Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir
Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir (ˈkrɛːta ˈsaːloumɛ ˈstɛːvaunsˌtouʰtɪr̥; born 11 November 1986), known outside Iceland simply as Greta Salóme, is an Icelandic singer, songwriter, and violinist in the Iceland Symphony Orchestra. She represented Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan, in a duet with singer Jónsi with the song "Never Forget". They qualified from the first semi-final into the Eurovision final and eventually finished in 20th place with 46 points.
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Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir

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- Name
- Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir
- Born
- 11 November 1986
- Birthplace
- Mosfellsbær, Iceland
- Occupation
- * Singer
- Nationality
- Iceland
- Fields
- pop
- Languages
- Icelandic · English
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Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir (ˈkrɛːta ˈsaːloumɛ ˈstɛːvaunsˌtouʰtɪr̥; born 11 November 1986), known outside Iceland simply as Greta Salóme, is an Icelandic singer, songwriter, and violinist in the Iceland Symphony Orchestra. She represented Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan, in a duet with singer Jónsi with the song "Never Forget". They qualified from the first semi-final into the Eurovision final and eventually finished in 20th place with 46 points.
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Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir (born 1986) is an Icelandic composer, singer and songwriter, among other activities. The composer was born in Mosfellsbær.
Genres include pop and pop music. Languages used include English and Icelandic.
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Biography
She represented Iceland again, this time as a soloist, in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song "Hear Them Calling".

Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir at a Meet Greet during the Eurovision Song Contest 2016.
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Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir representing Iceland with the song Hear Them Calling during a rehearsal before the first semi final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016.
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Key facts
• Name — Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir • Alias — Greta Salóme • Born — 11 November 1986 • Birthplace — Mosfellsbær, Iceland • Instrument — * Vocals • violin • Genre — * Pop • soul • folk • Occupation — * Singer • songwriter • violinist • Label — * Hands Up Music Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir (ˈkrɛːta ˈsaːloumɛ ˈstɛːvaunsˌtouʰtɪr̥; born 11 November 1986), known outside Iceland simply as Greta Salóme, is an Icelandic singer, songwriter, and violinist in the Iceland Symphony Orchestra. She represented Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan, in a duet with singer Jónsi with the song "Never Forget". They qualified from the first semi-final into the Eurovision final and eventually finished in 20th place with 46 points. She represented Iceland again, this time as a soloist, in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song "Hear Them Calling".
Career
Career
Greta released her first album, titled In the Silence, on 16 November 2012. The album contains her Eurovision song "Never Forget", in both the English and the Icelandic version ("Mundu Eftir Mér"). In August 2012 she released Everything Around Me. It was announced that Greta was among the list of participants in Iceland's selection for Eurovision 2016 with the song "Raddirnar". She qualified from the first semi-final to participate in the final of the selection process. Her song was changed to English for the final, under the title "Hear Them Calling"; she won the national final. She represented Iceland performing the song in the first semi-final of Eurovision on 10 May 2016 placing fourteenth with 51 points. Recently, she had been finishing what will be her second studio album featuring her most recent singles. She also wrote the song "Crazy", which was performed by Raya and participated in UK's national selection for Eurovision Song Contest 2018
Studio albums
Studio albums
• Title — Details • In the Silence — * Released: 16 November 2012 * Label: Hands Up Music * Format: Digital download, CD
Singles
Singles
• Title — Year — Peak chart positions — Album • ICE — BEL (Vl) • "Never Forget" (with Jónsi) — 2012 — 2 — — — In the Silence • "Fleyið" — 2015 — — — — — rowspan="7" • "Raddirnar" — 2016 — 3 — — • "Hear Them Calling" — 1 — — • "Row" — — — — • "Running Out of Time" — — — — • "My Blues" — 2017 — 4 — — • "Wildfire" — 2018 — 9 — — • "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released.
Identity
Identity
Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir is recorded with the occupation songwriter. Classed in the genre pop music. Recorded as singer, violinist, songwriter and composer. Identity and origins. The authorities additionally record the headings Greta Salóme, Greta Salome Stefansdottir, Greta Salome and Gréta Salome. Her recorded languages were Icelandic and English.
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1986
Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir was born on 11 November 1986.
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- 1.Webb, Glen. Victory for Gréta Salóme & Jónsi in Iceland. eurovision.tv. EBU. 11 February 2012.
- 2.Escudero, Victor M. Greta Salome to represent Iceland again!. eurovision.tv. EBU. 20 February 2016.
- 3.Weaver, Jessica. Iceland: Söngvakeppnin 2016 acts unveiled. esctoday.com. 11 December 2015.
- 4.First Semi-Final of Stockholm 2016.
- 5.Eurovision Iceland: Greta Salóme releases Running Out of Time. Eurovision News, Polls and Information by esctoday. 2016-12-09.
- 6.Hung, Steffen. Discografie Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir. Belgium (Flanders) Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
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