Björk

**Björk** was born **Björk Guðmundsdóttir** on 21 November 1965 in Reykjavík, Iceland. She is an Icelandic singer, songwriter, composer, actress, record producer and DJ.

Her career started with singing Tina Charles' 1976 hit song "I Love to Love" in a school recital, and a recording of her singing the song was sent to the RÚV radio station. The recording was nationally broadcast, after that, Björk was offered a recording contract. Her self-titled début album, _Björk_, was recorded and released in Iceland in December 1977. Before embarking on a solo career in 1993, Björk was the lead singer of alternative rock band The Sugarcubes, which is called as "Iceland's biggest rock band". Since then, she has received consistent critical praise for her innovative vocal and compositional approaches, musical experimentation, and art direction, and is recognised as one of the best singer-songwriters of her generation. Her albums reached the top 20 in the _Billboard 200_ chart.

Björk has won five BRIT Awards, four MTV Video Music Awards, one MOJO Award, three UK Music Video Awards, 21 Icelandic Music Awards and, in 2010, the Polar Music Prize from the Royal Swedish Academy of Music in recognition of her "deeply personal music and lyrics, her precise arrangements and her unique voice". She has also been nominated for 14 Grammy Awards, one Academy Award, and two Golden Globe Awards. She was included in Time Magazine's list of the 100 most influential people in the world. She won the Best Actress Award at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival for her performance in the movie _Dancer in the Dark_.

She has a son and a daughter, Sindri and Isadòra. She lives in New York City, but also owns a home in Reykjavík.

Björk was in the 2013 television documentary _When Björk Met Attenborough_ with Sir David Attenborough.

## Discography (albums by Björk)

- _Björk_ (1977) - Her first album, most songs are a mixture of covers translated into Icelandic.
- _Gling-Gló_ (1990) - A jazz album where she sings mostly in Icelandic. The only album that was made by Björk Guðmundsdóttir & tríó Guðmundar Ingólfssonar.
- _Debut_ (1993)
- _Post_ (1995)
    - _Telegram_ (1996) - Remixes from _Post_.
- _Homogenic_ (1997)
- _Selmasongs (2000)_ - Soundtrack album of Lars von Trier's _Dancer in the Dark_.
- _Vespertine_ (2001)
- _Greatest Hits_ (2002) - Collection of the best tracks of Björk chosen by audience.
- _Family Tree_ (2002) - Mini compact disc boxset of rare and unreleased works.
- _Live Box_ (2003) - Collection of music from each album's live shows.
- _Medúlla_ (2004)
- _Drawing Restraint 9_ (2005) - Music from her movie with her former husband Matthew Barney, _Drawing Restraint 9_.
- _Surrounded_ (2006) - Dual Disc boxset of most of her old music, remastered in Surround Sound.
- _Volta_ (2007)
- _Biophilia_ (2011)
    - _Bastards_ (2012) - Remixes from _Biophilia_.
- _Vulnicura_ (2015)
    - _Vulnicura Strings_ (2015) - Acoustic, instrumental version of _Vulnicura_.
    - _Vulnicura Live_ (2016) - Live concert version of _Vulnicura_.
- _Utopia_ (2017)
- _Fossora_ (2022)

## Infobox (musical artist)

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- **years active**: 1975–present
- **url**: [http://www.bjork.com/ bjork.com]


## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Björk
- **image**: Björk performing at Cirque en Chantier 1 edit.jpg
- **caption**: Björk performs during the Biophilia Tour in Paris, February 2013
- **image size**: 220
- **birth name**: Björk Guðmundsdóttir
- **birth place**: Reykjavík, Iceland
- **partner**: Matthew Barney (2000–13)
- **children**: 2
- **signature**: Björk signature (don’t crop its composition).svg