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Chris Holsten | |
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 Chris Holsten performing at by:Larm | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 4 May 1993 Lillestrøm, Norway |
| Genres | |
| Occupation | Singer-songwriter |
| Years active | 2014–present |
| Labels | Warner Music Norway |
| Website | www |
Christoffer "Chris" Holsten (born May 4, 1993) is a Norwegian singer, songwriter and producer. [1]
Holsten comes from a musical family. He played the title role in a Norwegian language musical production Oliver that played in the Lillestrøm Cultural Center in 2003 when he was just 10 years old. [1] He also ended up with roles in other stage presentations like Skatten på Sjørøverøya and Scrooge and at age 17 started putting musical materials online, ending up with a contract with the Circle management group.
An avid sportsman, he joined the junior level football (soccer) with the local Lillestrøm SK football club following both music and sports simultaneously.
Holsten came to prominence when he was featured in the vocals of Norwegian duo Broiler's 2014 hit "Rays of Light" although he was not credited in the official title of the release. [2] The song reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart and number 2 on US Billboard Dance/Electronic Songs chart, also charting on VG-lista, the official Norwegian Singles Chart. His vocals were featured also on Martin Björk 2015 song "Ricochet", charting number 1 on iTunes in Sweden. [1] Holsten co-wrote «Happiness», the debut single South Korean girl group Red Velvet released in 2014 alongside Will Simms, Chad Hugo (of The Neptunes) and Anne Judith Wik (of Dsign Music). The song made it number 1 in South Korean Gaon Music Chart.
Holsten released his debut single titled "Layers" written by Holsten along with Katrin Fröder, Anders Kjær and Bernt Rune Stray. [3] A music video was also launched for the song directed by Christian Bastiansen featuring dancer Ragnhild Skar Hajum. [4] [5]
In 2016 he got signed to Warner Music Norway [6] and shortly after he released his single "On My Own" with Norwegian production duo Rat City. The single led him to join the official Norwegian Charts Tour, [7] even though the song never made it to the hit-list itself.
In 2017, he released the song "Mexico" which was a huge success with over 12 million streams on Spotify, followed by the songs "Echo" and "All About You" which he did with Madden. For the second year in a row, Chris performed at VG-Lista Rådhusplassen, in addition to Vulkan Arena, P3 Christine Live and Senkveld.[ citation needed ]
In 2020, Chris Holsten started the year with the single "Wish I Never Met You" and later "Empty Bottle" which are both to be found on the follow-up EP. The autumn of 2020 started with a solo tour that was to include seven concerts in Norway. The tour started with a concert in Eide, but the remaining concerts were abruptly put on hold due to the pandemic ( covid-19 ) that broke out in 2020. On April 17, 2020, he released his first EP Cold Hearts.
At the beginning of April 2020, Chris Holsten and Frida Ånnevik performed their Norwegian interpretation of the song "If The World Was Ending" by JP Saxe and Julia Michaels. Their version, "If the World", was initially only broadcast on live radio. They also made a recorded version with a video that was later shared on social media. In March 2020, when the Corona pandemic occurred in Norway, the song took on a whole new dimension. The song was officially released and quickly climbed into the VG-List Top 20 where it was for 19 weeks with 10th place as the best position.
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
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| NOR [8] | |||
| Bak en fasade |
| 2 [9] | |
| Gå bli lykkelig, du |
| 3 [11] |
| Title | Details |
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| Live fra Oslo Spektrum |
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| Title | Details |
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| Cold Hearts |
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| Bak en fasade (Del 1) |
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| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album |
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| NOR [12] | ||||
| "Layers" | 2015 | — | Non-album singles | |
| "Unproved" | — | |||
| "On My Own" (featuring Rat City) | 2016 | 40 [13] | ||
| "Strip" | — | |||
| "Here We Go Again" | — | |||
| "Mexico" | 2017 | 34 [14] |
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| "All About You" (with Madden) | — | Battle (Soundtrack) | ||
| "Love Like This" | 2018 | — |
| Non-album singles |
| "Time Machine" | — | |||
| "Happy Tears" | — | |||
| "Don't Speak" | 2019 | — | ||
| "I'll Be Alright" | — | |||
| "Empty Bottles" | 2020 | — | Cold Hearts | |
| "Wish I Never Met You" | — |
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| "Hvis verden" (with Frida Ånnevik) | 10 [15] |
| Non-album single | |
| "Shout, Baby" | — | Familiens ære | ||
| "Shine" | — | |||
| "Smilet i ditt eget speil" | 2021 | 5 [16] |
| Bak en fasade |
| "Bare når det regner " | 9 [17] | |||
| "Høyt over havet" | 2022 | 7 [18] | ||
| "For evig" | 27 [19] | Non-album single | ||
| "Rekk opp hånda" | 2023 | 38 [20] | Gå bli lykkelig, du | |
| "I eget selskap" | — | |||
| "Tre sekunder" | 35 [21] | |||
| "Oslo" | — | |||
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released. | ||||
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album |
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| NOR [22] | ||||
| "Rays of Light" (Broiler featuring Chris Holsten) | 2014 | 11 |
| Non-album singles |
| "Ricochet" (Martin Björk featuring Chris Holsten) | 2015 | — | ||
| "Echo" (Madden featuring Chris Holsten) | 2017 | — |
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| NOR | |||
| "Bak en fasade" | 2021 | 13 [23] | Bak en fasade |
| "Slå hjerte, slå" | 2022 | 7 [24] | |
| "Gå bli lykkelig, du" | 2023 | 20 [25] | Gå bli lykkelig, du |
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