Carina Dahl

Carina Dahl (born 15 August 1985) is a Norwegian pop singer.

For the Swedish writer, see Carina Dahl (writer).
Carina Dahl
Carina Dahl
Carina Dahl
Background information
Born (1985-08-15) 15 August 1985
OriginTrondheim, Norway
GenresPop
Occupation(s)Singer
Years active2006–present
LabelsdaWorks
Websitecarinadahl.no

Biography

Dahl participated in Big Brother 2006, a joint program shared by broadcasters in Sweden and Norway. She was the last housemate to be voted off before the finale, spending a total of 107 days in the house.[1][2] Dahl has for many years worked as a glamour model and was voted "Årets gatebilbabe" in 2005 in Norway.[3]

She has established herself in Norway as a singer, with the label Stargate producing several of her songs, and has performed at events including the Norway Rock Festival.[4][5] She reached the first semi-final of the Melodi Grand Prix 2011, the competition to select an act to represent Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Germany, with a song titled "Guns & Boys", but failed to progress further in the contest.[6]

Dahl lived in Sweden for five years, where she worked with the record company TMC Entertainment, and in 2010 she released her first album Hot Child. She moved back to Norway in 2012, and that autumn she participated in the reality show Tigerstaden aired on TV2 Bliss.[7] In September 2012 her first single NLTO (Not Like the Others) was released by the record company daWorks Records.[8]

Dahl is the daughter of Diesel Dahl, a member of the heavy metal band TNT.[5] Carina Dahl participated for a second time in the Norwegian national selection for Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö with the song "Sleepwalking". She competed a third time in the Norwegian national selection for Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv with the song "Hold Me Down".

Discography

Studio albums
  • Hot Child (2010, TMC)[7]
  • Hurricane Lover – Acoustic Sessions (2015, daWorks)

EPs
  • Screw Remixes (2010, TMC)
  • I Don't Care – EP (2013)

Singles
  • "Screw / Song Stuck" (19 October 2009, TMC)
  • "Crash Test Dummy" (25 August 2010, TMC)
  • "Guns & Boys" (2011, TMC)
  • "NLTO (Not Like the Others" (2012, daWorks)
  • "Sleepwalking" (2013, daWorks)
  • "Sleepwalking" – (Rykkinnfella Remix) (2013, daWorks)
  • "I Don't Care" (2013, daWorks)
  • "If That's the Only Way" (2013, daWorks)
  • "We Are Who We Are" (2013, daWorks)
  • "It Gets Better" (2014, daWorks)
  • "Be My Lover" (2014, daWorks)
  • "(Come a Little) Closer" (2015, daWorks)
  • "Hurricane Lover", with Agnete (2015, daWorks)
  • "Champions" (2015, daWorks)
  • "Burning" (2015, daWorks)
  • "Hot Crush (Coming Home with Me)", feature with Östberg (2016, daWorks)
  • "You on Me" (2017, daWorks)
  • "Despacito", with Adrian Jørgensen (2018, daWorks), certified Platinum by IFPI Norway,[9] 5.9 million streams[10]
  • "Waste No Time" (2018, daWorks)
  • "Hold Me Down" (2019, Motormouth)
  • "Shallow (Så Ekte Nå)", with Åge Sten Nilsen (2020, Generation),[11] certified Gold by IFPI Norway,[9] 3 million streams[10]

References
  1. "Kärlekspakt kan avgöra "Big brother"-finalen – Nöje – Expressen Nöje | Nöjesnyheter Musiknyheter Filmnyheter". Expressen.se. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
  2. "Carina fick lämna Big Brother | Big Brother | Dokusåpa | TV | Nöjesbladet | Aftonbladet". Aftonbladet.se. 14 May 2006. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
  3. Gatebil.no – Årets Gatebilbabe 2005, Carina J. Dahl deltar i Big Brother 2006! Archived 13 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Stargate satser på Carina – Seoghør.no Kjendisnytt". Archived from the original on 17 May 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  5. "Big brother – Sørger over Big Brother-vennens død – SEHER.NO : Norske". Seher.No. Archived from the original on 23 October 2010. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
  6. "Melodifestivalen 2011 | Carina Dahl | Poplight". Poplight.zitiz.se. Archived from the original on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
  7. "Official website". Carina Dahl. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  8. "daWorks Records". daWorks Records. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  9. "Norwegian certifications – Carina Dahl" (in Norwegian). IFPI Norway. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  10. Kjøllesdal, Bente (4 September 2021). "Då eg var 20: Carina Dahl flytta inn i Big Brother-huset i fire månadar". Framtida. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  11. Lindblad, Knut-Eirik (3 April 2020). "Blir gjort narr av". dagbladet.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 5 October 2021.
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