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Also known as Agnes Caroline Thaarup Obel

Danish singer, composer, and pianist

Person · Open Library

Born
1980
Works
2

Top works

  • Agnes Obel
  • Aventine

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Film & TV

Sound · Copenhagen, Denmark

Agnes Obel is a Danish singer, songwriter, music composer and musician.

Known for

  • Agnes Obel en concert Collège des Bernardins, Paris — Self2016
  • Agnes Obel: iTunes Festival 2013 London — Singer2013
  • The Boy Who Walked Backwards1995
  • Morgenmagazin — Self1992

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
Denmark
Active from
1980
alternativealternative singer/songwriteralternative/indie rockambient popart popclassical music

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
978,018
Total plays
28,040,779

Tags

folksinger-songwriterfemale vocalistsdanishindie

Agnes Caroline Thaarup Obel (born 28th october 1980) is a Danish singer-songwriter. Her first album, Philharmonics, was released by PIAS Recordings on 4 October 2010 in Denmark, Norway, Germany and other European countries. Since February 2011, Philharmonics is certified gold. On September 30th 2013, she released her second album Aventine. Agnes Obel was born Agnes Caroline Thaarup Obel in 1981. Living in Copenhagen, and coming from a musician family, Agnes Obel learned piano at a very young ag

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Key facts

Born
Agnes Caroline Thaarup Obel , ( 1980-10-28 ) 28 October 1980 (age 45) , Copenhagen , Denmark
Origin
Berlin , Germany
Genres
Chamber pop neo-classical jazz
Occupations
Singer songwriter musician
Instruments
Vocals, piano
Years active
1990–present
Labels
PIAS Recordings Deutsche Grammophon Universal Classics
Spouse
Alex Brüel Flagstad
Website
agnesobel .com

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Encyclopedic overview

Agnes Caroline Thaarup Obel (born 28 October 1980) is a Danish singer, songwriter, and musician based in Berlin.

Her debut album, Philharmonics (2010), was released by PIAS Recordings and certified gold in June 2011 by the Belgian Entertainment Association (BEA) after selling 10,000 units. At the Danish Music Awards in November 2011, Obel won five prizes, including Best Album and Best Debut Artist. Her second album, Aventine (2013), received positive reviews and charted in the top 40 of the charts in nine countries.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Agnes Obel” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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