1. Tina Dico was born on Tina Dickow Danielsen on 14 October 1977 and is a Danish singer-songwriter.
28 Facts About Tina Dico
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Tina Dico founded her own record label and releases her music independently, enjoying large success with her albums in her home country as well as critical acclaim across Europe.
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Tina Dico is inspired by artists such as Tracy Chapman, Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen.
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Several conversations with established record labels followed after the success with "Your Waste of Time", but Tina Dico was unhappy with the way they intended to market her.
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In 2001, Tina Dico teamed up with her current manager, Jonathan Morley, at the Spot in Aarhus.
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Tina Dico signed a four-year contract with Jonathan, and during the 2002 MIDEM-festival in Cannes, France, she signed with British KobAlt Music Publishing.
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In 2001, Tina Dico met Steffen Brandt, who had heard the cover Tina Dico did of his song "Alt Hvad Hun Ville Var at Danse" at a concert in Kerteminde.
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Tina Dico got fascinated and was invited to one of her next concerts in Aarhus.
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Tina Dico says that she has no intention of signing future acts, due mostly to time constraints.
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In 2002 Tina Dico played her first duo-concerts with Steffen Brandt on Bornholm.
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Tina Dico wrote the album Notes during her stay in England, capturing the loneliness and fear of being alone in London.
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Notes was written while Tina Dico lived in Richmond and later on Tenter Ground near Brick Lane in London.
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Tina Dico got a contract with the British producer-duo Zero 7, that at the time included Sia and Sophie Barker.
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In 2004 Tina Dico released an EP named Far and later that year she did a Danish version of the Leonard Cohen song "Hallelujah" with Steffen Brandt.
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In 2004 Tina Dico signed an international record deal with Sony England.
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In January 2006, Tina Dico won the P3 Award and DKK 100.000 which is granted by Danish National Radio P3.
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In February 2008, after the success of Count to Ten, Tina Dico played an extensive Danish tour.
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Tina Dico met the Icelandic singer Helgi Jonsson on a tour with Teitur Lassen in May 2008.
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Jonsson and Tina Dico collaborated on the song "Walls" on the third EP, An Open Ending, which was recorded in summer 2008 by Tina Dico and Ahlgren, in-between festivals.
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In September 2008, Tina Dico won The Crown Prince And Princess's Award and DKK 500.000.
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In 2008 Tina Dico won the Gaffa-award for "Singer of the Year" second year in a row.
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In 2009 Tina Dico composed the soundtrack for the Danish film Oldboys.
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Tina Dico made the release of The Road to Gavle quite special for her fans.
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Tina Dico managed to reach the goal of 3000 pledges within thirty days.
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Tina Dico won the Gaffa-award for "Singer of the Year" a third time in a row in 2009.
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Tina Dico embarked on her biggest tour to date across Denmark and Germany, playing in a few other European cities, and in February 2011 touring the UK and US.
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In December 2014 Tina Dico released a six-song digital-only EP entitled En Handfuld Danske, composed of Danish-language cover versions of other artists' songs.
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Tina Dico married partner and collaborator Helgi Jonsson on 13 July 2014 near Reykjavik, where they live.