Elvira Nikolaisen

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Elvira Nikolaisen (born 1980 in Moi) is a Norwegian singer-songwriter signed for Sony BMG. She released her debut single Love I Can't Defend in December 2005, it reached the number 3 spot on the Norwegian singles list. She followed up the hit with her first album, Quiet Exit, and a second single, Egypt Song, in March 2006. The album peaked at #2 in the Norwegian chart. [1].

She from a musical family, her father is a church organist and her brother Emil is the vocalist and guitarist for Serena Maneesh, and her sister Hilma is the bassist for the same band. Her brother Ivar is lead singer of the Norwegian punk band Silver.[2] While she's from a very religious family, Nikolaisen rejected her Christian beliefs at the age of eighteen. Some of her lyrics reflect the impact of this change on her life. [3]

[edit] Quiet Exit track list

  1. Love I Can't Defend
  2. Quiet Exit
  3. Habit
  4. Egypt Song
  5. Not My Place
  6. Sweet, Sweet
  7. Carpenter
  8. My Way Back In
  9. Scarecrow
  10. Troops
  11. Disheartening
  12. Everything Reminds Me of You


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[edit] References

  1. ^ VG-lista, official Norwegian album and single chart
  2. ^ musikknyheter.no
  3. ^ (Norwegian) Article from Vårt Land of unknown date
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