Biography
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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Filmography
all 92
Movies 78
self 72
TV Shows 14
Narrator 1
Writer 1
After James Benning's YouTube (2024)
The Day Iceland Stood Still (2023)
Michel Gondry Do It Yourself (2023)
Fungi: Web of Life (2023)
Hollow (2022)
The Northman (2022)
Björk Orkestral IV (2021)
Björk Orkestral III (2021)
Björk Orchestral II (2021)
Björk Orchestral (2021)
The Sparks Brothers (2021)
The best of me.MP4 (2018)
Fear (2018)
Popular Voices at the BBC (2017)
The Nineties (2017)
Out of Thin Air (2017)
Björk - Vulnicura Live (2016)
Angel: Documentary (2015)
Björk - The Creative Universe of a Music Missionary (2015)
Angel (2014)
Björk: Biophilia Live (2014)
When Björk Met Attenborough (2013)
Sleepless Nights Stories (2011)
YouTube Trilogy (2011)
To Lee, With Love, Nick (2010)
Video Killed The Radio Star (2009)
Björk: Voltaic (2009)
Náttúra Concert Featuring Björk and Sigur Rós (2008)
The Hidden Treasures of Michel Ocelot (2008)
Anna and the Moods (2007)
Kyrie Eleison (2007)
Matthew Barney: No Restraint (2006)
Glastonbury (2006)
Sugarcubes: Live Zabor (2006)
The Colbert Report (2005)
The Work of Director Stéphane Sednaoui (2005)
Drawing Restraint 9 (2005)
Screaming Masterpiece (2005)
Looking for a Thrill: An Anthology of Inspiration (2005)
The Medúlla Videos (2005)
I've Been Twelve Forever (2004)
Með mann á bakinu (2004)
Björk: The Inner or Deep Part of an Animal or Plant Structure (2004)
Athens 2004: Olympic Opening Ceremony (Games of the XXVIII Olympiad) (2004)
Arakimentari (2004)
Sugar Cubes - The DVD (2004)
Björk: Minuscule (2003)
The Work of Director Michel Gondry (2003)
The Work of Director Chris Cunningham (2003)
The Work of Director Spike Jonze (2003)
Björk: Later with Jools Holland (2003)
Inside Björk (2003)
Björk: Greatest Hits - Volumen 1993-2003 (2002)
Björk: Volumen Plus (2002)
Björk: Cambridge 1998 (2002)
Björk: Vespertine Live – Royal Opera House 2001 (2002)
Björk: MTV Unplugged & Live (2002)
808 State: Opti Buk (2002)
HAM: lifandi dauðir (2001)
Björk: Shepherd's Bush Empire 1997 (2001)
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (2001)
Björk: Live at Riverside Church (2001)
Von Trier's 100 Eyes (2000)
Dancer in the Dark (2000)
Choreography: Creating Vincent Paterson's Dance Sequences (2000)
All Is Full of Love (1999)
Björk: No Place Like Home. Live at National Theatre of Reykjavík (1999)
Björk: Volumen (1998)
Free Tibet (1998)
Björk: MTV Live 1998 (1998)
Bravo Profiles: Björk (1997)
Anton (1996)
TFI Friday (1996)
The Frank Skinner Show (1995)
Ready to Wear (1994)
Björk: MTV Unplugged 1994 (1994)
Björk: Vessel 1994 (1994)
Space Ghost Coast to Coast (1994)
The Young Americans (1993)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)
Later... with Jools Holland (1992)
The Sugarcubes: Murder and Killing in Hell (Live at Manchester Academy) (1992)
The Juniper Tree (1990)
SSL-25 (Special Squad Laugarnesvegur 25) (1989)
MTV Unplugged (1989)
Flugþrá (1989)
Broken Glass (1988)
Victoires de la musique (1985)
Rock in Reykjavik (1982)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
The Oscars (1953)
Björk's Cornucopia
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GenderFemale
Birthday1965-11-21 (58 years old)
Birth NameBjörk Guðmundsdóttir
Birth PlaceReykjavík, Iceland
Religionatheism
Height1.63-meter
RelationshipsEldon Jónsson (1986-01-01 - 1987-01-01), Matthew Barney (2000-01-01 - 2013-01-01)
ChildrenÍsadóra Bjarkardóttir Barney
FatherGuðmundur Gunnarsson
CitizenshipsIceland
Also Known AsBjörk Guðmundsdóttir, 비요크
AwardsKnight of the National Order of Merit, Icelandic Music Awards, Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actress, Edda Award for Best Leading Actor or Actress, Qwartz Electronic Music Awards, European Film Award for Best Actress, Bodil Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, Polar Music Prize, Nordic Council Music Prize
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