Brandur Helgason Enni (born 15 April 1989), is a Faroese singer, songwriter, composer, and musician. He plays guitar, trumpet, piano and
flugelhorn
The flugelhorn (), also spelled fluegelhorn, flugel horn, or flügelhorn, is a brass instrument that resembles the trumpet and cornet but has a wider, more conical bore. Like trumpets and cornets, most flugelhorns are pitched in B, though some ...
. In August 2006, he moved to Sweden, where he studied music for two years at the Music Production Academy "Musikmakarna". In 2012, he moved back to his hometown Tvøroyri and started to attend the Suduroy High School. Brandur's brother Tróndur Enni is also a singer and songwriter and plays several instruments; he is well known in the Faroe Islands and sometimes performs with Frændur singer Eyðun Nolsøe. At the Midsummer Festival in Tvøroyri, the two brothers Brandur and Tróndur performed together on stage along with other Faroese musicians.
Career
Brandur Enni's musical career started early; he was singing on two albums in 1998 and 2000. He released his debut album ''Waiting in the Moonlight'' in 2002, when he was 12 years old. Enni gained popularity in the
Faroe Islands
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,
Denmark
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and in
Iceland
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, and later he became a well known name in Sweden and other countries, especially after participating in the Melodifestival 2008 in Sweden, which is held every year to find the best candidate for the
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest (), sometimes abbreviated to ESC and often known simply as Eurovision, is an international songwriting competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), featuring participants representing pr ...
. Enni sang a
ballad
A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads derive from the medieval French ''chanson balladée'' or ''ballade'', which were originally "dance songs". Ballads were particularly characteristic of the popular poetry and ...
called "Lullaby"; he became number 7 at the semi-final and did not make it to the final round. It was
Charlotte Perrelli
Anna Jenny Charlotte Perrelli (; ; born 7 October 1974) is a Swedes, Swedish singer and television host. She was the winner of the Melodifestivalen 1999, 1999 Melodifestivalen and subsequently Eurovision Song Contest 1999, that year's Eurovision ...
who won the Swedish contest and represented
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Sweden selected its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 by holding an extending national selection, namely Melodifestivalen 2008. A record of 3,489 entries were submitted to the broadcaster SVT, and 28 were chosen to compete. They were c ...
in Belgrade in Serbia. Perrelli became number 18 with her song "Hero".
Enni has performed at several of the summer festivals in the Faroe Islands: The Summer Festival (
Summarfestivalurin Summarfestivalurin (the Summer Festival) is a musical festival in Klaksvík in the Faroe Islands, established in 2004.
History
2004
Summarfestivalurin - The Summer Festival - was held for the first time in August 2004 in Klaksvík in the Faroe ...
) in
Klaksvík
Klaksvík is the second largest town of the Faroe Islands behind Tórshavn. The town is located on Borðoy, which is one of the northernmost islands (the Norðoyar). It is the administrative centre of Klaksvík municipality.
History
The first se ...
, The Asfalt Music Festival in
Tórshavn
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and the Midsummer Festival in
Suðuroy
Suðuroy (literally South Island, da, Suderø) is the southernmost of the Faroe Islands. The island covers 163.7 square kilometres (63.2 sq mi). In 2018 the population was 4,601. Suðuroy region (sýsla) comprises this island and Lítla ...
(Jóansøkufestival).
Enni has co-written with Swedish songwriters Julia Ericsson,
Aleena Gibson
Aleena Gibson (''Anna-Lena Högdahl''), is a Swedish songwriter living in Stockholm. Her credits include Jason Derulo, Mr. Big, Nick Carter, S Club 7, Chenoa, Tata Young, Rouge Jill Johnson, Girls' Generation, and Austin Mahone.Karin Elisabeth Dreijer, Lasse Andersson,
Benny Andersson
Göran Bror Benny Andersson (; born 16 December 1946) is a Swedish musician, singer, composer and producer best known as a member of the musical group ABBA and co-composer of the musicals ''Chess'', '' Kristina från Duvemåla'', and '' Mamma M ...
,
Anna Allerstedt
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* Anna the Prophetess, in the Gospel of Luke
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* Anna (Anisia) (fl. 1218 to 1221) ...
,
Maria Marcus
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and
Evelina Satell
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.
In December 2007, Enni signed a publishing deal with Air Chrysalis Scandinavia. On 19 October 2009, he was the support act for
Alexander Rybak
Alexander Igorevich Rybak (russian: Александр Игоревич Рыбак) or Alyaxandr Iharavich Rybak ( be, Аляксандр Ігаравіч Рыбак; born 13 May 1986) is a Belarusian-Norwegian singer-composer, violinist, pian ...
, who won the
Eurovision Song Contest 2009
The Eurovision Song Contest 2009 was the 54th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Moscow, Russia, following the country's victory at the with the song "Believe (Dima Bilan song), Believe" by Dima Bilan. Organised by the Euro ...
.
Enni also worked with the record producer
Timbaland
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, who runs a private studio in
Virginia Beach
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, United States.
In 2009 Enni sang the Swedish version of the theme song in
Disney
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's ''
High School Musical 3
''High School Musical 3: Senior Year'' is a 2008 American musical film written by Peter Barsocchini and directed by Kenny Ortega. The sequel to ''High School Musical 2'' (2007) and the third installment of the ''High School Musical'' film series, ...
'', "Right Here, Right Now" with the Swedish singer
Molly Sandén
Molly My Marianne Sandén (born 3 July 1992), also known by her middle name My Marianne, is a Swedish pop singer and voice actress. As a teenager, she represented Sweden in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2006 and participated in Melodife ...
. The Swedish title of the song is "Just här, just nu". In 2009, Enni released a single, "Sometimes Truth Needs a Lie". It was produced by Lionheart International, which is one of the biggest
record companies
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in Sweden (established in 1990), now a part of
Universal Music
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family.
In 2011, he released the single "The Illusion Of".
Awards and nominations
Every year in December, the Faroese newspaper ''Sosialurin'' and the newsportal Portal.fo give Planet Awards to Faroese musicians in these categories: "Best Faroese Band or Artist", "Best album", "Best Female Singer", "Best Male Singer", "Best New Band or Artist" and "Best Song".
Enni won the Planet Award 2009 in the category "Best Male Singer".
* Planet Awards 2009 – ''Best male singer''
* Nominated Planet Awards 2009 in the category ''Best song'' with ''Sometimes truth needs a lie''
* Nominated Planet Awards 2010 – ''Best male singer''
Discography
* ''Waiting in the Moonlight'', debut album, 2002
* ''The Way I Am'', documentary, 2002
* ''Perfect Summer'', single, 2002
* ''Still Friends'', single, 2003
* ''Brandur'', single, 2003
* ''Brandur'', album, 2003
* ''Lullaby'', single, 2008
* ''Lifelong Lovesong'', single, 2008
* ''Sometimes Truth Needs a Lie'', single, 2009
* ''The Illusion Of'', single, 2011
* ''Funerals and Celebrations'' album,
Tutl
TUTL Records is a record label of the Faroe Islands that was founded in 1977 by Kristian Blak. The label is credited with giving many Faroese musicians their first break and "has played a major role in giving musicians a chance to record and pub ...
, 2014
Appeared on
* ''Mánadags Mortan'', (The title means Monday's Mortan, children are singing), 1998
* ''Kular Røtur,'' "Music for Children", 2000
* ''Dýrd'', various artists, 2005 (''Words For You'')CDtrrracks.com /ref>
* ''Jól í dag'' – ''Christmas Album'', various artists, 2007