Marion Raven

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Marion Elise Ravn (born 25 May 1984), also known as Marion Raven, is a Norwegian singer and songwriter.

Raven and Marit Larsen formed the pop duo M2M, but the pair broke up in 2002.

Raven was later signed as a solo artist by Atlantic Records after the release of her solo debut album, Here I Am, in 2005.

Raven signed to Eleven Seven, an indie record company, and the songs on her debut album were re-released in 2007 alongside a few new songs on an album titled Set Me Free.

Raven's second album, Songs from a Blackbird, was released in Norway on April 8, 2013. In addition, Raven has written songs for other artists, such as Pixie Lott.

She has also lent her voice to Tangled's Norwegian version.

Ravens Wiig married Andreas Wiig in 2013 and divorced in 2015.

Early life

Raven was born in Lrenskog, Norway, and her father is a teacher. She has an older brother and two younger sisters. Ravn's surname is of Norse origins, with Ravn referring to Raven as her stage name Marion Raven as well as her trademark raven symbol. Raven loved singing from a young age, with occasional lyrics for the songs she performed. At the age of 5, Raven joined the gospel choir in a local church. She began attending the St. Laurentius choir, which has a long history in L'renskog, in 1965, and Kjell Walther Christensen, her vocal coach, continues to lead the St. Laurentius choir, which is now being led for several years. Raven started playing piano and took piano lessons from Sif Anna Lisa degrd, married to Kjell Walther Christensen by the age of eight. She also took ballet lessons, as well as performing ballet on stage. "Sound of Music" on the "Norwegian Broadway" in 1993. "Vettene Vinner," a children's musical, was released by the artist "Vettene," meaning "small trolls that safeguard nature," and was part of the group's "Vettene Preferred gamlespor" (Vettene on Old Tracks). Raven appeared in stage productions of Bugsy Malone and The Wizard of Oz at age 10.

Personal life

Ravn dated Zac Hanson briefly while M2M were on tour with Hanson in 2000. Ravn stated that Everything, her M2M album, was about her breakup with Hanson and her heartbreak after the tour ended and he did not call her. Ravn's second song about the friendship, "Jack" rather than "Zac," was published by Pixie Lott, and she loved it.

Raven married professional snowboarder Andreas Wiig in 2013 and divorced in 2015.

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Solo career

Upon signing her deal with Atlantic Records, Marion Raven set about recording her debut album, and worked with Swedish songwriters/producers Max Martin and Rami, as well as Canadian singer-songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk and her husband Raine Maida from 2003 to 2005. Initially, the record company was not confident of Raven's switch to a more rock image and a darker, more personal style of songwriting. Raven had to fight to record her kind of music, rock music with a pop element. The resulting 14-track list, including 2 bonus tracks, cultivated a more rock/pop sound and was titled Here I Am. The album saw Raven's transformation from the candy-pop music of M2M to a more angsty, rock-oriented singer, and was released in Scandinavia, Japan, Latin America and Southeast Asia.

Here I Am spawned three singles, "End of Me", "Break You" and "Here I Am". Break You holds the record as Raven's top-selling single internationally. All three singles were successful in the Asian region where she further promoted the album with a tour. The album was released in Raven's home country on 10 August 2005 debuting at No. 6.

In early 2006, it was announced that Raven quit her contract with Atlantic Records due to "artistic differences". Raven later confirmed that she was now signed to indie label Eleven Seven Music, which was created by her management 10th Street Entertainment.

Raven later performed a duet with rock musician Meat Loaf on a version of the song "It's All Coming Back to Me Now", released as the lead single from Loaf's tenth studio album Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose in October 2006. The track peaked at No. 1 in Norway and reached the top ten in Germany and the United Kingdom. Raven later joined Loaf on an extensive tour through Canada and Europe in February 2007.

In 2004, she recorded the theme song for the US dub of W.I.T.C.H., a Jetix animated series based on the comic of the same name.

Raven later confirmed that her new album would contain new and old tracks from her Norwegian debut as well as re-recorded tracks such as "Heads Will Roll", which received the help of American musician Nikki Sixx and was released as an EP in October 2006. Prior to the release of Raven's album Set Me Free in March 2007, she toured around The Netherlands, Germany and the United Kingdom to help promote it. Raven later embarked on another promotional tour across the UK and performed in British schools. Later between later July and August, she became a supporting act on American singer-songwriter Pink's I'm Not Dead Tour in Germany. The album was later released in June 2007 and sprawled two singles; "Falling Away" and a re-release of her previous single "Break You" from her Norwegian debut album.

In 2008, Raven made a cameo appearance in the music video for the song "Saints of Los Angeles" by American heavy metal band Mötley Crüe. In 2010 she became a panellist judge on the Norwegian version of the talent show The X Factor and later on Norwegian Idol.

Originally, Raven recorded her third studio album Nevermore in 2009 and penned it for a 2010 release, but due to the internal issues with her record label Eleven Seven Music, it was never released. It dropped two singles "Flesh And Bone" and "Found Someone" exclusively released in Scandinavia.

Marion later released the single "Colors Turn to Grey" in March 2012 and stated in October 2012 that she is working on material for a new album. In March 2013, Marion released the single "The Minute" from her second album Songs from a Blackbird, which was released on 5 April 2013 in Norway. Being her first album in eight years, Songs from a Blackbird managed to peak at No. 3 in Norway. The album was further promoted with a third single – the track "Driving" – and a Norwegian Tour in 2013.

Before an international version released, Marion re-released "The Minute" for an international single via iTunes on 25 July 2014. In August and 31 October 2014, an international version of Songs from a Blackbird released worldwide and Australia, respectively. It incorporates a mixture of Norwegian version and three new songs from both Scandal Vol. 1 and Scandal Vol. 2. For Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Australia, it released physically whereas the worldwide, including Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Australia, it was only released via the iTunes Store.

In January 2014, Marion announced plans to record her third studio album after signing with Sony Music. The album's title was later announced as Scandal while its release date was set to be in September 2014, later the album was divided in two parts, Scandal Vol. 1 released on September 22, 2014, and Scandal Vol. 2 released on February 2, 2015

In May 2019, Ravn released her first Norwegian-language single "Tyv". In July 2019, she released "Fritt fall" as the second single from her Norwegian-language project. The album, Mellom disse 4 vegger, was released on 11 October 2019. The album features a duet with Magnus Grønneberg, with whom she collaborated with during the Hver gang vi møtes series.

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Awards and nominations

• In 2005 Raven was nominated for the Nordic Music Award with her album Here I Am held in Norway.
• Raven was nominated for the "Best Norwegian Act" at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2006.
• In 2015 Raven won the award for 'Best International Act' at the "Musik Fach-Awards" 2015, Raven was also nominated in the category of "Album of the Year" and performed an acoustic version of her single "The Minute" during the ceremony.