Robert Post (born Robert Øien Fylling, 1979 in

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) is a Norwegian singer-songwriter. Post won two awards, Best Male Artist and Best Video, at Norway's equivalent of the Grammys,

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, in 2005 for his debut album. He has also toured with

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. Post debuted with a worldwide release of his eponymous debut album in August 2005. Record producer Mike Hedges oversaw the album, and they recorded it through the original EMI mixing desk used for

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''. The album was "Record of the Week" on

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, while both singles, "Got None" and "There's One Thing", were A-listed. The album has sold 80,000 copies around the world. He was on the bill at Robert Redford's 'Sundance Film Festival 2006' in Park City, sharing the stage with Rufus Wainwright,

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. Post has performed on the biggest music shows and talk shows on television in Italy, France and the United Kingdom, such as ''

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'', ''Pimp My TV'' and ''BBC Breakfast TV''.

Discography

Albums

*''Robert Post'' (2005)

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, No. 12 Norwegian Album Chart *''Disarm & Let Go'' (2009) Bobfloat Music/Playground Music *''Live at Ocean Sound Recordings'' (2011) Bobfloat Music *''Rhetoric Season One'' (2011) Bobfloat Music/Musikkoperatørene *''The Button Moulder'' (2013) Bobfloat Music/Musikkoperatørene

EPs

*''The Way We Are'' (2004) Bobfloat Music *''Martha's Drawings'' (2006) Bobfloat Music *''Ocean Sessions'' (2007) Bobfloat Music/Nettwerk Records

Singles

*''Got None'' (2005)

– No. 42

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, No. 15 UK Airplay Chart, No. 1 Italy Airplay Chart, No. 29 Italy Singles Chart, No. 5 Norway Airplay Chart *''There's One Thing'' (2005)

*''Try, Try, Try'' (2007) Bobfloat Music *''Beirut / The Boy with the Hood'' (2009) Bobfloat Music/Playground Music *''Landing / Frontline'' (2011) Bobfloat Music/Musikkoperatørene *''My Body'' (2013) Bobfloat Music/Musikkoperatørene

References

External links

Official Site

Profile on MySpace

Artist Page on Facebook
1979 births Living people Musicians from Langevåg Norwegian singer-songwriters Norwegian songwriters Norwegian multi-instrumentalists 21st-century Norwegian singers 21st-century Norwegian male singers {{singer-songwriter-stub