What is "bjork"

Björk is the first official release (considered juvenilia) from the Icelandic singer Björk Guðmundsdóttir. In 1976, Björk appeared on Icelandic radio singing " I Love to Love" through the music school she attended, which led her to a record deal and the release, with the help of stepfather Sævar, of her first solo album in 1977.

Björk or Björk as a book is a 192-page coffee table book published by the Icelandic singer and composer Björk Guðmundsdóttir (2001), designed by M/M Paris.

Björk (born 1965) is an Icelandic singer-songwriter.

Björk or Bjork may also refer to:

• Björk (name), Swedish and Icelandic family and given name, meaning birch
• Bjork–Shiley valve, an artificial heart valve
• Björk (album), a 1977 album by Björk
• Björk (book), a book by Björk

Björk Guðmundsdóttir (, born 21 November 1965), known mononymously as Björk , is an Icelandic singer and songwriter. Over her three-decade career, she has developed an eclectic musical style that draws on a wide range of influences and genres spanning electronic, pop, experimental, trip hop , IDM , classical , and avant-garde styles. She initially became known as the lead singer of the alternative rock band The Sugarcubes, whose 1987 single " Birthday" was a hit on US and UK indie stations and a favorite among music critics. Björk embarked on a solo career in 1993, coming to prominence as a solo artist with with albums such as Debut (1993), Post (1995), and Homogenic (1997), while collaborating with a range of artists and exploring a variety of multimedia projects. Several of her albums have reached the top 20 on the Billboard 200 chart, the most recent being her 2015 album Vulnicura.

Björk has had 30 singles reach the top 40 on pop charts around the world, with 22 top 40 hits in the UK, including the top 10 hits " It's Oh So Quiet", " Army of Me", and " Hyperballad". She is reported to have sold between 20 and 40 million records worldwide as of 2015. She has received consistent critical praise for her innovative vocal and compositional approaches, musical experimentation, and art direction; she has been described as "the most important and forward-looking musician of her generation" and "the best non-pop female vocalist of the last 30 years." She has been ranked twenty-ninth in VH1's "The 100 Greatest Women in Music", eighth in MTV's "22 Greatest Voices in Music", sixtieth in Rolling Stones "100 Greatest Singers of All Time", eighty-first in Rolling Stones "100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time", and was recognized in NPR's "50 Great Voices" feature for her " celestial voice."

Björk has won five BRIT Awards, four MTV Video Music Awards, one MOJO Award, three UK Music Video Awards, 21 Icelandic Music Awards and, in 2010, the Polar Music Prize from the Royal Swedish Academy of Music in recognition of her "deeply personal music and lyrics, her precise arrangements and her unique voice." She has also been nominated for 14 Grammy Awards, one Academy Award, and two Golden Globe Awards. In 2015, the singer was included in Time Magazine's list of the 100 most influential people in the world. She won the Best Actress Award at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival for her performance in the film Dancer in the Dark. A full-scale retrospective exhibition dedicated to Björk was held at the Museum of Modern Art in 2015.

Björk was an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) about the Icelandic singer of the same name.

Björk, Björck, Biörck, or Bjork is a Swedish surname meaning birch. It is also a common Icelandic name given to girls, meaning birch, specifically the most common native tree of Iceland, Betula pubescens tortuosa (Arctic downy birch).

Notable people with the name include

• Björk Guðmundsdóttir (born 1965), Icelandic singer
• Hera Björk Þórhallsdóttir (born 1972), Icelandic singer

• Anders Björck (born 1944), Swedish politician
• Anita Björk (1923–2012), Swedish actress
• Arne Bjork (1911–1996) was a Swedish dentist
• Brant Bjork (born 1973), American musician
• Carl-Johan Björk (born 1982), Swedish-born American football player
• Cheng Yuk Han Bjork (born 1980), Chinese fencer
• Fabian Biörck (1893–1977), Swedish gymnast
• Fredrik Björck (born 1979), Swedish footballer
• Hildegard Björck (1847–1920), the first Swedish woman to complete an academic degree
• Jakob Björck (1727/28–1793), Swedish portrait painter
• Oscar Björck (1860–1929), Swedish painter
• Nina Björk (born 1967), Swedish feminist author
• Philip R. Bjork, American geologist
• Robert A. Bjork (born 1939), American psychologist
• Thed Björk (born 1980), Swedish racing driver
• Viking Björk (1918–2009), Swedish cardiac surgeon