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Tier 3 · vertical & regional
Venke Knutson
Person · female · Norway · Birkeland · born 1978 · recording since 2004
Norwegian singer
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Also known as 温可·柯努特桑
Timeline
5 events▣ Album 3◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1
1970s
2000s
· Debut release
Debut release: Scared
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
source: musicbrainz
Biography
English biography192 words · 2 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1375366766
Biography
Venke Knutson (born 20 October 1978) is a Norwegian singer. Since 2003, she has had six top 10 hits in Norway.
Life and career
Venke Knutson was born in Birkeland, in 1978. She was the youngest of three sisters, in a musical family, and she got inspired to sing by her elder sisters.
Early in her life she lived with her family in the United States.
She joined the school choir. Inspired by two older sisters, she applied for music at the Vågsbygd skole (Vågsbygd High School), when the family was about to go back home to Norway.
She used to be an elementary teacher in Norway. She was earlier married to Svenn Kåre Liodden, but they divorced. She married Thomas Wold in 2008.
She debuted in 2003 with the single "Panic", followed by her first album ScaredScaredSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracks1Scared3:382Panic3:303In2u4:084Kiss3:235Tables Turn3:526Beyond My Dreams3:087Love Explains It All4:298Mary4:109Is It How It Is3:4910I Wonder3:47 and the singles "Scared" and "Kiss".
Venke Knutson entered the qualifying rounds of the Melodi Grand Prix 2010 (the Norwegian selection process for the Eurovision Song Contest) on 16 January and was voted through to the national "second chance" program, with the song "Jealous 'Cause I Love You", where she was voted through to the national final.
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 | 13 | 67.6th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 4 | 78.1th |
| Studio albums | 3 | 80.9th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 5 | 78.8th |
| Recording span (years) | 6 | 19.5th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (4 release groups · 3 studio albums)
Albums · 3
2004 · studio album
Search SpotifySearch YouTube Music
Tracklist · 10 tracks · 37:54
1Scared3:382Panic3:303In2u4:084Kiss3:235Tables Turn3:526Beyond My Dreams3:087Love Explains It All4:298Mary4:109Is It How It Is3:4910I Wonder3:472005 · studio album
Search SpotifySearch YouTube Music
Tracklist · 12 tracks · 48:26
1A Lot of Love3:562Time to Kill4:243When the Stars Go Blue4:044There She Goes4:575Feeling OK4:286Someday Soon3:597You Keep Me Hanging On4:058Just a Minute3:299Hold Me3:5110Someone3:4411Tell Me What to Do3:5312Still in Love3:362007 · studio album
Search SpotifySearch YouTube Music
Tracklist · 10 tracks · 35:41
1Walk the Walk3:172Crush3:123Crazy Over You3:424Win With Your Hands Down3:095Holiday3:406Shelter From the Rain3:547How the Story Goes3:388You're So Cool3:519Whoopsy Daisy3:5110Sink or Swim3:27
Album · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Smiles: The Very Best OfSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 15 tracks · 55:311Jealous 'Cause I Love You2:59 2Panic3:30 3Kiss3:23 4Scared3:38 5In2u4:08 6Love Explains It All4:29 7Just a Minute3:29 8When the Stars Go Blue4:04 9There She Goes4:57 10Holiday3:40 11Walk the Walk3:17 12Win With Your Hands Down3:09 13Crush3:12 14Crazy Over You3:42 15Shelter From the Rain3:54 | Compilation | 3 May 2010 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Venke Knutson head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 13 | 67.6th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 4 | 78.1th |
| Studio albums | 3 | 80.9th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 5 | 78.8th |
| Recording span (years) | 6 | 19.5th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Willow(band) | 2016 | present | lead vocals |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Venke_knutson_commons.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/801551ed-7e8e-49bc-803d-81e75f2bdd0cdiscography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/801551ed-7e8e-49bc-803d-81e75f2bdd0ccore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2432921genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2432921seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venke_Knutsonbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venke_Knutson
Why this artist is in the database
- List of Norwegian musicians
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: Pascual stromsnes · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q2432921 · MusicBrainz: 801551ed-7e8e-49bc-803d-81e75f2bdd0c
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