Jarle Bernhoft (; Jarle Norman Bernhoft-Sjødin; born 21 June 1976), known professionally as Bernhoft (often stylized as Bern/hoft), is a

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singer, multi-instrumentalist, composer and lyricist. Bernhoft is from

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in Norway. His best known songs are "Streetlights", " Shout" (a

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cover), "Choices", "C'mon Talk" and "Stay With Me". He has also been in a number of bands, notably Explicit Lyrics and

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. In June 2014 he appeared for the first time at the

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and was featured by

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in a special performance of his song "Wind You Up." In December 2014, it was announced that his album ''Islander'' was nominated for a

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for the 2015 Grammy Awards ceremony, held on 8 February 2015. His nomination is remarkable, as he was the first non-American artist to have been nominated in the 20 year-history of this US-dominated category. In a response to his nomination, Bernhoft stated that "Grammy has spoken. I make R&B music."

With bands

;in Explicit Lyrics Hailing from

, Bernhoft attended Rud Upper Secondary School in

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where he joined the musical scene. Bernhoft, alongside Fridtjof "Joff" Nilsen, were members of Explicit Lyrics. Within a span of three years, the band released three albums, Fleshpulse (1996), Flow (1997) and ''Lipshave'' (1998). ;Span After the breakup of Explicit Lyrics, Bernhoft, a vocalist and songwriter, and guitarist Nilsen joined drummer Fredrik Wallumrød and bassist Vemund Stavnes to form the band

. After two EPs, ''Baby's Come Back'' (2002) and Found (2003), SPAN had two successful albums, '' Mass Distraction'' (2004) and '' Vs. Time'' (2005). The band broke up in 2005. ;Other collaborations Bernhoft has contributed on a number of recordings and concerts with mostly Norwegian artists, such as

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, Dadafon,

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and The Køhn/Johansen Sextet. He also played in the band Green Granadas using the

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Solo

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He released his first solo album ''Ceramik City Chronicles'' on 1 September 2008. In January 2010 Bernhoft released a double live album called ''1:Man 2:Band'', where one half is a recording from his solo show at a jazz café in Oslo (Kampen Bistro), and the other half is a recording from his concerts in

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and Molde Jazz Festival with a full band. His second solo album, ''Solidarity Breaks'', was released the next year in January 2011. It topped the

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,. the Norwegian Albums Chart for a total of seven weeks (in July, August and September 2011). The album was credited to Bern/hoft rather than his full name Jarle Bernhoft. He was also credited as Bern/hoft in his 2014 follow-up album ''Islanders'' that also topped the VG-lista chart in May 2014.

In popular culture

In September 2011, Bernhoft appeared on ''

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'' after producers of the show found his video on

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. While on the show he played his song "C'mon Talk". In July 2013, and again in June 2014, he was featured as a musical guest on " Conan" on TBS.

Discography

Albums

With Explicit Lyrics *1996: ''Fleshpulse''(EP) *1998: ''Lipshave'' With

*2004: '' Mass Distraction'' *2005: '' Vs. Time'' With

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's Bigbandblast *2004: ''

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'' (Real Records) Solo (studio) Solo (Live)

Singles

;With Span *2002: "Baby's Come Back" *2002: "On My Way Down" *2003: "Found" *2004: "Don't Think the Way They Do" *2005: "Cut Like Diamonds" ;Solo *2008: "Streetlights" *2008: "Sunday" *2009: "Fly Away" *2011: "C'mon Talk" *2011: "Choices" *2012: "Stay with Me" *2012: " Shout" (France: #187) *2014: "Come Around" (France: #181) *2015: "Everyone's A Stranger" *2016: "We Have a Dream" *2021: "Say It Isn't So" *2021: "C'mon Talk V2" *2021: "Call out Kids" *2021: "Clearly Confused" *2021: "All My Loving"

References

External links

Official website

Bernhoft biography in The Guardian

- October 2010
Bernhoft on Ronnie Scott's radio
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