Alda Björk Ólafsdóttir, better known as simply Alda, is an
Iceland
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ic pop singer and songwriter.
After success in her home country and stints with the groups Urban K Loud, Munchie and Exodus, Alda moved to
London
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and received a solo record contract with
Wildstar Records, scoring two top 20
hit singles
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on the
UK Singles Chart
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in 1998; "Real Good Time" and "Girls Night Out". Her debut album, ''Out of Alda'', was also released in 1998.
Discography
Albums
*''Out of Alda'' (1998),
CNR Music
CNR is a Dutch audio and video label. It was founded in 1937 as CNR Records by Cornelis Nicolaas Rood, who made his fortune as a producer of lampshades and other lighting materials.
Rood regarded his record label merely as a hobby, but things ch ...
Singles
with Urban K: Loud
*"Let Your Body Move (Charlie)" (1994), Three Big Cowboys
Solo
*"Real Good Time" (1998),
Wildstar Records –
UK No. 7
*"Girls Night Out" (1998), Wildstar Records – UK No. 20
References
External links
*
1966 births
Living people
20th-century Icelandic women singers
Icelandic pop singers
Icelandic expatriates in England
Date of birth missing (living people)
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