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.
Acting (69 movies)
Dancer in the Dark
2000
Björk Orchestral
2021
Björk: Volumen
1998
Björk Orchestral II
2021
Björk Orkestral III
2021
Björk Orkestral IV
2021
Drawing Restraint 9
2006
The Juniper Tree
1990
Matthew Barney: No Restraint
2006
Björk: Cambridge 1998
1998
Fungi: The Web of Life
2023
Björk: Vespertine Live at the Royal Opera House
2001
Von Trier's 100 Eyes
2000
808 State: Opti Buk
2002
The Sugarcubes: Murder and Killing in Hell (Live at Manchester Academy)
1992
Björk: Volumen Plus
2002
Arakimentari
2004
Björk: Voltaïc
2009
Náttúra Concert Featuring Björk and Sigur Rós
2008
Björk: The Inner or Deep Part of an Animal or Plant Structure
2004
Björk: MTV Unplugged & Live
2002
Anna and the Moods
2007
Björk: Live at Riverside Church
2001
YouTube Trilogy: 4 Songs, History, Asian Girls
2011
Björk: Biophilia Live
2014
Screaming Masterpiece
2005
Björk: Cornucopia
2025
When Björk Met Attenborough
2013
The Work of Director Spike Jonze
2003
The Work of Director Chris Cunningham
2003
Sleepless Nights Stories
2011
Björk: Shepherd's Bush Empire 1997
1997
The Medúlla Videos
2005
Inside Björk
2003
Angel: Documentary
2015
Bravo Profiles: Björk
1997
Rock in Reykjavik
1982
The Best of Me
2025
Björk: Minuscule
2002
Björk: Vessel 1994
1994
Björk: Greatest Hits - Volumen 1993-2003
2002
Broken Glass
1988
Björk - Vulnicura Live
2016
Björk: Later with Jools Holland
2003
Out of Thin Air
2017
Sugar Cubes - The DVD
2004
Björk: No Place Like Home. Live at National Theatre of Reykjavík
1999
The Work of Director Michel Gondry
2003
Looking for a Thrill: An Anthology of Inspiration
2005
The Hidden Treasures of Michel Ocelot
2008
The Sugarcubes: Live Zabor
2006
The Northman
2022
Björk: MTV Unplugged 1994
1994
Björk: MTV Live 1998
1998
The Sparks Brothers
2021
Björk - The Creative Universe of a Music Missionary
2015
Athens 2004: Olympic Opening Ceremony (Games of the XXVIII Olympiad)
2004
Björk Orkestral
2021
Coachella
2006
Prêt-à-Porter
1994
Free Tibet
1998
Monk in Pieces
2025
Björk: Later 1995-2011
2012
Björk: Vespertine Live at Orchard Hall
2001
Why Are We Creative?
2018
La Machine Mode
1994
Can Creativity Save the World?
2024
Björk Glastonbury - Live in England 2007
2014
Black Lake
2015
Directing (1 movie)
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Dancer in the Dark | 2000 | Original Music Composer |
| The Sugarcubes: Live Zabor | 2006 | Writer |
| Drawing Restraint 9 | 2006 | Original Music Composer |
| Black Lake | 2015 | Writer |
| Björk: Cornucopia | 2025 | Writer |