Björk Gumundsdottir OTF (born November 21, 1965) is an Icelandic singer, songwriter, composer, record producer, and actor who goes by the moniker Björk.
She is known for her remarkable three-octave vocal range and eccentric attitude, and she has established an eclectic musical style that draws on electronic, pop, experimental, trip-hop, classical, and avant-garde music across her four-decade career.
Björk, who was born and raised in Reykjavik, began her musical career at the age of 11 and rose to international prominence as the lead singer of the alternative rock band the Sugarcubes by the age of 21. Björk launched a solo career after the Sugarcubes disintegrated in 1992.
She rose to notoriety with albums like Debut (1993), Post (1995), and Homogenic (1997), collaborating with many artists and experimenting with various multimedia projects. Vespertine (2001), Medlla (2004), Volta (2007), Biophilia (2011), Vulnicura (2015), Utopia (2017), and Fossora (2018) are among her previous albums (2022).
Several of Björk’s albums have been in the top 20 on the Billboard 200 in the United States. She had sold over 20 million records globally as of 2015. Thirty-one of her tracks 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”.
She has received the Order of the Falcon, five BRIT Awards, and 15 Grammy nominations. Time magazine named her one of the world’s 100 most important people in 2015. According to Rolling Stone, she is the 60th best singer and the 81st greatest songwriter.
Björk acted 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 billed as an interactive digital album that included an education program. In Iceland, Björk has also been a champion for environmental problems. In 2015, the New York Museum of Modern Art hosted a retrospective exhibition of Björk’s work.
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Björk family, husband,
Björk had a brief marriage with guitarist ór Eldon while founding the Sugarcubes. Sindri Eldon órsson, their son, was born on June 8, 1986, the same day the band was formed. They divorced before the end of 1986 but remained in the band together.
Björk children,
Björk has two children namely, Sindri Eldon Thorsson and Ísadóra Bjarkardóttir Barney.
Sindri Eldon Thorsson was born in Iceland on June 8, 1986. Sindri Eldon is most recognized for her roles in Prometheus (2012) and Screaming Masterpiece (2005).
In 2002, Sadóra Bjarkardóttir Barney was born in London. Since her birth, she has spent the fall and spring semesters of her education in Reykjavik, Iceland, and Brooklyn, New York, respectively. She attends Pitzer College in southern California, where she plans to major in performance. She has dabbled in music in a variety of contexts.
Björk parents,
Her mother, Hildur Rna Hauksdóttir (7 October 1946 – 25 October 2018), was an activist who campaigned against the construction of Iceland’s Kárahnjkar Hydropower Plant.
Gumundur Gunnarsson is her father, a union leader, and an electrician. When Björk was born, her parents divorced and she moved to a commune with her mother. Saevar rnason, a former guitarist in the band Pops, is her stepfather.
Björk siblings
Björk has two siblings namely Inga Hrönn Guðmundsdóttir and Arnar Sævarsson.
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