1. Ane Brun has lived in Stockholm, Sweden, since 2001, where she writes, records, and runs her own label, Balloon Ranger Recordings.
12 Facts About Ane Brun
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Ane Brun grew up in a musical family in Molde, Norway.
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Ane Brun recorded her debut album, Spending Time with Morgan, in 2002, in both Stockholm and Uppsala, with engineers and producers Katharina Nuttall, Cecile Grudet, and Kim Nelson.
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Ane Brun received several award nominations that year and took home the Spellemannpris, the Norwegian equivalent of the Grammies, for Best Female Artist.
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Later in 2005, Ane Brun went on to record a collaborative album titled Duets.
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Later the same year, Ane Brun issued the album Sketches, which included acoustic demo versions of the songs from Changing of the Seasons.
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In 2009, Ane Brun performed at the Stockholm Concert Hall, a concert that was filmed and released as Live at Stockholm Concert Hall the same year.
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Ane Brun featured as one of the guests on Peter Gabriel's 2011 studio album, New Blood, singing Kate Bush's part on the re-recorded version of "Don't Give Up".
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On 11 March 2013, Ane Brun performed her own adaptation of "Dido's Lament", from Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell, at Roundhouse in London.
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In 2015, Ane Brun released her seventh studio album, titled When I'm Free.
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Ane Brun won two awards at the 2021 Grammis, one for Composer of the Year and the other for Best Alternative Pop Album, for After the Great Storm.
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Ane Brun was diagnosed with lupus erythematosus at the age of 27, and a flareup in 2012 forced her to cancel a North American tour with Peter Gabriel.