Noora Noor

Biography

Noora Noor aka Noora (born 8 July 1979) is a Somali-Norwegian neo soul singer.

Career

Noor performed locally from the age of eight and got a recording contract with Warner Music at 15. She then began working with Stargate (production team) to make her first album. The success of the album launched Stargate's international career as R&B/Soul producers.
Noor's debut album, Curious×Curious1999 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 13 tracks1What About Love?3:232Curious3:423Need You (Blacksmith R&B Rub)4:254Something to Remember4:055This Is What We Like4:366Official3:317Hittin on My Friend4:228I Wonder Why3:309Speaker Phone3:0910Anything Is Possible4:2511Nobody’s Business3:2412Love but Leave4:2013What About Love3:32, was released in 1999 and became one of the first notable Scandinavian R&B albums. The single "Need You" was also played constantly on "The Lick" on MTV. Curious became a success also in Japan with more than 40,000 sales. It took five years until the release of her second album, All I Am×All I Am2004 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 11 tracks1Zeros4:312All I Am3:343God Damn4:134Satellite3:445Beautiful4:136Who’s Hurting Who3:327Hype4:178Get High3:409Sugar3:4810Careful3:3911Tomorrow’s Rain4:37, in 2004, as Noor was diagnosed with tuberculosis. The album included more self-penned songs, written in collaboration with US and UK songwriters. She is also featured on Madcon's 2007 album So Dark the Con of Man and some Tommy Tee releases. In addition, Noor played Maria Magdalen in a big outdoor version of Jesus Christ Superstar.
Her most recent album, Soul Deep×Soul Deep16 March 2009 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracks1What Man Have Done4:012Someone You Use3:323Funky Way3:364Forget What I Said3:195Your Good Thing4:196Little Ghetto Boy3:577She Will Break Your Heart4:308Dedication4:339Musiq7:0210Die for You4:2211Move on Up5:5412You Will Always Be Free3:29, was released in Norway in March 2009 to rave reviews and was rated 6 "dice" in Norway's newspaper Verdens Gang. Recorded in San Jose, California, with local blues and soul musicians, it also features members of Little Charlie & The Nightcats. The producer was Kid Andersen, the Norwegian band's guitar virtuoso. The album was released outside Norway during 2010, with the first single, in Benelux, made available in April/May 2010.
In March 2011, Noor participated in the Norwegian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011, the Melodi Grand Prix, with the song "Gone with the wind".

Albums

1999: Curious
2004: All I Am
2009: Soul Deep

Singles

"Official"
"Need You"
"Zeros"
"Feelin' It" (with Tommy Tee and Jo Jo Pellegrino)
"Forget What I Said"
"Funky Way"
"What Man Have Done"
"Gone with the Wind"

Appearances

"Hard to Read" (So Dark the Con of Man) - Madcon
"The Royal PortKids" (CD single)
"Old Angel Midnight" - Paal Flaata (2008)
"Elias og Kongeskipet" (movie and CD single)
"The Princess and the Frog" (Disney 2010 - Norwegian version)