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Tina Dickow

Danish singer-songwriter, internationally known as [b]Tina Dico[/b]. Born 14 October 1977 in Aabyhøj in the suburbs of Aarhus, she studied religious science at Aarhus University, then music at [l=Det Jyske Musikkonservatorium] before turning to a professional career as musician. In 1998 she was part of the group Fester Kester that won two talent-contests that year with songs written by her. Later in 1998 she released debut single [r=3690038]. In 2000 she started her own record label, [l=Finest Gramophone]. The first release was her 2001 album [m=385146] where she was backed by the band [a=Sheriff (12)]. In 2002 Dickow moved to England and through her contract with Jonathan Morley got to do a collaboration with Holly Valance on the song "Send My Best" and here met Sam Hardaker of [a=Zero 7]. [a=Zero 7] asked her to collaborate with them and they recorded "Home" and "The Space Between" which are featured on the album [m=46490]. Her second album [m=397051] was written during her stay in England and in 2004 she released the EP [m=320312] with new versions of tracks from Notes and Fuel, coupled with one new song. In June 2005 Dickow released her third album [m=101373] that earned her a commercial breakthrough in Denmark and the title "vocalist of the year" at the Danish Music Awards that year. Her next album [m=322333] from 2007 entered the Danish albums charts as number 1 and stayed on the charts for 70 weeks. It established Dickow as one of the major acts on the musical scene in Denmark, a position she maintained with the next two albums [m=376809] (2008) and [m=397045] (2009). In 2008 Dickow moved out of London and back to Copenhagen, and in 2011 she moved to Iceland to found a family with local musician [a=Helgi Hrafn Jónsson], whom she met on a tour of Canada in 2008. Dickows 2014 album [m=724031], featuring several songs written in collaboration with Jónsson, is a partial soundtrack to the Danish movie "En Du Elsker" from the same year.