Ida Maria

Ida Maria Børli Sivertsen (/ˈiːdə/ EE-də; born 13 July 1984), better known simply as Ida Maria, is a Norwegian musician and songwriter. 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. In August 2013, Maria digitally released her third album Love Conquers All in Norway.

Ida Maria
Maria performing in 2009
Background information
Birth nameIda Maria Børli Sivertsen
Born (1984-07-13) 13 July 1984
Nesna, Norway
GenresPunk rock, indie rock, alternative rock
InstrumentsGuitar, bass guitar, vocals
Years active2007–present
LabelsNesna Records, Waterfall Records, Mercury Records, Lava Records
Websitewww.idamariamusic.com

Biography

Early life

Maria was born and raised in Nesna. She taught herself to play guitar and began performing at local concerts at age 14.[1]

Career

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 the Norwegian national radio station NRK P3.

Maria later expanded her popularity outside Norway, notably in the United Kingdom where she appeared on Later... with Jools Holland, was interviewed by The Times, and performed at the Glastonbury Festival.[2] In September 2009, she released a remix of her first single "Oh My God" with punk rock icon Iggy Pop singing backing vocals.[3]

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 UK, the United States and Australia.[4] She performed her song "I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked" on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in 2009.[5]

Her second album, Katla, was released in Norway on 8 November 2010[6] and internationally on 7 June 2011.

Her fourth album was released on 18 April 2016, consisting of a collection of American spirituals.[7]

She competed in the Melodi Grand Prix 2018, attempting to represent Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with the song 'Scandilove'. Her song was not one of the four songs that progressed to the Gold Final, and was eliminated.

Soundtracks

Maria's song "Queen Of The World" was used as the outro for season 3 episode 1 of The Inbetweeners.

Maria's song "I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked" was used 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. The song was also included in the soundtrack of the film Lesbian Vampire Killers.[8] Her song "Louie" is being used for some commercials for the FX TV show Louie. It was again used as the inspiration for the title of episode 12, season 6 of Grey's Anatomy

The song "Oh My God" was one of the first songs announced to be used in Rock Band 3.[9]

Maria's song "Keep Me Warm" was used in the season 4 finale of the ABC drama Grey's Anatomy and during some Nivea commercials during fall 2009. It has also been used in the UK drama show Skins, in series 4, episode 1.

Maria's song "Oh My God" was in the trailer for It's Kind of a Funny Story and The Virginity Hit.[10]

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.[11]

Her song "Bad Karma" from Katla was used in the 2011 film Scream 4 and episodes of Gossip Girl, Teen Wolf, Royal Pains and Being Human together with the song "Quite Nice People", both from the album Katla.

Ida Maria's song "Oh My God" was used in a Finnish film, Sisko tahtoisin jäädä (Sister, I wanted to stay), released in 2010.

Ida Maria's song "Oh My God" was also used in American Netflix show, Big Mouth Season 2 Episode 2, released in 2018.

The song "Cold Blooded" has been featured on the soundtracks for the Melissa McCarthy comedy Spy and the musical drama Jem and the Holograms.

The song "I eat boys like you for breakfast" was used in the first episode of Season 10 of Jenter (Girls), a Norwegian TV and web series directed at children and teenagers on NRK Super.[12]

The song “Devil” is featured on the trailer for Vampyr.[13]

Collaborations

In 2007, Maria sang vocals for the track "I Love You, You Imbecile" by Pelle Carlberg.[14]

In 2008, she sang backing vocals for the track "Words" on Guillemots' album Red.[15]

In 2009, she collaborated with the Norwegian band DeLillos for the track "Flink" on their album Huskeglemme.[16]

Maria has collaborated with the Norwegian rapper Joddski on two occasions, first on the track "Sannhetsserum" on his 2010 album Krig & Kjærlighet,[17] and secondly on the track "Hold Ut" on is 2011 album Bensin På Bålet.[18]

In 2012, she did a duet with Anthony Green for the track "Can't Be Satisfied" on his 2012 album Beautiful Things.[19]

Personal life

Maria is reported to experience synesthesia, which leads her to see colours when she hears music.[20] She said:

I don't know what life's like without it, as I've always had it. As I've gotten older, I've seen that it has definitely been a bonus in terms of what I do. When I started to play guitar, I made this colour sheet for all the chords. I didn't know what they were called, but I knew exactly what colours and shades they were. So I made songs with colour palettes, which was really cool.[21]

Honors
  • 2007: Alarmprisen in the category this years Artist of the Year, for the album Fortress Round My Heart
  • 2008: Spellemannprisen in the category this years Newcomer, for the album Fortress Round My Heart
  • 2008: By:Larm prisen
  • 2008: Nesna Kommune Kulturpris
  • 2009: Nordland Fylkeskommunes Kulturpris Nordland County Council Culture Award

Discography

Studio albums
Title Details Peak chart positions
NOR
[22]		 UK
[23]
Fortress Round My Heart
  • Released: 28 July 2008
  • Label: Nightliner
  • Format: Digital download, CD
 539
Katla
  • Released: 8 November 2010
  • Label: Waterfall Records, Universal Music
  • Format: Digital download, CD
 14—
Love Conquers All
  • Released: August 2013
  • Label: Nightliner
  • Format: Digital download, CD
 ——
Scandalize My Name
  • Released: 8 April 2016
  • Label: Kirkelig Kulturverksted
  • Format: Digital download, CD
 ——
"—" denotes an album that did not chart or was not released.

Extended plays
Title Details
Accidental Happiness

Singles
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
NOR
[22]		 UK
[23]
"Oh My God"[upper-alpha 1] 2007 —85 Fortress Round My Heart
"Drive Away My Heart" ——
"Stella" —185
"Queen of the World" ——
"I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked" 2008 1913
"Bad Karma"[upper-alpha 2] 2010 —— Katla
"Cherry Red" 2011 ——
"69" 2013 —— Accidental Happiness
"Boogie With the Devil's Soul" 2014 ——
"Scandalize My Name" 2016 —— Scandalize My Name
"I'm Gonna Tell God All Of My Troubles" ——
"You" 2017 —— Non-album singles
"Fy faen" ——
"Scandilove" 2018 ——
"The Comfort Song" (with Vamp) 2019 ——
"Underneath A Stranger's Eye" 2020 ——
"Sick of You" ——
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released.

Band

For her first album, Fortress Round My Heart, Maria's backing band included:[25]

Notes
  1. "Oh My God" was re-released in the UK on 26 January 2009.
  2. Norwegian release 11 September 2010. International release 3 May 2011.[24]

References
  1. Profile, imdb.com; accessed 18 July 2015.
  2. "Ida Maria kicks off Glastonbury Other Stage", NME, 27 June 2008
  3. Peter Gaston, "Exclusive Song: Ida Maria Rocks with Iggy Pop!", Spin, 17 August 2009
  4. Ida Maria (Ida Maria Børli Sivertsen) at groove.no (Norwegian)
  5. Ida Maria Soundtrack, IMDb.com; accessed 17 July 2015.
  6. TweedaMaria "Featuring a new collection of musicians, Katla has an eclectic 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, 07:20, 9 August 2010
  7. at Kirkelig Kulturverksted
  8. Lesbian Vampire Killers soundtrack at IMDb
  9. "ROCK BAND 3 FEATURES, SETLIST, AND MORE!" Archived 2010-06-14 at the Wayback Machine, Harmonix website, 11 June 2010
  10. It's Kind of a Funny Story - Trailer at YouTube, posted 14 July 2010
  11. William Goodman, "Ida Maria Drops Off Perez Hilton Tour" Spin magazine, 18 September 2009
  12. NRK TV - Se Jenter Sesong 10 (in Norwegian), retrieved 2017-12-01
  13. "Vampyr E3 2017 Trailer".
  14. "I Love You, You Imbecile" by PELLE CARLBERG on YouTube
  15. "Guillemots – Red". Track listing. Discogs.com. Retrieved 2015-04-03.
  16. Madeleine Schyen, "Du er så flink, flink, flink!" posted on pr3.no, 13 February 2009 (Norwegian)
  17. "Joddski – Krig & Kjærlighet". Track listing. Discogs.com. Retrieved 2015-04-03.
  18. "Joddski og Ida med «Hold Ut» for Utøya", nrk.no, 3 August 2011 (Norwegian)
  19. Yancey, Bryne (2012-01-10). "Anthony Green streams new song feat. Ida Maria, "Can't Be Satisfied"". Alternative Press. Retrieved 2015-04-03.
  20. Dan Cairns (24 February 2008). "Times Online interview". The Times. London. Retrieved 24 July 2008. (subscription required)
  21. Doug Johnstone, Ida Maria - She’s a rainbow, The List, 22 May 2008
  22. "Discography Ida Maria". Norwegian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  23. Peak chart positions in the UK:
  24. "New single out in Norway today!!!!!" 11 September 2010
  25. "RCA Label Group (UK) Ida Maria - Fortress Round My Heart". RCA Label Group. 28 July 2008. Archived from the original on 16 August 2008. Retrieved 26 August 2008.
Awards
Preceded by
Tine Thing Helseth		 Recipient of the Newcomer Spellemannprisen
2008		 Succeeded by
Donkeyboy
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