Morten Abel Knutsen, better known by his stage name

Stage name

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 Morten Abel is a Norwegian

Norway

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 pop

Pop music

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 artist, and one of Norway's best-selling domestic artists.

Career

Morten Abel was born and grew up near Bodø

Bodø

is a city and a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Salten region.The city of Bodø was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 . Bodin was merged with Bodø on 1 January 1968. Skjerstad was merged with Bodø on 1 January 2005...

, but moved to Stavanger

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 when he was 15 years old. There he became the lead singer of a band called Catrix, which soon changed their name to "Mods". They released two albums in Norwegian language in 1981 and 1982, and had a big hit with a song called "Tore Tang". A third album in English language was released in 1984.

After Mods split up, Abel released a solo single in 1985. Two years later he formed the band "The September When

The September When

The September When is a Norwegian rock band formed in Stavanger in 1987, by vocalist Morten Abel, guitarist Tor Øyvind Syvertsen and keyboardist Helge Hummervoll, all former members of the band Mods. They signed a recording contract with Warner Music in Norway, and released their self-titled debut...

", which became very popular in Norway. The September When released four studio albums between 1989 and 1994. Two of their hits were "Bullet Me" and "Cries Like A Baby".

When The September When split in 1996, Abel formed a new band called "Peltz

Peltz

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". They released one album. After Peltz, Abel started focusing on a solo career, and his first solo album Snowboy was released in 1997. Since then he has released a further four solo albums, which have all been very successful in Norway. Some of his biggest solo hits include "Tulipz", "Be My Lover", "Trendsetter" and "Birmingham Ho".

So far, Morten Abel has sold around 550,000 copies of his solo albums. The total album sales of all his projects is more than 1 million. Abel has also acted in two Norwegian movies, "Hodet Over Vannet" (1993) and "Alt For Egil" (2004).

In 2006, Morten Abel performed at the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize Concert

Nobel Peace Prize Concert

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 in Oslo.

Mods

• Revansj! (1981)
• Amerika (1982)
• Time Machine (1984)
• Originaler (1992) - CD re-issue set of two first albums
• Gje Meg Litt Merr: De Beste (2006) - Best of, CD+DVD

The September When

• The September When (1989)
• Mother I've Been Kissed (1991)
• One Eye Open (1993)
• HuggerMugger (1994)
• Prestige de la Norvége 89-96 (1996) - Best of
• The Best of TSW (2002) - Best of
• Judas Kiss (2008)

Solo album

• Snowboy (1997)
• Here We Go Then, You And I
  Here We Go Then, You and I
  Here We Go Then, You And I is a 1999 album by Norwegian pop artist Morten Abel. It was Abel's second CD as a solo artist. The album went straight to number one on the Norwegian album chart, and sold to double platinum...
  
  (1999)
• I'll Come Back And Love You Forever (2001)
• Being Everything, Knowing Nothing (2003)
• Morten Abel (2004) - Best of, 2CD
• Give Texas Back To Mexico (2005) - Collection, Sweden only.
• Some Of Us Will Make It (2006)

Solo singles

• "Be My Lover" (1999)
• "Doberman" (1999)
• "Hard to Stay Awake" (2000)
• "Tulipz" (2000)
• "I'll Come Back and Love You Forever" (2001)
• "You Are Beautiful" (2001)
• "Birmingham Ho" (2002)
• "Trendsetter" (2003)
• "Our Love Is Deep" (2003)
• "Big Brother" (2006)

External links

• mortenabel.com - official website
• Everything Goes For Believers - unofficial fansite