Susanne Sundfør

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Susanne Sundfør in June 2010

Susanne Aartun Sundfør (born March 19, 1986 in Haugesund , Norway ) is a Norwegian singer-songwriter .

Career

Since 2007 Sundfør has already won the Spellemannprisen five times in different categories , a Norwegian music prize that is awarded annually and can be seen as the Norwegian counterpart to the US Grammy . In addition, she was nominated several times.

Her music combines classical elements, instrumentalizations and synthesizers with her singing. She plays guitar and piano and accompanies herself on the electric piano at her concerts . As musical references she gives Radiohead , Scott Walker , Jeff Buckley , Rufus Wainwright , Ane Brun , Fleetwood Mac , Beyoncé Knowles and Thomas Dybdahl .

Discography

Albums

year album Charts
NO

UK charts
2007 Susanne Sundfør 3 -
2008 Take One 32 -
2010 The Brothel 1 -
2011 A Night at Salle Pleyel - -
2012 The Silicone Veil 1 -
2015 Ten Love Songs 1 78
2017 Music for People in Trouble 1 93
2020 Self Portrait Original Soundtrack

Singles

year single Charts
NO
album
2007 Walls 3 Susanne Sundfør
2007 I resign - Susanne Sundfør
2010 The Brothel 2 The Brothel
2010 It's All Gone Tomorrow - The Brothel
2011 Turkish delight - The Brothel
2012 White Foxes 19th The Silicone Veil
2012 The Silicone Veil - The Silicone Veil
2012 Running to the Sea
( feat.Royksopp )
14th
2016 never ever

(with Röyksopp )

22nd

Awards

2007

  • Spellemannprisen in the category best female artist for the album Susanne Sundfør
  • Spellemann prizes in the category Newcomer of the Year for the album Susanne Sundfør

2010

  • Nomination: Spellemannprisen in the category TONOs komponistpris for the album The Brothel
  • Spellemannprisen in the lyricist category for the album The Brothel

2012

  • Nomination: Spellemann prizes in the pop group or pop soloist category for the album The silicone veil

2014

2015

  • Spellemannprisen in the category pop soloist for the album Ten Love Songs
  • Spellemannprisen in the album of the year category for the album Ten Love Songs
  • Spellemann prizes in the category producer of the year
  • Nomination: Spellemannprisen in the song of the year category for Delirious

swell

  1. The Fold: Spellemann // 2016. Retrieved November 28, 2017 .
  2. BBC Music - The brilliance of Scott Walker - explained! July 24, 2017. Retrieved August 8, 2017 .
  3. a b Chart discography Norway
  4. UK chart history
  5. P3 Gull 2014. NRK P3, October 20, 2015, accessed May 31, 2020 (Norwegian).

Web links

Commons : Susanne Sundfør  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files