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Alexander Rybak
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Norwegian singer, actor, violinist, composer, pianist
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Alexander Rybak is a male Norwegian artist whose work spans pop, folk, classical crossover, and soft rock genres. He began his professional career in 1991 and is associated with Norway. His musical style has been tagged with descriptors including pop, folk, Norwegian, and Eurovision.
Rybak has released five works and maintains an official website. He has accumulated 1,560,000 social media followers and 539,557 listeners on Last.fm, where his music has been played 8,346,417 times. His lyrics include lines such as "I'm in love with a fairytale, even though it hurts" and "Don`t promise me forever, just love me day by day."
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Belarus
- Place of birth
- Minsk
- Occupation
- voice actor
- Educated at
- Columbia College Chicago
- Languages spoken
- Norwegian
- Religion
- Christianity
- Participant in
- Eurovision Song Contest 2018
- Genre
- crossover
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Universal Music Group
- Discography
- Alexander Rybak discography
- Official website
- alexanderrybak.com
- Image
- Alexander Rybak 001.jpg
- Voice type
- tenore di grazia
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- Commons category
- Alexander Rybak
- date of birth
- 1986-05-13
- Commons gallery
- Alexander Rybak
- start of work period
- 1991-00-00
- pseudonym
- Alexander Rybak
- social media followers
- 1560000
- competition won
- Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018
- birth name
- Aliaksandr Iharavitch Rybak
- ethnic group
- Belarusians
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Encyclopedic overview
Alexander Igorevich Rybak (Russian: Александр Игоревич Рыбак; born 13 May 1986) or Alyaksandr Iharavich Rybak (Belarusian: Аляксандр Ігаравіч Рыбак) is a Norwegian singer, songwriter and actor. Based in Oslo, Norway, Rybak extensively worked on television programs and on tours in Europe, particularly in Scandinavia and Eastern Europe throughout the early 2010s. Performing in English, Russian and Norwegian, Rybak has released five albums.
His debut 2009 album, Fairytales, charted in the top 20 in nine European countries, including a top position in Norway and Russia. After two pop albums in Fairytales and No Boundaries (2010), Rybak switched to become a family-oriented artist, focusing on children's and classical music and frequently performing with youth orchestras.
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