Laurell Barker (born April 20, 1979), also known mononymously as Laurell, is a Canadian singer and songwriter currently residing in
Malmö
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, Sweden. She has co-written songs with numerous artists, including
Twice
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,
Eleni Foureira
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and
Oh My Girl
Oh My Girl (, also stylized as OH MY GIRL and OMG) is a South Korean girl group formed by WM Entertainment. The group is composed of six members: Hyojung, Mimi, YooA, Seunghee, Yubin and Arin. Originally an eight-piece group, JinE left the g ...
.
She won a
Juno Award
The Juno Awards, more popularly known as the JUNOS, are awards presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music. New members of the Canadian Music Hall of ...
in
2018
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for
Dance Recording of the Year. In
2019
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, Barker was deemed the first female songwriter to have three songs competing in a
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 ...
final.
Discography
;As main artist
;As featured artist
Songwriting discography
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 ...
entries
National final entries
'' Eurovision: You Decide'' entries (United Kingdom)
Melodifestivalen
Melodifestivalen (; literally "the Melody Festival") is an annual song competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television (SVT) and Sveriges Radio (SR). It determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song ...
entries (Sweden)
'' Die Grosse Entscheidungsshow'' entries (Switzerland)
''Eurovizijos Atranka'' entries (Lithuania)
Dansk Melodi Grand Prix
Dansk Melodi Grand Prix (), also known as Melodi Grand Prix or simply DMGP, is an annual music competition organised by the Danish public broadcaster Danmarks Radio (DR) since 1957, which determines the for the Eurovision Song Contest. The fe ...
entries (Denmark)
National final entries (Germany)
Melodi Grand Prix
Melodi Grand Prix (), commonly known as Grand Prix and MGP, sometimes as Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix ( no, Norsk Melodi Grand Prix), is an annual music competition organised by Norwegian public broadcaster Norsk Rikskringkasting (NRK). It dete ...
entries (Norway)
Beovizija
''Beovizija'' ( sr, Беовизија) was a music festival established in 2003. Since 2007 it was the national selection for Serbia's representative at the Eurovision Song Contest. ''Beovizija'' is organised and broadcast live each year by RTS1, ...
entries (Serbia)
Dora entries (Croatia)
Eurosong entries (Belgium)
Notes
References
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1979 births
Living people
Canadian women songwriters
Canadian pop singers
21st-century Canadian women singers
Juno Award for Dance Recording of the Year winners
Musicians from British Columbia
People from North Vancouver
Canadian expatriates in Sweden