Christian Ingebrigtsen

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Christian Ingebrigtsen (born January 25, 1977 in Siggerud outside Oslo) is a Norwegian singer-songwriter and musician. He was a member of the British boyband a1 from 1999 to 2002.

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[edit] Background

He was born into a musical family. His father Stein Ingebrigtsen was the biggest selling recording artist in Norway in the 1970's. Already at the age of 3 Christian joined his father on tour. He learned to play the violin at six, and later started playing the piano and guitar. At school he concentrated on music and drama, and eventually played the piano at local events and at church. At 16 he started composing his own songs, and as an exchange student in Kentucky in the US he participated in musicals, talent contests and held his own concerts. In 1995 he was even given the state award Kentucky Colonel, something he shares with the likes of Bing Crosby and Winston Churchill.

In 1996 Christian got into the new highly anticipated LIPA academy in Liverpool, where he studied song-writing and production. In 1998 he was one of 2500 auditioning for a new boyband. A teacher at LIPA recommended Christian to manager Tim Byrne working on putting together the group, and he became the third member of a1, who after becoming a quartet, signed a record deal with Columbia records in 1999 (for details on the a1 period click here).

[edit] Solo career

In 2003 Christian started his career as a solo artist. His debut was the specially written duet In Love with an Angel for the new talent Maria Arredondo and himself. The song became a smash hit, staying 3 months on the top 10 list of VG-Lista Topp 20 (Norway's official single chart). The chemistry between the two was perfect, and Christian even wrote the song True Friendship for her debut album. In May of the same year he made his debut as a solo performer with the song Things Are Gonna Change. Christian had landed a contract with Universal Records and despite his fans in other countries from his a1-period, he chose to concentrate on the Norwegian market. The single went straight to number one on VG Lista Topp 20. A successful transition from boyband to pop-star was sealed with the popular radio hit Take Back Yesterday in November 2003.

His debut solo album was released December 27, 2003. Titled Take Back Yesterday it was backed up by a massive ad campaign on TV. The album was mainly produced by Christian himself, and the songs written largely by himself. The critics weren't too convinced but that didn't seem to stop Norwegian record buyers. The album made it's debut at number 6 on the official album chart, VG Lista Topp 40, climbed to number 2 and stayed on as one of the ten most sold albums for two months. His duet with Maria Arredondo, In Love with an Angel was nominated as Song of the Year for Spellemannsprisen (Norwegian Grammys), but lost to World Idol-winner Kurt Nilsen's smash hit She's So High. The third single from the album, Can't Give Up, was released in March 2004 and became another radio favorite.

In February 2005 he split with Universal and was signed by EMI. He is currently spending most of his time working on his second solo album.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums (with a1)

[edit] Solo Albums

  • Take Back Yesterday (2003)

[edit] Singles

  • In Love with an Angel (Single feat. Maria Arredondo 2003)
  • Things are Gonna Change (2003)
  • Take Back Yesterday (2003)
  • Can't give up (Single which includes the special bonus track "Jesus to Jeopardy" 2003)

[edit] Vocal Appearances

  • Brother Bear Soundtrack (min bror bjørnen 2004)
  • Edward John: Find Me Guilty, Time to Give
  • RADIOACTIVE: Forgiveness (9 November 2005 )

[edit] Appearances

[edit] 100th Siggerud Church Anniversary

  • Special Public Appearance by Christian and his father Stein Ingebrigtsen in Siggerud celebrating 100th anniversary of the local church, Sunday, September 18th, at 12:30.

[edit] Piano Piano

  • Christian will appear on the popular Norwegian, musical talkshow "Piano piano" with Ingrid Bjרrnov on TV2, saturday 17th of December at 9.40 p.m. (21.40). He will be singing "The Christmas Song" (Chestnuts roasting on an open fire).

[edit] Filmography

  • Party in the Park 2002 (2002) (TV) (as A1)Performer
  • Mgp 2002 - de unges melodi grand prix (2002) (TV) Himself - Performer aka Mgp 2002
  • Mgp jr. (2002) (TV) (as A1) Himself - Performer aka MGP junior (Norway: promotional title)
  • Pop Goes Christmas (2001) (TV) (as A1) Performer
  • Popstars In Their Eyes (2001) (TV) (as A1) Himself/The Beatles
  • Party in the Park 2001 (2001) (TV) (as A1) Performer
  • Brit Awards 2001 (2001) (TV) (as A1) Himself
  • Get Ready to Be Boyzvoiced (2000) Himself (A1)
  • Stars Sing The Beatles (2000) (TV) (as a1) Performer/Himself
  • TV Hits Awards 1999 (1999) (TV) (as A1) Himself

[edit] TV Guest Appearances

  • "Først & sist" playing "Himself" (episode # 9.10) 13 March 2003
  • "The Young and the Restless" playing "Himself" (episode # 1.7408) 21 June 2002
  • "The Young and the Restless" playing "Himself" (episode # 1.7407) 20 June 2002
  • "V Graham Norton" playing "Himself" (as A1) (episode # 1.9) 16 May 2002
  • "Never Mind the Buzzcocks" playing "Himself" (episode # 10.8) 25 February 2002
  • "Top of the Pops" playing "Himself" 1 February 2002
  • "The Saturday Show" playing "Himself" 19 January 2002
  • "Children in Need" playing "Himself" 16 November 2001
  • "Musikbutikken" playing "Himself - a1" 3 February 2001
  • "Top of the Pops" playing "Himself" (as A1) 17 November 2000
  • "Top of the Pops" playing "Himself" (as A1) 7 September 2000
  • "Night Fever" playing "Judge" (as A1) 11 December 1999

[edit] External links

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