Stein Ingebrigtsen (born 23 August 1945) is a
Norwegian singer. He was enormously popular in Norway in the 1970s, nicknamed "Mr. Norsktoppen" for his countless hits topping
Norsktoppen, an official chart for music in Norwegian.
Biography
From the 1960s and through the 1970s, he sold more than one million albums, most of his songs being Norwegian translations of classics and famous pop songs of that period. Ingebrigtsen was heavily involved in the ''Treff''-series ("Treff" being a direct Norwegian translation of "hit") which by 1978 finally comprised 21 discs consisting of translations of popular foreign songs. Among his hits were Norwegian versions of "
Only You (and You Alone)
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" ("Bare du") and "
It Never Rains in Southern California
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Lyrical content
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" ("Solen skinner alltid der du aller helst vil være"). After this, Ingebrigtsen stepped down his own musical activity and only sporadic releases such as ''Stjernetegn'' and ''Soldatenes kortstokk'' in 1988 and 1989. He continued working as a producer for other musicians. Ingebrigtsen released ''Edelstein – de 20 beste'' in 2001.
He is the father of pop-singer
Christian Ingebrigtsen
Christian Ingebrigtsen (born 25 January 1977) is a Norwegian singer-songwriter and musician. He is a member of the pop group A1.
Biography
Ingebrigtsen was born in Oslo, Norway, into a musical family. His father Stein Ingebrigtsen was the ...
, who is a member of the England-based
boy band
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A1.
Discography
Studio albums
*note - this may be an incomplete list of studio album
Charted compilations albums
Top 10 charted singles
References
20th-century Norwegian male singers
Living people
1945 births
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