Alexander Rybak

**Alexander Rybak** (born 13 May 1986) is a Belarusian-born Norwegian singer, composer and violinist. He won the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with the song "Fairytale". He was born in Minsk, Belarusian SSR. His family moved to Norway when he was four.

## Eurovision Song Contest

In 2009, Rybak won Melodi Grand Prix, allowing him to represent Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with the song "Fairytale". He won the contest. Rybak won the Melodi Grand Prix again in 2018 with the song "That’s How You Write a Song", sending him to the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. He placed 15th in the final. He had a cameo appearance in the Eurovision movie.

### Studio albums

|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:14em;"|Title|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"|Details|scope="col" colspan="10"|Peak chart positions|scope="col" rowspan="2"|Certifications|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|* Released: 29 May 2009 * Format: Digital download, CD * Labels: EMI, Universal|1|46|13|15|4|21|16|29|2|65|* SWE: Gold|
|* Released: 14 June 2010 * Format: Digital download, CD * Label: Universal|7|—|—|—|32|—|—|—|8|—||
|* Released: 15 June 2011 * Format: Digital download, CD * Label: Alexander Rybak AS|7|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|40|—||
|* Released: 23 November 2012 * Format: Digital download, CD * Label: Grappa Musikkforlag AS|34|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||
|* Released: 2 December 2015 * Format: Digital download, CD * Label: Self-released|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||
|* Released: 19 January 2026 * Format: Digital download, CD * Label: Self-released|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||
|colspan="20" style="font-size:85%;"|"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.|||||||||||

#### As lead artist

|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:28em;"|Title|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"|Year|scope="col" colspan="10"|Peak chart positions|scope="col" rowspan="2"|Certifications|scope="col" rowspan="2"|Album||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|2009|1|10|1|1|1|4|2|1|3|10|* SWE: Platinum * FIN: Gold * UK: Silver|rowspan="3"|_Fairytales_|
|1|—|—|—|—|—|—|4|—|—||||||
|10|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||||||
|2010|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||_No Boundaries_|||
|rowspan="2"|2011|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||rowspan="2"|_Visa vid vindens ängar_|
|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||||||
|rowspan="2"|2012|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||rowspan="2"||
|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||||||
|2014|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||_How to Train Your Dragon 2 Soundtrack_|||
|2016|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||rowspan="18"|||
|rowspan="3"|2018|28|—|—|—|—|—|—|58|—|—|* NOR: Platinum|||
|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||||||
|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||||||
|2019|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|||||
|rowspan="4"|2020|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||||
|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||||||
|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||||||
|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||||||
|rowspan="3"|2021|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||||
|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||||||
|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||||||
|2022|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|||||
|rowspan="3"|2023|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||||
|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||||||
|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||||||
|2024|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|||||
|2025|49|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|||||
|2026|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||_Fairytales Too_|||
|colspan="20" style="font-size:85%;"|"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.||||||||||||||

#### As featured artist

|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:28em;"|Title|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"|Year|scope="col" colspan="1"|Peak chart positions|scope="col" rowspan="2"|Album|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2015|12|rowspan="5"||||||
|2016|—|||||||
|2018|—|||||||
|2021|—|||||||
|2025|4|||||||
|colspan="20" style="font-size:85%;"|"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.|||||||

## Infobox (musical artist)

- **name**: Alexander Rybak
- **image**: File:BlueCarpet2018-051-Norway3-EuroVisionary (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Rybak in 2018
- **birth name**: Alexander Igorevich Rybak
- **birth place**: Minsk, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union (now Belarus)
- **origin**: Oslo, Norway
- **years active**: 2004–present
- **label**: Self-released