Medina, Hjalmer, Gilli, und Blæst

Valbak’s early music releases in Denmark were a couple of single releases “Flå” (Rip) and “Et øjeblik” (One moment) released in 2007. However these failed to attract much public or critical attention much like Valbak’s debut album “Tæt På” (Up close) released in September of that year. The album was produced by two Danish production teams the Copenhaniacs and Providers and features guest appearances from Joe True and Joey Moe.

The singer’s breakthrough came in 2008 with the release of her single “Kun for mig” (later released in English as “You and I”) which spent 52 weeks in the Danish Singles Chart and ultimately achieved triple-platinum status. The song proved to be the lead single from her sophomore full-length album “Velkommen util Medina” (Welcome to Medina), which performed well in the Danish album chart along with the German, Austrian and Swiss charts. Valbak subsequently released the singles “Velkommen util Medina”, “Ensom” (Lonely) and “Vi to” (The two of us).

Following the release of the English version of “Kun for mig” “You and I”, Valbak featured on the track “100 dage” and Burhan G’s single “Mest ondt” both of which reached the top spot in the Danish chart.

With her chart and commercial success, Valbak has earned herself a number of awards including two Best Danish Act awards at the 2009 and 2011 MTV Europe Music Awards and six awards at the Danish Music Awards including Danish Female Artist of the Year, Album of the Year and Danish Songwriter of the Year. In 2011 Valbak released the album “For algid” featuring the tracks “Synd for dig” and “Kl. 10” and saw an English-language equivalent release with the title “Forever” in 2012. Subsequently the singer released the EP “Arrogant” in 2014, with a more urban and hip hop focus and was produced by the Danish production team of Pitchshifters.