Not much of a surprise: Bieberchella also put its mark on the Norwegian charts: “Beauty and a Beat” currently sits on top of the daily Norwegian Spotify charts. The highest Norwegian entry is the country song “Henda mot himmelen” by Madeléne. 🎶
Exactly 16 years ago, Karpe Diem (now known as Karpe) dropped the album “Aldri solgt en løgn”. It reached the 1st position in the Norwegian album charts. And despite Spotify not being a thing back then, 11 of the 13 songs now have over a million Spotify streams. 🎶
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Yesterday, the second episode of the Eurovision ranking show “Adresse Wien” was broadcast on NRK. These were the results:
- Albania: 86
- Cyprus: 77
- France: 64
- Germany: 57
- Israel: 52
- Luxembourg: 49
- Azerbaijan: 19
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You know that May 17th is around the corner when a song called “Rødt, kvitt og blått” is released. The song by Sandra Lyng and the rock band Plumbo is filled with Norwegian pride and will surely get a decent amount of streams on future Constitution Days. 🎶
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Even though you follow Music from Norway and not Music from Sweden, we probably don′t have to introduce the Swedish-Sámi legend Jon Henrik Fjällgren to you. Today, he dropped “Aarhtse” together with the Norwegian artist Ingá Márjà Sarre. 🎶
open.spotify.com/track/1T4evx...
Zimmermann broke through with his music last year, entering the official charts with several songs and his debut album “In medias res” (pos. 15). Now he is back with his characteristic sound and the song “Riper i lakken”. 🎶
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ARY just dropped the album “Darkstar”. In 2022, she got a Spellemann award for her debut album (in the elektronika category). There′s certainly a good chance she′ll get another one in the 2026 edition. 🎶
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Norway′s 2025 Eurovision representative, Kyle Alessandro, is quite productive these days. Today, he dropped “Halo”. 🎶
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We just got a new addition to our Spotify playlist “Danish-Norwegian music”! “De kalder” by Chris Abolade and Omar. The beginning sounds a bit like “Hold Back the River” (James Bay).
Omar ist quite a successful Danish artist (~600k monthly listeners on Spotify). 🎶
open.spotify.com/track/6HEEUG...
Last Saturday, the first episode of the Eurovision ranking show “Adresse Wien” was broadcast. These were the results:
- Sweden: 70
- Moldova: 68
- Italy: 65
- Montenegro: 64
- Latvia: 60
- Serbia: 53
- Austria: 45
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VG has announced the first performers of this year′s VG-lista concert. It will take place on June 13th at the Rådhusplassen in Oslo. The concert is free (as always).
Those who go will get to see Ida-Lova, Hagle and Ylva.
www.vg.no/rampelys/i/z...
Svorsk music for all svorsk rap lovers: VC Barre + Roc Boyz = “KLUBB”. Our Department of Health and our Department of Legal Affairs want us to mention that the lifestyle they sing about is questionable from both a health and legal perspective! 🎶
open.spotify.com/track/6zkINh...
Fjellrev had a number-one hit together with Roc Meiniac from Roc Boyz in 2024: “Jeg vil ha (Parlamentet)”. Now, Fjellrev seems to want a “Reprise”. 🎶
open.spotify.com/track/7d2tJc...
KEiiNO (named after the North Norwegian village of Kautokeino; aka Guovdageaidnu) is back with some new music:
“Indigo Night”. For those of us who aren′t into colour theory: “Indigo is a term used for a number of hues in the region of blue.” (thanks Wikipedia)🎶
open.spotify.com/track/0Ryl3Y...
Markella, our favourite Greek-Norwegian singer making English-Greek music, dropped “Metamorphosis”. For those of us who aren′t into biology: “Metamorphosis is a biological process by which an animal physically develops.” (thanks Wikipedia) 🎶
open.spotify.com/track/0ceif8...
Today, Ramón dropped “Vi skal aldri gå hjem før soloppgang”, a title with 33 more characters than “Theo”. The song screams summer and true to his style, it starts with a voice recording.🎉
open.spotify.com/track/0gAJiu...
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“Alle vil til himmelen” by Emma Steinbakken & Synne Vo became a hit in Norway with 13+ million Spotify streams in less than a year. The original song is from Sweden's Timbuktu. But now, there's also a Finnish version by Miriam Bryant, Elastinen and william. 🎶
open.spotify.com/track/4JK9ig...
Not many will release music during the Easter weekend. But vinni and Lars Vaular did: “2 ord m/ Lars Vaular”. 🎶
open.spotify.com/track/3Qj7jd...
Over 40 million Spotify streams in its exact six years of existence: “Sykepleierinnen” by El Papi, which certainly was a product of the early COVID 19 lock-downs in 2020.
open.spotify.com/track/0OdiOU...
Norway gets to close semi-final 2! 🎶
Oh you guys, do you remember “Skam”, the TV series that left huge traces behind in both TV and music? One of the songs that rose to fame after being used in the series was “Fy faen” by Hkeem and Temur. It was released exactly nine years ago. 🎶
open.spotify.com/track/7e0Tic...
Three years ago, Hagle, Staysman and Sputnik dropped this country rap banger: “Gamleveien”. We just realised the title is basically the Norwegian equivalent to “Old Town Road” (Lil Nas X). 🤔
open.spotify.com/track/2UaowQ...
Tonight, the Sámi Grand Prix will take place. One of the contestants are Han Helge & Han Håkon, which you might know from NorthKid (MGP 2022). Their song “Ingen andre” is somewhat controversially partly in Norwegian. You can read more about them over at NRK. 🎶
www.nrk.no/sapmi/xl/er-...
Another new song made it to the Spotify top 10: “Drekke dæ fin” by Carina Dahl and Staysman. Our Department of Health & Safety wants you to know that you should not drink to make someone appear more attractive! 🎶
open.spotify.com/track/4cCIFC...
On its first day, Delara reached the 2nd place in the daily Norwegian Spotify charts.
