Sigrid (singer)

Sigrid over Oslo (2018)

Sigrid Solbakk Raabe (born September 5, 1996 in Ålesund ) is a Norwegian musician . She became internationally known in 2017 with the songs Don't Kill My Vibe and Strangers .

Life

Sigrid was born in Ålesund in 1996, where she grew up in a musical environment. As a teenager she received piano and singing lessons. She made her debut at a performance by her brother Tellef Raabe. She signed a record deal with Petroleum Records and released a single that garnered her local attention, but couldn't find time for promos and concerts outside of school as she pursued a career as a lawyer. When she was 18 she moved to Bergen .

Sigrid in Detroit (USA, 2019)

In 2016 Sigrid signed a contract with Island Records . At the beginning of 2017 she released the single Don't Kill My Vibe , which made it into the charts in Sigrid's homeland as well as in the United Kingdom. Michael Cragg, who introduced the song for the Guardian, referred to Sigrid as the new Lorde . In May an EP of the same name with four songs was released. Also in May 2017, Sigrid was the face of Apple Music's Up-Next campaign , in which new, promising artists are presented. Don't Kill My Vibe was voted BBC Radio 1's “Hottest Record in the World” .

This was followed by appearances on Later ... With Jools Holland , on James Corden's Late Late Show and on the German late night show Inas Nacht . In November 2017 she was recognized as the best newcomer at the award show P3 Gull on the Norwegian radio station NRK P3 . She was also nominated for Best Live Artist of the Year and Song of the Year for Don't Kill My Vibe . In December 2017 Sigrid joined the Nobel Peace Prize Concert , a concert in honor of the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize on, the anti nuclear campaign ican . At the end of 2017 she received the European Border Breakers Award , which honors European newcomers who are also successful outside of their home countries. Earlier the following year, she won the BBC 's Sound of 2018 forecast .

In February 2018 Sigrid received the Spellemannprisen 2017, the most important Norwegian music award, in the category Newcomer of the Year. She was also nominated in the categories of Pop Soloist (male / female) and Song of the Year (for Don't Kill My Vibe ). At the Spellemannprisen 2018 she was nominated in the categories Music Video of the Year (for Sucker Punch) , Pop Soloist (male / female) and Song of the Year (for Strangers ). Their second EP followed in July 2018 with Raw . In March 2019, their debut album Sucker Punch was released.

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		NO	DE	AT	CH	UK
2019	sucker Punch	NO1 × 2 Double platinum (43 weeks)NO	DE63 (1 week) DE	AT51 (1 week) AT	CH54 (1 week) CH	UK4th silver (15 weeks)UK	First published: March 8, 2019

EPs

• 2017: Don't Kill My Vibe
• 2017: Up Next Session
• 2017: Spotify Live
• 2018: Raw

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		NO	UK
2017	Don't Kill My Vibe Don't Kill My Vibe & Sucker Punch	NO28 × 2 Double platinum (6 weeks)NO	UK62 silver (7 weeks)UK	First published: February 10, 2017
	Strangers Sucker Punch	NO6th × 2 Double platinum (17 weeks)NO	UK10 platinum (18 weeks)UK	First published: November 10, 2017
2018	High Five Raw	-	UK59 silver (8 weeks)UK	First published: May 4, 2018
	Sucker Punch Sucker Punch	NO12 platinum (4 weeks)NO	-	First published: October 5, 2018
2019	Don't Feel Like Crying Sucker Punch	NO22 (1 week) NO	UK13 gold (16 weeks)UK	First published: January 17, 2019
	Sight of You Sucker Punch	NO30 (1 week) NO	-	Promotion release: February 28, 2019
	Mine Right Now Sucker Punch	NO40 (1 week) NO	-	First published: May 3, 2019

More singles

• 2017: Plot Twist (NO:gold)
• 2018: Raw
• 2018: Focus
• 2018: Schedules
• 2019: Home to You

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1. ↑ Dunn, Frankie: 10 Things You Need To Know About Sigrid , Vice , February 10, 2017
2. ^ Spanos, Brittany: Sigrid | 10 New Artists To Know March 2017 , Rolling Stone , rollingstone.com (March 15, 2017)
3. ↑ Cragg, Michael: Sigrid: The Scandi-Pop Star Is The New Lord, Basically , February 24, 2017
4. ↑ Gumble, Daniel: Sigrid Unveiled As Apple Music's Up Next Star , musicweek.com
5. ↑ ^{a b} Eurosonic Noorderslag: The European Border Breakers Awards (EBBA). Retrieved May 17, 2020 (English). 
6. ↑ Youtube: Sigrid: Don't Kill My Vibe , Later ... With Jools Holland , May 9, 2017
7. ↑ Youtube: Sigrid: Don't Kill My Vibe , The Late Late Show With James Corden , May 25, 2017
8. ↑ P3 Gull: OnklP vinner den gjeve P3 prizes . In: Dagbladet.no . November 25, 2017 ( dagbladet.no [accessed November 27, 2017]).
9. ↑ Kan vinne tre prisar i kveld . In: NRK P3 . November 25, 2017 ( p3.no [accessed November 27, 2017]).
10. ↑ Norwegian talent Sigrid to perform this year! - Nobel Peace Prize Concert | Oslo, Norway Dec 11 . In: Nobel Peace Prize Concert | Oslo, Norway Dec 11 . October 5, 2017 ( nobelpeaceprizeconcert.com [accessed December 11, 2017]).
11. ↑ Info - EBBA, European Border Breakers Awards, the awards for best European new music. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017 ; accessed on November 22, 2017 . 
12. ↑ Sound of 2018 - 1st Sigrid , BBC, January 12, 2018
13. ↑ The Fold: Spellemann // Dette er vinnerne av Spellemann 2017! Retrieved March 2, 2018 . 
14. ↑ The Fold: Spellemann // NOMINERTE SPELLEMANN 2017. Accessed January 9, 2018 . 
15. ^ The Fold: Spellemann // Nominerte Spellemannprisen 2018. Accessed March 31, 2019 . 
16. ↑ The Fold: Spellemann // Vinnere av Spellemannprisen 2018. Accessed March 31, 2019 . 
17. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: NO DE AT CH UK
18. ↑ Music Sales Awards: UK NO

Web links

Commons : Sigrid Raabe  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website
• Sigrid in the store norske leksikon (Norwegian)