Björk
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), Utopia (2017) and Fossora (2022). 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.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · The Best of Me as
- 2023 · Michel Gondry: Do it Yourself as Self - Singer (archive footage)
- 2023 · Fungi: The Web of Life as Narrator (voice)
- 2022 · The Northman as Seeress
- 2021 · Björk Orkestral as
- 2021 · Björk Orkestral IV as Self
- 2021 · Björk Orkestral III as Self
- 2021 · Björk Orchestral II as Self
- 2021 · Björk Orchestral as Self
- 2021 · The Sparks Brothers as Self (voice)
- 2017 · The Nineties as Self
- 2017 · Out of Thin Air as Self (archive footage)
- 2016 · Björk - Vulnicura Live as Self
- 2015 · Angel: Documentary as Self
- 2015 · Björk - The Creative Universe of a Music Missionary as Self
- 2014 · Björk: Biophilia Live as Self
- 2013 · When Björk Met Attenborough as Self
- 2012 · Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
- 2011 · Sleepless Nights Stories as Self
- 2011 · YouTube Trilogy as Self (archive footage)
- 2009 · Björk: Voltaic as Self
- 2008 · Náttúra Concert Featuring Björk and Sigur Rós as Self
- 2008 · The Hidden Treasures of Michel Ocelot as Self
- 2007 · Anna and the Moods as Anna (voice)
- 2006 · Matthew Barney: No Restraint as Self
- 2006 · Drawing Restraint 9 as Occidental Guest
- 2006 · Sugarcubes: Live Zabor as Self
- 2005 · The Colbert Report as Self - Musical Guest
- 2005 · Screaming Masterpiece as Self
- 2005 · Looking for a Thrill: An Anthology of Inspiration as Self
- 2005 · The Medúlla Videos as Self
- 2004 · I've Been Twelve Forever as Self
- 2004 · Björk: The Inner or Deep Part of an Animal or Plant Structure as Self
- 2004 · Athens 2004: Olympic Opening Ceremony (Games of the XXVIII Olympiad) as Self
- 2004 · Arakimentari as Self
- 2004 · Sugar Cubes - The DVD as Self
- 2003 · Björk: Minuscule as Self
- 2003 · Björk: Miniscule as Self
- 2003 · The Work of Director Michel Gondry as Self
- 2003 · The Work of Director Chris Cunningham as Self
- 2003 · The Work of Director Spike Jonze as Self
- 2003 · Inside Björk as Self
- 2003 · Björk: Later with Jools Holland as Self
- 2002 · Björk: Volumen Plus as Self
- 2002 · Björk: Greatest Hits - Volumen 1993-2003 as Self
- 2002 · Björk: Cambridge 1998 as Self
- 2002 · Björk: Vespertine Live at the Royal Opera House as Self
- 2002 · Björk: MTV Unplugged & Live as Self - vocals
- 2002 · 808 State: Opti Buk as Self
- 2001 · Björk: Shepherd's Bush Empire 1997 as Self
- 2001 · Friday Night with Jonathan Ross as Self - Guest
- 2001 · Friday Night with Jonathan Ross as Self - Musical Guest
- 2001 · Björk: Live at Riverside Church as Self
- 2000 · Von Trier's 100 Eyes as Self
- 2000 · Dancer in the Dark as Selma Jezkova
- 2000 · Click as Self
- 1999 · Björk: No Place Like Home. Live at National Theatre of Reykjavík as Self
- 1998 · Björk: Volumen as Self
- 1998 · Björk: MTV Live 1998 as Self
- 1997 · Bravo Profiles: Björk as Self
- 1996 · TFI Friday as Self
- 1996 · I Miss You as Herself
- 1995 · The Frank Skinner Show as Self
- 1994 · Prêt-à-Porter as Self (uncredited)
- 1994 · Björk: MTV Unplugged 1994 as Self
- 1994 · Björk: Vessel 1994 as Self
- 1994 · Space Ghost Coast to Coast as Self
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Musical Guest
- 1992 · The Sugarcubes: Murder and Killing in Hell (Live at Manchester Academy) as Self
- 1990 · The Juniper Tree as Margit
- 1989 · MTV Unplugged as Self
- 1988 · Broken Glass as Maria
- 1985 · Victoires de la musique as Self
- 1982 · Rock in Reykjavik as Self
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Musical Guest
- 1964 · Top of the Pops as Self - Host
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- Future · Björk's Cornucopia as Self