Björk

Known for ActingBorn 1965-11-21 (age 60)Reykjavík, Iceland

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Björk Orchestral

Björk Orchestral II

Björk: Later 1995-2011

Björk: MTV Live 1998

Björk: Vessel 1994

The BRIT Awards

The Medúlla Videos

Sugar Cubes - The DVD

The Day Iceland Stood Still

Inside Björk

The Work of Director Michel Gondry

Athens 2004: Olympic Opening Ceremony (Games of the XXVIII Olympiad)

Björk: Volumen

Monk in Pieces

The Work of Director Chris Cunningham

Björk: Vespertine Live at the Royal Opera House

The Work of Director Spike Jonze

Looking for a Thrill: An Anthology of Inspiration

Free Tibet

Björk: MTV Unplugged

When Björk Met Attenborough

Dancer in the Dark

Björk: Cambridge 1998

Space Ghost Coast to Coast

Björk: Biophilia Live

Why Are We Creative?

Björk: The Inner or Deep Part of an Animal or Plant Structure

Björk: Greatest Hits - Volumen 1993-2003

The Sparks Brothers

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

Björk: MTV Unplugged & Live

The Frank Skinner Show

New Life

Von Trier's 100 Eyes

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

The Northman

Björk: Shepherd's Bush Empire 1997

Fungi: The Web of Life

The Nineties

TFI Friday

The Colbert Report

MTV Unplugged

I've Been Twelve Forever: The Work of Director Michel Gondry

The Hidden Treasures of Michel Ocelot

The Juniper Tree

Heart of the Festival

Screaming Masterpiece

Saturday Night Live