Morten Abel

Biography

Morten Abel Knutsen (born 15 October 1962), better known by his stage name Morten Abel is a Norwegian pop artist, and one of Norway's best-selling domestic artists.

Career

Morten Abel was born and grew up near Bodø, but moved to Stavanger when he was 15 years old. There he became the lead singer of a band called Catrix, which soon changed their name to "Mods". They released two albums in Norwegian language in 1981 and 1982, and had a big hit with a song called "Tore Tang". A third album in English language was released in 1984.
After Mods split up, Abel released a solo single in 1985. Two years later he formed the band "The September When", which became very popular in Norway. The September When released four studio albums between 1989 and 1994. Two of their hits were "Bullet Me" and "Cries Like A Baby".
When The September When split in 1996, Abel formed a new band called "Peltz". They released one album. After Peltz, Abel started focusing on a solo career, and his first solo album Snowboy×Snowboy1997 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 13 tracks1Not Emotional3:062Helicopter4:043Later Maybe3:174Lydia3:395So Be It2:006All or Nothing3:417Get Up3:568Our Day's Coming4:119Visions of Love2:5810Sailor4:4011Leave Her for You3:0412A Day Without Light5:0913Snowboy1:38 was released in 1997. Since then he has released a further four solo albums, which have all been very successful in Norway. Some of his biggest solo hits include "Tulipz", "Be My Lover", "Trendsetter" and "Birmingham Ho".
So far, Morten Abel has sold around 550,000 solo albums. The total album sales of all his projects is more than 1 million. Abel has also acted in two Norwegian movies, "Hodet over vannet×Hodet over vannet1993 · Single · SoundtrackSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 4 tracks1Hodet over vannet (intro)0:262Hodet over vannet4:093Idyll2:264Hodet over vannet (remix)4:13" (1993) and "Alt For Egil" (2004).
In 2006, Morten Abel performed at the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo.

Mods

Revansj! (1981)
Amerika (1982)
Time Machine (1984)
Originaler (1992) - CD re-issue set of two first albums
Gje Meg Litt Merr: De Beste (2006) - Best of, CD+DVD

The September When

The September When (1989)
Mother I've Been Kissed (1991)
One Eye Open (1993)
HuggerMugger (1994)
Prestige de la Norvége 89-96 (1996) - Best of
The Best of TSW (2002) - Best of
Judas Kiss (2008)

Solo album

Snowboy (1997)
Here We Go Then, You And I (1999)
I'll Come Back And Love You Forever (2001)
Being Everything, Knowing Nothing (2003)
Morten Abel (2004) - Best of, 2CD
Give Texas Back To Mexico (2005) - Collection, Sweden only.
Some Of Us Will Make It (2006)
I Fullt Alvor (2015)
Evig Din (2018)
Endelig Seier (2022)

Solo DVDs

Being Everything, Knowing Nothing (2003)
Live DVD (2004)

Solo singles

"Be My Lover" (1999)
"Doberman" (1999)
"Hard to Stay Awake" (2000)
"Tulipz" (2000)
"I'll Come Back and Love You Forever×I'll Come Back and Love You Forever11 March 2002 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 11 tracks1You Are Beautiful4:152Welcome Home3:253Music Is Communicating3:424You Are the One Lalala3:465Don't Forget Me4:456Indian Volvo4:257Died in Germany3:438Dude of All Dudes3:439I'll Come Back and Love You Forever3:3910Variations on a Dead Swan2:4811Stay Crazy / [untitled]7:53" (2001)
"You Are Beautiful" (2001)
"Birmingham Ho" (2002)
"Trendsetter" (2003)
"Our Love Is Deep" (2003)
"Big Brother×Big Brother13 November 2006 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Big Brother3:15" (2006)
"Stars×Stars12 February 2007 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Stars3:20" (2006)
"Annabelle" (2015)
"Frøken Vilikke" (2015)

Sexual assault allegation

In March 2007 during a radio broadcast on NRK P3, Abel and director Marius Holst was accused by artist and painter Marianne Aulie of attempting to drug and rape her during a party in the mid 1990s. Aulie and the interviewer Mina Hadjian were later criticized for the broadcast, while Abel and Holst denied the allegation through their lawyers.