Venke Knutson
Encyclopedia
Venke Knutson is a Norwegian
singer. Since 2003, she has had six top 10 hits in Norway.
Early in her life she lived with her family in the United States
.
She joined the school choir. Inspired by two older sisters, she applied for music at the Vågsbygd skole (Vågsbygd school), when the family was about to go back home to Norway.
She used to be an elementary teacher in Norway. She was earlier married to Svenn Kåre Liodden, but they divorced. She married Thomas Wold in 2008.
She debuted in 2003 with the single "Panic", followed by her first album Scared and the singles "Scared" and "Kiss".
Venke Knutson entered the qualifying rounds of the Melodi Grand Prix 2010 (the Norwegian selection process for the Eurovision Song Contest
) on 16 January and was voted through to the national "second chance" program, with the song "Jealous 'Cause I Love You", where she was voted through to the national final.
1 Released as airplay singles
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...
singer. Since 2003, she has had six top 10 hits in Norway.
Life and career
Venke Knutson was born in Birkeland, in 1978. She was the youngest of three sisters, in a musical family, and she got inspired to sing by her elder sisters.Early in her life she lived with her family in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
She joined the school choir. Inspired by two older sisters, she applied for music at the Vågsbygd skole (Vågsbygd school), when the family was about to go back home to Norway.
She used to be an elementary teacher in Norway. She was earlier married to Svenn Kåre Liodden, but they divorced. She married Thomas Wold in 2008.
She debuted in 2003 with the single "Panic", followed by her first album Scared and the singles "Scared" and "Kiss".
Venke Knutson entered the qualifying rounds of the Melodi Grand Prix 2010 (the Norwegian selection process for the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...
) on 16 January and was voted through to the national "second chance" program, with the song "Jealous 'Cause I Love You", where she was voted through to the national final.
Albums
| Year | Title | Chart positions | Sales |
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| NO 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... |
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| 2004 | "Scared" | 5 | Norwegian sales: 30.000 |
| 2005 | "Places I Have Been" | 7 | Norwegian sales: 20.000 |
| 2007 | "Crush" | 14 | Norwegian sales: 10.000 |
| 2010 | "Smiles - The very best of" | 9 | Norwegian sales: 10.000+ |
Singles
| Year | Title | Chart positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| NO 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... |
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| 2003 | "Panic" | 10 | Scared |
| 2004 | "Scared" | 10 | |
| "Kiss"1 | — | ||
| "In2u"1 | — | ||
| 2005 | "Just A Minute" | 1 | Places I Have Been |
| "When the Stars Go Blue When the Stars Go Blue - Music video : The video for "When the Stars Go Blue" is pieced together from the "Live" session at VH1.- Charts :-Tim McGraw cover:In 2006, the song was released by Tim McGraw as the first single from his album Tim McGraw Reflected: Greatest Hits Vol. 2, with added country-style and more... " (featuring Kurt Nilsen Kurt Nilsen The following is a discography of albums and singles released by Norwegian music artist Kurt Nilsen.-Albums:-Singles:-Other releases:*1998 Shoe... ) |
14 | ||
| 2007 | "Holiday" | 4 | Crush |
| "Walk The Walk" | 5 | ||
| "Win With Your Hands Down"1 | — | ||
| 2010 | "Jealous 'Cause I Love You" | 5 | Smiles - The very best of |
1 Released as airplay singles