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| Birth Name(s) : Björk Guðmundsdóttir |
Date of Birth: November 21, 1965 |
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Married
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Partner:
Matthew Barney |
| Profession:
Actor/Musician |
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Has one son, Sindri (in 1986), with her ex-husband Thor Eldon. His birthday marked the creation of their (with others) band the Sugarcubes.
Was stalked by a man who suffered from severe mental problems. He attempted to kill her by mailing her a book that had been hollowed out and filled with an explosive device. The police intercepted it before Bjork was to recieve it. The stalker commited suicide.
Has gone on record saying she will never make another movie, due to the difficulties she faced making Dancer in the Dark (2000).
Her family name means "Gudmund's daughter" in Icelandic.
As of September 2002, MTV has ranked Bjork's music video for "Pagan Poetry" as the channel's most controversial video ever as it depicts several shots of not only Bjork's breasts, but also multiple body piercings and mutilations covering her arms and back.
Daughter, Isadora born October 3, 2002. |
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Björk Guðmundsdóttir (help·info) (born November 21, 1965) is an Icelandic singer-songwriter, composer, actress and music producer. She has been nominated for 12 Grammy Awards, an Academy Award and two Golden Globe awards (including one for acting).
from Debut - Though Björk's early solo work are all firmly rooted in dance, her vocal phrasing was already distinct and unusual.
Björk was born and raised in ReykjavÃk. Her musical career began when she was 11, beginning with her study of classical piano in elementary school. One of her instructors sent a recording of Björk singing Tina Charles' song "I Love to Love" to RÚV, then the only radio station in Iceland. The recording was broadcast on radio nationally; after hearing it, a representative of the record label Fálkinn contacted Björk to offer a record contract. An album, Björk, was recorded and released in 1977.
In 1992 The Sugarcubes dissolved. They still remain friends and are all still involved in the management of Smekkleysa/Bad Taste. Björk moved to London to pursue a solo career; she began working with producer Nellee Hooper, who had produced for Massive Attack, among others. Their partnership produced Björk's first international solo hit, "Human Behaviour". Her solo debut album, Debut, was released in June 1993 to positive reviews; it was named album of the year by NME, and eventually went platinum in the United States. At the 1994 BRIT Awards Björk won the awards for Best International Female and Best International newcomer. Debut had a mix of songs Björk had been writing since she was a teenager, as well as more recent lyrical collaborations with Hooper.
The success of Debut enabled her to collaborate with other artists on one-off tracks. She worked with David Arnold on "Play Dead", the theme to the 1993 film The Young Americans (which appeared as a bonus track on a re-release of Debut), collaborated on two songs for Tricky's Nearly God project, appeared on a track on the 1997 album Not For Threes by Plaid, which was released on the cult Warp Records label, and wrote the song "Bedtime Story" for Madonna's 1994 album Bedtime Stories.
After the tsunami which struck Southeast Asia in late 2004, Björk began work on a new project, Army of Mixes. This project recruited fans and musicians from around the world to either cover or remix the 1995 track, "Army of Me". From over 600 responses, Björk and her co-writer Graham Massey, picked the best twenty to appear on the album. The album was released in April in the UK and in late May 2005 the US. By January 2006, the album had raised around £250,000 to help UNICEF's work in the south east Asian region. Björk visited Banda Aceh in February 2006 to view some of UNICEF's work with the children who were affected by the tsunami.
Björk's sixth full-length studio album, Volta, was released on May 7, 2007. It was primarily written and produced by Björk herself and features 10 new tracks. It features input from acclaimed producer Timbaland, Antony Hegarty and Sjón, among other artists.
Björk is currently on an 18 month world tour, and has performed at Coachella, the Glastonbury Festival, Austin City Limits and Madison Square Garden among many others. Björk will return to Brazil, Chile and Argentina after nine years performing in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Curitiba, Santiago de Chile and Buenos Aires as part of different events. She will perform in Peru and Bogotá, Colombia for the first time in her career in November 2007 in Lima and also in Mexico in December 2007 at Guadalajara. She will also return to Australia and New Zealand for the first time in 12 years in January 2008, and will play a one-off intimate show at the Sydney Opera House, as part of the Sydney Festival. She will also headline the Big Day Out festival alongside Rage Against the Machine.
Director and previous collaborator Michel Gondry had asked Björk to star in his latest film The Science of Sleep, but she declined.
Björk usually goes by her first name only. This is not a stage name or affectation; it is normal for an Icelander to be referred to by his or her first name, as almost all Icelanders' last names merely indicate the name of the father (or occasionally the mother); family names are rare. See Icelandic naming conventions.
Though many English-speakers pronounce her name "Byork," a more accurate approximation would be "Byirk," which she has pointed out rhymes with "jerk."Guðmundsdóttir is pronounced roughly "GVUTH-munds-doh-tear", and is a patronym meaning "Guðmundur's daughter".
Björk's father, Guðmundur Gunnarsson, is a well-known union leader in Iceland and was nationally recognized before his daughter became famous. Her mother's name is Hildur Rúna Hauksdóttir, and she has also been politically active. |
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| 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. |
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