Her début, Björk, was recorded when she was 11 years old and was released in Iceland in December 1977. The recording was nationally broadcast and, after hearing it, a representative of the Fálkinn record label offered Björk a recording contract. After a school recital in which Björk sang Tina Charles's 1976 hit ' I Love to Love', her teachers sent a recording of her singing the song to the RÚV radio station, which was then Iceland's only radio station. At six, Björk enrolled at Reykjavík school Barnamúsíkskóli, where she studied classical piano and flute. Her stepfather is Sævar Árnason, a former guitarist in the band Pops.

They divorced when Björk was born and she moved with her mother to a commune. Her father is Guðmundur Gunnarsson, a union leader and electrician. Her mother was activist Hildur Rúna Hauksdóttir (7 October 1946 – 25 October 2018 ), who protested against the development of Iceland's Kárahnjúkar Hydropower Plant. Life and career 1965–1984: Early life and career beginnings ījörk was born on 21 November 1965 in Reykjavík, where she grew up. A retrospective exhibition dedicated to Björk was held at the New York Museum of Modern Art in 2015. Björk has also been an advocate for environmental causes in Iceland. Biophilia was marketed as an interactive app album with its own education program. Rolling Stone named her the 60th greatest singer and the 81st greatest songwriter.ījörk 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'. In 2015, Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Her accolades and awards include the Order of the Falcon, five BRIT Awards, and 16 Grammy nominations. Thirty-one 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'. As of 2015, she had sold more than 20 million records worldwide. Several of Björk's albums have reached the top 20 on the US Billboard 200 chart. She came to prominence with albums such as Debut (1993), Post (1995), and Homogenic (1997), collaborating with a range of artists and exploring a variety of multimedia projects. After the Sugarcubes disbanded in 1992, Björk began a solo career.

Noted for her distinct three-octave vocal range and eccentric persona, she has developed an eclectic musical style over her four-decade career that has drawn on electronic, pop, experimental, trip hop, classical, and avant-garde music.īorn 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, by the age of 21.

Björk Guðmundsdóttir & tríó Guðmundar Ingólfssonarījörk Guðmundsdóttir OTF ( / b j ɜːr k/ BYURK, Icelandic: ( listen) born 21 November 1965) is an Icelandic singer, songwriter, composer, record producer, and actress.

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