# Stig van Eijk

Stig André van Eijk (Norwegian:; born 21 March 1981) is a Colombian-born Norwegian singer and songwriter.

## Career

Van Eijk is known for his Eurovision participation. In 1999 he won Melodi Grand Prix with the song "Living My Life Without You" thus gaining right to represent Norway at Eurovision that year. On stage he had dancer and singer Belinda Braza. At the Eurovision itself, which was held in Israel, he ended in 14th place, gaining 35 points. He is the first ever black man to represent Norway.
The album, Where I Belong, which was released the same year, went platinum (over 30,000 copies) and reached number 6 on the VG-list Top 40 in Norway. In 2000, he was named this year's male artist (Hit awards). In 2001, Stig also made a peace song for his mother country, Colombia. The song, "Constructors of Peace", was recorded with the symphony orchestra of Bogota, and he went there, performing the song on different concerts and television shows.
In 2001 Van Eijk opened «B: Underground Club» in Bergen. This club was a live concept with a house band playing reggae, soul and funk. In 2003, he made the song "Once In a Lifetime" that won "Idol" in South Africa, performed by Heinz Winckler. The song was a hit in South Africa and became double platinum (100,000 copies).
Stig van Eijk was a long time known as front figure in the reggae band "The Soul Express Orchestra". They released their debut album Time For A Change produced by Isak Strand at Knott Records in 2010. For the last couple of years he has also been working with music in a kindergarten, schools and other culturestages in Norway.
In 2013, Stig released his album "Presentation". The album's content reflects all of his influences from different genres experienced through his career, but with the main foundation of reggae and soul.
In 2015, Stig and his girlfriend, Beate Helen Thunes, released a new childrenproject called Trollala. Trollala has released music and had various performances around in Norway. Christmas performance "Trollala and Christmas that disappeared" have been played two years in Bergen.
He participated again in the Melodi Grand Prix 2023 with the song "Someday", but failed to qualify for the final.

## Discography
### Albums

List of studio albums, with selected details :
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Details | NOR |
| Where I Belong | Released: 18 May 1999 Label: Mercury Records Formats: Physical, digital download, streaming | 6 |
| Presentation | Released: 24 May 2013 Label: Nordic Records Formats: Digital download, streaming | — |
| "—" denotes an album that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |||

### Singles
#### As lead artist

| Single | Year | Peak chart positions | Album or EP |
| Single | Year | NOR | Album or EP |
| "Living My Life Without You" | 1999 | 3 | Where I Belong |
| "Breakout" | 1999 | — | Where I Belong |
| "Growing Pains" | 2002 | — | Non-album singles |
| "Once in a Lifetime" | 2002 | — | Non-album singles |
| "Constructors of Peace" | 2007 | — | Non-album singles |
| "Let's Make A Change" (with Betty Tuna) | 2011 | — | Non-album singles |
| "Never Say Never" | 2012 | — | Presentation |
| "Always a Solution" | 2013 | — | Presentation |
| "Down to Earth" (featuring Haisam) | 2013 | — | Non-album singles |
| "Ordinary Day" | 2014 | — | Non-album singles |
| "Vinteren er kommet" (in Trollala) | 2017 | — | Non-album singles |
| "Faith in Us" | 2018 | — | Non-album singles |
| "Ser på" | 2019 | — | Non-album singles |
| "My Love" | 2021 | — | Non-album singles |
| "Bare la det gå" | 2022 | — | Non-album singles |
| "Someday" | 2023 | — | Non-album singles |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. ||||

#### As featured artist

| Single | Year | Album or EP |
| "So Beautiful" (Cesca featuring Stig van Eijk) | 2009 | Give Me A Break |
| "En god dag" (Akeron featuring Stig van Eijk) | 2010 | Non-album singles |
| "Live for Today" (Kingsley Anowi featuring Stig van Eijk) | 2011 | Non-album singles |
| "No. 1" (DZ Dioniziz featuring Stig van Eijk) | 2013 | Non-album singles |
| "Gonna Make It" (Kastaway featuring Stig van Eijk) | 2013 | Non-album singles |
| "Like a Freak" (2Ugly2Hold featuring Anja Enerud and Stig van Eijk) | 2017 | Non-album singles |
| "Words Unsaid" (Kastaway featuring Stig van Eijk) | 2017 | My Life in Music 2 |
| "That's What She Said" (Frank Nitt featuring Stig van Eijk and Kamikazi) | 2018 | Non-album single |
| "Without Faith" (Nuno Barroso featuring Stig van Eijk) | 2020 | Amigos & Duetos |
| "Fra obos te Europa" (Kiks the Band featuring Christine Guldbrandsen, Stig van Eijk, Piddi, and Geo Pardalos) | 2023 | Non-album single |

#### As part of The Soul Express Orchestra

| Single | Year | Album or EP |
| "Come" | 2010 | Time for a Change |
| "Do You Love Me Anymore" | 2010 | Bergensbølgene: et dykk i Bergens pop og rockhistorie |

#### As part of Black Ballroom

| Single | Year | Album or EP |
| "Rainy Town" | 2018 | Medication Won't Heal You This Time |
| "Your Mind is a Gun" | 2020 | Medication Won't Heal You This Time |
| "Things I'm Not Supposed to Know" | 2022 | Medication Won't Heal You This Time |