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Tier 3 · vertical & regional
Briskeby
Group · Norway · Larvik · formed 1999
Norwegian musical group
Timeline
6 events✦ Award 5◆ Formed 1
1990s
2000s
Biography
English biography222 words · 6 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1323751472
Biography
Briskeby is an electropop band from Larvik, Norway. Bjørn Bergene, Claus Heiberg Larsen and Bård Helgeland are from Larvik, while Lise Karlsnes is from Tønsberg.
Biography
Their debut album Jeans for Onassis was released in 2000, sold 130,000 copies, gathered four Spellemannprisen and gave Briskeby and their front vocalist Lise Karlsnes, a comet start in the music industry. In 2013 the band gave a series of gigs after five years out of business.
The band's name is derived from the neighbourhood where their rehearsal room was located. It received some international attention after it toured as supporting act for A-ha in 2000.
Band members
Lise Karlsnes (vocals)
Bjørn Bergene (guitar)
Claus Heiberg Larsen (drums)
Bård Helgeland (bass)
Honors
2000: Four times Spellemannprisen in the categories best Pop band, this years Artist, Newcomer and Song, for the album Jeans for Onassis and the tune "Propaganda"
Albums
2000: Jeans for Onassis (Mercury Records)
2003: Tonight, Captain? (Universal Music, Mercury Records)
2005: Jumping On Cars (Universal Music)
Singles
1999: Song to Whisper (EP)
2000: "Propaganda" (single)
2001: "Wide Awake" (single)
2002: "Hey Harvey" (Norwegian radio single)
2002: Cellophane Eyes (Norwegian radio single)
2003: Hey Baby (single)
2003: Hallelujah (Norwegian radio single)
2005: Miss You Like Crazy (single)
2005: Joe Dallesandro feat. Ken Stringfellow (Norwegian radio single)
2006: Bobby, Come Back (Norwegian radio single)
2015: Rookie Mistakes
2024: Like The First Time
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 7 | 44.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 5 | 97.4th |
| Timeline events | 6 | 80.8th |
| Recording span (years) | 27 | 60th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (0 release groups)
No discography rows stored yet
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Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Briskeby head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 7 | 44.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 5 | 97.4th |
| Timeline events | 6 | 80.8th |
| Recording span (years) | 27 | 60th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Spellemann Award for group of the year | won | |
| 2000 | Spellemannprisen for artist of the year | won | |
| 2000 | Spellemannprisen for best new act | won | |
| 2000 | Spellemannprisen for hit of the year | won | |
| 2001 | Alarmprisen for newcomer of the year | won |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Briskeby-konsert-roskilde.jpgcore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q917754genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q917754seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Briskebybiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Briskeby
Why this artist is in the database
- List of Norwegian musicians
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: mathrong · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q917754 · MusicBrainz: 0274ea89-cd5f-4d83-8070-20c60ba6a98e
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