Anita Hegerland (born 3 March 1961 in

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) is Norway's biggest selling solo artist.Bergan, Jon Vidar (December 30, 2019). “Anita Hegerland”.

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. Retrieved on August 26, 2021, from https://snl.no/Anita_Hegerland She is a singer, most known for her childhood career in Scandinavia, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, The Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg, and subsequent vocal contributions to

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's work, among others. She is one of Norway's best-selling female artists in history.Nossum, Beate (September 21, 1998). “Lille store Anita”.

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. Retrieved on August 26, 2021, from https://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/lille-store-anita/65480512 In 1971, she was, along with

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, one of the world's best-selling child singers.Ighanian, Catherine Gonsholt (March 14, 2020). “Anita Hegerland: − Klart man blir fortvilet”.

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. Retrieved on August 26, 2021, from https://www.vg.no/rampelys/musikk/i/MRbXPE/anita-hegerland-klart-man-blir-fortvilet At age 10, she became Norway's first artist to sell over a million copies.NTB (December 14, 2018). “Lørdag er det 50 år siden Anita Hegerland ble oppdaget”.

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. Retrieved on August 26, 2021, from https://www.smp.no/ntb/innenriks/2018/12/14/L%C3%B8rdag-er-det-50-%C3%A5r-siden-Anita-Hegerland-ble-oppdaget-18072153.ece She is one of the best-selling solo singers in Norway, with sales of more than 7 million albums and singles. Her songs have been released on nearly 30 million albums worldwide, most of which are with Roy Black and

. She is also an actress and has appeared in Norwegian, German, Swiss, and Austrian films and television series. She has participated in

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in 1971 («Gi meg en zebra»), 1972 («Happy Hippie»), 1983 («Nå er jeg alene»), and in 2009 («Party»). She came in as number four in 1971 and number three in 1972. Hegerland had the biggest hit in Germany of any Norwegian artist ever, in front of

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, and

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. For more than 20 years she had the record in Sweden as the singer who was the longest on

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, the main music charts.

Biography

Hegerland was discovered at age 8 by

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during a

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show where she was performing. Hegerland's musical career took off in 1970 with " Mitt sommarlov" performed in Swedish (transl: My Summer Vacation) in the Scandinavian countries. It spent 22 weeks on Norway's singles chart, with three weeks at #1, and the song was also a #1 hit in

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during fives weeks. In 1971 she released a single with German artist Roy Black; "Schön ist es auf der Welt zu sein (It's beautiful to be in the world)" in

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-speaking countries. The song was recorded both with German and Norwegian vocals. It sold over 2 million copies (of which more than 1.3 million came from

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), and spent 30 weeks on the singles chart (top peak #3) in

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. In total, she had four different albums on the Norwegian chart as a child star. The last one was released in 1973 (when she was 12 years old). She participated in the Norwegian final (for entry to the

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), but did not win. She continued as a pop singer in Germany and Scandinavia for several years and then pursued an adult vocal career. She met

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while performing on his non-album single "

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" in 1985. She also performed the songs "The Time Has Come", "North Point" and "When The Night's On Fire" on Oldfield's 1987 album ''

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'', and two of his biggest hit songs: "Pictures In The Dark" and ''

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'', from his 1989 album ''

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''. She and Oldfield lived together from 1985 to 1991 and they have two children, Greta and Noah, and until recently lived on Nesøya island near

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with her partner, Jock Loveband. In 1999, their daughter Kaja was born. Hegerland released a new album called ''Starfish'' in 2011, a pop/rock album produced by Ronni Le Tekrø (

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). This album was #1 for 39 weeks between November 2011 and November 2012, on Meteli.net, a Finnish downloading site.

Awards and nominations

At nine years old in 1970 she became the youngest person to ever appear in the Swedish

. She has appeared on ''

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''’s top ten in several countries, including Norway, Denmark, Sweden, and West Germany. She was awarded the Norwegian gold record award for "Mitt sommarlov" (1970), which reached top rankings on

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in Norway and

in Sweden. Another song, "Da er det skjønt å være til", appeared on VG-lista for 30 weeks in 1972. The German newspaper '' Bildzeitung'' awarded her song “Schön ist es auf der Welt zu sein” to the Schlager of all time in Germany. On 8 August 2015 she was inducted into the

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Discography

* 1970: Trollmannen Lurifiks Og Mange Andre * 1970: Trylletrall * 1980: Anita Hegerland * 1983: All the Way * 1985: Flørt * 1994: Voices * 2000: Anitas beste barnesanger * 2011: Starfish She also appears on a number of other albums, including a number of albums with

such as ''

'' (1987), ''

'' (1989) and ''

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'' (1991). She is a vocalist on Oldfield's single "Pictures in the Dark", which reached 50th in the United Kingdom in 1985.

Filmography

* 1971: ''Wenn mein Schätzchen auf die Pauke haut'' – Anita Kellermann * 1971: ''Rudi, benimm dich'' – Anita * 1971: ''Die Rudi Carrell Show'' (TV series) – Anita * 1971-73: ''Die Drehscheibe'' (TV series) – Anita * 1972: '' Kinderarzt Dr. Fröhlich'' (film music) * 1973: '' Old Barge, Young Love'' – Anita * 1974: ''Die goldenen Fünfziger'' * 1980: ''

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'' (film music) * 1985: '' Deilig er fjorden!'' – Pia Svahberg * 1987: '' Turnaround'' – BuffBraaten, Lars Thomas and Jan Erik Holst (1995). ''Filmen i Norge: norske kinofilmer gjennom 100 år''. Gyldendal. Page 423. ISBN 8241701950. * 1988: ''Mike Oldfield: North Point'' – Anita * 2001: '' Josefine i Gulrotparken''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hegerland, Anita 1961 births Living people Norwegian women singers Norwegian child singers Melodi Grand Prix contestants Musicians from Asker Musicians from Sandefjord