Ida Maria

Ida Maria
Ida Maria playing guitar in 2007
Background information
Also known as	Ida Maria Børli Sivertsen
Born	13 July 1984 (1984-07-13) (age 27)
Origin	Nesna, Norway
Genres	Punk rock Indie rock Alternative rock
Instruments	Guitar, Bass, Vocals
Years active	2007-
Labels	Nesna Records/Sony BMG/Upper 11 Group
Website	www.idamaria.co.uk

Ida Maria Børli Sivertsen (born 13 July 1984 in Nesna, Helgeland) is a Norwegian rock musician known primarily by the stage name Ida Maria. Her first album; Fortress Round My Heart was released in 2008. In November 2010 she released her second album Katla in Norway; the album was released internationally on 7 June 2011.

Biography

Ida Maria was born and raised in the small town of Nesna in Nordland county, Norway. She currently lives in Nesna, Norway.^{[citation needed]}

Ida Maria gained considerable success in Norway in 2007 after winning two national competitions for unknown artists - Zoom urørt 2006 and Urørtkonkurransen 2007 - and playing successful shows at the annual Norwegian music industry festival By:Larm 2007 and 2008. Her singles "Oh My God" and "Stella" were both played regularly on Norwegian national radio station NRK P3.^{[citation needed]}

Ida Maria later expanded her popularity outside of her native country, namely in the United Kingdom, where she appeared on Later... with Jools Holland, was interviewed by The Times, and performed at the Glastonbury Festival.^{[citation needed]}

Ida Maria is reported to have the neurological phenomenon of synesthesia which, in her case, means she envisions colours when she hears music.^[1]

Ida Maria contributed backing vocals for the track "Words" on Guillemots' 2008 album Red.^{[citation needed]}

Having performed at various festivals, including Reading, and being nominated for Best Rock/Indie Artist category at the BT Digital Music Awards 2008, Ida Maria has toured in Scandinavia, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Australia.^{[citation needed]}

Ida Maria's song "Keep Me Warm" was featured in the season 4 finale of the ABC drama Grey's Anatomy and during some Nivea commercials during the Fall of 2009.^[2]

Ida Maria's song "I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked" was featured in episode 8 of "My Life As Liz" entitled "A Prom to Remember Part 2". It was played during the dancing sequence at the prom. Her song "Louie" is being used for some commercials for the FX TV show Louie (TV series). The song Oh My God was one of the first songs confirmed to be featured in Rock Band 3.^[3]

Ida Maria's song "Oh My God" was featured in the trailer for "It's Kind of a Funny Story".^{[citation needed]}

Ida Maria was one of the co-headliners of the 2009 Perez Hilton Presents tour. On 17 September 2009, after a Boston show, she pulled out of the tour, citing exhaustion.^[4]

Her second album, Katla, was released on 8 November 2010 in Norway.^[5] And internationally on 7 June 2011.

Her song "Bad Karma" was featured in the 2011 films Scream 4 & Bad Teacher.

Ida Marias song Oh My God was featured in a Finnish film, Sisko tahtoisin jäädä (Sister, I wanted to stay), released in 2010.

Discography

Studio albums

• 2008 – Fortress Round My Heart - UK Number 39^[6]
• 2010 - Katla produced by Butch Walker

Singles

• "Oh My God"
• "Drive Away My Heart"
• "Stella" - UK Number 185^[7]
• "Queen of the World"
• "I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked" - UK Number 13
• "Oh My God" (UK re-release 26 January.) UK Number 85
• "Bad Karma" (Norwegian release 11 September 2010 - International release 3 May 2011) ^[8]
• "Cherry Red" (2011)

Band

For her first album, Fortress Round My Heart, Ida Maria's backing band included:^[9]

• Ida Maria Børli Sivertsen – vocals, rhythm guitar
• Stefan Törnby – lead guitar
• Johannes Lindberg – bass guitar
• Olle Lundin – drums

References

1. ^ Cairns, Dan (2008-02-24). "Times Online interview". The Times (London). http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article3404605.ece. Retrieved 2008-07-24. 
2. ^ Waterfall records (2009-07-31). Ida Maria song for Nivea TV campaign/Gray's Anatomy. Retrieved from http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=138679196&blogId=503178474.
3. ^ Harmonix (2010-06-18). "ROCK BAND 3 FEATURES, SETLIST, AND MORE!", dated 18 June 2010. Retrieved from http://www.rockband.com/zine/rock-band-3-announcements.
4. ^ Goodman, William (2009-09-18). Ida Maria Drops Off Perez Hilton Tour. SPIN Magazine, 18 September 2009. Retrieved from http://www.spin.com/articles/ida-maria-drops-perez-hilton-tour.
5. ^ TweedaMaria (2010-08-09). Featuring a new collection of musicians, Katla has an eclectric mix of sounds. In places you can hear Ida Maria sing (and speak) in her native Norwegian. The strongest tracks are the heavy rock song "Bad Karma" and the Hispanic influenced "I Eat Boys Like You For Breakfast". Twitter tweet from Ida Maria, dated "7:20 AM Aug 9th via web". Retrieved from http://twitter.com/tweedamaria/status/20711419090.
6. ^ "The Official UK Albums Chart for the week ending 9 August 2008". ChartsPlus (Milton Keynes: IQ Ware Ltd) (363): 5–8. 
7. ^ http://zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK2008.HTM
8. ^ http://twitter.com/tweedamaria/status/24187429774
9. ^ "RCA Label Group (UK) Ida Maria - Fortress Round My Heart". RCA Label Group. 2008-07-28. http://www.rcalabelgroup.co.uk/releases/754/. Retrieved 2008-08-26. 

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External links

• Official website
• Times Online - Ida Maria interview

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