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Björk 1965 59
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.
From Reykjavík, Iceland
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2025 Monk in Pieces as Self
2025 Björk: Cornucopia as Self Songs, Musician, Sound Director, Visual Effects Director, Writer, Music, Music Arranger
2025 The Best of Me as Self
2025 The Day Iceland Stood Still Songs
2024 Can Creativity Save the World? as Self
2023 Fungi: The Web of Life as Narrator (voice)
2022 Hollow Music
2022 The Northman as Seeress
2021 Björk Orkestral IV as Self
2021 Björk Orkestral
2021 Björk Orkestral III as Self
2021 Björk Orchestral II as Self
2021 Björk Orchestral as Self
2021 The Sparks Brothers as Self (voice)
2018 Why Are We Creative? as Self
2018 Fear Additional Dialogue
2017 Out of Thin Air as Self (archive footage)
2016 Björk - Vulnicura Live as Self
2015 Angel: Documentary as Self Music
2015 Björk - The Creative Universe of a Music Missionary as Self
2014 Angel Music
2014 Björk: Biophilia Live as Self
2013 When Björk Met Attenborough as Self
2012 Björk: Later 1995-2011 as Self
2012 Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
2011 Sleepless Nights Stories as Self
2011 YouTube Trilogy: 4 Songs, History, Asian Girls as Self (archive footage)
2010 To Lee, With Love, Nick Music
2010 Moomins and the Comet Chase Songs
2009 Björk: Voltaïc as Self Director
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)
2007 Kyrie Eleison Songs
2006 Matthew Barney: No Restraint as Self
2006 Coachella as Self
2006 Drawing Restraint 9 as Occidental Guest Original Music Composer
2006 The Sugarcubes: Live Zabor as Self Writer
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 Oceania Music
2004 Arakimentari as Self
2004 Sugar Cubes - The DVD as Self
2004 Desired Constellation Music
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
2003 Pluto Music
2003 Unravel Music
2003 It's In Our Hands (Soft Pink Truth Mix) Music
2002 Björk: Volumen Plus as Self
2002 Björk: Greatest Hits - Volumen 1993-2003 as Self
2002 Björk: Minuscule as Self
2002 Nature Is Ancient Music
2002 Björk: MTV Unplugged & Live as Self - vocals
2002 808 State: Opti Buk as Self
2001 Björk: Vespertine Live at the Royal Opera House as Self Songs, Music
2001 Björk: Vespertine Live at Orchard Hall
2001 Björk: Live at Riverside Church as Self
2001 Heartbeat Music
2000 Von Trier's 100 Eyes as Self
2000 Dancer in the Dark as Selma Jezkova Music Producer, Original Music Composer, Music Arranger, Musician, Songs
1999 Björk: No Place Like Home. Live at National Theatre of Reykjavík as Self
1998 Björk: Cambridge 1998 as Self
1998 Björk: Volumen as Self
1998 Free Tibet as Self
1998 Björk: MTV Live 1998 as Self
1997 Bravo Profiles: Björk as Self
1997 Björk: Shepherd's Bush Empire 1997 as Self
1996 Anton Songs
1996 I Miss You as Herself Music, Lyricist
1994 Prêt-à-Porter as Model
1994 Björk: MTV Unplugged 1994 as Self
1994 Björk: Vessel 1994 as Self
1994 La Machine Mode as Herself
1992 The Sugarcubes: Murder and Killing in Hell (Live at Manchester Academy) as Self
1990 The Juniper Tree as Margit
1989 SSL-25 (Special Squad Laugarnesvegur 25) Music
1989 Flugþrá Music
1988 Broken Glass as Maria
1982 Rock in Reykjavik as Self