The Nordic Countries Award 2009

Nordic artists:
1. Serðir Monster (ICE)
2. Sabaton (SWE)
3. Pain (SWE)

Nordic Track:
Femínistinn (ICE) (written by and released on Sverrir Stormsker/Serðir Monster album Tekið Stærst Upp Í Sig

Foreign:
Ace Frehley (USA)

bands:

1. Mew (DEN)
2. Röyksopp(NOR)
3. Kings of Convenience (NOR)

track:
Mew - Beach (DEN)

foreign:

Air (FRA)

Nordic artists:
1. Menn Ársins (ISL)
2. Sunna Gunnlaugs (ISL)
3. Tim Christensen (DK)

Nordic Track:
Menn Ársins - 12 Steps to the Liquor Store


Foreign:
Muse

Artister:

1.Melissa Horn (SWE)

2.Sofia Karlsson (SWE)

3. Ebba Forsberg (SWE)

Låt: Melissa Horn - Falla fritt

Bands:
Opeth (SWE)
Frantic Bleep (NOR)
Cult of Luna (SWE)

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Tracks:
Cult of Luna - Ghost Trail (SWE)
Katatonia - Onward Into Battle (SWE)
Frantic Bleep - Sins of Omission (NOR)

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Foreign:
Muse (UK)

nordic artists:
The Sounds (SWE)
Velcra (FIN)
Emilíana Torrini (ISL)

The 161 (a lot more than last year) votes have been counted and the winner is...

We'll start with the least important:

Best Foreign is...

1. Muse 3p.
2. TheTrees 2p.

...and the rest of the foreign band's mentioned all got with one vote each:

Patrick Wolf (UK)
Drive Like Maria (NL)
Little Boots (UK)
Grizzly Bear (USA)
The xx (UK)
The Agonist (CAN)
Empire of the Sun (AUS)
Janelle Monáe (USA)
The Gaslight Anthem (US)
Delphic (UK)
梶浦由記 (JP)
The Ghost of a Thousand (UK)
Lonely Drifter Karen (AUS)
Bloc Party (UK)
mewithoutYou (USA)
Regina Spektor (USA)
Nosoträsh (ES)
Arctic Monkeys (UK)
Ace Frehley (USA)
Air (FRA)
The Joy Formidable (UK)
Omara Portuondo (CUBA)

And now to the Best Nordic track of 2009 (and the decade)...

the winner is...:
1. 12 Steps to the Liquor Store - Menn Ársins 2p

Cult of Luna - Ghost Trail (SWE)
Alexander Rybak - face the fact (NOR)
Melissa Horn - Falla fritt (SWE)
Mando Diao - Gloria (SWE)
Kråkesølv - Skredder (NOR)
The Asteroids Galaxy Tour - The Golden Age (DEN)
Kate and After - Snow Angel (SWE)
The Mary Onettes - Puzzles (SWE)
Ghost Brigade - Secrets Of The Earth (FIN)
Mew - New Terrain (DEN)
Before The Dawn - Dying Sun (FIN)
Elegi - Den store hvite stillhet (NOR)
Donkeyboy - Ambitions (Nor)
Raappana - Ainoo (FIN)
Haloo Helsinki! - Kaaos ei karkaa (FIN)
The Effect - A.C.T (SWE)
Sigur Rós - Inní mér syngur vitleysingur (ISL)
El Perro del Mar - Change Of Heart (SWE)
Kate and After - Snow Angel (SWE)
Agent Fresco - Tiger veil (IS)
múm - If I Were a Fish (ISL)
Sigur Rós - Untitled VIII (ISL)
Florence Valentin - 8 & 5 (SWE)
Bryndís Ásmundsdóttir - Femínistinn (ICE)
Mew - Beach (DEN)
Bob Hund - Tinnitus i hjärtat (SWE)
Kent - Det kanske kommer en förändring (SWE)
Mando Diao - Dance With Somebody (SWE)

Best foreign country top 3:

1. UK 13p
2. USA 6p
3. AUS 3p

The Nordic Country with most artist's and track's mentioned is...(last year)

1. Sweden 52p (1, 47p)
2. Iceland 30 (3, 17p)
3. Norway 18 (2, 18p)
4. Finland 17p (3, 17p)
4. Denmark 17p (4, 16p)

and The Nordic Countries Award for Best Artist 2009 goes to...

1. Sigur Rós 8p (1, 8p)
2. Mew 7p (2, 7p)
3. Menn Ársins 6p
3. The Sounds 6p
5. Kent 4p
6. Mando Diao 3p (3, 4p)
6. Mum 3p
8. Ane Brun 2p
8. Velcra 2p
8. Moi Caprice 2p
8. Röyksopp 2p
8. Pain 2p

yeah.

People. Ane Brun is Norwegian.