Margaret Berger is an electropop singer

Singing

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

 and songwriter

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. She made her debut on Sony BMG after she placed second on the second season of Norwegian Idol

Idol (Norway)

Idol: Jakten på en superstjerne is a television show on the Norwegian television channel TV 2, based on the popular British show Pop Idol. The show describes itself as a "Search For A SuperStar". The contestants are first narrowed down to 100 contestants, and then down to 24-50 through several...

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Berger's debut album, Chameleon, was released in October 2004. Composed of rock

Rock music

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, dance

Dance music

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, R&B

Rhythm and blues

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, and electro music, the album reached number four on the Norwegian albums chart. The album did not receive an official single

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 release, but the music video

Music video

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 for the song "Lifetime Guarantee" was awarded a Spellemannprisen

Spellemannprisen

Spellemannprisen is an award presented to Norwegian musicians for their contributions.-Operation:The award was established on the initiative of International Federation of the Phonographic Industry , an organization that represents the interests of the recording industry worldwide...

. Pretty Scary Silver Fairy

Pretty Scary Silver Fairy

Pretty Scary Silver Fairy is the second album by Norwegian pop rock singer Margaret Berger. It was released by Sony BMG in Norway on 2 October 2006. Its title comes from Berger's wish for the album to be "sweet but mean at the same time"...

, released in October 2006, reached number eight in Norway. Influenced by Björk

Björk

Björk Guðmundsdóttir , known as Björk , is an Icelandic singer-songwriter. Her eclectic musical style has achieved popular acknowledgement and popularity within many musical genres, such as rock, jazz, electronic dance music, classical and folk...

, Daft Punk

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 and The Knife

The Knife

The Knife are a Swedish electronic music duo from Gothenburg, formed in 1999. The group consists of siblings Karin Dreijer Andersson and Olof Dreijer, who together also run their own record company, Rabid Records. They first received international attention after their song "Heartbeats", covered by...

, the album was a departure from her previous effort. It featured a mixture of electronica

Electronica

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 and dance-pop

Dance-pop

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 music and produced two top twenty singles. The lead single

Lead single

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, "Samantha

Samantha (song)

"Samantha" is an electropop song performed by Norwegian singer Margaret Berger. The song was written by Jukka Immonen, Berger and Patric Sarin for her second album Pretty Scary Silver Fairy...

", reached number six and its lyrics

Lyrics

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 discuss women who change themselves to please others. She is currently recording her third album in London

London

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, England

England

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In 2008, Berger became the music director of NRK P3

NRK P3

NRK P3 is one of three nation-wide analogue radio channels operated by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation . It was established as NRK's third radio channel in 1993, and focuses on youth culture: principally music, together with humour, entertainment, and health education.Over the years NRK P3...

, one of the three nation-wide radio

Radio

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 channels of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation.

Idol (Norway)

Berger participated in the second season of Idol: Jakten på en superstjerne. She made it all the way to the top 50, and competed in the semifinals. She did not make it through in her initial semifinal round, where she lost to Maria Haukaas Mittet (Then Maria Haukaas Storeng

Maria Haukaas Storeng

The following article is a discography of albums and singles released by Norwegian artist Maria Mittet.-Albums:2011: , med Oslo Gospel Choir-Singles:-Featured-on albums:*1991 "Annie" - den norske suksessversjonen...

) and Kjartan Salvesen

Kjartan Salvesen

Kjartan Salvesen is the winner of the second season of Norwegian version of Idol by 840.000 votes, the highest number for any participant on the show. His single "Standing Tall" sold five times platinum, making it the second most sold single of all time in Norway. He later released a self-titled...

 (the eventual winner). However, she received a call-back for the wildcards from the judge Anneli Drecker

Anneli Drecker

Anneli Marian Drecker is a German-Norwegian singer and actress from the city of Tromsø. She is the vocalist for the seminal dream pop band Bel Canto. In the fall of 2006 Bel Canto celebrated the twentieth anniversary of the first album with several concerts...

, with Drecker saying that Margaret was one of her favorite contestants. She was the top vote getter with her rendition of The Beatles

The Beatles

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' "Come Together

Come Together

"Come Together" is a song by The Beatles written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney. The song is the opening track on The Beatles' September 1969 album Abbey Road....

" thus making it to the top 11 alongside fellow contestant Susanne Nordboe.

Performances

Week #	Theme	Song choice	Original recording artist	Order #	Result
Audition	Auditioner's Choice	"Forgive Me Love"	Alanis Morissette Alanis Morissette Alanis Nadine Morissette is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, record producer, and actress. She has won 16 Juno Awards and seven Grammy Awards, was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards and also shortlisted for an Academy Award nomination...	N/A	Advanced
Semifinals	N/A	"Were You Worth My Tears?"	Margaret Berger	N/A	Eliminated
Semifinals (Wildcard)	N/A	"Come Together Come Together "Come Together" is a song by The Beatles written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney. The song is the opening track on The Beatles' September 1969 album Abbey Road.... "	The Beatles The Beatles The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...	N/A	Safe
Top 11	Favorite Artist	"Forgiven"	Alanis Morissette Alanis Morissette Alanis Nadine Morissette is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, record producer, and actress. She has won 16 Juno Awards and seven Grammy Awards, was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards and also shortlisted for an Academy Award nomination...	N/A	Safe
Top 9	Norwegian 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...  Hits	"Splitter Pine"	DumDum Boys DumDum Boys DumDum Boys is a Norwegian rock band from Trondheim. They started up in the late 1970s as a punk band under the name "Wannskrækk", and released a few singles under that name before they reinvented themselves with a new name and a somewhat new sound in 1985....	N/A	Bottom three
Top 8	Disco Disco Disco is a genre of dance music. Disco acts charted high during the mid-1970s, and the genre's popularity peaked during the late 1970s. It had its roots in clubs that catered to African American, gay, psychedelic, and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and...	"Don't Leave Me This Way Don't Leave Me This Way "Don't Leave Me This Way" is an R&B/soul/disco song written by Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff, and Cary Gilbert. First charting as a hit for Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, an act on Gamble & Huff's Philadelphia International label in 1975, "Don't Leave Me This Way" was later a hit single for both... "	Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes were an American singing group, one of the most popular Philadelphia soul groups of the 1970s. The group's repertoire included soul, R&B, doo-wop, and disco...	N/A	Bottom three
Top 7	Year They Were Born	"Walking On Sunshine Walking on Sunshine (song) "Walking on Sunshine" is a song written by Kimberley Rew for Katrina and the Waves' 1983 eponymous debut full-length album. The re-recorded version was at first released on the band's 1985 self-titled album as the album's second single and reached No. 4 in Australia, No. 9 in the United States,... "	Katrina and the Waves Katrina and the Waves Katrina and the Waves was an English pop rock band, best known for their 1985 hit "Walking on Sunshine" and their 1997 Eurovision Song Contest victory with the song "Love Shine a Light".-Pre-history: The Waves and Mama's Cookin' :...	N/A	Bottom three
Top 6	VG-lista Top 20 Top 5 Hits	"Murder on the Dancefloor Murder on the Dancefloor "Murder on the Dancefloor" is a song written by Gregg Alexander and Sophie Ellis-Bextor, produced by Alexander and Matt Rowe for Ellis-Bextor's first album Read My Lips. After the release of "Take Me Home" in August 2001, Ellis-Bextor released her best-selling single to date in December 2001... "	Sophie Ellis-Bextor Sophie Ellis-Bextor Sophie Michelle Ellis-Bextor is an English singer, songwriter, model and occasional DJ. She first came to prominence in the late 1990s, as the lead singer of the indie rock band Theaudience. After the group disbanded, Ellis-Bextor went solo, achieving widespread success in the early 2000s...	N/A	Safe
Top 5	Big Band	"It's Oh So Quiet It's Oh So Quiet "It's Oh, So Quiet" is a song by American singer Betty Hutton, released in 1951 as the B-side to the single "Murder, He Says". It is a cover of the German song "Und Jetzt ist es Still", performed by Horst Winter in 1948, written by Austrian composer Hans Lang and Erich Meder... "	Björk Björk Björk Guðmundsdóttir , known as Björk , is an Icelandic singer-songwriter. Her eclectic musical style has achieved popular acknowledgement and popularity within many musical genres, such as rock, jazz, electronic dance music, classical and folk...	N/A	Bottom two
Top 4	Songs of the Cinema	"Queen of the Night Queen of the Night (song) "Queen of the Night" is a song co-written and performed by American pop/R&B singer Whitney Houston. It was the fifth and final single released from the multiplatinum The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album... " "Uninvited Uninvited (song) In October 2007, a new Freemasons electro/house version was released, featuring a vocal by Bailey Tzuke. This version is shorter than their earlier mix and arranged in a more radio-friendly way.... "	Whitney Houston Whitney Houston Whitney Elizabeth Houston is an American singer, actress, producer and a former model. Houston is the most awarded female act of all time, according to Guinness World Records, and her list of awards include 1 Emmy Award, 6 Grammy Awards, 30 Billboard Music Awards, 22 American Music Awards, among... Alanis Morissette Alanis Morissette Alanis Nadine Morissette is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, record producer, and actress. She has won 16 Juno Awards and seven Grammy Awards, was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards and also shortlisted for an Academy Award nomination...	N/A	Safe
Top 3	Judges' Choice	"It's My Life It's My Life (Talk Talk song) "It's My Life" is a song by the British synthpop band Talk Talk. Written by Mark Hollis and Tim Friese-Greene, it was the title track on the band's second album in 1984. The song was released as a single in January 1984, then again in 1985, and a third time in 1990 when it finally became a hit and... " "Stop Stop! (Sam Brown song) "Stop!" is a song by English singer Sam Brown.The single was originally released in 1988, missing the UK top forty and peaking at number fifty-two. It was not until 1989, however, that the single became a hit, when it peaked at number four on the UK Singles Chart. "Stop!" became her biggest hit to... "	No Doubt No Doubt No Doubt is an American rock band from Anaheim, California that formed in 1986. The ska-pop sound of their first album No Doubt , failed to make an impact... Sam Brown	2 5	Safe
Top 2	Contestant's Choice Contestant's Choice Winner's Single	"Come Together Come Together "Come Together" is a song by The Beatles written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney. The song is the opening track on The Beatles' September 1969 album Abbey Road.... " "Forgiven" "Standing Tall Standing Tall Standing Tall is the 14th album by the jazz group The Crusaders after they changed their name from The Jazz Crusaders, and their 3rd studio album with MCA Records... "	The Beatles The Beatles The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr... Alanis Morissette Alanis Morissette Alanis Nadine Morissette is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, record producer, and actress. She has won 16 Juno Awards and seven Grammy Awards, was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards and also shortlisted for an Academy Award nomination... Kjartan Salvesen Kjartan Salvesen Kjartan Salvesen is the winner of the second season of Norwegian version of Idol by 840.000 votes, the highest number for any participant on the show. His single "Standing Tall" sold five times platinum, making it the second most sold single of all time in Norway. He later released a self-titled...	1 3 5	Runner-up

Discography

• 2004: Chameleon
• 2006: Pretty Scary Silver Fairy
  Pretty Scary Silver Fairy
  Pretty Scary Silver Fairy is the second album by Norwegian pop rock singer Margaret Berger. It was released by Sony BMG in Norway on 2 October 2006. Its title comes from Berger's wish for the album to be "sweet but mean at the same time"...
  
  

External links

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