Born in 1965 in the Icelandic capital city of Reykjavik, the daughter of Gudmundur Gunnarsson (an electrician) and Hildur Hauksdóttir who divorced before her second birthday, Björk grew up in a hippie-type community with her mother and her seven siblings. She started to study classical music at the...See full bio »
2005Screaming Masterpiece
(documentary)
(lyrics: "All is Full of Love", "Pluto" / performer: "All is Full of Love", "Oceania", "Pluto" / "Oceania", "Pluto")
2000Dancer in the Dark
(writer: "OVERTURE", "CVALDA", "I'VE SEEN IT ALL", "SMITH & WESSON", "IN THE MUSICALS, PART 1", "IN THE MUSICALS, PART 2", "107 STEPS", "NEXT TO LAST SONG", "NEW WORLD OVERTURE" / performer: "CVALDA", "I'VE SEEN IT ALL", "SMITH & WESSON", "IN THE MUSICALS, PART 1", "IN THE MUSICALS, PART 2", "107 STEPS", "NEXT TO LAST SONG", "NEW WORLD OVERTURE", "MY FAVOURITE THINGS", "SO LONG, FAREWELL", "CLIMB EVERY MOUNTAIN" / producer: "OVERTURE", "CVALDA", "I'VE SEEN IT ALL", "SMITH & WESSON", "IN THE MUSICALS, PART 1", "IN THE MUSICALS, PART 2", "107 STEPS", "NEW WORLD OVERTURE" / arranger: "CVALDA", "I'VE SEEN IT ALL", "SMITH & WESSON", "IN THE MUSICALS, PART 1", "IN THE MUSICALS, PART 2", "107 STEPS", "NEW WORLD OVERTURE")
–
Dream On
(1995)
(performer: "Big Time Sensuality")
–
Closing Time
(1993)
(performer: "Human Behavior")
1995Butterfly Kiss
(music: "There's More To Life Than This" / as Bjork Gudmundsdottir / lyrics: "There's More To Life Than This" / as Bjork Gudmundsdottir / performer: "There's More To Life Than This")
1995Tank Girl
(writer: "Army of Me", "Big Time Sensuality" / as Bjork Gudmundsdottir / performer: "Army of Me" / as Bjork Gudmundsdottir / performer: "Big Time Sensuality" / as Bjork)
People are always asking me about eskimos, but there are no eskimos in Iceland.
See more »
Trivia:
In 2002, her mother, Hildur Rúna Hauksdóttir, went on a short-lived hunger strike to protest the development of an aluminum smelter at Reyðarfjörður, on the Icelandic coast. Reyðarfjörður was the setting of one of her music videos.
See more »
Show all
Hide all
,4,136,14,196,arialbd,7,255,255,255,1_.jpg "Saturday Night Live: Season 23: Episode 3 -- A controversial gourd expert talks squash with Margaret Jo and Terry on NPR.")
company.