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  • Genre: Pop

    Location Oslo, No

    Profile Views: 110886

    Last Login: 4/6/2011

    Member Since 4/7/2006

    Record Label Sony Music / Columbia

    Type of Label Major

  • Bio

    As beautiful to the eye as she is to the ear, Norwegian singer/songwriter Elvira Nikolaisen is a thoughtful vocalist with a bent toward melodic, adult-alternative rock. Born in Moi, Norway in 1980, Elvira grew up in a family of seven children. Nurtured on music from an early age, the Nikolaisen dynasty includes Emil and Hilma of Serena Maneesh, and Ivar (Blanco) from the rock-band Silver. Her debut album Quiet Exit was released on Sony BMG (Columbia) in 2006 and spent more than 20 weeks at top 10 (peaking at no. 2), making it the most successful Norwegian album of the year. Produced by Knut Schreiner (Turbonegro and Euroboys) Quiet Exit included no less than 3 major hit singles, all of whom got heavy rotation on national and local radio. Through 2006 and spring 2007, Elvira toured the country extensively, and by mid 2007 she is considered one of Norway's biggest female stars. Elvira released Indian Summer in April 2008, again with critical and radio-success. She built a small studio in her basement, and started working on the third album, a process that took over 2 years, but lead to her collaboration with her brother Emil, who produced her latest album Lighthouse. Lighthouse was released on the 11th of March 2011 by Sony Music. Elvira has pushed her musical-limits, and it's apparent that she has been on a good place during the writing process. Lighthouse has become an album which explores the highest high, and the lowest low, a soulful pop record full of ambition and passion. She is again touring and already started working on her new album, investigating new collaborators and songwriters, moving on from her trilogy and into new fields of making music.
  • Members

    Elvira Nikolaisen - vocals/piano. Live band: Trond Mjøen - guitar Ole Kristian Wetten - bass Jo Schumann - guitar Erik Holm - drums
  • Influences

    Fleetwood Mac, Burt Bacharach, Carole King, Sheryl Crow, Ella Fitzgerald, Stevie Wonder, David Crosby, Dungen, The High Llamas, Phil Collins, Elvis Costello, Janet Jackson, Carly Simon, Stereolab, Christopher Cross, Bruce Springsteen, Jimmy Webb, Prince, Sade!!, Garness(best Norwegian act in years), Rod Stewart, Mariah Carey, Syreeta
  • Sounds Like

    Pianobased singer-songwriter. Jackson Browne. Joni Mitchell. Sade.

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  • Beautiful Losers no

    Hei Elvira! Leste i Aftenposten at du hadde vurdert å gi opp. Jeg er glad du ikke gjorde det, og at du kommer med nytt album. Du har en av de absolutt vakreste og mest særpregede stemmene innen norsk musikkliv, og noen av låtene dine berører meg på det dypeste. Stå på videre!!!
    Klemmmmm!!! ;-) Terje

    11 months ago
  • Cosmic Edition

    Hei, du er kul, hilsen Svein Olav!

    1 year ago
  • Nobody Told Me

    Jag upptäckte din musik när jag jobbade på café i Oslo, vi spelade den skivan nästan hela tiden där :) Du har riktigt fin röst och vackra låtar. Skulle vara kaempegreit och se dig nån dag! Karin

    1 year ago
  • Daniel Berg-Hansen

    Hørte deg på P1 i dag, fin låt! Kom gjerne på Herr Nilsen førstkommende mandag, det blir to sett med egne viser, fullt band og korjenter :)

    2 years ago
  • Elin Elisabeth

    Have a nice day-and keep up your good work!

    elin

    2 years ago
  • 2 years ago
  • SARA JO

    Love your lyrics Elvira:-) keep up the great work!

    Love SARA JO


    Real success is measured by the amount of happiness in your soul...

    2 years ago
  • SARA JO

    Love!

    SARA JO

    2 years ago
  • DUNKAN

    Beautiful...
    All the best
    Zika

    2 years ago
  • Steven Zaluski

    sweet voice!rock the world gorgeous girl and ride the waves of success!!..............ZZZZZ

    3 years ago
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