Caught In A Life
''Caught in a Life'' is Norwegian band Donkeyboy's debut album from October 2009. It was produced by Simen M Eriksrud and Espen Berg at Livingroom Studios, Oslo. It topped the Norwegian Albums Chart in the winter of 2009. It was released on 19 October 2009. The album has produced for the band two massive #1 hit singles on the Norwegian Singles Chart, "Ambitions" that stayed on top of the Norwegian charts for 13 weeks, followed by "Sometimes" that stayed on the top of the same charts for another 8 weeks, both in 2009. "Ambitions" also topped the Swedish Singles Chart in February 2010. There were three more singles from the album that reached the Top 10, namely " Broke My Eyes" that reached #6, "Awake" that reached #8 and "Blade Running Blade Running is an English language hit in Norway for the Norwegian band Donkeyboy, their fifth single taken from their album ''Caught in a Life ''Caught in a Life'' is Norwegian band Donkeyboy's debut album from October 2009. It was produced ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Donkeyboy
Donkeyboy (occasionally stylised as donkeyboy) is a synthpop band from Drammen, Norway, formed in 2005. The band consists of Cato Sundberg (vocals, rhythm guitar), Kent Sundberg (synth, vocals), Peter Michelsen (guitar, backing vocals) and Thomas Drabløs (drums) History Donkeyboy were signed to Warner Music after an employee came across their music on MySpace. Their debut single, " Ambitions" was released on 26 March 2009 and was put into heavy rotation by NRK P3. The song's chorus is built around a bassline similar to those used on Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" and some of Madonna's 1980s songs. The song features guest vocals by Linnea Dale. "Ambitions" debuted on the Norwegian singles chart at number seven on 6 April 2009, and reached the number one spot on 29 June, after 13 weeks on the charts. "Ambitions" remained at the number one spot for 12 consecutive weeks, before being replaced by the band's second single " Sometimes" on September 22. Th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Stereolife
Stereolife is an English language hit in Norway for the Norwegian band Donkeyboy, their sixth single taken from their album ''Caught in a Life'' after singles " Ambitions" and " Sometimes" (both #1s for 13 and 8 weeks consecutively in the Norwegian Singles Chart), "Broke My Eyes" (that reached #6), "Awake" (that reached #8) and "Blade Running Blade Running is an English language hit in Norway for the Norwegian band Donkeyboy, their fifth single taken from their album ''Caught in a Life ''Caught in a Life'' is Norwegian band Donkeyboy's debut album from October 2009. It was produced b ..." (that reached #8). "Stereolife" released in 2010 but not yet charted in the Norwegian Singles Chart. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Stereolife 2010 singles Donkeyboy songs 2009 songs Warner Music Group singles Songs written by Simen Eriksrud Songs written by Cato Sundberg ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Donkeyboy Albums
Donkeyboy (occasionally stylised as donkeyboy) is a synthpop band from Drammen, Norway, formed in 2005. The band consists of Cato Sundberg (vocals, rhythm guitar), Kent Sundberg ( synth, vocals), Peter Michelsen (guitar, backing vocals) and Thomas Drabløs (drums) History Donkeyboy were signed to Warner Music after an employee came across their music on MySpace. Their debut single, " Ambitions" was released on 26 March 2009 and was put into heavy rotation by NRK P3. The song's chorus is built around a bassline similar to those used on Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" and some of Madonna's 1980s songs. The song features guest vocals by Linnea Dale. "Ambitions" debuted on the Norwegian singles chart at number seven on 6 April 2009, and reached the number one spot on 29 June, after 13 weeks on the charts. "Ambitions" remained at the number one spot for 12 consecutive weeks, before being replaced by the band's second single " Sometimes" on September 22. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Simone Larsen
Simone Eriksrud (; born 21 August 1970) is a Norwegian musician, singer and composer from Volda, and a member of D'Sound. She was earlier in her career known as Simone Larsen or just with the mononym Simone. Career In D'Sound As Simone Larsen, she is best known as the lead singer and guitarist of the Norwegian band D'Sound often stylized as d'sound. The band was established by drummer Kim Ofstad and bassist Jonny Sjo in 1993 with Larsen on lead vocals. To date, the band has released seven studio albums, namely ''Spice of Life'' (1996), ''Beauty Is a Blessing'' (1998), ''Talkin' Talk'' (2001), ''Doublehearted'' (2003), ''My Today'' (2005), ''Starts and Ends'' (2009) and ''Signs'' (2014) in addition to the live album ''D'Sound – Live at Rockefeller Music Hall 2001'' and a compilation album ''Smooth Escapes – The Very Best of D'Sound'' in 2004. In June 2018, she announced her departure to spend more time with the rest of her family. The band became a duo. She returned in 202 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sverigetopplistan
Sverigetopplistan (, lit. "the Sweden top list") is the Swedish national record chart, formerly known as Topplistan (1975–1997) and Hitlistan (1998–2007) and known by its current name since October 2007, based on sales data from the Swedish Recording Industry Association (in Swedish Grammofonleverantörernas förening). Before Topplistan, music sales in Sweden were recorded by Kvällstoppen, whose weekly chart was a combined albums and singles list. History For the period of 1976 to 2006, the official Swedish music charts were published by Sveriges Radio P3, a station owned by Sveriges Radio. At the end of 2006, it stopped publishing the general charts, which were entrusted to Swedish Recording Industry Association in the beginning of 2007. However, Sveriges Radio P3 continued to publish the most downloaded music charts, according to the statistics compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The new strictly-download chart was called DigiListan. Since late 2006, the chart has included ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ambitions (Donkeyboy Song)
"Ambitions" is a song by Norway, Norwegian band Donkeyboy, taken from their debut album ''Caught in a Life''. It was released as their debut single in 2009 and was a number-one hit in the VG-lista, Norwegian Singles Chart. The chorus of the song is built around a bassline similar to those of Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" and some of Madonna (entertainer), Madonna's 1980s songs, and features guest vocals by Linnea Dale. It stayed at top of the Norwegian Singles Chart for a total of 13 weeks in 2009 (weeks 27 to 38 and week 43). In February 2010, the single also topped the Sverigetopplistan, Swedish Singles Chart. By March 2010, it was announced that ''Ambitions'' had been on the Norwegian Singles Chart for 52 continuous weeks. Donkeyboy were due to release it in the UK on 19 April 2010, but postponed the release. In 2010, it was recorded by The X Factor (British series 6), sixth season The X Factor (British TV series), The X Factor winner Joe McElderry and released in the UK on ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Norwegian Singles Chart
VG-lista is a Norwegian record chart. It is presented weekly in the newspaper '' VG''. It is considered the primary Norwegian record chart, charting albums and singles from countries and continents around the world. The data are collected by Nielsen Soundscan International and are based on the sales in approximately 100 shops in Norway. The singles chart started as a top 10 chart in week 42 of 1958 and was expanded to a top 20 chart in week 5 of 1995, the same time the albums chart, which started as a top 20 chart in week 1 of 1967 was expanded to a top 40 chart. Charts published The charts published weekly are: *Topp 40 Singles (until week 43 in 2014, a Topp 20 Singles chart) *Topp 40 Albums *Topp 10 Samlealbums (compilation albums) *DVD Audio *DVD Audio *DVD Audio *DVD Audio *Topp 10 Singles Norsk (only Norwegian language singles) *Topp 30 Albums Norsk (only Norwegian language albums) See also * List of number-one songs in Norway * List of number-one albums in Norway This l ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Livingroom Studios
Livingroom Studios is a recording studio in Oslo, Norway. Started in 1999 by producer/songwriter Espen Berg, Livingroom Studios is one of Norway's main music studio facilities. The studio is home to the producer/songwriter team Espen Berg and Simen Eriksrud, as well as the mix engineer George Tandero. Clients The following are clients of Livingroom Studios: *Lady Gaga Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta ( ; born March 28, 1986), known professionally as Lady Gaga, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She is known for her image reinventions and musical versatility. Gaga began performing as a teenag ... * Donkeyboy * Diana Vickers * Loreen References External linksLivingRoom Studios website 1999 establishments in Norway Recording studios in Norway Buildings and structures in Oslo Music in Oslo {{recording-studio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of Norway. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a dependency of Norway; it also lays claims to the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land. The capital and largest city in Norway is Oslo. Norway has a total area of and had a population of 5,425,270 in January 2022. The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden at a length of . It is bordered by Finland and Russia to the northeast and the Skagerrak strait to the south, on the other side of which are Denmark and the United Kingdom. Norway has an extensive coastline, facing the North Atlantic Ocean and the Barents Sea. The maritime influence dominates Norway's climate, with mild lowland temperatures on the se ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Blade Running
Blade Running is an English language hit in Norway for the Norwegian band Donkeyboy, their fifth single taken from their album ''Caught in a Life'' after singles " Ambitions" and " Sometimes" (both #1s for 13 and 8 weeks consecutively in the Norwegian Singles Chart), "Broke My Eyes" (that reached #6) and Awake Wakefulness is a daily recurring brain state and state of consciousness in which an individual is conscious and engages in coherent cognitive and behavioral responses to the external world. Being awake is the opposite of being asleep, in which ... (that reached #8) "Blade Running" released in 2009 reached #8 in the Norwegian Singles Chart. Charts References {{DEFAULTSORT:Blade Running 2009 singles Donkeyboy songs 2009 songs Warner Music Group singles Songs written by Simen Eriksrud Songs written by Espen Berg (musician) Songs written by Cato Sundberg ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Alternative Rock
Alternative rock, or alt-rock, is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from Popular culture, mainstream or commercial rock or pop music. The term's original meaning was broader, referring to musicians influenced by the musical style or independent, DIY ethic, DIY ethos of late-1970s punk rock.di Perna, Alan. "Brave Noise—The History of Alternative Rock Guitar". ''Guitar World''. December 1995. Traditionally, alternative rock varied in terms of its sound, social context, and regional roots. Throughout the 1980s, magazines and zines, college radio airplay, and word of mouth had increased the prominence and highlighted the diversity of alternative rock's distinct styles (and music scenes), such as noise pop, indie rock, grunge, and shoegaze. In September 1988, Billboard (magazine), ''Billboard'' introduced "alternative" into their charting ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Awake (Donkeyboy Song)
Awake is an English language hit in Norway for the Norwegian band Donkeyboy, their fourth single taken from their album ''Caught in a Life ''Caught in a Life'' is Norwegian band Donkeyboy's debut album from October 2009. It was produced by Simen M Eriksrud and Espen Berg at Livingroom Studios, Oslo. It topped the Norwegian Albums Chart in the winter of 2009. It was released on 19 O ...'' after singles " Ambitions" and " Sometimes" (both #1s for 13 and 8 weeks consecutively in the Norwegian Singles Chart) and " Broke My Eyes" (that reached #6). "Awake" released in 2009 reached #8 in the Norwegian Singles Chart. Charts References {{DEFAULTSORT:Awake 2009 singles Donkeyboy songs 2009 songs Warner Music Group singles Songs written by Simen Eriksrud Songs written by Cato Sundberg ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |