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Stina Nordenstam | |
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| Birth name | Kristina Ulrika Nordenstam |
| Born | 4 March 1969 Stockholm, Sweden |
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| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Years active | 1990–2007 |
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Kristina Ulrika Nordenstam (born 4 March 1969), [1] better known by her stage name Stina Nordenstam, is a Swedish singer-songwriter and producer. She is perhaps best known for her song "Little Star", which appears in the Baz Luhrman film Romeo + Juliet.
Nordenstam was born in Stockholm on 4 March 1969. [1] As a child, she was highly influenced by her father's classical and jazz music collection. [2] Her debut album, Memories of a Color , was released in 1991. Her album And She Closed Her Eyes was released in 1994, and was named the best Swedish album of all time by Sonic on their 2013 list of the 100 best Swedish albums. [3] 1997's Dynamite began a more experimental path—most of the album was filled with distorted guitars and unusual beats.[ citation needed ] A 1998 cover album, People Are Strange , followed in the same vein. In 2001, Nordenstam went with a more pop-influenced sound on This Is Stina Nordenstam , which features guest vocals from Brett Anderson. Nordenstam's 2004 album The World Is Saved continued the path set on This Is..., and is her last album as of 2023 [update] . [2] [3]
She appears on two songs by English band Nine Horses, on the album Snow Borne Sorrow and on the EP Money for All . [4] She also provided vocals for Vangelis' song "Ask the Mountains", Yello's "To the Sea", and a collaboration with Anton Fier. In 2000, Nordenstam featured on a track from Danish prog-rockers Mew's second album Half the World Is Watching Me . The track was later re-recorded for the band's international debut Frengers . Nordenstam's vocals on her track "A Walk in the Park" were used as a sample for two songs by the Canadian electronic duo Crystal Castles, "Violent Dreams" and "Vietnam". [5]
Nordenstam presented a sound installation at the Way Out West music festival in 2013, and, in 2014, Nordenstam was one of 12 inaugural inductees into the Swedish Music Hall of Fame. [6] [7]
Nordenstam's voice was called "delicate", "serious", and "plucky" by Autostraddle . [9] The Irish Times described Nordenstam's voice as "childlike" with "hushed and fragile" tones and a "soft and gentle" timbre, contrasting it with her "mighty and immeasurable" sound. Her voice was described by Adam Brent Houghtaling, author of This Will End in Tears: The Miserablist Guide to Music, as "very fragile" and "wispy", and he stated that her music "melds a lot of jazz and folk and ambient pop all together". [10] Her music has also been described as avant-pop. [11] Sally Shapiro has listed Nordenstam as an influence on her music. [12]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
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| SWE [13] | FR [14] | ||
| Memories of a Color | 27 | — | |
| And She Closed Her Eyes |
| 5 | — |
| Dynamite |
| 17 | — |
| People Are Strange |
| — | — |
| This Is Stina Nordenstam |
| 26 | 135 |
| The World Is Saved | 5 | 119 | |
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| The Photographer's Wife(with Anton Fier) |
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| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWE | UK | |||
| "Memories of a Color" | 1992 | — | — | Memories of a Color |
| "Another Story Girl" | 1993 | — | — | |
| "Little Star" | — | — | And She Closed Her Eyes | |
| "Something Nice" | 1994 | — | 100 | |
| "Dynamite" | 1997 | — | — | Dynamite |
| "People Are Strange" | 1998 | — | — | People Are Strange |
| "Sharon & Hope" | 2002 | — | — | This Is Stina Nordenstam |
| "Get On with Your Life" | 2004 | 35 | — | The World Is Saved |
| "Parliament Square" | 2005 | — | — | |
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWE | DEN | SWI | UK | |||
| "Ask the Mountains" (Vangelis featuring Stina Nordenstam) | 1996 | — | — | — | 77 | Voices |
| "To the Sea" (Yello featuring Stina Nordenstam) | 1997 | 48 | 83 | 23 | — | Pocket Universe |
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