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_ _ _ _ _ She is a Grammy [Db] nominated [Ab] Icelandic singer-songwriter [G] known for her eclectic [Eb] musical style.
Welcome to WatchMojo.com and today we're taking a [Cm] look at the life and career of [Fm] Björk.
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_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] Björk Gullmundsdottir [C] was born on November [Cm] 21st, 1965 in [G] Reykjavik, Iceland.
While studying classical piano in elementary school, Björk was contacted by a label representative
who heard one of her recordings on the radio.
She released her first self-titled album in [C] 1977 [Gm] when she was only 12 years old.
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_ _ [A] Björk pursued her interest in music during her teens and early twenties by taking [Bm] part
in a number of bands.
The influences [F] of these groups varied from [D] post-punk [A] to jazz fusion and gothic rock.
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One of [Dm] these was an anarcho-punk group that became the foundation of the band The [F] Sugar Cubes [A] in 1986. _
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_ _ [C] With Björk on vocals, the alternative [B] rock group [D] signed with independent label One Little Indian
[C] and quickly gained [A] a cult following in the [F] UK and the US.
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They released several critically acclaimed albums and became stars in their home country.
However, tensions arose and the band broke up in 1992.
_ During her [D] time with The Sugar Cubes, [F] Björk was also involved in other projects and most
[Bb] notably released the vocal jazz effort Gling [Bbm] Glow.
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_ [A] _ She [D] then moved to London, England to [A] pursue a [Fm] solo career.
[Am] Björk teamed up with producer [Bm] Nelly Hooper [C] and released her [A] first solo single in 1993.
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [A] This international hit was accompanied by an influential [C] music video directed [A] by Michel Gondry.
The well-received dance-influenced effort, [G] Debut, followed that same [Eb] year and featured
several tracks that charted in both the UK and [Ab] the US.
Debut's success paved the way for Björk to collaborate with other artists.
[C] She then released her sophomore disc Post in 1995.
[Gb] The critically and commercially [Cm] successful record once again featured dance and techno
sounds but [C] also played with other genres such as trip [Cm]-hop and pop. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] Following a world tour and the remix compilation Telegram, Björk came out with _ 1997's Homogenic.
[Bb] This experimental [Ab] album focused conceptually on Iceland and contained huge [G] electronic beats. _ _ _ _
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[Ebm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] Outside of her music career, Björk did some [Gb] acting.
Her role as Selma in the 2000 musical drama Dancer in the Dark won her the award for Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival.
She also wrote and produced the majority of the accompanying musical score Selma Songs.
The soundtrack contained the Oscar-nominated track I've Seen It All and [Db] Björk performed this song at the 2001 awards ceremony.
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[E] The album Vespertine was released later that [B] year.
This [C] ambient record was more quiet and intimate than her previous efforts.
It [Ab] also sampled and experimented with different sounds.
However, a few of the music videos that accompanied the disc's [Db] singles featured sexually suggestive imagery,
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_ _ _ _ 2002 saw the release of the box set Family Tree and the [Ab] compilation Greatest Hits.
[Gb] Following the 2003 collection [Db] Live Box, Björk [Bb] came out with the album Medulla in 2004. _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ The album did include some electronic programming and the use of a few musical instruments.
However, the majority [Bb] of the record was recorded with a digital recording device.
Björk was done acapella with human vocals [Ab] creating the sounds.
The Grammy-nominated effort was [Gm] also Björk's most political to that point.
That same year, she performed at the Summer Olympics [B] in Athens, Greece.
[G] In 2005 [Cm] came the soundtrack to [Fm] the art film Drawing [G] Restraint 9.
Two years later, Björk [C] dropped Volta and this [B] African-music inspired [F] album was her [Db] first to reach the [E] top 10 on the US [C] Billboard 200 chart.
[E] It was supported by an [Db] extravagant tour.
_ [B] _ _ _ After several collaborations and other projects with numerous artists, Björk came out with [G] Biophilia in [Cm] 2011. _ _ _
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Though [A] it was released as a regular CD, [Gm] the musical [Dm] project also encompassed [Bb] specifically [Cm] created iPad apps for each song on the record.
This project was unique as [D] it was the world's first app album.
[C] Whether it's her singing [Bb] style, her avant-garde [Ab] musical ideas [Gm] or her fashion [Db] sense, [Eb] Björk has always been one of a [Ab] kind. _
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