Poul Krebs

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Poul Krebs
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Poul Krebs på Skråen i Aalborg i 2009
Background information
Born (1956-05-28) 28 May 1956 (age 67)
Aarhus, Denmark
GenresPop / rock
Occupation(s)Singer
LabelsPladecompagniet, CMC, RecArt, KrebsFalch, ArtPeople
Website www.poulkrebs.org

Poul Krebs (born 28 May 1956 in Aarhus, Denmark) is a Danish pop/rock singer, songwriter and musician. He has released 23 albums and compilations, several topping the Danish Albums Chart.

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Krebs grew up in Aarhus and was in his youth a talented handball player with IK Skovbakken main team. From his childhood, he was also involved in music forming his own band singing various covers. His main studio album, Fri som et forår (1990) was produced by the experienced English producer Greg Walsh. He moved with his girlfriend and future wife Ulla to Amsterdam where she was a choreographer. He composed the lyrics and music for the album Små Sentationer with one of his biggest hits "Sådan nogle som os" which was his real breakthrough in 1995.

Since the early 1990s, Poul Krebs has played on concert stages and released a great number of albums. He also collaborated with recording studios. He has tried his hand in several different contexts and among others one of The Three Tenors along with Steffen Brandt and Michael Falch as De Tre Tenorer (the Three Tenors). Falch and Krebs, best friends, toured together and released joint albums establishing also their own record label Krebs Falch.

Krebs is well-known internationally through tours in Norway, Greenland, France and the United States and has collaborated with numerous musicians. He is also a regular charity concerts for, among others, Kosovo victims, Muscular Dystrophy Foundation, environmental/green causes and for the Danish Refugee Council. He is also a regular presence in biggest Danish music festivals, with songs in both English and Danish. In 2014, he was among the featured artists for season four of Toppen af Poppen on Danish TV 2 station.

Discography

Poul Krebs performing in Hirtshals, 2013 Poul Krebs, Hirtshals 2013 ubt-009.JPG
Poul Krebs performing in Hirtshals, 2013

Albums

Studio albums

YearAlbumPeak positions
DEN
[1]
2002Striber af lys(Pladecompagniet)1
2003Usund skepsis(Pladecompagniet)3
2006Ku den næste dans blive min?(CMC)1
2009Angeleno Road – lige ved siden af virkeligheden(RecArt)2
2011Magnolia Tales(KrebsFalch)5
2011Der er noget ved alting(ArtPeople)15
2014Asfalt(ArtPeople)1
2015Tomandshånd
with Michael Falch (ArtPeople)		3 [2]
2017Maleren og delfinerne på bugten1
2020Ingen grænser for kærlighed6
2022Sange til natten4
[3]

Live albums

YearAlbumPeak positions
DEN
[1]
2004På en god dag(CMC)3
2010Live Akustisk(KrebsFalch)
(jointly with Michael Falch)		 –
2023Sidste sommer (Live fra Friheden)31
[4]

Compilation albums

YearAlbumPeak positions
DEN
[5]
2000Det minder lidt om eventyr –
Poul Krebs’ bedste sange(Pladecompagniet)		15
2005Jenniffer(Universal) –
2007Signatur(box set, Sony BMG)4
2009Poul Krebs 1991–2003(Sony Music) –
2014Sådan nogen som os (& alle de andre)(Sony Music) –

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References

  1. 1 2 "Poul Krebs discography". danishcharts.dk. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  2. ↑ Danish Charts
  3. ↑ "Hitlisten.NU – Album Top-40 Uge 6, 2022". Hitlisten . Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  4. ↑ "Hitlisten.NU – Album Top-40 Uge 5, 2023". Hitlisten . Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  5. ↑ "Poul Krebs discography". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
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