Editing Music of Norway (section)

===Pop and rock===
Norwegian popular music has come from the many urban scenes such as the Bergen scene or Oslo's underground. The strengthening of Norwegian popular music has been brought by the growth of festivals, the many new independent (indie) record labels, a new generation of eager and talented music industry professionals as well as more supportive domestic media. The establishment of [[NRK]] (Norwegian National Broadcasting) in 1933 contributed to the spread of popular music. Additionally, British and North American radio stations, along with an import of jazz and rock records, widened the musical tastes of most Norwegians.

[[by:Larm]] is a festival that promotes popular music in Norway. The event holds both conferences and a music festival. Norwegian and foreign music industries can meet at the conference and there are also seminars and debate.  Most of the musicians performing at the festival are up-and-coming artists.
Music awards in Norway, such as [[Spellemannprisen]], and TV shows such as Kjempesjansen may have also some influence on popular music in Norway.

Troubadour [[Alf Prøysen]] (1914–70) stands out as a brilliant songwriter of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, his songs often featuring lyrics connected with the local culture of the [[Hedmark]] area. Many of his songs have become popular classics. In the 1950s, the Monn Keys, featuring [[Egil Monn-Iversen]], [[Arne Bendiksen]], [[Sølvi Wang]], [[Per Asplin]] and Oddvar Sanne, became one of the most popular groups. Monn-Iversen (composer, producer and arranger at [[Chat Noir]] and [[NRK]]) and [[Bendiksen]] (arranger and record producer) were leading figures in Norwegian popular music throughout the 1960s.

There are not so many Norwegian popular artists who have made it to the international market. However, in the 1980s, Norwegian pop trio [[a-ha]] had meteoric international success when their 1985 debut [[Take On Me]] reached number one in the US and the UK. Known as the biggest music export from Norway, a-ha has sold more than 80 million records worldwide and holds the [[Guinness World Record]] for drawing the largest paying audience at a pop concert.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://a-ha.com/ |title=Official Website |publisher=a-ha |date=2017-12-07 |access-date=2017-12-14}}</ref> Their highly successful 2010 [[Ending on a High Note Tour]] marked the end of a-ha's 25-year career. They performed at [[Rock in Rio]] 2015 in response to popular demand. Since the mid-1990s, Norwegian popular music has experienced a thorough transformation from a small and domestically-oriented scene into a rich and diverse society of musicians and industry representatives with their sights set on the international stage. [[Sissel Kyrkjebø]], the singer commonly known as "Sissel", has also reached a level of worldwide popularity, especially after her voice appeared on the soundtrack for the 1997 film [[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]. Highlights of her career include singing the Olympic hymn at the [[1994 Winter Olympics]] in [[Lillehammer]], representing Norway at the [[Nobel Peace Prize Concert]], and performing at the invitation of tenor greats [[Plácido Domingo]] and [[José Carreras]] at the first Christmas concert in Moscow after the fall of the Soviet Union.

[[File:Aurora Stavernfestivalen 2018 (191706) (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|Aurora is one of the most internationally successful Norwegian artists]]
In recent years, a [[Bergen (city)|Bergen]] based pop-singer named Aurora Aksnes, known [[mononym]]ously as [[Aurora (singer)|Aurora]], has gained international recognition with her 2015 sleeper hit "[[Runaway (Aurora song)|Runaway]]" garnering over 3 billion streams across [[Music streaming service|streaming platforms]],<ref name="AURORA-streaming">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/aurora-celebrates-10-years-of-runaway-with-new-portrait-of-a-song-documentary-3842355|title=AURORA celebrates 10 years of 'Runaway' with new 'Portrait Of A Song' documentary|date=28 February 2015|magazine=[[NME]]|accessdate=1 March 2015}}</ref> and her 2021 made song titled "[[Cure for Me]]" reaching 100 million views.<ref>{{cite web|title= AURORA - Cure For Me | date=8 July 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K17df81RL9Y |access-date=August 2, 2023|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> She has released 5 albums since her debut in 2014 and is considered one of the biggest artists from Norway.<ref name=øya>{{Cite web|title=Aurora - Live, Øyafestivalen|url=https://p3.no/det-perfekte-punktum/|publisher=[[NRK P3]]|last1=Borge|first1=Espen|date=14 August 2022|access-date=31 December 2024|language=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Aswad|first1=Jem|title=With Girl in Red, Dagny, Aurora and More, Norway's Oya Festival Showcases the Country's Booming Music Scene |url=https://variety.com/2022/music/news/girl-in-red-dagny-aurora-norway-oya-festival-1235341875/ |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=16 August 2022 |access-date=11 May 2025}}</ref> In 2019, she provided backing vocals on the song "[[Into the Unknown (song)|Into the Unknown]]" for the international blockbuster animation film [[Frozen II]] and performed the song on stage as part of the [[92nd Academy Awards]] alongside [[Idina Menzel]] and nine singers that dubbed the song in their respective languages. She has since then continued to produce music and is currently making tours, appearing in various festivals and concerts around the globe.<ref name=attendance>{{cite magazine|title=Decca co-presidents salute 'magic artist' Aurora ahead of Friday night Glastonbury performance|url=https://www.musicweek.com/labels/read/decca-co-presidents-salute-magic-artist-aurora-ahead-of-friday-night-glastonbury-performance/090016|date=26 June 2024|magazine=[[Music Week]]|accessdate=15 January 2025}}</ref> 270,000 people have attended her headlining 2024–25 [[What Happened to the Earth?]] tour,<ref name="runaway">{{cite web|title=Aurora - 10 År med Runaway|trans-title=Aurora - 10 Years of Runaway|url=https://www.mynewsdesk.com/no/petroleumrecords/pressreleases/aurora-10-aar-med-runaway-3372580|date=27 February 2025|website=[[Petroleum Records]]|language=no|accessdate=1 March 2025}}</ref> and it included a concert at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] and the [[Wembley Arena|OVO Arena Wembley]].<ref name="liberty">{{cite web|last1=Dunworth|first1=Liberty|title=AURORA announces new album 'What Happened To The Heart' and announces UK and European tour|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/aurora-announces-new-album-what-happened-to-the-heart-announces-uk-european-tour-tickets-3610647|website=[[NME]]|access-date=28 March 2024|date=28 March 2024}}</ref><ref name="ovo">{{cite web|last1=Johnson |first1=Laura|title=Aurora Confirms OVO Arena Wembley Show As Part Of What Happened To The Earth? Part 5 European Tour|url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/244068/9|website=Stereoboard|access-date=6 June 2024|date=6 June 2024}}</ref>

Successful Norwegian music artists in pop and rock:
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* [[a-ha]]
* [[Aurora (singer)|Aurora]]
* [[Astrid S]]
* [[Bjørn Eidsvåg]]
* [[CC Cowboys]]
* [[Datarock]]
* [[DumDum Boys]]
* [[Girl in Red]]
* [[Highasakite]]
* [[Jahn Teigen]]
* [[John Olav Nilsen & Gjengen]]
* [[Kaizers Orchestra]]
* [[Kakkmaddafakka]]
* [[Kristian Kristensen]]
* [[Kurt Nilsen]]
* [[Kings of Convenience]]
* [[Lene Marlin]]
* [[KYGO]]
* [[Alan Walker]]
* [[Madrugada (band)|Madrugada]]
* [[Marcus and Martinus]]
* [[Marit Larsen]]
* [[Postgirobygget (band)|Postgirobygget]]
* [[Röyksopp]]
* [[Sigrid (singer)|Sigrid]]
* [[Sondre Justad]]
* [[Susanne Sundfør]]
* [[Thomas Dybdahl]]
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