Björk

Björk
Background information
Birth name	Björk Guðmundsdóttir
Born	(1965-11-21) 21 November 1965 Reykjavík, Iceland
Genres	Rock Alternative rock Progressive rock Electronica Trip hop Jazz Classical Neo-psychedelia
Instruments	Vocals, Keybuirds
Years active	1977–present
Associate acts	The Sugarcubes, Tappi Tikarrass, KUKL, Spit and Snot, Exodus, Jam80
Wabsteid	bjork.com

Björk Guðmundsdóttir (/ˈbjɜːrk/; Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈpjœr̥k ˈkvʏðmʏntsˌtoʊhtɪr]; born 21 November 1965), kent as Björk, is an Icelandic sangster-sangwriter an producer. Her muisical style is eclectic an she haes achievit recognition in alternative rock, jazz, electronic dance muisic, classical, an avant-garde.

Three o Björk's 1990s singles chairtit in the UK Tap 10 ("It's Oh So Quiet" reached nummer 4, "Army of Me" numbmer 10, an "Hyperballad" nummer 8). Her record label, One Little Indian, reportit that bi 2003, she haed sauld mair nor 15 million albums warldwide. She haes wan fower BRIT Awards, fower MTV Video Music Awards, ane MOJO Award, three UK Music Video Awards, an, in 2010, the Polar Music Prize frae the Ryal Swadish Academy o Muisic in recognition o her "deeply personal muisic an leerics, her precise arrangements an her unique voice."

Björk haes been nominatit for 14 Grammy Awards (plus twa for airt direction on her album sleeves, done bi ithers) an aw, ane Academy Award, an twa Golden Globe Awards. She wan the Best Actress Award at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival for her performance in Dancer in the Dark. She wis rankit thirty-saxt in VH1's "The 100 Greatest Women in Rock and Roll", aicht in MTV's "22 Greatest Voices in Music", an saxtiet in Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Singers of All Time".

Personal life

She haes a son an a dochter, Sindri an Isadòra. She lifes in New York Ceety, but awns a hame in Reykjavík an aw.

Discografie

Main airticle: Björk discografie

• Björk (1977)
• Debut (1993)
• Post (1995)
• Homogenic (1997)
• Selmasongs (2000) (soondtrack)
• Vespertine (2001)
• Medúlla (2004)
• Drawing Restraint 9 (2005) (soondtrack)
• Volta (2007)
• Biophilia (2011)
• Vulnicura (2015)
• Utopia (2017)
• Fossora (2022)

Freemit airtins

• Björk's offeecial wabsteid