Bríet

Bríet Ísis Elfar (born 22 March 1999), known mononymously as Bríet, is an Icelandic singer known for her songs "Esjan", "Feimin(n)", and "Rólegur kúreki". Her album Kveðja, Bríet was selected as the album of the year at the 2021 Icelandic Music Awards.

Early life

Bríet was born in Reykjavík and studied at Menntaskólinn við Hamrahlíð. in addition to singing at jazz bars.

Career Bríet sings in Icelandic and English and writes her songs in collaboration with Pálmi Ragnar Ásgeirsson, Break-ups are the main theme of the album

Singles

+ List of singles, with selected chart positions Title Year Peak chart positions Album ISL "Feimin(n)" (with palmi. and Aron Can) 2018 — "Carousel" (with Greyskies) — "Dino" 2019 — "Day Drinking" (with Black Saint) — "Esjen" 2020 — "Heyrðu mig" — "Cold Feet" 2022 12 "Flugdreki" 5 "Venus" (with Ásgeir) 2023 2 "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Awards and nominations + Year Award Prize Recipient Result

Rising star Herself Female singer of the year Herself

Artist of the year Herself Song of the year Kveðja, Bríet Female singer of the year Bríet was born in Reykjavík Her parents are Benedikt Elfar and Ásrún Laila Awad, her grandfather on mothers side, Ómar Ahmed Hafez Awad was born in Egypt, but moved to Iceland in 1965