Anne Dorte Michelsen is a Danish singer and composer

Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...

. In Denmark she first became known as a member of the groups Tøsedrengene

Tøsedrengene

Tøsedrengene was a Danish band that existed from 1978 to 1986, notable for their mix of pop-rock and reggae with Danish-language lyrics. During their active years, they achieved great success in Denmark, their six studio albums selling more than a million copies.- Studio albums :* Det går fremad *...

 and Venter på Far. Outside Denmark her second solo record ("Næste Dans") sold well in Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

, Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 and Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. Her popularity in Japan was due to the song "Fortrolighed" which was a title song on a popular Japanese

Japanese people

The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...

 TV-show. The exotic Danish language

Danish language

Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language...

and the longing melancholy mood apparently made a resonance with the Japanese audience.
As a leader, she released ten albums and published a book called Næste Dans.

Discography

• Mellem Dig og Mig (1983)
• Næste Dans (1986)
• Alting Vender Tilbage (1987)
• Elskerindens Have (1989)
• Den Ordløse Time (1990)
• Min Karriere Som Kvinde (1992)
• De Store & De Stille (compilation) (1998)
• Mørke Vande - Lyse Strande (2000)
• Fred hviler over land og by (2002)
• Så Stille Som Sne (2003)

External links

• http://www.annedortemichelsen.dk - Official site