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Fairytales is the debut studio album by the Norwegian artist Alexander Rybak. It was released in Norway and most of Europe on May 29, 2009 (see release history). Most of the songs on the album are written and composed by Rybak himself.

The first single of this album is Rybak's "Fairytale", the winning song from the Eurovision Song Contest 2009. His entry broke the previous record of 292 in the festival and achieved a total of 387 points. All the participating countries voted for the song.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer	Length
1.	"Roll With the Wind"	Lina Eriksson and Mårten Eriksson	3:34
2.	"Fairytale"	Alexander Rybak	3:05
3.	"Dolphin"	Alexander Rybak	4:16
4.	"Kiss and Tell"	TBA*	3:20
5.	"Funny Little World"	Alexander Rybak	3:46
6.	"If You Were Gone"	Henning Sommerro	4:31
7.	"Abandoned"	TBA	4:09
8.	"13 Horses"	Alexander Rybak	5:42
9.	"Song from a Secret Garden"	Rolf Løvland	3:30

* To be announced

Bonus track

No.	Title	Length
10.	"500 Miles"	3:24

Bonus track

No.	Title	Writer	Length
11.	"Vocalise^[1]"	TBA*	4:31

* To be announced

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format
Armenia^[2]	May 29, 2009	Universal	CD
Austria^[3]	May 29, 2009	EMI	CD
Azerbaijan^[2]	May 29, 2009	Universal	CD
Belarus^[2]	May 29, 2009	Universal	CD
Belgium^[4]	May 29, 2009	V2/Universal	CD
Denmark^[2]	May 29, 2009	EMI	CD
Finland^[5]^[2]	May 29, 2009	EMI	CD
Germany^[6]	May 29, 2009	EMI	CD
Kazakhstan^[2]	May 29, 2009	Universal	CD
Kyrgyzstan^[2]	May 29, 2009	Universal	CD
Luxembourg^[4]	May 29, 2009	V2/Universal	CD
Netherlands^[4]	May 29, 2009	V2/Universal	CD
Norway^[7]	May 29, 2009	EMI	CD; Digital download^[8]
Russia^[2]	May 29, 2009	Universal	CD
Switzerland^[9]	May 29, 2009	EMI	CD
Tajikistan^[2]	May 29, 2009	Universal	CD
Turkmenistan^[2]	May 29, 2009	Universal	CD
Uzbekistan^[2]	May 29, 2009	Universal	CD
Ukraine^[2]	May 29, 2009	Universal	CD
Cyprus^[2]	June 2, 2009	Universal	CD
Greece^[2]	June 2, 2009	Universal	CD
Sweden^[10]	June 3, 2009	Lionheart	CD
Estonia^[11]	June 4, 2009		CD
United Kingdom^[12]	June 15, 2009	EMI	CD; Digital download

Charts

Chart (2009)	Peak position
Norwegian iTunes	1

Critical Reception

On May 27, 2009 Norway's biggest newspaper Verdens Gang was the first to review the album giving it top score, 6 out of 6. "Alexander Rybak has not only become a star in no time, he deserves the status as well", the paper said. ^[13] On the same day it was revealed that the album had been leaked illegaly on the net. Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet was less enthused. "Rybak is seducing, but not entirely convincing" their critic stated, giving it 4 out of 6 points. ^[14] Aftenposten gave it 5 out of 6 stars, calling Rybak "a complete artist."^[15] Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet, however, caused a stir by giving the record merely 1 star and hurling epithets like "violin hobbit" and "smurf hits" at the artist.^[16] TV2 Norway gave the album 4 out of 6 stars, stating that Rybak was "no one-hit-wonder at all".^[17] NRK gave Rybak a good review saying that Rybak was "a good pop composer."^[18] Dagsavisen gave the record 5 points out of 6, exclaiming "the fairy tale continues!" ^[19] The radio channel P4 Radio Hele Norge gave the album a rather poor review. Calling it a record for "13 year old girls and Eurovision enthusiasts" it got 2 stars.^[20] Bergensavisen was impressed by the record, especially by the album's "personal style", and gave it 5 stars.^[21]

References

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[1] Fairytales (Incl. Bonus Track) - Alexander Rybak, Amazon.de

[face-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ Alexander Rybak - Official Facebook Page, Facebook, May 27, 2009

[3] Alexander Rybak - Fairytales, emimusic.at

[BOL-4] Fairytales, Alexander Rybak, bol.com

[5] Fairytales - Rybak Alexander, CDON

[6] Fairytales: Alexander Rybak, Amazon.de

[7] Fairytales - Rybak Alexander, CDON.eu

[8] Alexander Rybak - Fairytales (obs! fredag 29. mai) (Norwegian), EMI Norway

[9] Alexander Rybak - Fairytales, emimusic.ch

[10] Fairytales - album, Lionheart

[11] Alexander Rybaki "Fairytales" album ilmub 4. juunil (Estonian), publik.delfi.ee, May 19, 2009

[12] Alexander Rybak - Fairytales HMV Release Date

[13] ttp://www.vg.no/musikk/grand-prix/artikkel.php?artid=543655

[14] ttp://www.dagbladet.no/2009/05/27/kultur/musikk/alexander_rybakk/cd/musikkanmeldelser/6429497/

[15] ttp://oslopuls.aftenposten.no/musikk/article204099.ece

[16] ttp://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/musik/recensioner/article5243603.ab

[17] ttp://pub.tv2.no/nettavisen/side2/musikk/anmeldelser/article2635067.ece

[18] ttp://nrk.no/musikk/1.6628628

[19] ttp://www.dagsavisen.no/kultur/musikk/article417866.ece

[20] ttp://www.p4.no/story.aspx?id=310800

[21] ttp://www.ba.no/puls/plateguiden/article4361106.ece

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-'''''Fairytales''''' is the debut [[studio album]] by the [[Norway|Norwegian]] artist [[Alexander Rybak]]. It is to be released in [[Norway]] and most of [[Europe]] on [[May 29]], [[2009]] (see [[#Release history|release history]]). Most of the songs on the album are written and composed by Rybak himself.
+'''''Fairytales''''' is the debut [[studio album]] by the [[Norway|Norwegian]] artist [[Alexander Rybak]]. It was released in [[Norway]] and most of [[Europe]] on [[May 29]], [[2009]] (see [[#Release history|release history]]). Most of the songs on the album are written and composed by Rybak himself.
 The first single of this album is Rybak's "[[Fairytale (Alexander Rybak song)|Fairytale]]", the winning song from the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2009]]. His entry broke the previous record of 292 in the festival and achieved a total of 387 points. All the participating countries voted for the song.