Artists from Norway

314 published artists from Norway, led by a-ha, Kygo and AURORA. The list below shows the 120 most famous.

At a glance

314 published artists from Norway; 1,901 studio albums have verified cover art.

Published artists5 tier 1 · 14 tier 2 · 295 tier 3: 314
Release groups: 5,485
Studio albums: 2,137
Albums with cover artverified Cover Art Archive: 1,901
Timeline events: 4,138
Monthly listenerssum across artists: 131.8M
Average career spanfirst to last dated release: 23.5 years
Full biographies: 146
Biography words: 257,897

When they started

Debut decade from each artist's earliest dated release. Most debuts fell in the 1990s (88 artists).

Artists by debut decade
Decade	Artists
1940s	1
1950s	1
1960s	4
1970s	13
1980s	32
1990s	88
2000s	81
2010s	36
2020s	1

57 artists have no dated release or formation year and are not plotted.

Genres in Norway

Top 8 genres by artist count. pop music is the most common, with 48 artists.

Covers from Norway

1,901 studio albums have verified cover art. The 12 shown come from the most famous artists.

True North
a-ha · 2022
Cast in Steel
a-ha · 2015
Foot of the Mountain
a-ha · 2009
Analogue
a-ha · 2005
The Demo Tapes
a-ha · 2004
Lifelines
a-ha · 2002
minor earth | major sky
a-ha · 2000
Memorial Beach
a-ha · 1993
East of the Sun, West of the Moon
a-ha · 1990
Stay on These Roads
a-ha · 1988
Scoundrel Days
a-ha · 1986
Hunting High and Low
a-ha · 1985

Leaders

Edvard Grieg has the most release groups (262); Alf Prøysen the longest career (65 years); a-ha the most awards (22).

Most prolific

Most prolific, by number of release groups
Artist	release groups
Edvard Grieg	262
Röyksopp	123
a-ha	109
Matoma	101
AURORA	99

Longest careers

first to last dated release

Longest careers, by number of years
Artist	years
Alf Prøysen	65
Karin Krog	62
Wenche Myhre	59
Terje Rypdal	56
Arild Andersen	54

Most decorated

Most decorated, by number of awards
Artist	awards
a-ha	22
Karpe	22
Leif Ove Andsnes	18
Åge Aleksandersen	18
Mari Boine	17

Other countries with pop music artists, and the browse view for Norway.

pop music in other countries

United States 596
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 252
Japan 207
France 160
Canada 129
Turkey 116
Sweden 99
Germany 75

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Most famous artists from Norway

a-ha

Norway · Group · 1982–present

pop rock, soft rock, alternative rock, synth-pop, new wave, electronic rock

24.9M listeners · 53 wikis

Kygo

Norway · Person · born 1991

electronic dance music, tropical house, house music, progressive house, downtempo, deep house

26.8M listeners · 42 wikis

AURORA

Norway · Person · born 1996

pop music, dance-pop, art pop, synth-pop, folk-pop, indie rock, indie pop, folktronica, alternative music, alternative dance, dark pop, Nordic folk music

19.3M listeners · 45 wikis

girl in red

Norway · Person · born 1999

indie rock, indie pop, lo-fi music, dream pop, bedroom pop

18.8M listeners · 32 wikis

Madcon

Norway · Group · 1992–present

pop music, dance music, hip-hop, synth-pop, reggae

6.7M listeners · 30 wikis

SeeB

Norway · Group · 2015–present

electronic dance music, tropical house

13M listeners · 10 wikis

Nico & Vinz

Norway · Group · 2009–present

pop music, rhythm and blues, hip-hop, Afrobeat

8M listeners · 17 wikis

Edvard Grieg

Norway · Person · born 1843

classical music, sardana

111 wikis

Bigbang

Norway · Group · 1992–present

rock music

6.7M listeners · 7 wikis

The Bausa

Norway · Group · 2021–present

pop music, house music, jazz house, Russ music

7.5M listeners · 4 wikis

Alexander Rybak

Norway · Person · born 1986

pop music, folk rock, country music, pop rock, adult contemporary music, classical music, indie pop, baroque pop, crossover, symphonic rock

72 wikis

Mayhem

Norway · Group · 1984–present

black metal

61 wikis

Artists from Norway

At a glance

When they started

Genres in Norway

Covers from Norway

Leaders

Most prolific

Longest careers

Most decorated

Related

pop music in other countries

Browse

Most famous artists from Norway

a-ha

Kygo

AURORA

girl in red

Madcon

SeeB

Nico & Vinz

Edvard Grieg

Bigbang

The Bausa

Alexander Rybak

Mayhem

More from Norway

Burzum

Darkthrone

Immortal

Secret Garden

Röyksopp

Emperor

Marit Larsen

Sigrid

Gorgoroth

Tristania

Satyricon

Jan Garbarek

Morten Harket

Wardruna

Bobbysocks

Didrik Solli-Tangen

Margaret Berger

Ole Bull

Sissel Kyrkjebø

Deeyah Khan

Enslaved

Elisabeth Andreassen

Maria Mena

Ylvis

Rikard Nordraak

Johan Svendsen

Lene Marlin

Maria Haukaas Mittet

Marcus & Martinus

Marion Raven

Astrid S

Tix

Theatre of Tragedy

Johan Halvorsen

Ane Brun

Iselin Solheim

Mari Boine

Leif Ove Andsnes

Sirenia

Christian Sinding

Gåte

Kings of Convenience

Ulver

Susanne Sundfør

M2M

Carpathian Forest

Taake

Windir

Magne Furuholmen

Annie

Agathe Backer Grøndahl

Christine Guldbrandsen

Paul Waaktaar-Savoy

Wenche Myhre