Marcus & Martinus
Marcus & Martinus | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | M&M |
| Born | 21 February 2002 Elverum, Norway |
| Genres | Pop |
| Years active | 2012–present |
| Labels | Sony Music Entertainment Norway |
| Members | Marcus Gunnarsen Martinus Gunnarsen |
| Website | marcusandmartinus |
Marcus & Martinus, also known as M&M, is a Norwegian pop duo composed of twin brothers Marcus Gunnarsen and Martinus Gunnarsen (born in Trofors, Norway on 21 February 2002). They won the eleventh season of Melodi Grand Prix Junior in 2012.
The brothers has also a little sister named Emma (born 2008), styled as eMMa, who sings and has released a song on Marcus and Martinus Youtube account.[1]
Career
2012: Melodi Grand Prix Junior
In 2012, Marcus & Martinus were contestants on the eleventh season of Melodi Grand Prix Junior. It was held at the Oslo Spektrum in Oslo, Norway and was broadcast live by Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK), hosted by Margrethe Røed and Tooji. They won the contest with the song "To dråper vann" (English: "Two Drops of Water").[2] The song peaked to number 8 on the Norwegian Singles Chart.
2015–present: Hei & Together
On 23 February 2015, they released their debut studio album Hei (English: Hi). The album peaked at number 1 on the Norwegian Albums Chart in week 46 of 2015 (15 November 2015) after having charted for 35 weeks, the last 20 not leaving the top ten.[3][4] The album includes the single "Plystre på deg" (English: "Whistle at You"). On 24 July 2015, they released the single "Elektrisk" (English: "Electric"), featuring vocals from Katastrofe. The song peaked at number 3 on the Norwegian Singles Chart. On 25 September 2015, they released the single "Ei som deg" (English: "One Like You") with Innertier. The song peaked at number 15 on the Norwegian Singles Chart.
In May 2016, the duo released three singles. The first, "Girls", featuring Madcon, debuted at number 1 in Norway[5] and became their second single to reach the top 100 in Sweden after "Elektrisk". The second and third, "Heartbeat" and "I Don't Wanna Fall in Love", followed just days after the release of "Girls" and debuted at numbers 21 and 37, respectively.[5] They followed up "Girls" with the singles "Light It Up" and "One More Second".
In November 2016, they released their first English album titled "Together". The album includes their hit songs "Girls", "Heartbeat", "Light It Up" and "One More Second". In the week after its release, Together debuted at number 1 in Norway and Sweden and number 6 in Finland.
Discography
Albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOR [5] |
DEN [6] |
FIN [7] |
SWE [8] | ||
| Hei |
|
1 | — | — | — |
| Hei (Fan Spesial) |
|
1 | — | — | 2 |
| Together[9] |
|
1 [10] |
11 | 6 | 1 [11] |
Singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOR [5] |
SWE [12] | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | "To dråper vann" | 8 | — | Hei | |||||||||||||||
| 2013 | "Leah" | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | "Plystre på deg" | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| "Elektrisk" (featuring Katastrofe) |
3 | 8 | Hei (Fan Spesial) | ||||||||||||||||
| "Ei som deg" (with Innertier) |
10 | — | |||||||||||||||||
| "Alt jeg ønsker meg" | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | "Girls" (featuring Madcon) |
1 | 40 | Together | |||||||||||||||
| "Heartbeat"[13] | 21 | 61 | |||||||||||||||||
| "I Don't Wanna Fall in Love"[14] | 37 | — | |||||||||||||||||
| "Light It Up" (featuring Samantha J) |
9 [15] |
23 | |||||||||||||||||
| "One More Second" | 30 [16] |
57 [17] | |||||||||||||||||
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||||||
References
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABKsNTo9s9o
- ^ NRKSuper: Moro med tvillingbesøk (in Norway).
- ^ Verdens Gang, 15 November 2015, p. 38
- ^ http://lista.vg.no/artist/marcus-martinus/album/hei/13535
- ^ a b c d Peaks in Norway:
- All except noted: "norwegiancharts.com - Discography Marcus & Martinus". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
- "Elektrisk": "norwegiancharts.com - Marcus & Martinus feat. Katastrofe - Eletrisk". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
- "Ei som deg": "norwegiancharts.com - Marcus & Martinus + Innertier - Ei som deg". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
- "Girls": "norwegiancharts.com - Marcus & Martinus feat. Madcon - Girls". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
- "Heartbeat" and "I Don't Wanna Fall in Love": "VG-lista - Topp 20 Single uke 22, 2016". VG-lista. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
- ^ "Album Top-40 Uge 45, 2016". Hitlisten.NU. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
- ^ "Suomen virallinen lista - Artistit - Marcus & Martinus" (Click on the name of the release to see the peak). Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
- ^ "swedishcharts.com - Discography Marcus & Martinus". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
- ^ "Together by Marcus & Martinus on Apple Music". Apple Inc. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
- ^ http://lista.vg.no/artist/marcus-martinus/5943
- ^ "Sverigetopplistan - Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 12 November 2016. Click on "Veckans albumlista".
- ^ http://swedishcharts.com/search.asp?search=Marcus+%26+Martinus&cat=s
- ^ https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/heartbeat-single/id1114087993
- ^ https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/i-dont-wanna-fall-in-love/id1114303029
- ^ http://lista.vg.no/artist/marcus-martinus-feat-samantha-j/6447
- ^ http://lista.vg.no/artist/marcus-martinus/5943
- ^ "Sverigetopplistan - Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved October 29, 2016.