Venke Knutson
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Venke Knutson Liodden (born October 20, 1978) is a Norwegian singer.
She debuted in 2003 with the single "Panic", followed by her first album Scared and the singles "Scared" and "Kiss".
Venke Knutson was born in southern Norway, in the little town of Birkeland to a musical family. She was the youngest of three sisters, and she got inspired to sing by her elder sisters.
Early in her life she lived with her family in the United States.
Her career didn’t start before she joined the school choir. Inspired by two older sisters, she applied for music at the Vågsbygd skole (Vågsbygd school), when the family was about to go back home to Norway.
Venke Knutson has written everything on the album herself, either alone or together with producer, Jørn Dahl and the guitarist Dan Sundhordvik.
According to her official website, she is an elementary teacher in Norway.
German Eurodance group Cascada covered the song Holiday on their American/Canadian release of Perfect Day.
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[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
| Year | Title | Chart positions | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| NO | |||
| 2004 | "Scared" | 5 | Norwegian sales: 30.000 |
| 2005 | "Places I Have Been" | 7 | Norwegian sales: 20.000 |
| 2007 | "Crush" | 14 | Norwegian sales: 10.000 |
[edit] Singles
| Year | Title | Chart positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| NO | |||
| 2003 | "Panic" | 10 | Scared |
| 2004 | "Scared" | 10 | |
| "Kiss"1 | — | ||
| "In2u"1 | — | ||
| 2005 | "Just A Minute" | 1 | Places I Have Been |
| "When The Stars Go Blue"3 | 14 | ||
| 2007 | "Holiday" | 4 | Crush |
| "Walk The Walk" | 5 | ||
| "Win With Your Hands Down" | — |
| Preceded by "What's In It For Me" by Amy Diamond |
Norwegian VG-lista number-one single 7 September 2005 – 14 September 2005 |
Succeeded by "What's In It For Me" by Amy Diamond |
[edit] Notes
1 Released as airplay singles
2 To be released
3 Duet with Kurt Nilsen
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