Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir
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Also known as | Greta Salóme |
Born | Mosfellsbær, Iceland | 11 November 1986
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Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir (born 11 November 1986), known outside Iceland simply as Greta Salóme, is an Icelandic singer, songwriter, and violinist in the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra. She represented Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan, in a duet with singer Jónsi with the song "Never Forget".[1] They qualified from the first semi-final into the Eurovision final and eventually finished in 20th place with 46 points. She represented Iceland again, this time as a soloist, in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song "Hear Them Calling" where she failed to quailfy. [2]
Career
Greta released her first album, titled In the Silence, on 16 November 2012. The album contains her Eurovision song "Never Forget", in both the English and the Icelandic version ("Mundu Eftir Mér"). In August 2012 she released Everything Around Me. It was announced that Greta was among the list of participants in Iceland's selection for Eurovision 2016 with the song "Raddirnar".[3] She qualified from the first semi-final to participate in the final of the selection process. Her song was changed to English for the final, under the title "Hear Them Calling"; she won the national final. She represented Iceland performing the song in the first semi-final of Eurovision on 10 May 2016, but to great surprise to all Eurovision fans Greta failed to qualify to the 14 May final coming 14th with 51 points.
Discography
Studio albums
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In the Silence |
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Singles
Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||||||||||
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ICE | BEL (Vl) [4] | ||||||||||||||||||||
2012 | "Never Forget" (with Jónsi) |
2 | 80 [A] |
In the Silence | |||||||||||||||||
2015 | "Fleyið" | — | — | Non-album singles | |||||||||||||||||
2016 | "Hear Them Calling" | 1 | — | ||||||||||||||||||
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released. |
References
Notes
A ^ "Never Forget" did not appear on the official Belgian Ultratop 50 chart, but rather on Ultratip chart, which combines "Airplay and Sales".
Sources
- ^ Webb, Glen (11 February 2012). "Victory for Gréta Salóme & Jónsi in Iceland". eurovision.tv. EBU.
- ^ Escudero, Victor M. (20 February 2016). "Greta Salome to represent Iceland again!". eurovision.tv. EBU.
- ^ Weaver, Jessica (11 December 2015). "Iceland: Söngvakeppnin 2016 acts unveiled". esctoday.com. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ^ Hung, Steffen. "Discografie Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir". Belgium (Flanders) Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).