On Saturday, it is Hver gang vi metøs’ youngest participant – Emma Steinbakken (19) – who sits at the end of the table and allows herself to be honored by the much older artists on Kjerringøy.
Despite her young age, the girl from Jessheim with the curly locks has managed to have a meteoric career and become one of Norway’s hottest artists in just a few years.
Back in 2017, Steinbakken was discovered when she had the title role in the musical Annie in Ullensaker cultural center. The following year, the breakthrough came with the single “Not Gonna Cry”, which later garnered more than 22 million plays on Spotify.
INTERPRETED: Pop artist Emma Steinbakken is the guest of honor in Hver gang vi møtes’ fourth programme. Photo: Erik Edland / TV 2
The star shot was soon on “everyone’s” lips, and was nominated as Newcomer of the Year under P3 Gold in 2019. At this time, she made her EP debut with “Emma Steinbakken”, and also had her first, major performance at By:larm.
Foreign countries also wanted a piece of her, and the artist got a record deal in Germany and the USA.
In 2020 came “Stay With Me”, known from the Netflix series Hjem til jul, and also the hit song “WOW”, which she did together with Matoma.
The success was further reinforced when Steinbakken ravaged the top charts with “Jeg oguleer deg aldi” from the NRK hit Rådebank the following year. A short time later, the singer was nominated for the Spellemannsprisen for Song of the Year.
The pop comet also had the closing track “Not You” on Alan Walker’s album “World of Walker”.
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In addition to this, the 19-year-old has warmed up for big names such as Zara Larsson and Imagine Dragons, toured Europe, finished the Sports Gala on NRK and performed at Gullfisken. Last year also saw the release of “Hopelessly Hopeless” and “Can’t Fight This Feeling”, which hit the top charts, as well as “This One’s on Me”.
The up-and-coming pop star has 800,000 listens every month on Spotify, and is predicted to have an adventurous career.
Most recently during the season premiere of Hver gang vi metøs, she went straight to the top of the charts with her “Floden” interpretation, which at the time of writing has been streamed six million times on Spotify.
Which song is your favorite?
Similar to the previous programs, artist colleagues Bjørn Eidsvåg (68), Isah (23), Freddy Kalas (32), Ingebjørg Bratland (32), Karoline Krüger (52) and Kristian Kristensen (30) interpret the guest of honor’s most famous songs in Saturday’s episode .
Below you can judge the songs and give your dice roll. You can also find the songs on Spotify.
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