Aurora
Aurora Aksnes (born 15 June 1996), known mononymously as Aurora (stylised in all capital letters), is a Norwegian singer, songwriter and record producer. Known for blending electropop, folk, and art pop, she has been described as a pioneer of the Norwegian art pop scene and dubbed the "Fairy of Pop". She started writing songs and learning dance at age six, and gained recognition as a teenager after a classmate posted her music online without her knowledge. Initially trained on the piano, she later learned percussion and production.
Aurora signed with Petroleum, Decca, and Glassnote Records in 2014, and released her debut extended play (EP), Running with the Wolves, in 2015. Its lead single, "Runaway", gained massive popularity years later after going viral on TikTok. Her debut studio album, All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend, was released to positive reviews in 2016, topping the Norwegian VG-lista and earning international success. Aurora followed her debut with a two-part concept album: Infections of a Different Kind (Step 1) (2018) and A Different Kind of Human (Step 2) (2019).
Her fourth studio album, The Gods We Can Touch (2022), marked her first top-10 entry in the UK. In 2024, she released her fifth album, What Happened to the Heart?, which charted highly across Europe. In 2025, Aurora shifted towards a more electronic-focused sound when she formed the musical project Tomora with Tom Rowlands of The Chemical Brothers, releasing the album Come Closer the following year. Beyond her solo work, Aurora has collaborated with a range of artists, including Jacob Collier, Wu Qing-feng, Sondre Lerche, Tom Odell, Askjell, Bring Me the Horizon, and Hans Zimmer.
Her contributions extend to soundtracks for numerous films, television series, and video game franchises, such as Frozen 2, Wolfwalkers, the live-action One Piece series, Kaiju No. 8, FIFA, Sky: Children of the Light, Assassin's Creed, and Genshin Impact. With 10 billion streams, Aurora is the most-streamed female Norwegian artist of all time, and she has toured in more than 50 countries across Europe, the Americas, Asia and Oceania. Her accolades include four Spellemann Awards, an EBBA Award, and the P3 Prize at the P3 Gull. At age 21, she became the youngest person to earn a stone on the Bergen Walk of Fame, later receiving a spot on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list.
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