Ida Maria Børli Sivertsen ( ; born 13 July 1984), better known simply as Ida Maria, is a Norwegian musician and songwriter.

Biography

Early life

Maria was born and raised in Nesna. She taught herself to play guitar and began performing at local concerts at age 14.

Career

Maria gained considerable success in Norway in 2007 after winning two national competitions for unknown artists - Zoom urørt 2006 and Urørtkonkurransen 2007 - and playing successful shows at the annual Norwegian

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festival By:Larm 2007 and 2008. In 2007, Maria released her first singles " Oh My God", "Drive Away My Heart", "Stella" and "Queen of the World". Her debut album, ''

Fortress Round My Heart ''Fortress Round My Heart'' is the debut album by Norwegian musician Ida Maria, released in the UK on July 28, 2008, and in the US on March 24, 2009. Six singles were released before the album's release: "Oh My God", "Drive Away My Heart", "Stell ...

'', was released on 28 July 2008 and reached #5 in the Norwegians record chart, #38 on the Irish Albums Chart and #39 on the UK Albums Chart. The single, " I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked", entered the UK Singles Chart at #18 on downloads alone in July 2008 and peaked at #13. It also reached #18 in the Norwegian singles chart. In August 2008 the song entered the

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at #34. The song was also featured on Triple J's

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of 2008 in Australia. A deluxe version of her debut album containing unreleased tracks was released in February 2009. ''Fortress Round My Heart'' was finally released in the

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in March 2009 with "I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked" appearing on the

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chart in April 2009. In July 2009, "Oh My God", Maria's debut single in 2007, was re-released as a single along with a music video. In September 2009, a remix version and music video for "Oh My God" featuring punk rock icon

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singing backing vocals was released. Having performed at various festivals, including the

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and

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, and being nominated for Best Rock/Indie Artist category at the BT Digital Music Awards 2008, Ida Maria has toured in Scandinavia, the UK, the United States and Australia. She performed her song "I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked" on ''

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'' in 2009. Her second album, ''Katla'', was released in Norway on 8 November 2010 (where it reached #14 on the album chart) and eventually in the United States in July 2011.TweedaMaria
"''Featuring a new collection of musicians, Katla has an eclectic mix of sounds. In places you can hear Ida Maria sing (and speak) in her native Norwegian. The strongest tracks are the heavy rock song "Bad Karma" and the Hispanic-influenced "I Eat Boys Like You For Breakfast".''" Twitter tweet from Ida Maria, 07:20, 9 August 2010 and internationally on 7 June 2011. Her third studio album, ''Love Conquers All'', was released in August 2013 and was followed in February 2014 by her first EP release, ''Accidental Happiness''. ''Scandalize My Name'', her fourth album, was released on 18 April 2016 and consists of a collection of American spirituals. She competed in the Melodi Grand Prix 2018, attempting to represent Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with the song 'Scandilove'. Her song was not one of the four songs that progressed to the Gold Final, and was eliminated. Maria will release the 5 song EP, ''Dirty Money'', in June 2021.

Soundtracks

Maria's song "

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" was used as the outro for season 3 episode 1 of

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. Maria's song " I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked" was used in episode 8 of ''My Life As Liz'' entitled "A Prom to Remember Part 2". It was played during the dancing sequence at the prom. The song was also included in the soundtrack of the film ''

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''. Her song "Louie" is being used for some commercials for the FX TV show '' Louie''. It was again used as the inspiration for the title of episode 12, season 6 of

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The song " Oh My God" was one of the first songs announced to be used in ''

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, Harmonix website, 11 June 2010 Maria's song "Keep Me Warm" was used in the season 4 finale of the ABC drama ''

'' and during some

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commercials during fall 2009. It has also been used in the UK drama show '' Skins'', in series 4, episode 1. Maria's song "Oh My God" was in the trailer for ''It's Kind of a Funny Story'' and ''

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''. Maria was one of the co-headliners of the 2009 ''Perez Hilton Presents'' tour. On 17 September 2009, after a Boston show, she pulled out of the tour, citing exhaustion.William Goodman
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''Spin'' magazine, 18 September 2009 Her song "Bad Karma" from Katla was used in the 2011 film ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and '' Being Human'' together with the song "Quite Nice People", both from the album ''Katla''. Ida Maria's song "Oh My God" was used in a Finnish film, ''Sisko tahtoisin jäädä'' (Sister, I wanted to stay), released in 2010. Ida Maria's song "Oh My God" was also used in American Netflix show, '' Big Mouth'' Season 2 Episode 2, released in 2018. The song "Cold Blooded" has been featured on the soundtracks for the

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comedy ''

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'' and the musical drama ''

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''. The song "I eat boys like you for breakfast" was used in the first episode of Season 10 of ''Jenter'' (Girls), a Norwegian TV and web series directed at children and teenagers on

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. The song “Devil” is featured on the trailer for ''Vampyr''.

Collaborations

In 2007, Maria sang vocals for the track "I Love You, You Imbecile" by Pelle Carlberg. In 2008, she sang backing vocals for the track "Words" on Guillemots' album ''

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''. In 2009, she collaborated with the Norwegian band DeLillos for the track "Flink" on their album '' Huskeglemme''. Maria has collaborated with the Norwegian rapper Joddski on two occasions, first on the track "Sannhetsserum" on his 2010 album '' Krig & Kjærlighet'', and secondly on the track "Hold Ut" on is 2011 album ''

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''. In 2012, she did a duet with Anthony Green for the track "Can't Be Satisfied" on his 2012 album '' Beautiful Things''.

Personal life

Maria is reported to experience

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, which leads her to see colours when she hears music. She said:

Honors

*2007: Alarmprisen in the category this years Artist of the Year, for the album ''

'' *2008:

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in the category this years Newcomer, for the album ''

'' *2008: By:Larm prisen *2008:

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*2009:

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Nordland County Council Culture Award

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Singles

Music videos

Band

For her first album, ''Fortress Round My Heart'', Maria's backing band included: *Ida Maria Børli Sivertsen –

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*Stefan Törnby –

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*Johannes Lindberg –

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*Olle Lundin –

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Notes

References

External links

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Times Online - Ida Maria interviewAnthony Green - Can't Be Satisfied (Live w/ Ida Maria) @ 2/9/12 El Rey Theatre Los Angeles, CA
on

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