Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits album by Australian singer Kylie Minogue. The album was released on 24 August 1992 as Minogue's final release under Pete Waterman Limited (PWL). The record contains nineteen singles from the singer's first four studio albums,as well as three new songs recorded specifically for inclusion on this album. The album was largely written and produced by the Stock Aitken Waterman team,and its release marked the end of Minogue's professional relationship with them. It contained all her single releases to date including the Japan-only single,"Turn It into Love",featured on Kylie's first studio album in 1988.
Marion Elise Ravn,better known as Marion Raven,is a Norwegian singer and songwriter. Raven formed the pop duo M2M with Marit Larsen,though they ceased performing together in 2002. Raven was later signed as a solo artist by Atlantic Records with the release of her solo debut album,Here I Am in 2005. In 2006,Raven was signed to the indie record label,Eleven Seven,and in 2007 re-released the songs on her debut album along with a few new songs on an album titled Set Me Free. In 2012,Raven began production of her second album,Songs from a Blackbird,which was released in Norway on 8 April 2013.
Jan Eggum is a Norwegian singer-songwriter. He has been characterized as a "face for the melancholy",and the themes in his songs are often broken hearts,loneliness,and sorrow. Sometimes his lyrics include social criticism,but he also shows trivial and funny sides of himself.
Halvdan Sivertsen is a Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist. He was born in Tromsø,but raised and lives in Bodø. He has won Spellemannprisen awards five times,twice with his group Gitarkameratene,and received the Culture Prize of Nordland county in 2000. His album Kjærlighetslandet reached number eight on the Norway albums chart.
Anneli Marian Drecker is a Norwegian singer and actress from the city of Tromsø. She is the frontwoman for the dream pop band Bel Canto.
"What Made You Say That" is the debut single by Canadian country music artist Shania Twain. The song was released on March 6,1993,as the lead single to her eponymous debut album (1993). The song was written by Tony Haselden and Stan Munsey Jr. and produced by Harold Shedd and Norro Wilson,who also produced her album. The song was initially recorded by American country singer and actor Wayne Massey for his third and final studio album Wayne Massey and Black Hawk (1989).
"When the Stars Go Blue" is a popular alternative country song composed and originally recorded by solo artist and former Whiskeytown band member Ryan Adams. It was first released on his album Gold on September 25,2001,and has been described as the "most gorgeous ballad" on that album. "When the Stars Go Blue" has been covered by many artists,including Irish band the Corrs,country music singer Tim McGraw,and Norwegian artists Venke Knutson and Kurt Nilsen as a duo.
"Thank You for the Music" is a song by the Swedish pop group ABBA. It was originally featured on the group's fifth studio album,The Album (1977),and was released as a double-A sided single with "Eagle" in May 1978 in limited territories,namely Belgium,the Netherlands,Germany,France,Austria,Switzerland and Australia. In South Africa where it peaked at number 2 in August 1978 and became the eighteenth best-selling single of that year.
Lillebjørn Falk Nilsen was a Norwegian singer-songwriter and folk musician. He was born in Oslo,and was considered by some to be the leading "voice of Oslo",thanks to numerous classic songs about the city from the 1970s and onwards.
Lene Grawford Nystrøm is a Norwegian musician,singer-songwriter and actress who is the female lead vocalist of the Danish-Norwegian Eurodance group Aqua.
Ida Maria Børli Sivertsen,better known simply as Ida Maria,is a Norwegian musician and songwriter.
Lene Marlin is a Norwegian musician,singer,and songwriter.
Øyvind Sauvik,better known by his stage name Vinni,is a Norwegian musician and hip hop artist.
Lonely Crowd is a Norwegian/British psychedelic rock band.
"Apache" is a song written by Jerry Lordan and first recorded by Bert Weedon. Lordan played the song on ukulele to the Shadows while on tour and,liking the song,the group released their own version which topped the UK Singles Chart for five weeks in mid-1960. The Shadows' guitarist Hank Marvin developed the song's distinctive echo and vibrato sound. After hearing the Shadows' version,Danish guitarist Jørgen Ingmann released a cover of the song in November 1960 which peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US.
Hver gang vi møtes is a Norwegian reality television show broadcast on the Norwegian TV 2 television station in 2012. It is structured in similar format to the Swedish series Såmycket bättre that had been launched in 2010.
Ole Amund Gjersvik is a Norwegian Jazz musician and composer,central on the Bergen jazz scene and known from a number of record releases.
Terje Nilsen was a Norwegian singer and songwriter. Nilsen's greatest hit is the song "Mjelle",written in 1974,and appearing on the album "Æ" released in 1977. It later appeared on the album "Kanskje",released in 1990,and had a spell on Norsktoppen.
Anders Lundström is a Swedish songwriter and record producer. He is also a country recording artist who has released in January 2013 an album Stay True with the stage name MAV. At various times earlier in his career he was also known as A.L. Sweet,Lucka and during his Rednex days (2006–2008) as Maverick.
Gunnar Greve Pettersen,professionally known as Gunnar Greve,is a Norwegian talent manager,producer,singer,songwriter and record executive. Greve is one of the most well-known figures in the Norwegian industry,primarily known for representing a variety of Norwegian and Swedish artists,producers and songwriters. He is the founder and current managing partner of Norwegian full-service music company MER,representing artists such as Alan Walker.
