Malin Reitan

Malin Reitan
Malin Reitan (2010)
Background information
Birth name	Malin Reitan
Born	8 August 1995 (1995-08-08) (age 16)
Genres	Children
Occupations	singer
Years active	2005 – present
Labels	MBO MBN

Malin (born Malin Reitan on 8 August 1995 in Trondheim, Norway) is a Norwegian singer. She finished 3rd in Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with her song Sommer og skolefri. She is also a recording artist with two released albums. She sings in her regional dialect.

Biography

Malin's career as a singer started when she was nine years old. She auditioned for the Norwegian selection for JESC 2005, the Melodi Grand Prix Junior 2005, and she was selected to sing among ten contestants in the final show. Her song was too short though, so she had to write one more verse for it on the way home from the audition. After surprising herself by winning MGP jr by a landslide, she went on a summer concert tour, singing on festivals and television shows. In November she performed in the JESC 2005 in Hasselt, Belgium and finished 3rd, the best position for Norway so far.

The next year Malin signed a record deal and in 2006 she released two albums. Malin på månen was released in May. It's a children's album that includes Sommer og skolefri and she participated in writing most of the original songs on it. Malin's jul is a Christmas album with familiar Christmas songs. Third album Pang was released in April 2008, and it was certified gold in few weeks.^[1]

In October 2011 it was announced that Malin will compete in the adult version of Melodi Grand Prix in 2012.^[2]

Discography

Year	Information	Chart positions NOR	Sales and certifications
2006	Malin på månen First studio album Released: 8 May 2006[3] Format: CD	6[4]
2006	Malins Jul Second studio album Released: 27 November 2006[5] Formats: CD	12[6]
2008	Pang! Third studio album Released: 16 April 2008[7] Formats: CD	5[6]
2009	Malin Fourth studio album Released: 2 November 2009[citation needed] Formats: CD	22[6]
2010	Julekonserten (with Celine) Fifth studio album Released: 8 November 2010 Formats: CD	17[8]
2011	Paradis Sixth studio album Released: 1 April 2011 Formats: CD	29[6]

References

1. ^ Gull til Malin og ny personlig rekord på VG-lista, MBO sales Norway
2. ^ Busa, Alexandru (2011-10-28). "Norway : Malin Reitan enters MGP". ESCtoday. http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/17759. Retrieved 28 October 2011. 
3. ^ Malin - «Malin på månen», MBO sales Norway
4. ^ VG Nett Musikk album info, VG Nett
5. ^ Malin - «Malins Jul», MBO sales Norway
6. ^ ^{a b c d} VG Nett Musikk album info, VG Nett
7. ^ Malin «Pang», MBO sales Norway
8. ^ VG Nett Musikk album info, VG Nett

• Malins melodi, TV documentary, (NRK1, November 20, 2005)
• http://www.nrk.no/programmer/tv/melodi_grand_prix_junior/mgp_jr/4650681.html

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Name	Reitan, Malin
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Date of birth	8 August 1995
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