Christopher (singer)

Christopher

Christopher Live in 2012
Background information
Birth name Christopher Lund Nissen
Born (1992-01-31) January 31, 1992
Frederiksberg
Origin Denmark
Genres Pop
Occupation(s) Singer
Instruments Vocal and guitar
Years active 2011 – present
Labels EMI Denmark
Associated acts Frida Amundsen
Molly Sandén
Website http://christophermusic.dk/

Christopher Nissen (born January 31, 1992) is a Danish singer from Copenhagen, signed to EMI Denmark. In November 2012, he won an award at the Danish Music Awards 2012. He was awarded New Thinker of the Year (Årets nytænker), given by Spotify as an innovation prize.[1] Christopher gets his inspiration for Michael Jackson, Justin Timberlake, Bruno Mars and John Mayer. Christopher's songs include CPH Girls and Tulips, which will also be released in China. Since Christopher started making music in 2011 and had a net worth of 80 million in 2015. January 29, 2016 released a new song called Limousine with the artist Madcon.

Career

Christopher started singing covers of others' singer's songs. His debut single was "Against the Odds", co-written by Kay & Ndustry, Kasper Larsen, Ole Brodersen, Curtis Richa and Johan Wetterberg, and produced by Kay & Ndustry and GL Music's Lasse Lindorff.[2] It was released in September 2011, reaching number 23 on the Danish Singles Chart.[3] The accompanying music video is directed by Nicolas Tobias Følsgaard and Jonas Lodahl Andersen. His follow-up single "Nothing in Common" entered the Danish Singles Chart straight at number 5 in 2012. His debut album is Colours. He released "Told You So" in late 2013 and he released his newest single "Crazy" on January 31, 2014. August 7, his single Tulips out in Denmark, Norway and China, and Tulips quickly went number 1 in Denmark

Personal life

He was born in Frederiksberg, but later moved to Amager, Denmark with his parents and little brother Oliver.[4] In 2012 Christopher moved in with his girlfriend the Danish singer Medina. The couple later spilt up. Since 2014 Christopher has been in a relationship with the Danish model Cecilie Haugaard. Today the couples live in Amager in a property worth 6,72mio. Christopher and Cecilie Haugaard have been together for one year in 2015.

Discography

Albums

Year Song Peak Certification
DEN
[5]
2012 Colours 4
2014 Told You So 1
  • DEN: Gold

Singles

Year Song Peaks Certifications Album
DEN
[5]		 SWE
[6]
2011 "Against the Odds" 23 –
  • DEN: Platinum
 Colours
2012 "Nothing in Common" 5 –
  • DEN: Platinum
"Mine, Mine, Mine" 19 –
  • DEN: Platinum
"Colours"
(featuring Frida Amundsen)		 19 –
  • DEN: Gold
2013 "We Should Be" 15 –
  • DEN: Platinum
 Non-album single
"Told You So" 4 –
  • DEN: 2× Platinum
 Told You So
2014 "Nympho" 21 –
  • DEN: Gold
"Crazy" 2 –
  • DEN: Gold
"Mama" 9 –
  • DEN: Gold
"Waterfall" 13 –
  • DEN: Platinum
"CPH Girls"
(featuring Brandon Beal)		 1 –
  • DEN: Platinum
"First Like" 34 –
2015 "Tulips" 4 –
  • DEN: Gold
 Non-album single
"Christopher" 39 –
2016 "Limousine"
(featuring Madcon)		 11 69

Featured in

Year Song Peak Certifications Album
DEN
[5]
2012 "A Little Forgiveness"
(Molly Sandén featuring Christopher)		 — Molly Sandén album
Unchained
"Where Do We Go from Here"
(Svenstrup & Vendelboe featuring Christopher)		 2
  • DEN: Gold
 N/A
2014 "Twerk It Like Miley"
(Brandon Beal featuring Christopher)		 1
  • DEN: Gold

Filmography

Prizes

References

  1. ↑ Mynewsdesk.com
  2. ↑ GL Music: Christopher – 'Against The Odds'
  3. ↑ DanishCharts: Christopher page
  4. ↑ "Christopher". Se og hør (in Danish). Aller Media A / S. Archived from the original on 27 December 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 danishcharts.com: Christopher Discography
  6. ↑ SwedishCharts.com: Christopher feat. Madcon - "Limousine" page

External links

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