No Boundaries (Alexander Rybak album)
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No Boundaries is the second studio album
Studio album
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 by the Belarus
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ian-Norwegian
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 artist Alexander Rybak
Alexander Rybak
Alexander Igoryevich Rybak or in Belarusian Alyaksandr Igaravich Rybak , born 13 May 1986 in Byelorussian SSR is a Norwegian singer-composer, violinist, pianist, writer, and actor...

, released on the 14th June 2010.

Background

It was recorded in Yla Studios in Malmö. The album include three songs dedicated to his workmates: Oah, Why Not Me and First Kiss. It also has a tribute to Finland, "Suomi". "5000 Letters" seemingly reflects the letters received from his fans. Another spoken track, "Kaja's Letter" is a letter he finds special from a small Norwegian girl named Kaja.

Plagiarism

RIA Novosti accused Alexander of plagiarizing Konstantin Meladze's music (which has already been used in Valery Meladze
Valery Meladze
Valeriy Shotayevich Meladze is a Russian singer of Georgian descent. He is the brother of composer and producer Konstantin Meladze, who writes songs for him.-Early life:...

's song "Kak ty krasiva segodnya") and using it in his song "5000 Letters". Some other sources, as RIA Novosti says, have already revealed that the music was not written by Alexander Rybak
Alexander Rybak
Alexander Igoryevich Rybak or in Belarusian Alyaksandr Igaravich Rybak , born 13 May 1986 in Byelorussian SSR is a Norwegian singer-composer, violinist, pianist, writer, and actor...

 himself and there was no act of plagiarism.

Tracklist

Charts

No Boundaries entered the Norwegian albums chart at number 18, it climbed to number 11 the next week. It entered the Swedish Albums Chart
Sverigetopplistan
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 on the 25th June 2010 at number 8, the next week to dropped to number 47. It also entered the Finnish Albums Chart at number 32, it dropped to 48 the next week.
Chart (2010) Peak
position
Finnish Albums Chart 32
Norwegian Albums Chart
VG-lista
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Swedish Albums Chart
Sverigetopplistan
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8
Polish Albums Chart
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