Björk Guðmundsdóttir, known mononymously as Björk, is an Icelandic alternative rock singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer and occasional actress. She initially became known as the lead singer of the alternative rock band
The Sugarcubes, before beginning her career as a solo artist in 1993.
Björk has had 30 singles reach the Top 40 on pop charts around the world, with 22 Top 40 hits in the UK. She has sold more than 20 million albums worldwide.
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Birth Name: Björk Guðmundsdóttir
Born: November 21st, 1965 (age 58)
From: Reykjavík, Iceland
Parents: Guðmundur Gunnarsson
Hildur Rúna Hauksdóttir
Spouse(s): Þór Eldon (m. 1986-87)
Children: Sindri Eldon Þórsson
Ísadóra Bjarkardóttir Barney
Genre(s):
Alternative rock,
electronica,
experimental,
trip hop,
alternative dance,
avant-garde,
ethereal wave,
ambient,
jazz,
classical,
post-rock,
baroque pop,
industrial,
post-punk (early)
Instrument(s):
Voice,
piano,
keyboards,
flute,
harp,
clarinet,
harmonica
Active From: 1977-present
Associated Acts:
The Sugarcubes,
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.
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.)
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)