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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".
It was released in Norway and most of Europe on 29 May 2009, and in the UK on 15 June. Most of the songs on the album are written and/or composed by Rybak himself. The first single of this album is Rybak's "Fairytale", the winning song from the Eurovision Song Contest 2009. His entry broke the previous record of 292 in the festival and achieved ...
The song debuted on the UK charts at #10 on Downloads Alone and then dropped to #38 the next week, it also reached Number 3 on the Download Chart. "Fairytale" is the ninth non-UK Eurovision entry to reach the top ten in the UK charts since the contest began in 1956, most recently Johnny Logan reached #2 representing Ireland in 1987. [20]
Rybak is best known for his involvement in the Eurovision Song Contest. He represented Norway in the 2009 contest in Moscow, Russia and won the competition with 387 points—the highest tally any country has achieved in the history of Eurovision under the then-voting system—with "Fairytale", a song he wrote and composed. Winning at the age of ...
For the purpose of the singer's Eurovision Song Contest participation, the latter song was remastered and translated to "Fairytale". [2] It was recorded and reworked at Woodstock Studios in London, the United Kingdom. [2] A reviewer of Wiwibloggs described the song as a mid-tempo power ballad, while Nicole Janke of Eurovision.de called it a ...
If you look back through the scores of previous Eurovision Song Contests, and divide the total score for the song by the number of countries voting on it, (in the case of 2009 this is 41, being as Norway cannot award itself points) the average for Fairytale is (387/41=) 9.44 (to 2 decimal places).
3 23 3 13 2 — 5 9 — Séverine: 1972 "Après toi" Vicky Leandros: Philips — 1 11 2 1 2 — 1 2 — Après Toi: 1973 "Tu te reconnaîtras" Anne Marie David: Epic — 6 40 3 2 2 — 6 13 — Non-album single 1974 "Waterloo" ABBA: Polar: 2 1 1 1 1 1 — 1 1 6 Waterloo: 1975 "Ding-A-Dong" Teach-In: CNR — 2 9 8 3 1 — 1 13 — Festival: 1976 ...
Albania participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm, Sweden, with the song "Fairytale" performed by Eneda Tarifa.The nation's entry was selected in December 2015 through the national selection competition Festivali i Këngës organised by Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH).