Ruben (singer)

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Ruben (2018)

Ruben Markussen (* 1995 ), better known as Ruben , is a Norwegian singer and songwriter .

Life

Markussen grew up with his family in the northern Norwegian town of Bjarkøy in Harstad municipality . He studied music production at Høgskolen i Innlandet and received a music education in Los Angeles for six months. In 2015 he released his first song entitled About To Collide . In January 2017, Markussen, who claims to be homosexual, published the song Go For Love , which was composed after the Orlando attack on June 12, 2016 .

In October 2017 the single Walls followed , which was able to place in both the Norwegian and the Swedish charts . The song was nominated for the Spellemann Prize 2018 in the "Song of the Year" category. Markussen also received a nomination in the “Breakthrough of the Year” category. It was also nominated in 2018 in the “Newcomer of the Year” category at the awards ceremony for the NRK P3 radio station , the P3 Gull .

In 2018 he himself described his music as "dark pop". His songs are influenced by the anxiety, depression and mental illnesses, which he says he has been experiencing since he was 13 years old. He wrote the song Lay By Me about his father, who died in 2018. In May 2020 it received the award in the category song of the year at the Spellemannprisen for the music year 2019. He was also nominated in the category pop artist for his work Melancholic . He released this EP in May 2019.

In April 2020, the music producer Alan Walker released the song Heading Home , with Markussen as a singer.

Awards

Spellemann prizes

  • 2018: Nomination in the category "Song of the Year" for Walls
  • 2018: Nomination in the category "Breakthrough of the Year"
  • 2019: Nomination in the category "Pop artist" for melancholic
  • 2019: "Song of the year" for Lay by me

P3 Gull

  • 2018: Nomination in the category "Newcomer of the Year"

Discography

EP

  • 2019: Melancholic

Singles

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
NO NO SE SE
2017 Walls NO8 (24 weeks)
NO 		SE59 (7 weeks)
SE
2018 The Half NO20 (16 weeks)
NO 		-
2019 power NO30 (8 weeks)
NO 		-
Lay by Me NO8 (19 weeks)
NO 		SE28 (9 weeks)
SE
So high NO14 (3 weeks)
NO 		-
2020 Heading Home NO15 (4 weeks)
NO 		SE53 (2 weeks)
SE
Burn Down This Room NO19 (3 weeks)
NO 		-

More songs

Web links

Commons : Ruben  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Anniken Aronsen: Ruben and pappaen fant tilbake til hverandre da krften rammet. In: Verdens Gang. June 17, 2019, accessed on May 2, 2020 (Norwegian Bokmål).
  2. ↑ a b Ruben blir contacted the fans as sliter psykisk: - Det er vanskelig å ta ansvar for. NRK P3, November 25, 2019, accessed May 2, 2020 (Norwegian).
  3. ↑ a b Silje Olsen Engenes: Ruben from Bjarkøy tok Stortorget with storm: - Det er very rare at musikken min betyr så mye for mange der ute. In: iTromsø. July 11, 2018, accessed on May 2, 2020 (Bokmål in Norwegian).
  4. ↑ Petter Strøm: Apner Bakgårdsfestivalen: - Musikken gir meg makt over følelsene mine. In: NRK. August 17, 2017, accessed on May 2, 2020 (Norwegian Bokmål).
  5. ↑ a b Jørgen Berntson Aase: Ruben legger Los Angeles for sine føtter med ny låt om Orlando terrors. In: rubato.no. January 7, 2017, accessed on May 2, 2020 (Bokmål in Norwegian).
  6. ↑ Jørgen Aase Berntson: Ruben debut clearly med endelig. In: rubato.no. November 27, 2015, accessed on May 2, 2020 (Bokmål in Norwegian).
  7. ^ Morten I. Jensen: En og en halv harstadværing nominated i P3 Gull. In: Harstad Tidende. November 15, 2018, accessed on May 2, 2020 (Bokmål in Norwegian).
  8. ↑ Discography Ruben. In: swedishcharts.com. Retrieved May 2, 2020 .
  9. ^ Nominated Spellemann Prizes 2018. In: Spellemann. February 8, 2019, accessed on May 2, 2020 (Norwegian Bokmål).
  10. ↑ a b Heidi Gjestad: Vinnerne av P3 Gull 2018. In: NRK. November 26, 2018, accessed on May 2, 2020 (Norwegian Bokmål).
  11. ↑ a b Spellemann - Arkiv over all nominated og vinnere frame til i dag! In: Spellemann. Retrieved May 2, 2020 (Norwegian Bokmål).
  12. ^ Maggie Johnson: Alan Walker Releases Official Version of Fan-Favorite “Heading Home”. In: EDM Life. April 13, 2020, accessed on May 2, 2020 .
  13. ↑ Chart sources: Norway / Sweden
personal data
SURNAME Ruben
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Markussen, Ruben (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian singer and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH 1995