Björk

I will be honest: Björk baffled me before she won me over. That voice, three octaves of glacier and lava, refuses every category I try to put it in, drifting from electronica to jazz to avant-garde without ever losing its center. What I value most is her stubbornness: five decades of making exactly the music she hears in her head, awards or no awards. The fact that she also delivered a European Film Award-winning acting performance almost feels unfair. To me she is the clearest proof that pop music can be uncompromising art, and that an eccentric public persona can hide rigorous, disciplined genius.

Name (English)

Björk

Name (Japanese)

ビョーク

Reading

びょーく

Born

November 21, 1965 (age 60)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Snake

Origin

Reykjavík, Iceland

Height

2 cm

Occupation

composer / actor / singer / record producer / music arranger

Awards & achievements

• 1997 Nordic Council Music Prize
• 2010 Polar Music Prize
• Knight of the National Order of Merit
• 2001 Bodil Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
• 2000 European Film Award for Best Actress
• 2000 Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actress
• 2000 Edda Award for Best Leading Actor or Actress
• Icelandic Music Awards

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://bjork.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/bjork/
• Xhttps://x.com/bjork
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%93%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF

Tags

• composer
• actor
• singer

Last updated

2026-06-11

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.