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Björk Guðmundsdóttir was born on 21 November 1965 in Reykjavík. [12] She was raised by her mother, Hildur Rúna Hauksdóttir (7 October 1946 – 25 October 2018 [13]), an activist who protested against the development of Iceland's Kárahnjúkar Hydropower Plant, [14] having divorced from Björk's father, Guðmundur Gunnarsson, an electrician and union leader, after Björk was born.
Icelandic singer and songwriter Björk has recorded more than two hundred songs for ten studio albums, two soundtrack albums, a compilation album, six remix albums and three collaboration albums. She is the sole writer and producer of most of the songs included in her albums.
Vespertine, the singer's fourth studio album, was released in 2001 and was certified Gold in the UK. The following year, Björk released her Greatest Hits compilation, a companion box-set, Family Tree , and a series of live albums, collected in the Live Box box set.
Bjork in concert in Chicago, Illinois on August 1st, 1995 (Credit: Paul Natkin/WireImage.com) ... was one of Björk’s most vocal fans in American pop in the ’90s, sampling “Jóga” on ...
The 90 Greatest Albums of the 90s [citation needed] 1998 31 Out: The 100 Greatest, Gayest Albums [96] 2008 63 Slant Magazine: The 100 Best Albums of the 1990s (2011) [97] 2011 29 Spin: The 125 Best Albums of the Past 25 Years [98] 2010 33 The Face: Albums of the Year [citation needed] 1993 1 Melody Maker: Albums of the Year [99] 1993 6 Mixmag
It features the singer driving an enormous vehicle through a city, fighting a gorilla dentist to get back a diamond he took from her mouth, and bombing a museum with dynamite to free a boy. In 2005, Björk released a UNICEF charity benefit compilation entitled Army of Me: Remixes and Covers , which featured a series of covers and remixes by ...
Icelandic singer-songwriter Björk has embarked on eleven concert tours and has performed live at various events and television shows. After leaving her band, The Sugarcubes, Björk promoted her first album Debut (1993) through performances at various shows and award ceremonies.
Bjork’s albums over the last 20 years or so have been epic journeys, deep in innovation and imagination, but often not exactly approachable — sort of like a James Joyce novel, the listener is ...