Like I'm a Warrior

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Like I'm a Warrior
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Released19 August 2014 (2014-08-19)
Genre Electropop
Length42:03
Label Columbia Records / Sony Music Norway

Like I'm a Warrior is the 2014 debut album of the Norwegian singer-songwriter Emilie Nicolas [1] [2] released on Sony Music. [3] [4] [5] [6]

Contents

Background

Like I'm a Warrior won Best Pop Singer and Best Newcomer at the 2014 Spellemannprisen. Nicolas headlined the Øya Festival in Oslo 2015, [7] and also appeared at the 2015 Moldejazz international festival. [8]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Aftenposten Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [9]
Dagbladet Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [1]
Verdens Gang Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Romerikes Blad Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [10]
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Like I'm a Warrior reached number 1 on VG-lista, the official Norwegian Albums Chart. The reviewer Robert Hoftun Gjestad of the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten awarded the album grade 6, [9] the reviewer Torgrim Øyre of the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet awarded the album dice 6, [1] the Verdens Gang review awarded the album dice 5, [3] the reviewer Torstein Davidsen of the Norwegian newspaper Romerikes Blad awarded the album dice 6, [10] and the reviewer Brand Barstein of the Scandinavian website Gaffa.com awarded the album 6 stars. [2]

Track list

No.TitleLength
1."Nobody Knows"4:34
2."Let You Out"3:38
3."Grown Up" [11] 3:33
4."Melancholia"5:01
5."Fail" [12] 3:26
6."Charge"5:19
7."Us"3:07
8."Pstereo"3:58
9."Games"5:03
10."Put Me Down"4:18

Charts

Chart (2014)Peak
position
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [13] 1

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Norway (IFPI Norway) [14] Gold10,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

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