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Mugison is an Icelandic musician and singer who originally performed as a one-man band using a guitar and computer, but now often performs with a... band. He studied in London to become a record producer. In 2004 Mugison was recognized at the Icelandic Music Awards. His album, Mugimama Is This Monkey Music?, was named best album and his song "Murr Murr" was named best song. Mugison got his nickname Mugison while on holiday visiting his father Muggi in Malaysia. His father is a karaoke singer and as the crowds at the karaoke bars in the small fishing villages they were touring had problems pronouncing his name they came to call him Mugison. Mugison is the Icelandic naming convention for the surname of someone who is the son of Muggi.
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Björk Guðmundsdóttir ; born 21 November 1965, known as Björk, is an Icelandic singer-songwriter. Her musical style is eclectic... and she has achieved recognition in rock, jazz, electronic dance music, classical, and folk. Björk's 1990s singles "It's Oh So Quiet", "Army of Me" and "Hyperballad" charted in the UK Top 10. Her record label, One Little Indian, reported that by 2003 she had sold more than 15 million albums worldwide. She has acquired a high level of critical acclaim. She has won four BRIT Awards, four MTV Video Music Awards, one MOJO Award, three UK Music Video Awards, and, in 2010, the Polar Music Prize from the Royal Swedish Academy of Music, in recognition for her "deeply personal music and lyrics, her precise arrangements and her unique voice". Björk has also been nominated for twelve Grammy Awards, one Academy Award and two Golden Globe Awards. She won the Best Actress Award at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival for her performance in Dancer in the Dark.
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Sigur Rós is an Icelandic band known for its ethereal sound, frontman Jónsi Birgisson's falsetto vocals, the use of bowed guitar and the... noticeable incorporation of classical and minimalist aesthetic elements into their music. "Sigur Rós" is Icelandic for "Victory Rose". The band was named after Birgisson's sister. Jón Þór "Jónsi" Birgisson , Georg Hólm and Ágúst Ævar Gunnarsson formed the group in Reykjavík in August 1994. Their name is Icelandic wordplay: while the individual words Sigur and Rós mean, respectively, Victory and Rose, "Victory Rose" wouldn't be grammatically correct; the name is actually borrowed from Jónsi's younger sister Sigurrós, who was born the same day as the band was formed, and then split into two words. They soon won a record deal with the local Sugarcubes-owned record label, Bad Taste. In 1997, they released Von and in 1998 a remix collection named Von brigði . This name is also Icelandic wordplay: Vonbrigði means "disappointment", but Von brigði means "variations on Von".
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