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Björk

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Björk Guðmundsdóttir (born 21 November 1965) is an Icelandic singer, songwriter, composer, record producer and actress. Over her four-decade career, she has developed an eclectic musical style that draws on influences and genres including electronic, pop, jazz, experimental, trip hop, alternative, classical, and avant-garde music.

Born and raised in Reykjavík, Björk began her music career at the age of 11 and gained international recognition as the lead singer of the alternative rock band the Sugarcubes. After the band's breakup in 1992, Björk embarked on a solo career, coming to prominence with albums such as Debut (1993), Post (1995), and Homogenic (1997), while collaborating with a range of artists and exploring a variety of multimedia projects. Her other albums include Vespertine (2001), Medúlla (2004), Volta (2007), Biophilia (2011), Vulnicura (2015) and Utopia (2017).

Several of Björk's albums have reached the top 20 on the US Billboard 200 chart. As of 2015, she had sold between 20 and 40 million records worldwide. 31 of her singles have reached the top 40 on pop charts around the world, with 22 top-40 hits in the UK, including the top-10 singles "It's Oh So Quiet", "Army of Me", and "Hyperballad" and the top-20 singles "Play Dead", "Big Time Sensuality", and "Violently Happy". Her accolades and awards include the Order of the Falcon, five BRIT Awards, and 15 Grammy nominations. In 2015, Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Rolling Stone named her the 60th greatest singer and the 81st greatest songwriter.

Björk starred in the 2000 Lars von Trier film Dancer in the Dark, for which she won the Best Actress Award at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "I've Seen It All". Biophilia was marketed as an interactive app album with its own education program. Björk has also been an advocate for environmental causes in Iceland. A retrospective exhibition dedicated to Björk was held at the New York Museum of Modern Art in 2015.

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Björk, de son nom complet Björk Guðmundsdóttir, est une musicienne, chanteuse, auteure-compositrice-interprète, productrice et actrice islandaise née le 21 novembre 1965 à Reykjavik. Remarquée pour sa voix couvrant trois octaves et sa personnalité excentrique, elle a développé un style musical éclectique au cours de ses quatre décennies de carrière, s'inspirant des musiques électronique, pop, punk, jazz, alternative, expérimentale, trip hop, classique, traditionelle et avant-gardiste.

Björk commence sa carrière musicale à l'âge de 11 ans et se fait d'abord connaître mondialement comme la chanteuse du groupe de rock alternatif The Sugarcubes à 21 ans. Après la séparation du groupe en 1992, la chanteuse commence sa carrière solo avec Debut en 1993. Il est suivi par Post (1995), Homogenic (1997), Vespertine (2001), Medúlla (2004), Volta (2007), Biophilia (2011), Vulnicura (2015), Utopia (2017) et Fossora (2022). Ses albums sont marqués par de nombreuses collaborations et des influences musicales variées.

Plusieurs albums de Björk ont atteint le top 20 de l'US Billboard 200. En 2015, son total de disques vendus à travers le monde est estimé à plus de 20 millions. Trente-et-un de ses singles ont atteint le top 40 dans les différents pays, dont vingt-deux rien qu'en Angleterre, à l'instar de titres comme It's Oh So Quiet, Hyperballad, Venus as a Boy, Army Of Me ou encore Bachelorette. Ses différentes distinctions récoltées au cours de sa carrière incluent l'ordre du Faucon, l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres, cinq Brit Awards et seize nominations aux Grammy Awards. Par ailleurs, elle fait partie de la liste du Time 100 des cent personnalités les plus influentes au monde en 2015 et Rolling Stone la désigne comme étant la 60e plus grande chanteuse et la 81e plus grande compositrice.

Björk a joué dans quelques films dont Dancer in the Dark (2000) de Lars von Trier, pour lequel elle remporte le prix de la meilleure actrice au Festival de Cannes 2000 et est nommée pour l'Oscar de la meilleure chanson originale pour I've Seen It All. Biophilia est commercialisé comme un album interactif grâce à une application avec son propre programme éducatif. Björk défend également des causes environnementales en Islande. Une rétrospective consacrée à la chanteuse est organisée au Museum of Modern Art de New York en 2015. ...

Source: Article "Björk" de Wikipédia en français, soumis à la licence CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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