Brian Risberg Clausen, better known as Bryan Rice (born 29 May 1978 in Dåstrup, near Viby,

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pop singer and songwriter. He is best known for his debut single "

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" and for competing in the

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Career

Rice released is debut single "

" in October 2005. The song was released on the '' Nynne'' soundtrack. The song peaked at number 1 on the Danish Hitlisten Airplay in January 2006. The song was later covered and released by British ''

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'' winner

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reaching number two in the United Kingdom. In April 2006 Rice released "Homeless Heart", a cover of the

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song and also peaked at number 1 on the Danish Hitlisten Airplay in May 2006. The song was used as the opening theme to the Danish reality television program ''

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''. In April 2006, Rice released his debut album, ''

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'' which peaked at number 4 on the Danish chart. Rice was nominated Best Danish Male Singer at the ''2006 Zulu Awards''. In October 2007, Rice released his second studio album, '' Good News'' which peaked at number 36 on the Danish chart. In 2009 Rice co-wrote the song "Underneath My Skin", with Mads Haugaard, sung by Norwegian singer Christina Undhjem, who participated in the ''

''. In 2010, Rice competed in the ''

'' with the song "

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", written by

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. The song finishing second. On 25 October 2010 Rice released his third studio album, ''

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''. The album features duets with Danish singer

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and Swedish vocalist

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. In 2014, Rice competed in the ''

'' with the song, ""I Choose U", but the song was eliminated before the final round.

Discography

Studio albums

Live albums

Compilation albums

Extended plays

Singles as lead artist

Notes

References

External links

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