Ukendt Kunstner (;

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: 'Unknown Artist') is a Danish

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group from

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, founded in 2012 by rapper Hans Philip and producer Jens Ole Wowk McCoy. They were signed to the label

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Denmark. The duo started under the name Skørmand before changing it to Ukendt Kunstner. They released their commercial debut single "København" in 2012, taken from their

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''Hælervarer'', and gained widespread fame through their first album ''Neonlys'' and its title track. In 2013, they were nominated for "Danish Urban Release" during the

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and in 2014 nominations for P3 Guld for "P3 Talent" and "P3 listening hit". In 2014, they released their follow-up album ''Forbandede Ungdom''. At Danish Music Awards 2014, they won the prize as "Årets Danske Gruppe", which translates to "Danish Group of the Year". In December 2016, after the release of their third album, ''Den Anden Side'', they announced that they had decided to stop making music together. In May 2023, they released a fourth studio album, ''Dansktop'', which reformed the Danish duo.

Discography

Albums

EPs

* ''Hælervarer, Side A'' (2012) * ''Hælervarer, Side B'' (2012)

Singles

Discography: Hans Philip

Albums

Singles

Other charting songs

Discography: Jens Ole McCoy

Albums

*2017: ''Underverden'' (Original Motion Picture Score) for '' Darkland'' a film by

Fenar Ahmad Fenar Ahmad (in Arabic language, Arabic فنار أحمد) is a Danish filmmaker of Iraqi origin. He was born in 1981 in Czechoslovakia to immigrant Iraqi parents. In 1986 the family emigrated to Denmark. There he studied film in the alternative fi ...

*2019: ''Valhalla'' (Original Motion Picture Score) for ''

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'' a film by Fenar Ahmad *2024: ''Jens Ole McCoy''

Singles

References

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