"The Three Ravens" is an English folk ballad,printed in the song book Melismata compiled by Thomas Ravenscroft and published in 1611,but it is perhaps older than that. Newer versions were recorded right up through the 19th century. Francis James Child recorded several versions in his Child Ballads.
Marion Elise Ravn,better known abroad 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.
Marit Elisabeth Larsen is a Norwegian singer and songwriter. She began playing violin at age of 5 and played it until the age of 8. She gained international fame during her teenage years as a member of the pop duo M2M with childhood friend Marion Raven. She then pursued her own music career,releasing her debut solo album Under the Surface in 2006. Her second album,The Chase,was released in Norway in October 2008. Her third album,titled Spark was released in Norway,Denmark,Sweden and Finland on 18 November 2011,and in Germany,Austria and Switzerland on 16 December 2011. Her fourth studio album When the Morning Comes was released on 20 October 2014. Larsen toured in its support within Norway with her own concerts,played songs from the album in Germany and Switzerland at public festivals and was the opening act at two of Johannes Oerding's concerts in November 2015.
M2M were a Norwegian pop duo comprising Marit Larsen and Marion Raven. Larsen and Raven had been friends since the age of five,and formed a music duo when they were eight. They released a children's album in 1996 when Larsen was 12 and Raven was 11,under the name "Marit &Marion". The album was nominated for a Spellemannprisen award and the band changed their name to M2M after signing a record deal with Atlantic Records in 1998. M2M were frequently praised for writing most of their songs and performing their own instruments,something which was considered to set them aside from the majority of teen pop music artists.
Lisa Miskovsky is a Swedish musician and singer-songwriter.
Susanne Aartun Sundfør is a Norwegian singer-songwriter and record producer. Born and raised in Haugesund,Sundfør embarked on her musical career two years prior to the release of her eponymous debut album (2007),which reached number three on the Norwegian album chart. It was followed by Take One,a live album consisting of songs from her debut. Her second studio album,The Brothel,was released in 2010 to commercial success in Norway,peaking at number one and becoming the best-selling album of that year. The album saw a shift from the piano-driven pop of previous releases towards a more ambitious and electronic direction. In 2011,she released a live instrumental album composed solely of synthesizers,A Night at Salle Pleyel,serving as a commission piece.
Kate Havnevik is a Norwegian film composer,songwriter and singer. Her debut album,the critically acclaimed electronica-infused Melankton,was released in March 2006 on iTunes and April 2006 in Norway only,before being licensed internationally to Universal Republic USA later. Havnevik has successfully utilized PledgeMusic campaigns to fund some of her albums,including You,released October 2011,and &i,released March 2015. Her music has been prominently featured in TV shows such as Grey's Anatomy,The O.C.,and The West Wing.
Here I Am is the debut solo album by M2M member,Marion Raven,released in mid-2005. Raven co-wrote all of the songs,with several well-known musicians. She played both acoustic and electric guitars as well as the piano and provided background vocals on a number of songs. The album showed her transition from her past M2M pop sound to a dark hard-rock sound. Her musical transition was well received by critics internationally.
"It's All Coming Back to Me Now" is a power ballad written by Jim Steinman. According to Steinman,the song was inspired by Wuthering Heights,and was an attempt to write "the most passionate,romantic song" he could ever create. The Sunday Times posits that "Steinman protects his songs as if they were his children". Meat Loaf had wanted to record the song for years,but Steinman saw it as a "woman's song". Steinman won a court movement preventing Meat Loaf from recording it. Girl group Pandora's Box went on to record it and it was subsequently made famous through a cover by Celine Dion,which upset Meat Loaf because he was going to use it for a planned album with the working title Bat Out of Hell III. Alternately,Meat Loaf has said the song was intended for Bat Out of Hell II and given to the singer in 1986,but that they both decided to use "I'd Do Anything for Love " for Bat II,and save this song for Bat III.
"Don't Say You Love Me" is the debut single of M2M,a Norwegian pop duo consisting of singers Marion Raven and Marit Larsen. The song first appeared on Radio Disney before its official US radio and single release in October 1999. It was released on the soundtrack to the film Pokémon:The First Movie in November 1999 and appears in the film's closing credits. The song was featured on M2M's debut album,Shades of Purple (2000),and also appeared on their compilation album The Day You Went Away:The Best of M2M (2003).
Blackbird is the second studio album by American rock band Alter Bridge,released on October 5,2007. The first single,"Rise Today",was released on July 30,2007. The album peaked at number 13 on the Billboard 200,selling 47,000 copies in its first week on the charts. As of December 2008,Blackbird has sold 227,000 copies. Despite receiving poor marketing and generally low mainstream success,initial critical reception towards the album was mostly positive,with music critics praising the songwriting and musicianship. The album was certified Silver by the British Phonographic Industry.
Set Me Free is Marion Raven's North American and European debut album released under indie label Eleven Seven Music. The album incorporates a mixture of fresh tracks and previously released tracks,with some revised versions,from her Asian and Scandinavian debut album,Here I Am. She also played the piano,acoustic and electric guitars on the record. Set Me Free headlines Raven's inclination to harder rocking songs and a darker lyrical scope. The album has been released in Germany and the U.K. with a digital release on the Dutch and US versions of iTunes. Interscope released the album in Canada,where Raven performed in ten Canadian cities as the opening act on Meat Loaf's March 2007 Arena tour.
Heads Will Roll EP is Marion Raven's first EP that was released on October 31,2006. All of the songs were written by Raven in collaboration with numerous artists including Nikki Sixx,Scott Stevens and Freddy Herrera,Keith Nelson and Xavier Muriel (Buckcherry),and Raine Maida. The EP was made available for downloading from iTunes while the hard copy was exclusively released in the US. In Raven's own words,the tracks on the EP are fun rock songs that are meant for jumping around to.
"Break You" is a pop rock song recorded by Marion Raven and written and produced by Max Martin and Lukasz Gottwald,a.k.a. "Dr. Luke",for Raven's international debut studio album Here I Am (2005). The track was released as the lead single in Japan and Norway and was the second single from the album that was released in Southeast Asia in 2005. The single was highly successful and was well received by critics. The single was released after Raven left Atlantic Records,due to "artistic differences" and joined Eleven Seven Music.
AB III is the third studio album by the rock band Alter Bridge,released on October 8,2010. Produced by Michael Baskette,the album is a departure from the band's first two albums;lyrically,it is a loose concept album dealing with darker lyrical themes of struggling with faith,while musically,the album's sound is more dynamic and progressive than previous recordings. AB III is also the first Alter Bridge album to be released on Roadrunner Records,making it the band's third consecutive album to be released on a different label. The album was released on Roadrunner Records worldwide except North America,where it was self-released on Alter Bridge Recordings via Capitol Records.
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.
Simone Eriksrud is a Norwegian musician,singer and composer from Volda,and a member of D'Sound. She was earlier in her career known as Simone Larsen or just with the mononym Simone.
Canadian singer-songwriter,producer and pianist Chantal Kreviazuk has written,produced and performed on albums and tracks for a wide range recording artists,spanning from adult contemporary,pop,rock,to indie and hip-hop music. Initially,she began writing her own pop songs,especially after a 1994 motorcycle accident in Italy left her immobile for several months,and was signed by Sony Canada,where she released her debut album in June 1997. Kreviazuk later released another album in 1999,before being featured in a range of soundtracks to films and TV series. Kreviazuk began writing for other artists in 2001,where she co-wrote the song "Always and Forever" for Eleanor McCain. However,it was only in 2004 that Kreviazuk started writing for more artists and received recognition as a songwriter. In the summer of 2003,Kreviazuk met Canadian singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne,they formed a relationship of mutual respect and sisterhood,and eventually became songwriting partners. They co-wrote six songs for Lavigne's sophomore album,Under My Skin (2004):"Slipped Away","Forgotten","Together","How Does It Feel","He Wasn't" and "Who Knows". Kreviazuk described "He Wasn't" as "a super-fun,punk,screw-you-to-boys song," while "Forgotten" is a driving rock song inspired by similarly vibed music Lavigne was consumed with at the time. Also in 2004,Kreviazuk co-wrote "Rich Girl",for Gwen Stefani's solo debut album,Love. Angel. Music. Baby.,along with Dr. Dre,Jerry Bock,Mark Batson,Kara DioGuardi,Mike Elizondo,Sheldon Harnick and Eve. The song became a chart success,reaching the top-ten in over fifteen countries. Kreviazuk also wrote for Kelly Clarkson's breakthrough album Breakaway in the end of 2004,sharing writing credits for the tracks "Where Is Your Heart" and "Walk Away". In 2005,Kreviazuk's co-writing song "He Wasn't" was released as Lavigne's final single from Under My Skin,receiving a moderate impact on the charts and reaching only the top-forty in some countries. While in 2006,Clarkson's "Walk Away" was released as Breakaway's final single,reaching the top-twenty in some countries.
For You is the first compilation album by American singer Selena Gomez. The album was released on November 24,2014,through Hollywood Records. It contains material from Gomez's band Selena Gomez &the Scene,as well as her releases as a solo artist. For You has been described as a "collection" by Gomez,as opposed to a greatest hits album. The album serves as her final project to be released through Hollywood Records,with whom she released four studio albums and a remix album. It includes two previously unreleased songs,produced by Rock Mafia,as well as new versions of some previously released recordings. A digital extended play containing the new material was made available for streaming.
"Everything" is a single by Norwegian pop duo M2M,composed of singers Marion Raven and Marit Larsen. It was the first single from the duo's second album,The Big Room. The single was released worldwide between October 2001 and March 2002. It was well received critically,and reached No. 6 in Norway in addition to being a minor hit in Australia,Italy and New Zealand. A music video directed by Chris Applebaum was released for the single. M2M performed the song on the 100th episode of Dawson's Creek and live at the 2002 Spellemannprisen awards. The song earned M2M a nomination for "Best International Artist" at the 2001 Mnet Asian Music Awards.
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