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Tier 3 · vertical & regional
Hera Björk
Person · female · Iceland · Reykjavík · born 1972 · recording since 2010
Icelandic singer
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Also known as Hera Björk Þórhallsdóttir · 赫拉·比约克
Timeline
3 events◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1▣ Album 1
1970s
2010s
· Debut release
Debut release: Je Ne Sais Quoi
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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Biography
English biography138 words · 1 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1293048102
Biography
Hera Björk Þórhallsdóttir (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈhɛːra ˈpjœr̥k ˈθouːr̥halsˌtouhtɪr̥]; born 29 March 1972) is an Icelandic singer. She is known for representing Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song "Je ne sais quoi
Je Ne Sais QuoiSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Je Ne Sais Quoi (7th Heaven remix)6:01", where she finished 19th in the Grand Final, and at the Viña del Mar International Song Festival 2013 with the song "Because You Can", where she won in the Best Song category.
She was selected among the contestants of Söngvakeppnin 2024, the Icelandic national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, with the song "Við förum hærra" / "Scared of Heights". She qualified for the final and won with the English version, with which she represented Iceland in the contest for a second time, failing to qualify from the first semi-final on 7 May 2024, placing 15th out of 15 with 3 points.
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 | 43 | 95.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 2 | 75.7th |
| Studio albums | 1 | 76th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 3 | 73.3th |
| Recording span (years) | 0 | 9.4th |
| Genres | 3 | 80.4th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (2 release groups · 1 studio albums)
Albums · 1
2010 · studio album
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Tracklist · 1 track · 6:01
1Je Ne Sais Quoi (7th Heaven remix)6:01
Single · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Je Ne Sais QuoiSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 8 tracks · 38:131Je Ne Sais Quoi (radio edit)3:00 2Je Ne Sais Quoi (7th Heaven radio edit)3:27 3Je Ne Sais Quoi (club mix)3:49 4Je Ne Sais Quoi (Soulshaker club mix)7:39 5Je Ne Sais Quoi (Soulshaker radio edit)3:41 6Je Ne Sais Quoi (7th Heaven club mix)6:01 7Je Ne Sais Quoi (French vocal edit)2:59 8Je Ne Sais Quoi (Soulshaker dub mix)7:37 | 25 October 2010 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Hera Björk head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 43 | 95.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 2 | 75.7th |
| Studio albums | 1 | 76th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 3 | 73.3th |
| Recording span (years) | 0 | 9.4th |
| Genres | 3 | 80.4th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hera_Bj%C3%B6rk_01_%28cropped%29.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/19a151ce-f7fa-4bf5-9abe-18964992cfcbdiscography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/19a151ce-f7fa-4bf5-9abe-18964992cfcbcore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q216979genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q216979seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hera_Bj%C3%B6rkbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hera_Bj%C3%B6rk
Why this artist is in the database
- List of Icelandic singers
Tier rule: notable long tail (listeners 0, 43 language versions)
Image: Pedro J Pacheco · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q216979 · MusicBrainz: 19a151ce-f7fa-4bf5-9abe-18964992cfcb
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