Bjork Lyrics

Bjork Info:

Birth Name:
Björk Guðmundsdóttir

Born:
November 21st, 1965 ( age )

From:
Reykjavík, Iceland

Residence:
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

Occupation:
Singer-songwriter, composer, musician, actress, activist

Years active:
1977–present

Height:
5' 4"

Spouse:
Þór Eldon (m. 1986–87)

Children:
Sindri Eldon Þórsson
Ísadóra Bjarkardóttir Barney

Parents:
Guðmundur Gunnarsson
Hildur Rúna Hauksdóttir

Sister:
Three sisters

Brother:
Three brothers

Step Father:
Sævar Írnason

Genres:
Alternative rock, electronica, experimental, trip hop, alternative dance, avant-garde, ethereal wave, ambient, jazz, classical, post-rock, baroque pop, industrial, post-punk (early)

Instruments:
Voice, piano, keyboards, flute, harp, clarinet, harmonica

Associated acts:
The Sugarcubes
Kukl
Exodus
Dirty Projectors
Thom Yorke
Death Grips

Did you Know:
• Her 2011 album, Biophilia, was the first album to be released as a series of interactive apps, and in 2014 these apps were the first ever to be inducted into the Museum of Modern Art's permanent collection.

• A full-scale retrospective exhibition dedicated to Björk was shown at the Museum of Modern Art in 2015, one of the few musicians to land one.

Bjork Filmography:
1987 - Glerbrot as Maria
1990 - The Juniper Tree as Margit
2000 - Dancer in the Dark as Selma Ježková (Also composer of the Soundtrack Selmasongs)
2005 - Drawing Restraint 9 Occidental Guest (Also composer of the soundtrack Drawing Restraint 9)
2007 - Anna and the Moods as Anna Young (voice)

Bjork Quotes:
"The album's very much about being alone in your house, in a very quiet sort of introverted mood and you whisper, you sort of improvise. Which is between me and myself." (about her album 'Vespertine')

"I knew when I said yes that this would be not only my first role but also my last one. I'm very happy that it's to be this one." Asked whether she might one day reconsider, she said: "I have to do records now. I only have 50 years left, and I've got a lot of records to make." (After winning best actress award at Cannes)

Bjork Awards
2010
The Polar Music Prize from the Royal Swedish Academy of Music (In recognition of her "deeply personal music and lyrics, her precise arrangements and her unique voice.)

2001
Bodil Awards: Best Actress, DANCER IN THE DARK (2001)
Golden Satellite Awards: Best Original Song for I've Seen It All in DANCER IN THE DARK (2001)
Robert Festival: Best Actress, DANCER IN THE DARK (2001)
Robert Festival: Best Original Score, DANCER IN THE DARK (2001)
Online Film Critics Society Awards: Best Cinematic Debut/Breakthrough, DANCER IN THE DARK (2001)

2000
Cannes Film Festival: Best Actress, DANCER IN THE DARK (2000)
Edda Awards: Actress of the Year, DANCER IN THE DARK (2000)
European Film Awards: Best Actress, DANCER IN THE DARK (2000)
National Board of Review: Outstanding Dramatic Musical Performance by an Actress, DANCER IN THE DARK (2000)

1995
MTV Europe Music Award for Best Female

• Has also won 4 Brit Awards and 21 Icelandic Music Awards

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