Fairytale (Alexander Rybak song)
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"Fairytale" is a 2009 song written and composed by Belarusian-Norwegian singer Alexander Rybak, and the first single from Rybak's debut album Fairytales. This song was the winner of the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow, Russia.[1][2]
Eurovision 2009
The song was elected through the Norwegian festival Melodi Grand Prix 2009 on 21 February, winning in the biggest landslide of the contest's history,[3] and competed against eighteen other Eurovision entries in the second semi-final on 14 May 2009, where it qualified for the final. The final took place on May 16, and the song won with 387 points - a new ESC record. It Norway's third Eurovision Song Contest win.
The backing dancers for the Eurovision performance, Sigbjørn Rua, Torkjell Lunde Børsheim and Hallgrim Hansegård, are from the Norwegian dance company Frikar,[4] performing the folk dance halling. The backing singers are Jorunn Hauge[5] and Karianne Kjærnes.[6]
On May 11, American talk-show host Oprah Winfrey showed on television a clip of Rybaks performance of Fairytale, in a Eurovision segment on her Oprah Winfrey Show. The segment however focused on the German song for Eurovision, where the lead singer, Oscar Loya, is American.
Record
In the Norwegian preselection, Melodi Grand Prix 2009, Rybak's "Fairytale" won with a combined televote and jury score of 747,888, in the biggest landslide of the contest's history, with almost three times as many votes as the runner-up.[7][8]
At the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, Rybak won with the highest recorded score since the contest began, with 387 points and also the highest record of 12 points by having 16 scores of 12 points. The previous record was 10 scores of 12 points by Helena Paparizou.
Charts
The song debuted on the Billboard Greek Singles Chart at number 1, one week before the contest.The song also debuted on the Norwegian Singles Chart on the week of 11 February, 2009 at number 3,[9] before rising to number one on the following week, the week of the Melodi Grand Prix final.[10] This was the first time that the Melodi Grand Prix winner reached number 1 before winning the contest. The song remained at number 1 for 8 consecutive weeks.[11] The song has since entered the Swedish Sverigetopplistan, debuting at number 47, before rising to number 7 in its third week, the week of Eurovision.[12]
| Chart (2009) | Peak position |
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| Greek Billboard Singles Chart[13] | 1 |
| Norwegian Singles Chart[14] | 1 |
| Russian Airplay Chart[15] | 333 |
| Swedish Singles Chart[16] | 4 |
References
- ^ "Norway: Alexander Rybak to Eurovision". ESCToday. 2009-02-21. Retrieved 2009-02-21.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Fisher, Luke (2009-02-21). "Norway: Alexander Rybak wins Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix!". Oikotimes. Retrieved 2009-02-21.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Henrikson, Arve (2009-02-21). "NRK: - Vi har ikke sett maken" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. Retrieved 2009-02-21.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help)CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ Frikar til Moskva! (Norwegian), Folkemusikk.no, 22 February 2009
- ^ Til MGP-finale for 4. gang (Norwegian), Agderposten, 22 February 2009
- ^ - Det gikk som forventet (Norwegian), Moss Avis, 22 February 2009
- ^ Henrikson, Arve (2009-02-21). "NRK: - Vi har ikke sett maken" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. Retrieved 2009-02-21.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help)CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ "www.esctoday.com/news/read/13325".
- ^ Staff (2009-02-13). "Topp 20 Single uke 7, 2009" (in Norwegian). VG-lista. Retrieved 2009-04-12.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Staff (2009-02-20). "Topp 20 Single uke 8, 2009" (in Norwegian). VG-lista. Retrieved 2009-04-12.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Staff. "Alexander Rybak: Fairytale" (in Norwegian). VG-lista. Retrieved 2009-04-12.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "ALEXANDER RYBAK — FAIRYTALE". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2009-04-26.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Greek Billboard Digital Chart".
- ^ Alexander Rybak - Fairytale, norwegiancharts.com
- ^ Russian Airplay Chart Retrieved on 2009-05-15
- ^ Alexander Rybak - Fairytale, swedishcharts.com
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