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Rybak was born in Minsk, which at that time was part of Soviet Belarus.His parents hail from the town of Vitebsk in Northern Belarus. His father Igor Rybak, a well-known classical violinist who performed alongside Pinchas Zukerman, defected to Norway in 1991 after a concert tour of a Belarusian chamber orchestra which he was part of.
Fairytales is the debut studio album by the Belarusian-Norwegian artist Alexander Rybak.It was released in Norway and most of Europe on 29 May 2009, and in the UK on 15 June.
This is the discography of Belarusian-Norwegian singer-songwriter Alexander Rybak.He represented Norway at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, Russia, and eventually went on to win the contest with 387 points—the highest tally any country achieved (under the 1975–2015 points system) in the history of Eurovision—with "Fairytale".
"Fairytale" is a song composed, written, and recorded by Belarusian-Norwegian singer-songwriter Alexander Rybak. It represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 held in Moscow, winning the contest. It is the first single from Rybak's debut album Fairytales released on 29 May 2009 just after the contest.
Trolle og den magiske fela (Trolle and the magical violin) is the fifth studio album and the first Norwegian-language album by the Belarusian-Norwegian artist Alexander Rybak, released on 2 November 2015, alongside the eponymous children's book.
[5] Eurovisionary stated Rybak seemingly suffered from the commercial success of his previous album and this album was a "messy affair". [6] A Dutch reviewer suggested that Rybak could have done better by spreading his music over multiple albums. [7] Critics generally named "Dare I Say" and "Why Not Me" the best songs on the albums.
A music video was shot by Oleksandr Filatovych in Kyiv and released in June 2012 by both Rybak's own music channel and ELLO. By July 2020, the music video had reached to over 10 million views. [10] In 2014, Norwegian musician Øivind Elgenes made a cover of the song as part of Alexander Rybak's day on the musical programme Hver gang vi møtes. [2]
"Funny Little World" is a song by Norwegian singer–songwriter Alexander Rybak from his debut studio album, Fairytales. It was released in Norway on May 13, 2009 by EMI Records as the second single from the album. "Funny Little World" was written by Alexander Rybak and produced by Henrik Wikström and Amir Aly.