- Anita Hegerland
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Name = Anita Hegerland
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Background = solo_singer
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Born = birth date and age|1961|3|3Sandefjord
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Genre = Pop
Occupation = Singer
Years_active = 1970ndashpresent
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Associated_acts =Mike Oldfield
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Notable_instruments =Anita Hegerland (born 3 March 1961 in
Sandefjord ), is a Norwegian singer famous for her childhood career in theScandinavia n and German markets and subsequent vocal contributions to amongst othersMike Oldfield 's work. She sings on two of his 1980s albums; "Islands" and "Earth Moving ".Hegerland was discovered at age 8 by Fredrik Friis during a
Christmas show where she was performing [cite web |url=http://www.frikkmusikk.no/Anita_Hegerland.aspx |title=Anita Hegerland |publisher=FrikkMusikk.no |accessdate=2008-07-10] . Hegerland's musical career took off in 1970 with "Mitt Sommarlov" (transl: My summer holiday) in Scandinavian countries. It spent 22 weeks on Norway's singles chart, with two weeks at #1, and the song was also a #1 hit inSweden . In 1971 she released a single with german artist Roy Black; "Schön ist es auf der Welt zu sein (It's beautiful to be in the world)" in German speaking countries (see picture). The song was recorded both with German and Norwegian vocals. It sold over 2 million copies inGermany , and spent 30 weeks on the singles chart (top peak #3) inNorway .In total she had four different albums on the Norwegian chart as a child star. The last one in 1973 (when she was 12 years old). She also participated in the Norwegian final (for entry to the
Eurovision Song Contest 1971 ), but did not win. She continued as a pop singer in Germany and Scandinavia for several years and then pursued an adult vocal career with greater artistic ambition (but less popular success).She has two children with
Mike Oldfield , Greta and Noah [cite web |url=http://www.mikeoldfield.org/info/biography/biog4.htm |title=Mike Oldfield biography, page 4 |publisher=The Official Mike Oldfield Information Service |accessdate=2008-04-14] , and now lives inNesøya nearOslo .References
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