Kristian Kristensen (born May 12, 1992) is a Norwegian singer/songwriter from
Harstad Harstad may refer to:
Places
*Harstad (town)
Harstad (; ) is a List of towns and cities in Norway, city in Harstad Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The city is also the administrative centre of Harstad Municipality. The city has a populati ...
,
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...
. He started his solo career in 2013 through the Norwegian TV-show
The Voice, and signed with
Warner Music
Warner Music Group Corp., commonly abbreviated as WMG, is an American multinational entertainment and record label conglomerate headquartered in New York City. It is one of the " big three" recording companies and the third-largest in the gl ...
Norway in 2015.
Career
Ahead of his participation in The Voice, Kristian and the rest of his bandmates in ''No Name – No Fame'' tried to reach success through the Norwegian TV-show
The X Factor
''The X Factor'' is a television music competition franchise created by British producer Simon Cowell and his company Syco Entertainment. It originated in the United Kingdom, where it was devised as a replacement for '' Pop Idol'' (2001–200 ...
back in 2009. The band never made it through to the finals, but four years later Kristian made it through to the semi-finals in
The Voice as a solo act.
In the years between 2013 and 2015 Kristian worked on writing and composing his own music, and in 2015 he made it through to the final round of
NRK P3
NRK P3 is a nationwide digital radio channel operated by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK). It was established as NRK's third radio channel in 1993 and was the result of the NRK radio channel reform initiated in 1992 by radio director ...
s "Urørt" with the song ''«Lyset».''
Since his signing with the major label, he released a number of singles before the release of his debut EP in 2015. The EP ''«Før Det Blir For Seint»'' consists of 6 tracks, which are all written and performed in his hometown accent, with the exception of ''«Nella Fantasia»''.
Live
As a contestant on several Norwegian TV-shows, Kristian started his live career at an early age. After his signing he went on a tour around Norway, including shows in the big cities Stavanger, Bergen, Trondheim and Oslo. He also performed live during a radio show which was held in connection with the Norwegian industry festival
by:Larm. This was the second consecutive year he held a live performance at the festival, seeing as
NRKs Urørt is also in connection to by:Larm.
Discography
Albums
* ''Samger fra Hver gang vi møtes'' (2023)
* ''2003'' (2022)
* ''Kor vi ende'' (2019)
EPs
* ''Living Room Sessions'' (2020)
* ''Gressholmen'' (2017)
* ''Før det blir for seint'' (2016)
Singles
* "Lyset" (2015)
* "Rusen våkner igjen" (2015)
* "Kan du lære mæ?" (2016)
* "Du som snakke" (2016)
* "Varm" (2016)
Awards and nominations
References
External links
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1992 births
Living people
Musicians from Harstad