Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir

Biography

Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir (Icelandic pronunciation: [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×Never Forget19 March 2012 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Never Forget3:01". 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×Hear Them Calling8 March 2016 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracks1Hear Them Calling2:592Hear Them Calling (Karaoke Version)2:59".

Career

Greta released her first album, titled In the Silence×In the Silence23 November 2012 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 13 tracks1Take This Empty Heart2:542In the Silence4:003If You Wanna Go4:534Overture1:055We Are4:096Everywhere Around Me4:037A Thousand More Goodbyes3:508See You There4:199Coming Home Soon3:5710These Last Days of Summer3:3211Never Forget3:0012Aldrei Sleppir Mér3:1313Mundu Eftir Mér3:08, on 16 November 2012. The album contains her Eurovision song "Never Forget×Never Forget19 March 2012 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Never Forget3:01", 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×Hear Them Calling8 March 2016 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracks1Hear Them Calling2:592Hear Them Calling (Karaoke Version)2:59"; 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