Björk
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), 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
Selma Jezkova
Dancer in the Dark
Self
Björk Orkestral
Self
Björk: Volumen
Self
Björk Orkestral II
Self
Björk Orkestral III
Self
Björk Orkestral IV
Occidental Guest
Drawing Restraint 9
Self
I've Been Twelve Forever
Margit
The Juniper Tree
Self
Matthew Barney: No Restraint
Self
Björk: Cambridge 1998
Narrator (voice)
Fungi: The Web of Life
Self
Björk: Vespertine Live at the Royal Opera House
Self
Von Trier's 100 Øjne
Self
808 State: Opti Buk
Self
The Sugarcubes: Murder and Killing in Hell (Live at Manchester Academy)
Self
Björk: Volumen Plus
Self
Arakimentari
Self
Björk: Voltaïc
Self
Náttúra Concert Featuring Björk and Sigur Rós
Self
Björk: The Inner or Deep Part of an Animal or Plant Structure
Self - vocals
Björk: MTV Unplugged & Live
Anna (voice)
Anna og skapsveiflurnar
Self
Björk: Live at Riverside Church
Self (archive footage)
YouTube Trilogy: 4 Songs, History, Asian Girls
Self
Björk: Biophilia Live
Self
Gargandi snilld
Self
Björk: Cornucopia
Self
When Björk Met Attenborough
Self
The Work of Director Spike Jonze
Self
The Work of Director Chris Cunningham
Self
Sleepless Nights Stories
Self
The Medúlla Videos
Self
Inside Björk
Self
Björk: Shepherd's Bush Empire 1997
Self
Angel: Documentary
Self
Bravo Profiles: Björk
Self
Rokk í Reykjavík
Self
The Best of Me
Self
Björk: Minuscule
Self
Björk: Vessel 1994
(archive footage)
Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim
Self
Björk: Greatest Hits - Volumen 1993-2003
Maria
Glerbrot
Self
Björk - Vulnicura Live
Self
Björk: Later with Jools Holland
Self (archive footage)
Out of Thin Air
Self
Sugar Cubes - The DVD
Self
Björk: No Place Like Home. Live at National Theatre of Reykjavík
Self
The Work of Director Michel Gondry
Self
Looking for a Thrill: An Anthology of Inspiration
Self
Les trésors cachés de Michel Ocelot
Self
The Sugarcubes: Live Zabor
Seeress
The Northman
Self
Björk: MTV Live 1998
Self
Björk: MTV Unplugged 1994
Self (voice)
The Sparks Brothers
Self
Björk - The Creative Universe of a Music Missionary
Self
Αθήνα 2004: Τελετή Έναρξης Ολυμπιακών Αγώνων (Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας)
Björk Orkestral
Self
Coachella
Model
Prêt-à-Porter
Self
Free Tibet
Self
Monk in Pieces
Self
Björk: Later 1995-2011
Björk: Vespertine Live at Orchard Hall
Self
Why Are We Creative?
Herself
La Machine Mode
Self
Can Creativity Save the World?
Herself
Björk Glastonbury - Live in England 2007
Black Lake
Björk: Tibetan Freedom Concert
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
72
Gender
Female
Birthday
1965-11-21
Place of Birth
Reykjavík, Iceland
Also Known As
Björk Guðmundsdóttir