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Velvet Belly
Group · Norway · Kristiansand Municipality · formed 1989
Norwegian pop band
Timeline
2 events◆ Formed 1✦ Award 1
1980s
1990s
Biography
English biography173 words · 4 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1330748643
Biography
Velvet Belly is a Norwegian pop band from Kristiansand.
Biography
The band started as a trio in 1989, and was joined by vocalist Anne Marie Almedal the following year. Her vocal was wrapped in a vague and melancholy soundscape dominated by synthesizers, programming and sampling to the band's regular producer Erik Honoré. They released two albums before they got a better reception with their third album Window Tree in 1994. The album landed them a contract with BMG which re-released the album with a new cover with Europe as a market.
Vidar Ersfjord, playing the keyboard joined the band for the album Lucia which was released in 1997, this album was awarded the Norwegian Spellemannprisen in the category for best pop group. The band has cooperated with the musician and songwriter Erik Honoré, and he has been the producer for all their albums.
Honors
1997: Spellemannprisen in the category Pop band for the album Lucia
Band members
Kay Rune Rasmussen drums, piano
Tor Henning Leh guitar
Pål Aanensen bass-guitar, piano
Anne Marie Almedal vocals
Vidar Ersfjord keyboard
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 | 2 | 7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 1 | 89th |
| Timeline events | 2 | 62.1th |
| Recording span (years) | 37 | 76.5th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (0 release groups)
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Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Velvet Belly head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 2 | 7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 1 | 89th |
| Timeline events | 2 | 62.1th |
| Recording span (years) | 37 | 76.5th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Spellemann Award for group of the year | won |
Where this record comes from
core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7919384genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7919384seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velvet_Bellybiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velvet_Belly
Why this artist is in the database
- List of Norwegian musicians
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
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Wikidata: Q7919384 · MusicBrainz: f7757006-3be0-48db-80a1-3b19da33af2a
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