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Björk is an Icelandic singer, songwriter, music producer, and occasional actress with an estimated $45 million.
She was born Björk Guðmundsdóttir on November 21, 1965 in Reykjavík, Iceland. Since she was young, she has displayed interest towards the natural sciences and physics, her idols growing up were Albert Einstein and David Attenborough. Her musical career began when she was 11; one of her teachers recorded her singing at a school part and sent the tape to Radio One, an Icelandic radio station, thus propelling her to overnight fame.
She's renowned for her expressive and potent voice, as well as for her innovative compositions mixing together different genres. Her record Biophilia is the first and only album in history published in the App-Album format, which is comprised of an eBook with interactive 3D objcts, movies, animations and diagrams based on real scientific data, with images from NASA, the European Space Agency and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.
According to her record company, One Little Indian, Björk has sold over 15 million albums. She was also nominated to the Oscar for Best Song for the movie Dancer in the Dark, directed by Lars Von Trier, in which she played the leading role. The movie later debuted into the Cannes film festival and took the prize for Best Movie while Björk won the Palm D'Or for Best Actress.
Earnings & Financial Data
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Date |
Category |
Description |
Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2014 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her album Vulnicura |
$1,000 |
|
2010 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her album Biophilia |
$22,000 |
|
2006 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her album Volta (certified gold by NFPF and silver by BPI) |
$70,000 |
|
2003 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her album Medúlla (certified gold by SNEP and NFPF, and silver by BPI) |
$170,000 |
|
2002 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her box set Live Box |
$30,000 |
|
2001 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her compilation album Greatest Hits (certified gold by Music Canada, BPI and CAPIF) |
$170,000 |
|
2000 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her album Vespertine (certified gold by Music Canada, BPI, SNEP and IFPI-SWI) |
$270,000 |
|
1999 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her soundtrack album Selmasongs (certified platinum by SNEP and RIAJ) |
$500,000 |
|
1996 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her album Homogenic (certified platinum by IFPI-EU, and gold by RIAA, Music Canada, BPI and IFPI-SWI) |
$1,675,000 |
|
1995 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her remix album Telegram |
$228,000 |
|
1994 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her album Post (certified platinum by IFPI-EU, RIAA, ARIA, BPI and Music Canada, and gold by IFPI-SWE) |
$2,374,000 |
|
1992 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her album Debut (certified 2x platinum by BPI, platinum by RIAA and ARIA, and gold by Music Canada, IFPI-SWE and IFPI-SWI) |
$1,803,000 |
|
1976 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her album Björk |
$7,000 |