Ephemera are a Norwegian

Norway

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 pop

Pop music

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 trio consisting of Christine Sandtorv, Inger-Lise Størksen and Jannicke Larsen. Formed in 1994, their first album, Glue, was released in 1996. After several years of touring, studying music, and writing new songs, the second album, Sun, was released in 2000. That album earned the band a Best Group nomination in the Spellemannprisen

Spellemannprisen

Spellemannprisen is an award presented to Norwegian musicians for their contributions.-Operation:The award was established on the initiative of International Federation of the Phonographic Industry , an organization that represents the interests of the recording industry worldwide...

, Norway’s equivalent of the Grammy awards. Three more albums were released across the next five years.

Members

• Christine Sandtorv – Vocal, guitar, keyboards, songwriter
• Jannicke Larsen – Vocal, guitar, keyboards, percussion
• Inger Lise Størksen – Vocal, percussion, chimes, songwriter

Recognition

• The Alarm Music Prize (2003)
• Norwegian Grammy nominations (Best Pop Album for "Sun" in 2001, "Balloons and Champagne" in 2003)

Discography

• 1996: Glue
• 2000: Sun
• 2001: Balloons and Champagne
• 2003: Air
• 2005: Monolove

External links

• Official site
• MSN profile