Olsen Brothers ( Brødrene Olsen ) is a Danish pop rock duo who won the 2000 Eurovision Song Contest .
The duo includes the Jorgen brothers ( dates. Jørgen , March 15, 1950 ) and Niels ( dates. Niels , April 13, 1954 ) of Olsen. They organized their first group, The Kids, in 1965 . In the same year, they performed as the opening act for The Kinks during her concert in Copenhagen . In 1967, the first single of the duo was released. In 1971, the brothers participated in the production of the musical “ Hair ”, with which they then went on tour to Norway and Sweden . In 1972, the first album of the duo, now performing under the name "Olsen Brothers", was released.
After winning the annual national festival Dansk Melodi Grand Prix in 2000 with the song “Fly on the Wings of Love”, the duo takes first place in the Eurovision Song Contest . At the same time, after the victory in Denmark alone, more than 100 thousand copies of this single were sold in one day. In 2005, the brothers took second place at the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix with the song “Little Yellow Radio”.
At the Congratulations contest, dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the Eurovision Song Contest, held in 2005, the song “Fly on the Wings of Love” took 6th place among the best Eurovision songs in its history.
Discography
- Olsen (1972)
- For What We Are (1973)
- For the Children of the World (1973)
- Back on the Tracks (1976)
- You're the One (1977)
- San Francisco (1978)
- Dans - Dans - Dans (1979)
- Rockstalgi (1987)
- Det Stille Ocean (1990)
- Greatest and Latest (1994)
- Angelina (1999)
- Fly on the Wings of Love (2000)
- Neon Madonna (2001)
- Walk Right Back (2001)
- Songs (2002)
- Weil Nur Die Liebe Zählt (2003)
- More Songs (2003)
- Our New Songs (2005)