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Reviews of the album '7'. Released 07.06.2010:

 

AFTENPOSTEN: 5 of 6

"...The sound of her voice,  the melodic strength and the modern production and sound picture is a forceful combination. She sings her quiet, beautiful songs with a closeness that grabs you ..."

Svein Andersen

Full review in Norwegian: http://oslopuls.aftenposten.no/musikk/article391487.ece 

 

DAGBLADET: 5 of 6

"A warm pulse pounds through the majority of this impressive album... With careful, unpretentious vocal means, she makes her English lyrics glow..."

Fredrik Wandrup

Full review in Norwegian:  http://www.dagbladet.no/2010/06/13/kultur/musikk/musikkanmeldelser/anmeldelser/unni_wilhelmsen/12121286/ 

 

KLASSEKAMPEN (RØNSEN PÅ FREDAG):  

"... I comfort myself with Unni Wilhelmsen. She just released her 7th album, '7', one of the greatest adult pop albums ever released in Norway. In addition to 9 gorgeous  songs by Unni, the album contains a beautiful version of Joni Mitchell's 'Both Sides Now'..." 

Arild Rønsen   

 

SIDE2.NO: 5 of 6

"... Quality from beginning to end, and layers that won't be detected during the first spin..." 

Lars Wærstad  

Full review in Norwegian: http://www.side2.no/musikk/anmeldelser/article2919832.ece       

 

ABC NYHETER: 5 of 6 

 "She's back! ...Like Ane Brun, Unni Wilhelmsen presents sophisticated music from an open source on her new album '7'. This is simply an album to place her back on the top..." 

Johnny Andreassen

Full review in Norwegian: 

http://www.abcnyheter.no/kultur/plateanmeldelser/100608/shes-back

 

ROMERIKES BLAD: 5 of 6

 " ... Wilhelmsen delivers, and it's refreshing to hear an artist moving forward like this. As usual she writes good, English lyrics."...

Rune Westengen

 Full review in Norwegian:

 http://www.rb.no/lokal_kultur/article5150237.ece


 

BRAGS & HURRAYS!



 

2006: WON’T GO NEAR YOU AGAIN back on the charts 10 years after release!

Ten years after Won't go near you again was released as my debut single, it's back on the charts. This week it's number 15 on VG-lista Topp 20 based on Itunes downloads.

 


 

2005:

New Norwegian Film festival gives me its very first award.
Larvik Film Festival opened for the first time the 7th of May 2005. The opening film was Fast Car, a documentary featuring Zap mama and me recording an album and visiting women in Africa. The topics are female circumcision, music and life.
For my contributions to the documentary and the Care recording project in Africa, they gave me their first award ever: Fannyprisen. I'm honored.
 

2004:

Sober (Hurricane's Eye 2003) Nominee for Edward Award.
 The Edward Award (named after the Norwegian composer Edward Grieg) is a Norwegian award for composers and lyricists in different categories. Sober is nominated for Song of the Year (popular vocal music) together with Magnet and Folk & Røvere.
Magnet won, congratulations!


To Whom It May Concern (PolyGram 1997)
achieved The Golden Record of Sales trofee.

 

2003:

Everyone’s Honesty awarded from ISC
International Songwriting Contest call themselves the worlds biggest with entries from 60 countries and over 11.000 songs to go through. Big names in the juries. Everyone’s Honesty from the album Hurricane’s Eye (St. Cecilia Music 2003) received honorable mention in the singer/songwriter category 2003.

 

1998:

DEFINITELY ME (PolyGram 1997)
achieved Golden Record of Sales Award

 

1997:


TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN awarded Norwegian Grammy for Best female Artist of the Year 1996.



 

1997:

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN awarded another Norwegian Grammy: Album of the Year 1996.