Kaja Gunnufsen

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Kaja Gunnufsen is a Norwegian singer and songwriter. She has released music on the labels Brilliance, Diamond Club, and SSaudio. Critics have labeled her a "spokesperson for a new generation," [1] and have lauded her lyrics about Internet culture and other Millennial subjects.

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Albums

After releasing singles during the early 2010s under Brilliance Records, Gunnufsen debuted her studio album on Brilliance, Faen Kaja, on March 7, 2014. The album went on to be named the fourth best album of the year [2] by Dagbladet.

Personal life

Gunnufsen is from Ås, Norway, and was born in 1988. [3]

Controversy

Gunnufsen's debut album title, which can be translated to variations of "Fuck Kaja" or "Damn Kaja", brought controversy from Facebook in 2014 when the social network prohibited the album's promotion on the site due to the site's policy against vulgar language. [4]

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References

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  4. Blisten, Hannah (17 January 2014). "Dette albumcoveret ble for "krenkende" for Facebook". Dagbladet. Retrieved 11 September 2014.