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Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir

b. 1986

Icelandic singer and songwriter

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About Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir

Born 1986. Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir is an Icelandic singer, violinist, songwriter and composer.

Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir (; born 11 November 1986), known outside Iceland simply as Greta Salóme, is an Icelandic singer, songwriter, and violinist in the Iceland 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". 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".

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". 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 placing fourteenth with 51 points. Recently, she had been finishing what will be her second studio album featuring her most recent singles. She also wrote the song "Crazy", which was performed by Raya and participated in UK's national selection for Eurovision Song Contest 2018

Discography

Studio albums Title Details In the Silence Released: 16 November 2012 Label: Hands Up Music Format: Digital download, CD

Singles Title Year Peak chart positions Album ICE BEL(Vl) "Never Forget"(with Jónsi) 2012 2 — In the Silence "Fleyið" 2015 — — "Raddirnar" 2016 3 — "Hear Them Calling" 1 — "Row" — — "Running Out of Time" — — "My Blues" 2017 4 — "Wildfire" 2018 9 — "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released.

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Greta Salóme, Greta Salome Stefansdottir, Greta Salome, Gréta Salome

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Who is Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir?

Icelandic singer and songwriter

When was Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir born?

Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir was born on 11 November 1986 in Mosfellsbær.

What is Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir's occupation?

Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir is a singer, violinist, songwriter and composer.

What nationality is Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir?

Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir is Icelandic.

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· Wikipedia: Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir

· Wikidata: Q291573

· DBpedia: Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir

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