljós (2015)
  • Þá mætir þú til mín (2016)
  • Vinnum þetta fyrirfram (2016)
  • Einn dans (2017)

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