Celine Helgemo
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Celine Solemsløkk Helgemo (born August 31, 1995) is a Norwegian
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 child singer and songwriter. She won an international song competition MGP Nordic 2007
MGP Nordic 2007
The MGP Nordic 2007 song competition for children was held in Oslo, Norway, on 24 November 2007. It was the third time a Nordic Melodi Grand Prix competition was held....

 with her song "Bæstevænna" (translated as best friends) when she was 12 years old, and has released a platinum-certified album.

Helgemo comes from Orkdal, near Trondheim
Trondheim
Trondheim , historically, Nidaros and Trondhjem, is a city and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. With a population of 173,486, it is the third most populous municipality and city in the country, although the fourth largest metropolitan area. It is the administrative centre of...

. She goes to a local dance school, takes singing lessons and has performed in local plays with her friend. Helgemo likes to compose songs, and her winning song in MGP Nordic
MGP Nordic
MGP Nordic is a Scandinavian song contest for children aged 8 to 15, organized by DR, NRK, SVT and YLE through FST5...

 is about her best friend Astrid.

She represented Norway in MGP Nordic 2007 after winning the local Norwegian qualifying competition Melodi Grand Prix Junior 2007
Melodi Grand Prix Junior 2007
The Melodi Grand Prix Junior 2007 was Norway's sixth national Melodi Grand Prix Junior for young singers aged 8 to 15. It was held on June 2, 2007, in Oslo Spektrum, Oslo, Norway and broadcast live presented by Stian Barsnes Simonsen. Nine participants participated and the contest was won by...



She also released an album of original songs just before the MGP Nordic final. One of the songs is a duet with her best friend Astrid. The album got a platinum certification
Music recording sales certification
Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,...

 in a month after its release.

Discography

  • Bæstevænna (2007)


She has given out one album, and soon one more is coming. (Christmas album: "Jul På Røros") (2008)
  • Jentekveld (2010)
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