Vidar Johnsen

Norwegian singer/songwriter Vidar Johnsen skilled chart-topping success as the frontman from the folk-rock band Vamp through the early to middle-2000s before collaborating with Swedish singer/songwriter Peter Nordberg in some critically acclaimed albums later on in the decade. Blessed on November 24, 1972, in Haugesund, Norway, Johnsen produced his solo record debut with Cover Me (1995), an English-language work made up of self-written materials. While the record wasn’t a lot of a industrial success, it resulted in a golden possibility to replace departed vocalist Jan Toft in the folk-rock music group Vamp. Founded in 1991 by Torbjørn Økland (electric guitar), Øyvind Staveland (violin), and Calle Apeland (bass), Vamp had been well-established in Norway, having strike the very best Ten from the albums graph a half-dozen situations during the period of ten years. Johnsen produced his record debut as the frontman of Vamp in 2002 with Månemannen, an enormous hit that proceeded to go completely to number 2 over the Norwegian graphs and was the band’s most well-known release to time. The follow-up albums Siste Stikk (2005) and I Total Symfoni (2006) had been even more effective, both of these hitting number 1 and charting for the half-year’s time. Amid this chart-topping achievement, Johnsen released his second single record, Dance of Lust (2005). He eventually departed Vamp, teamed up with Swedish vocalist/songwriter Peter Nordberg, agreed upon a major-label documenting cope with Sony BMG, and released the collaborative record Ord og ?-gonblick (2007). An all-around achievement, Ord og ?-gonblick reached the very best Five from the Norwegian graphs, spawned the strike one “Den Morgenen,” and gained a Spellemannprisen prize nomination for greatest pop record of the entire year. Quickly afterward Johnsen and Nordberg released the follow-up record Mål & Mening (2008), which spawned the one “På Vift” and in addition reached the very best Five.