Christine Guldbrandsen
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Christine Guldbrandsen (born 19th March 1985 in Bergen, Norway) is a singer who is best-known internationally for being the 2006 Norwegian entrant in the Eurovision Song Contest, and across Scandinavia for her first two albums Surfing in the Air, Moments and her newest album Christine.
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[edit] To Finland and Iceland
So far, Christine has released three albums. The name of her debut album from 2003 was Surfing in the Air and became a huge success in Norway. Due to the success it was soon released in Finland as well. In total the album sold 30,000 copies, which is considered very good for a Norwegian debuting artist. The most memorable song on the CD was the song with the same name, Surfing in the Air, which became a radio hit, and to which she recorded an exotic music video on weather-beaten and evocative coastal mountain hill surroundings on the volcanic saga island in the north Atlantic, Iceland. Christine hopes that her CDs will be released in new country and if everything goes as planned her CDs will soon come in every scandinavien music shops.
[edit] More subdued moments
Christine Guldbrandsen's "difficult second album", called Moments, was released in December 2004, and didn't quite have the same magical appeal on her fans as her first record. Still, it reached the official Norwegian album chart VG-lista Topp 40. And nevertheless, the song Because of You was played a lot on national radio, especially on P1 which is the most popular Norwegian radio station. Christine's musical expression and style is still inspired by Norwegian and Nordic folk music, though this came a bit clearer to mind on her debut piece. Folk-ballads or folk-pop could be a good description of her music.
[edit] Eurovision Song Contest 2006
Christine Guldbrandsen represented her native country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 in Athens, after winning the Melodi Grand Prix 2006, the Norwegian selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 in Athens, Greece. The Nordic folk song she sang there, Alvedansen (The dance of elves) - the only of 18 entries with Norwegian lyrics - was a non-typical Grand Prix entry, far from the typical schlager as it is an ethno piece spiced with chant plus fiddle and harmonica play. Thea Tunås Bratteng accompanies her on stage playing the typical Norwegian fiddle instrument hardingfele. Christine won the Bergen semi final easily through a convincing performance and live voice, though she had strong competitors in especially Queentastic and Trine Rein she won. In the Eurovision finals in Athens, she placed 14th of 24 finalists.
[edit] Christine
On February 5, 2007, Christine released her third studio album, simply entitled "Christine". It's her most personal album so far, and this time, Christine was also a co-producer. The album presented ten new songs, all penned by Christine and her co-writers except for one traditional Norwegian folk tune. A new, improved version of her well-famed song "Alvedansen" was also presented. The CD "Christine" got a very good response from the media in Norway. Most magazines gave the CD 4 stars, and some even 5.
[edit] Oslo Spektrum
Christine Also Went to sing in the Oslo Spektrum with a fabulous medley Dansekjolen(6th Place In Norway's Radio Stations)and the new Alvedansen
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- [[Surfing in the Air]] (2003)
- [[Moments]] (2004)
- [[Christine]] (February 5, 2007)
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| Preceded by Wig Wam |
Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 |
Succeeded by Guri Schanke |
