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Björk

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Björk is an Icelandic singer, composer and musician whose practice brings together recording, moving image, costume and technology. She achieved international recognition with the Sugarcubes before moving to London and releasing Debut in 1993. Her solo albums include Post, Homogenic, Vespertine and Biophilia, the latter developed as an interactive project linking music and science.

She received the Polar Music Prize in 2010. In 2015 the Museum of Modern Art presented a retrospective spanning her recordings, videos, instruments and costumes, including a newly commissioned Black Lake installation made with director Andrew Thomas Huang.

Reviewed 2026-09-06

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