Brandur Enni

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Brandur Enni

| image = Brandur Enni A Musician from the Faroe Islands.jpg

| caption = Brandur Enni (2009)

| birth_name = Brandur Helgason Enni

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1989|4|15}}

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| origin = Tvøroyri, Faroe Islands

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| genre = Pop, Soul, Rock

| occupation = Singer

| years_active = 1998–present

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| website = http://www.brandur.com/

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Brandur Helgason Enni (born 15 April 1989), is a Faroese singer, songwriter, composer, and musician. He plays guitar, trumpet, piano and flugelhorn. In August 2006, he moved to Sweden, where he studied music for two years at the Music Production Academy "Musikmakarna".{{cite web|url=http://www.musikmakarna.se/index.php?k=nyheter&page=3&posts |title=YH Musikmakarna |publisher=Musikmakarna.se |accessdate=27 February 2013}} In 2012, he moved back to his hometown Tvøroyri and started to attend the Suduroy High School. Brandur's brother Tróndur Enni is also a singer and songwriter and plays several instruments; he is well known in the Faroe Islands and sometimes performs with Frændur singer Eyðun Nolsøe. At the Midsummer Festival in Tvøroyri, the two brothers Brandur and Tróndur performed together on stage along with other Faroese musicians.{{cite web |url=http://www.portal.fo/?lg=62726 |title=Føroyski portalurin — |publisher=Portal.fo |accessdate=27 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729145427/http://portal.fo/?lg=62726 |archive-date=29 July 2012 |url-status=dead }}

Career

Brandur Enni's musical career started early; he was singing on two albums in 1998 and 2000. He released his debut album{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt7rqIA58A8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/Qt7rqIA58A8 |archive-date=2021-12-20 |url-status=live|title=Brandur Enni – Waiting in the Moonlight |date=12 May 2006 |via=YouTube |accessdate=27 February 2013}}{{cbignore}} Waiting in the Moonlight in 2002, when he was 12 years old. Enni gained popularity in the Faroe Islands, Denmark and in Iceland, and later he became a well known name in Sweden and other countries, especially after participating in the Melodifestival 2008 in Sweden,[http://cdtrrracks.com/Various%20Artists/Melodifestivalen%202008%20%28CD1%29/ cdtrrracks.com] Various Artists, Melodifestivalen 2008 (CD1) which is held every year to find the best candidate for the Eurovision Song Contest. Enni sang a ballad called "Lullaby"; he became number 7 at the semi-final and did not make it to the final round. It was Charlotte Perrelli who won the Swedish contest and represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 in Belgrade in Serbia. Perrelli became number 18 with her song "Hero".{{cite web|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/by-year/contest?event=1469 |title=Eurovision Song Contest 2008 Final | Eurovision Song Contest – Malmö 2013 |publisher=Eurovision Song Contest |accessdate=27 February 2013}}

Enni has performed at several of the summer festivals in the Faroe Islands: The Summer Festival (Summarfestivalurin) in Klaksvík,{{cite web|url=http://www.summarfestivalur.fo/wb/pages/sf_2007.php|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111172509/http://www.summarfestivalur.fo/wb/pages/sf_2007.php|archivedate=11 January 2014 |title=Summarfestivalur – SF_2007 |publisher=Summarfestivalur.fo |accessdate=27 February 2013}} The Asfalt Music Festival in Tórshavn{{cite web|url=http://www.brandur.com/uk_brandur/uk_news_tekst.html |title=News! |accessdate=24 November 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071010004122/http://www.brandur.com/uk_brandur/uk_news_tekst.html |archivedate=10 October 2007 }} and the Midsummer Festival in Suðuroy (Jóansøkufestival).{{cite web |url=https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:BwMvWb9UB_cJ:www.portal.fo/sub_page/planet_pdf.php%3Fide%3D61698+brandur+enni+%C3%BAtg%C3%A1vur&hl=en&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjwam1UbGSm_uUwjChgxJcHLs4h24K3BFlhtYDU1IZO3WswK3GkAjQxMvwQA24lHqrjzOVYpXhV8SQiva_IosPbrnDy3gEw0vXTklwuyOJxQi1p3BzpL6p-w1zqG9fj_KH9eUur&sig=AHIEtbSn1r0_tS1YOjqDAfMEbAhOEzDB6Q |title=Google Drive Viewer |accessdate=27 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112050928/https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache%3ABwMvWb9UB_cJ%3Awww.portal.fo%2Fsub_page%2Fplanet_pdf.php%3Fide%3D61698+brandur+enni+%C3%BAtg%C3%A1vur&hl=en&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjwam1UbGSm_uUwjChgxJcHLs4h24K3BFlhtYDU1IZO3WswK3GkAjQxMvwQA24lHqrjzOVYpXhV8SQiva_IosPbrnDy3gEw0vXTklwuyOJxQi1p3BzpL6p-w1zqG9fj_KH9eUur&sig=AHIEtbSn1r0_tS1YOjqDAfMEbAhOEzDB6Q |archive-date=12 November 2012 |url-status=dead }}

Enni has co-written with Swedish songwriters Julia Ericsson, Aleena Gibson, Karin Elisabeth Dreijer, Lasse Andersson, Benny Andersson, Anna Allerstedt, Maria Marcus and Evelina Satell.

In December 2007, Enni signed a publishing deal with Air Chrysalis Scandinavia.[http://www.brandur.com/index_inlay.htm ]{{Dead link|date=February 2013}} On 19 October 2009, he was the support act for Alexander Rybak, who won the Eurovision Song Contest 2009.{{cite web |url=http://www.chrysalis.se/?sid=article&pid=read&id=12846 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091128082326/http://www.chrysalis.se/?sid=article&pid=read&id=12846 |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 November 2009 |title=Nothing here |publisher=Chrysalis.se |accessdate=27 February 2013 }}

Enni also worked with the record producer Timbaland, who runs a private studio in Virginia Beach, United States.{{cite web|url=http://www.lionheart-int.com/untitled_page(1512).asp |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105214809/http://www.lionheart-int.com/untitled_page%281512%29.asp |archivedate=5 January 2009 |title=Lionheart International – Untitled page [Melodifestivalen, Schlager, artist, Jill Johnson, Shirley Clamp, Anna Sahlene] |accessdate=24 November 2009 |url-status=dead }}

In 2009 Enni sang the Swedish version of the theme song in Disney's High School Musical 3, "Right Here, Right Now"{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTiO76NQUbs |title=Molly Sandén feat. Brandur – Just här, just nu |via=YouTube |accessdate=27 February 2013}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead Youtube links|date=February 2022}} with the Swedish singer Molly Sandén. The Swedish title of the song is "Just här, just nu". In 2009, Enni released a single, "Sometimes Truth Needs a Lie". It was produced by Lionheart International, which is one of the biggest record companies in Sweden (established in 1990), now a part of Universal Music family.{{cite web|url=http://www.lionheart-int.com/the_company.asp |title=Lionheart International - the Company [Melodifestivalen, Schlager, Artist, Jill Johnson, Shirley Clamp, Anna Sahlene] |accessdate=24 November 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081118013127/http://www.lionheart-int.com/the_company.asp |archivedate=18 November 2008 }}

In 2011, he released the single "The Illusion Of".{{cite web|url=https://swedishstereo.blogspot.dk/2011/01/brandur-illusion-of.html |title=Swedish Stereo: Brandur – The Illusion Of |publisher=Swedishstereo.blogspot.dk |date=11 January 2011 |accessdate=27 February 2013}}

Awards and nominations

Every year in December, the Faroese newspaper Sosialurin and the newsportal Portal.fo give Planet Awards to Faroese musicians in these categories: "Best Faroese Band or Artist", "Best album", "Best Female Singer", "Best Male Singer", "Best New Band or Artist" and "Best Song".

Enni won the Planet Award 2009 in the category "Best Male Singer".{{cite web |url=http://planet.portal.fo/?lg=67430 |title=Føroyski portalurin – portal.fo |publisher=Planet.portal.fo |accessdate=27 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120530051625/http://planet.portal.fo/?lg=67430 |archivedate=30 May 2012 }}

  • Planet Awards 2009 – Best male singer
  • Nominated Planet Awards 2009 in the category Best song with Sometimes truth needs a lie[http://planet.fo/grein/planet_awards_soleidis_kanst_tu_atkvoda Planet.fo] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130412170750/http://planet.fo/grein/planet_awards_soleidis_kanst_tu_atkvoda |date=12 April 2013 }} List of the nominated artists, bands and songs
  • Nominated Planet Awards 2010 – Best male singer

Discography

  • Waiting in the Moonlight, debut album, 2002
  • The Way I Am, documentary, 2002
  • Perfect Summer,[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxVmEnJFQVU Perfect Summer on Youtube] single, 2002
  • Still Friends, single, 2003
  • Brandur, single, 2003
  • Brandur, album, 2003
  • Lullaby, single, 2008
  • Lifelong Lovesong, single, 2008
  • Sometimes Truth Needs a Lie,{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKkF5x2dBV4 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/aKkF5x2dBV4 |archive-date=2021-12-20 |url-status=live|title=Brandur- Sometimes Truth Needs a Lie |via=YouTube |date=22 July 2009 |accessdate=27 February 2013}}{{cbignore}} single, 2009
  • The Illusion Of, single, 2011
  • Funerals and Celebrations album, Tutl, 2014

Appeared on

  • Mánadags Mortan, (The title means Monday's Mortan, children are singing), 1998{{cite web|url=http://www.brandur.com/ |title=Brandur |publisher=Brandur |accessdate=27 February 2013}}
  • Kular Røtur, "Music for Children", 2000
  • Dýrd, various artists, 2005 (Words For You)[https://cdtrrracks.com/J%F3ans%F8kan%2080%20%E1r/D%FDrd/ CDtrrracks.com]
  • Jól í dagChristmas Album, various artists, 2007

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