Jette Torp (born 16 December 1964) is a Danish singer and entertainer. Born in Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, the family moved to Ry near Skanderborg in Jutland when she was five years old.
She studied music first at Århus University then at Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus.
Her career started with the trio Dirty Dolls where she worked for several years before going solo. In 1994, together with Finn Nørbygaard, she took part in the Musik & Fis show which was a resounding success. In 1995, toured Denmark with her musicshow and soon started a collaboration with Kurt Ravn, a well-known Danish singer and actor. [1] [2]
In 1997 she was contacted by the writer Ivar Lind Greiner who needed a singer for his song "Utopia" that was one of the 10 songs that should be in the Danish Melodi Grand Prix contest. She was placed second in the contest but she also succeeded in getting to know music director Jan Glaesel which soon led to her first album "Here I Am". After another tour, she put together her own band with whom she produced her next album "New Tracks" in 2001. The successful musician and songwriter Jan Kaspersen was now participating actively in her work. [1]
In late 2002, "New Tracks" was followed by another album in the New Country style, "Snowflakes in Fire". In May 2003, Jette Torp and her band put on a rather special show at the Colosseum Theatre in Frederikshavn which was about to close. With musicians Jan Kaspersen, Klaus Lorenzen, Kristian Fogh, Kristian Kold and Lars Wagner, the show was recorded by TV2, leading to a new release, the "Past the Point of Rescue" album. In 2007, Jette Torp recorded her first solo album in Danish, "MikrofonSangerinde". [1]
In 2004, Torp married entertainer Claus Pilgaard, better known as Chili Klaus, known for eating extremely spicy peppers on TV and online. [3] In 2015, they split after 11 years of marriage. [4]
Jette Torp's website lists the following albums: [5]
Teitur Lassen is a Faroese musician, composer, singer-songwriter and producer. He is a winner of multiple Danish Music Awards and has toured globally since his debut release, Poetry & Aeroplanes, in 2003.
Sanne Salomonsen is a Danish singer. She is the daughter of ornithologist Finn Salomonsen. Sanne Salomonsen has been performing since 1961, and various songs sung or written by her have been on the local charts.
Tina Dico is a Danish singer-songwriter. She founded her own record label and releases her music independently, enjoying large success with her albums in her home country as well as critical acclaim across Europe. She is inspired by artists such as Tracy Chapman, Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen.
Kliché was a Danish rock band from Aarhus, known for their avant-garde and postmodern musical style. In performance, the group wore uniforms or overalls in order to reflect a factory, even going so far as to use a metal grinder as an instrument. They ironically quoted Mao Zedong and Buddha in several of their songs and frequently made politically charged music. Their first album Supertanker entered the Danish Culture Canon in 2006 because of its influential status and expression of emerging post-modernity in early 1980's Denmark.
Ida Corr is a Gambian-Danish singer, songwriter and music producer.
Lis Sørensen is a Danish pop/rock singer and songwriter. In the 1970s, she worked with Anne Linnet in Shit & Chanel, and they continued in the 1980s with Anne Linnet Band. In 1983, Lis Sørensen released her first solo album. She is also known for being the first artist to record Ednaswap's "Torn", which was renamed "Brændt". The song was later made famous by Natalie Imbruglia and Trine Rein.
Lars Lilholt is a Danish singer, violinist, guitarist and composer.
Kira Skov is a Danish singer. She is best known for being the lead singer of rock band Kira & The Kindred Spirits.
The Entertainer is the third studio album by English singer Alesha Dixon. It was first released by Asylum Records on 29 November 2010 in the United Kingdom. A tougher album with lots of different layers, Dixon worked with a variety of musicians on the album, including a larger number of American producers such as Jim Beanz, Busbee, Toby Gad, Rodney Jerkins and The Stereotypes, as well as British DJ Naughty Boy and frequent collaborators such as the Danish duo Soulshock & Karlin. Originally planned to be named Unleashed, The Entertainer was decided upon instead.
Marc Kwabena Johnson, better known as Johnson, is a Danish rapper. Previously he was known as NiggerenISlæden. Before his solo career, he was a member of the band B.A.N.G.E.R.S. and J.A.Z. and has collaborated with many Danish hip hop artists.
Pernille Rosendahl is a Danish singer, songwriter, and producer known as a solo artist, the lead singer of the indie rock band Swan Lee, and the rock band The Storm. Since she was 19, Pernille Rosendahl has had an active career, initially as a backing vocalist and since 1997 as a self-releasing solo artist. In 2005, she was named 'Singer of the Year' at the Danish Music Awards and has composed music for films and theater, becoming a prominent voice in Danish cultural debates. Over three decades, she has been one of Denmark's most prominent female singers.
Nanna Øland Fabricius, better known by her stage name Oh Land, is a Danish musician, singer, songwriter, and dancer.
Kristian Humaidan, better known by his stage name UFO, is a Danish singer, rapper and hip hop artist. He was part of the rap duo UFO Yepha before splitting-up and going solo. With the split, UFO is noticeably branching into Danish music rather than hip hop as in the days with Yepha.
Benedicte Westergaard Madsen better known as Dicte is a Danish musician and songwriter.
Cisilia Ismailova is a Danish singer from Copenhagen better known by her mononym Cisilia. She was born to mixed Macedonian and Moroccan origins. Her debut album Unge øjne topped Hitlisten, the official Danish Albums chart with her hit single "Vi to datid nu" going double platinum in Denmark. She is signed to Nexus Music and distributed through Universal Music Denmark. At the Danish Music Awards 2015, she became the youngest winner ever, when she won in the categories Hit of the Year and Best New Artist.
Finn Nørbygaard is a Danish actor, entertainer, musician and psychotherapist. Nørbygaard was originally educated as a school teacher but had his breakthrough in a TV role as a bus conductor with Jacob Haugaard wherein they popularized the regional expression Ja-dak. The pair also made the Jydekompagniet movies and acted in popular TV-commercials for Tuborg Squash. Another of Nørbygaards successes was the comedy/music show Musik og Fis in 1994 which he made with the singer Jette Torp. The show also became known as Finn og Jette Show.
Claus Pilgaard, also known as Chili Klaus or Klaus Wunderhits, is a Danish musician and entertainer. He is best known for his Chilismagning series on the internet and on television. For the series, he invites celebrities and other notable figures on several occasions to eat chili peppers with him. One video in particular, where television presenter Bubber participated in the video, received around 2 million views on YouTube. Internationally, he is known for his collaborations with Sean Evans on his Hot Ones series on the First We Feast YouTube channel. Pilgaard has received numerous awards for his videos.
Charlotte Fenger, known by the stage name Søs Fenger, is a Danish vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter. Since the mid 1980s she has been one of the most successful names in Danish music. She has released numerous albums, both as a solo artist and in collaboration with other groups.
Søren Sko is a Danish singer and songwriter, best known as a member of the duo Sko/Torp. The artist got his stage name, Sko, which means shoes in Danish, from his father who was a shoemaker in Hammel.
Sarah Mariegaard, known professionally as Soleima, is a Danish singer-songwriter.
| Authority control databases: Artists |
|---|
