Margaret Berger (born October 11, 1985 in Trondheim, Norway ) is a Norwegian singer and songwriter. She gained fame after participating in the Norwegian version of the “Star Factory” - Norwegian Idol, where she took second place. The representative of Norway at the 58th Eurovision Song Contest 2013 , in the final with the song “ I Feed You My Love ” in the Swedish city of Malmö . [one]
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| Date of Birth | October 11, 1985 (33 years old) |
| Place of Birth | Trondheim , Norway |
| A country |  Norway |
| Professions | singer , composer |
| Years of activity | 2004 - present vr. |
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| Genres | pop music electro |
| Labels | Sony BMG |
| Awards | [d] ( 2004 ) |
| MySpace.com/BergerMargaret | |
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Eurovision 2013
Margaret Berger became the winner of the Melodi Grand Prix and represented Norway at Eurovision 2013. At the competition, she performed the electro-pop song “I Feed You My Love” (“I feed you my love”), with which she eventually took 4th place, gaining 191 points. The composition was written by Karin Park, a Swedish-Norwegian singer and songwriter, in collaboration with MachoPsycho. The famous Norwegian-Swedish duo MachoPsycho (Robin Lynch, Niklas Olovson) also acted as a producer of the composition. It is worth noting that at one time the duo produced such stars as Jessica Simpson , Cher , Justin Timberlake , Pink .
Discography
Margaret's debut album, Chameleon , combining elements of rock , R&B and electronic music , was released in October 2004 and immediately reached fourth place on the Norwegian charts.
The second album, Pretty Scary Silver Fairy , released in October 2006, was not so popular - it only reached eighth place in the charts - but it was well received by critics. The album was created under the influence of music by Daft Punk , The Knife and Björk and was a kind of mixture of electronic and dance pop music.
In 2008, Margaret spoke about plans to record a third album [2] . In a 2013 interview, it was said that the recording of the album (the name New Religion was chosen for it) is ongoing [3] . But the work on it is not finished, only certain singles are presented to the public.
Album
- 2004 - Chameleon
- 2006 - Pretty Scary Silver Fairy
Singles
- 2006 - Samantha
- 2006 - Will you remember me tomorrow?
- 2007 - Robot song
- 2011 - In a Box
- 2013 - I Feed You My Love
- 2013 - Human Race
- 2014 - Scream
- August 3, 2015 - Diamonds (feat. Face)
- January 2016 - Apologize
Notes
- ↑ "Result: Norway sends Margaret Berger to Malmö"
- ↑ "NRK-toppjobb for Idol-Margaret" Archived July 19, 2011. (Nor.)
- ↑ Hastings, Andy. "Margaret Berger chats with So So Gay" Archived November 13, 2013. . (eng.)