Björk Guðmundsdóttir (born 21 November 1965) is an Icelandic singer, songwriter, composer, record producer and actress. Over her four-decade career, she has developed an eclectic musical style that draws on influences and genres including electronic, pop, jazz, experimental, trip hop, alternative, classical, and avant-garde music. Born and raised in Reykjavík, Björk began her music career at the age of 11 and gained international recognition as the lead singer of the alternative rock band the Sugarcubes. After the band's breakup in 1992, Björk embarked on a solo career, coming to prominence with albums such as Debut (1993), Post (1995), and Homogenic (1997), while collaborating with a range of artists and exploring a variety of multimedia projects. Her other albums include Vespertine (2001), Medúlla (2004), Volta (2007), Biophilia (2011), Vulnicura (2015), Utopia (2017) and Fossora (2022). Several of Björk's albums have reached the top 20 on the US Billboard 200 chart. As of 2015, she had sold between 20 and 40 million records worldwide. 31 of her singles have reached the top 40 on pop charts around the world, with 22 top-40 hits in the UK, including the top-10 singles "It's Oh So Quiet", "Army of Me", and "Hyperballad" and the top-20 singles "Play Dead", "Big Time Sensuality", and "Violently Happy". Her accolades and awards include the Order of the Falcon, five BRIT Awards, and 15 Grammy nominations. In 2015, Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Rolling Stone named her the 60th greatest singer and the 81st greatest songwriter. Björk starred in the 2000 Lars von Trier film Dancer in the Dark, for which she won the Best Actress Award at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "I've Seen It All". Biophilia was marketed as an interactive app album with its own education program. Björk has also been an advocate for environmental causes in Iceland. A retrospective exhibition dedicated to Björk was held at the New York Museum of Modern Art in 2015.

Filmography

• 2025Björk: Cornucopia — Self, Songs, Musician, Sound Director, Visual Effects Director, Writer, Music Arranger
• 2025The Day Iceland Stood Still — Songs
• 2023Fungi: The Web of Life — Narrator (voice)
• 2022Hollow — Music
• 2022The Northman — Seeress
• 2021Björk Orkestral
• 2018Fear — Additional Dialogue
• 2015Black Lake — Writer, Music
• 2014Björk: Biophilia Live — Self, Songs
• 2012Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen — (archive footage)
• 2010Moomins and the Comet Chase — Songs
• 2009Björk: Voltaïc — Self, Director, Songs
• 2007Anna and the Moods — Anna (voice)
• 2007Kyrie Eleison — Songs
• 2006Drawing Restraint 9 — Occidental Guest, Original Music Composer
• 2006The Sugarcubes: Live Zabor — Self, Writer
• 2001Björk: Vespertine Live at Orchard Hall
• 2001Björk: Vespertine Live at the Royal Opera House — Self, Songs, Music
• 2001Heartbeat — Music
• 2000Dancer in the Dark — Selma Jezkova, Music Producer, Original Music Composer, Musician, Music Arranger, Songs
• 1996Anton — Songs
• 1996Björk: Tibetan Freedom Concert
• 1994Prêt-à-Porter — Model
• Eurotrash
• Later... with Jools Holland
• 1990The Juniper Tree — Margit
• The Word
• 1989Flugþrá — Music
• 1989SSL-25 (Special Squad Laugarnesvegur 25) — Music
• 1988Broken Glass — Maria
• 1983New Life — Singer (as Björk)
• The South Bank Show

Appearances as themselves (70)

• 2025Monk in Pieces — Self
• 2025The Best of Me — Self
• 2024Can Creativity Save the World? — Self (archive footage)
• 2021Björk Orchestral — Self
• 2021Björk Orchestral II — Self
• 2021Björk Orkestral III — Self
• 2021Björk Orkestral IV — Self
• 2021The Sparks Brothers — Self (voice)
• 2018Why Are We Creative? — Self
• 2017Out of Thin Air — Self (archive footage)
• The Nineties — Self
• 2016Björk - Vulnicura Live — Self
• 2015Björk - The Creative Universe of a Music Missionary — Self
• 2013When Björk Met Attenborough — Self
• 2012Björk: Later 1995-2011 — Self
• 2011Sleepless Nights Stories — Self
• 2011YouTube Trilogy: 4 Songs, History, Asian Girls — Self (archive footage)
• 2008Náttúra Concert Featuring Björk and Sigur Rós — Self
• 2008The Hidden Treasures of Michel Ocelot — Self
• 2006Coachella — Self
• 2006Matthew Barney: No Restraint — Self
• 2006My Favourite Attenborough Moment — Self
• 2005Looking for a Thrill: An Anthology of Inspiration — Self
• 2005Screaming Masterpiece — Self
• The Colbert Report — Self - Musical Guest
• 2005The Medúlla Videos — Self
• 2004Arakimentari — Self
• 2004Athens 2004: Olympic Opening Ceremony (Games of the XXVIII Olympiad) — Self
• 2004Björk: The Inner or Deep Part of an Animal or Plant Structure — Self
• 2004I've Been Twelve Forever: The Work of Director Michel Gondry — Self
• 2004Sugar Cubes - The DVD — Self
• 2003Björk: Later with Jools Holland — Self
• 2003Inside Björk — Self
• 2003The Work of Director Chris Cunningham — Self
• 2003The Work of Director Michel Gondry — Self
• 2003The Work of Director Spike Jonze — Self
• 2002808 State: Opti Buk — Self
• 2002Björk: MTV Unplugged & Live — Self - vocals
• 2002Björk: Greatest Hits - Volumen 1993-2003 — Self
• 2002Björk: Minuscule — Self
• 2002Björk: Volumen Plus — Self
• 2002Heart of the Festival — Self (archive footage)
• 2001Björk: Live at Riverside Church — Self
• Friday Night with Jonathan Ross — Self - Guest, Self - Musical Guest
• Click — Self
• 2000Von Trier's 100 Eyes — Self
• 1999Björk: No Place Like Home. Live at National Theatre of Reykjavík — Self
• 1998Björk: Cambridge 1998 — Self
• 1998Björk: MTV Live 1998 — Self
• 1998Björk: Volumen — Self
• 1998Free Tibet — Self
• Sternstunde Kunst — Self
• 1997Björk: Shepherd's Bush Empire 1997 — Self
• 1997Bravo Profiles: Björk — Self
• TFI Friday — Self
• The Frank Skinner Show — Self
• 1994Björk: MTV Unplugged — Self
• 1994Björk: Vessel 1994 — Self
• 1994La Machine Mode — Self
• Space Ghost Coast to Coast — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Musical Guest
• 1992The Sugarcubes: Murder and Killing in Hell (Live at Manchester Academy) — Self
• MTV Unplugged — Self
• Smash Hits Poll Winners Party — Self
• Victoires de la musique — Self
• 1982Rock in Reykjavik — Self
• The BRIT Awards — Self
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Musical Guest
• Top of the Pops — Self - Host
• The Oscars — Self