Known For
Acting
Born
Nov 21, 1965
Place of Birth
Reykjavík, Iceland
Credits
102 titles
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
Filmography
Monk in Pieces
Self
Björk: Cornucopia
Self
The Best of Me
Self
The Day Iceland Stood Still
Songs
Can Creativity Save the World?
Self (archive footage)
Fungi: The Web of Life
Narrator (voice)
Hollow
Music
The Northman
Seeress
Björk Orkestral
Björk Orkestral IV
Self
Björk Orkestral III
Self
Björk Orchestral II
Self
Björk Orchestral
Self
The Sparks Brothers
Self (voice)
Why Are We Creative?
Self
Fear
Additional Dialogue
The Nineties
Self
Out of Thin Air
Self (archive footage)
Björk - Vulnicura Live
Self
Black Lake
Björk - The Creative Universe of a Music Missionary
Self
Björk: Biophilia Live
Self
When Björk Met Attenborough
Self
Björk: Later 1995-2011
Self
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
Sleepless Nights Stories
Self
YouTube Trilogy: 4 Songs, History, Asian Girls
Self (archive footage)
Moomins and the Comet Chase
Songs
Björk: Voltaïc
Self
Náttúra Concert Featuring Björk and Sigur Rós
Self
The Hidden Treasures of Michel Ocelot
Self
Anna and the Moods
Anna (voice)
Kyrie Eleison
Songs
Matthew Barney: No Restraint
Self
Coachella
Self
My Favourite Attenborough Moment
Self
Drawing Restraint 9
Occidental Guest
The Sugarcubes: Live Zabor
Self
The Colbert Report
Self - Musical Guest
Screaming Masterpiece
Self
Looking for a Thrill: An Anthology of Inspiration
Self
The Medúlla Videos
Self
I've Been Twelve Forever: The Work of Director Michel Gondry
Self
Björk: The Inner or Deep Part of an Animal or Plant Structure
Self
Athens 2004: Olympic Opening Ceremony (Games of the XXVIII Olympiad)
Self
Arakimentari
Self
Sugar Cubes - The DVD
Self
The Work of Director Michel Gondry
Self
The Work of Director Chris Cunningham
Self
The Work of Director Spike Jonze
Self