Sigrid (singer)

2012–2015: Career beginnings

At the age of 16 she wrote her first song, "Sun", after her brother, Tellef Raabe, who is also a musician, told her to stop performing cover versions of Adele songs at performances and challenged her to write a song that she could perform at one of his gigs.^[3][2] In 2013, she released "Sun" as her debut single.^[8] The song received airplay on Norwegian radio stations.^[3] She signed to Petroleum Records the following year and performed at festivals such as Øyafestivalen.^[9]

2017–2020: Don't Kill My Vibe and Sucker Punch

In 2016, in partnership with Martin Sjølie, she wrote "Don't Kill My Vibe", inspired by an incident where a producer belittled and patronized her in a songwriting session.^[3] After executives at Island Records heard the song, they immediately signed her to a recording contract.^[3] On 5 May 2017 she released her debut EP which was named after the song.^[3][10] The EP charted in Norway, Australia, and the United Kingdom.^{[11][12][13][14]} In the spring and summer of 2017, Sigrid performed at The Great Escape Festival, Roskilde Festival, Glastonbury Festival, Latitude Festival, and the Reading and Leeds Festivals. She was also a part of The Sims 4: Parenthood soundtrack with the Simlish version of her song, "Don't Kill My Vibe".^[15] She is also featured on the 2017 Justice League soundtrack, performing a cover of Leonard Cohen's 1988 classic "Everybody Knows".^[16]

In January 2018, Sigrid was announced as the winner of BBC Music Sound of 2018.^[17] On 10 February 2018, she was a guest presenter for an episode of The Playlist for CBBC.^[18] In the same month, Sigrid won the Newcomer of the Year award at the 2018 Spellemannprisen. On 11 July 2018, Raw, her second EP, which features 5 tracks was released.^[19]

On 8 March 2019, Sigrid's debut album, Sucker Punch, was released.^[20][21] The album consists of 12 tracks, including five songs released prior to the album.^[22] In 2019, Sigrid toured with Maroon 5 for the Red Pill Blues Tour in Europe, was the support act for George Ezra's tour across the United Kingdom, and headlined a tour in North America and Europe.^[23][24][25] Sigrid contributed a song, "Home to You" for The Aeronauts soundtrack.^[26] She was listed in Forbes "30 under 30" for European Entertainment in 2019.^[27]

In 2020, Sigrid was one of many artists that took part in a BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge cover of the Foo Fighters song "Times Like These" that was organised to raise funds for the COVID-19 pandemic.^{[28][29][30][31]} In May, she was named Spellemann of the Year and won the Pop Artist award at the annual Spellemannprisen.^[32] In November 2021, Sigrid performed in Dingle, Ireland as part of the twentieth series of the live music series Other Voices.^[33]

2021–present: How to Let Go and There's Always More That I Could Say

Sigrid's second album, the 12-track How to Let Go, was released in May 2022.^[34] The album was accompanied by a 50 date world tour, that began in May 2022 with the Radio 1 Big Weekend and ended on 24 November at the 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland.^[35]

In July 2025, Sigrid released single Jellyfish,^[36] later announced as the first single from her then upcoming album.^[37] Sigrid's third album, There's Always More That I Could Say, was released in October 2025.^[38] The album consists of 10-tracks, including three singles that were released prior to the album.^[39] The album will be accompanied by a 18 date UK and European Tour, beginning in January 2026 and expected to conclude in March 2026.^[40]