This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:

01. Secret Garden - Inside I'm singing
02. Madcon - So Dark the Con of Man
03. Anne Nørdsti - Livli på låven
04. Sie Gubba - Sånn er livet
05. Hellbillies - Spissrotgang
06. Venke Knutson - Crush
07. Bertine Zetlitz - In my mind 1997-2007 Best of
08. Celine - Bæstevænna
09. Vidar Johnsen & Peter Nordberg - Ord & Øgonblick
10. Valkyrien Allstars - Valkyrien Allstars
11. BigBang - Something Special - The Best
12. Raga Rockers - Ubermensch
13. Kurt Nilsen - Push push
14. Henning Kvitnes - Stemmer i gresset
15. CC Cowboys - På Svalbard uten strøm
16. Arne Benoni og Lynn Anderson - I'm Coming Home
17. Ole Ivars - Vi lever i håpet
18. Superfamily - Warszawa
19. Solveig Slettahjell - Domestic songs
20. Diverse artister - Melodi Grand Prix 2008

This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:

01. Secret Garden - Inside I'm singing
02. Madcon - So Dark the Con of Man
03. Hellbillies - Spissrotgang
04. Bertine Zetlitz - In my mind 1997-2007 Best of
05. Venke Knutson - Crush
06. Vidar Johnsen & Peter Nordberg - Ord & Øgonblick
07. BigBang - Something Special - The Best
08. Celine - Bæstevænna
09. Kurt Nilsen - Push push
10. Raga Rockers - Ubermensch
11. Anne Nørdsti - Livli på låven
12. Arne Benoni og Lynn Anderson - I'm Coming Home
13. Diverse artister - Idol 2007
14. Jan Werner - Eg veit i himmelrik ei borg
15. CC Cowboys - På Svalbard uten strøm
16. Anne Grete Preus - Om igjen for første gang
17. Valkyrien Allstars - Valkyrien Allstars
18. Henning Kvitnes - Stemmer i gresset
19. Superfamily - Warszawa
20. Solveig Slettahjell - Domestic songs

The nominees for this year's Spellemanprisen (the Norwegian Grammy) have been announced:

Female artist:
Ane Brun - Live In Scandinavia (Det Er Mine/V2)
Christel Alsos - Closing The Distance (Sony BMG)
Sissy Wish - Beauties Never Die (Sony BMG)
Susanne Sundfør - Susanne Sundfør (MBN)

Male artist:
Kenneth Ishak - Silver Lightning From A Black Sky (Division Records As)
Magnet - The Simple Life (Sony BMG)
Sivert Høyem & The Volunteers - Exiles (Hektor Grammofon)
William Hut - Nightfall (Universal Music AS)

Pop group:
Blind Archery Club - The Union (Sony BMG)
Superfamily - Warszawa (Propeller Rec.)
The Royalties - The Royalties (Blister Music)
Vidar Johnsen & Peter Nordberg - Ord Og Ögonblick (Sony BMG)

Electronica:
Alog - Amateur (Rune Grammofon)
Diskjokke - Staying In (Smalltown Supersound)
Salvatore - Days Of Rage (Racing Junior)

Rock:
BigBang - Too Much Yang (Warner Music/Grandsport Records)
Moving Oos - Peace And Love (Kong Tiki Records)
My Midnight Creeps - Histamin (MMC Records)
Raga Rockers - Übermensch (EMI/Pilot/Virgin)
The Lionheart Brothers - Dizzy Kiss (Racing Junior)

Country:
Hellbillies - Spissrotgang (EMI Music Norway)
Hemisfair - Blue Blue Grass Of Home (Wilma Records/Playground Music)
Shit City - God Bless Our Home (Voices of Wonder)
Steinar Albrigtsen - Moment Of Peace (Sony BMG)

Metal:
Audrey Horne - Le Fol (Indie Recordings)
Dimmu Borgir - In Sorte Diaboli (Nuclear Blast)
Mayhem - Ordo Ad Chao (Season Of Mist)
Red Harvest - A Greater Darkness (Season Of Mist)

Hip-hop:
El Axel - It Is Wha It Is (Pass It Records)
Madcon - So Dark The Con Of Man (Bonner Amigo)
Tommy Tee - No Studio No Time-The Wait (Tee Productions)

Folk:
Berit Opheim - Den Blide Sol (NorCD AS)
Ragnhild Furebotten - Endelig Vals (Talik Da)
Sigrid Moldestad - Taus (Heilo)
Trio Mediaeval - Folk Songs (ECM/Grappa)

Jazz:
Fossum-Aarum Quartet - F.A.Q. (Schmell)
Jon Balke - Book Of Velocities (ECM/Grappa)
Petter Wettre - Fountain Of Youth (Household Records)
Sharp Nine - Sudoku (The Real Thing Da/Staffan)
The Core - Office Essentials (Jazzland)

Open class:
Frode Haltli - Passing Images (ECM/Grappa)
Live Maria Roggen - Circuit Songs (Jazzland)
Pust - Femkant (Pust Records)
Shining - Grindstone (Rune Grammofon)
The Source - The Source Of Christmas - Live (Grappa Musikkforlag AS)

Best music video:
Dimmu Borgir - The Serpentine Offering (Nuclear Blast)
Heroes & Zeros - A Strange Constellation (Nightliner/Universal)
My Midnight Creeps - Don`t Let’Em Bring You Down (MMC Records)
Turbonegro - Do You Do You Dig Destruction (Scandinavian Leather Recordings)
WE - Hurdy Gurdy (Nun Music)

Best Newcomer:
Christel Alsos - Closing The Distance (Sony BMG)
Heroes & Zeros - Strange Constellations (Nightliner/Universal)
Susanne Sundfør - Susanne Sundfør (MBN)
Tine Thing Helseth - Haydn/Hummel/Albinoni/Neruda (Simax Classics)
Valkyrien Allstars - Valkyrien Allstars (Heilo)

Best song:
Kurt Nilsen - "Push Push" (Sony BMG)
Madcon - "Beggin'" (Bonnier Music)
Postgirobygget - "Tidløs" (EMI Music Norway)
Sichelle - "Fuck Deg" (Eccentric Music)
Venke Knutson - "Holiday" (Universal)

Read more: http://www.spellemann.no/

The playlist for my radio show this week featured all of my favorite songs from 2007:

01. Susanne Sundfør - I resign
02. TALK 1
03. Familjen - Det snurrar i min skalle
04. The Skull Defekts - The secret
05. Ted Gärdestad - Räcker jag till
06. TALK 2
07. CS Nielsen - Black spots
08. Kornstad - Turkey, Texas
09. Moonbabies - Take me to the ballroom
10. The Bombettes - I wanna
11. TALK 3
12. Promise and the Monster - Sheets
13. Repoman - Chemically obsessed
14. The Bell - I am history
15. Säkert! - Allt som är ditt
16. TALK 4
17. Mainliners - Olivia
18. Superfamily - The radio has expressed concerns about what you did last night
19. Karin Ström - Ordlös
20. TALK 5
21. Fun - I've got a truck
22. Tobias Hellkvist - Moment at ven
23. Juvelen - Hanna
24. TALK 6
25. Laakso - Worst case scenario
26. Closer - Sensing the wake
27. Asha Ali - A promise broken
28. TALK 7
29. Paper - My life is going under
30. Boeoes Kaelstigen - Flir
31. Lukestar - White shade
32. TALK 8
33. Maia Hirasawa - Gothenburg
34. Aerial - You will all die, all things will
35. Sambassadeur - Subtle changes
36. TALK 9

Next week (12/29) I'm doing another special theme show on Swedish postpunk.

Musikknyheter's favorite Norwegian albums of 2007:

01. Superfamily - Warszawa
02. My Midnight Creeps - Histamin
03. The Grand - The Grand
04. The Lionheart Brothers - Dizzy Kiss
05. The Moving Oos - Peace and Love
06. Monomen - Monomen LP
07. King Midas - Sorry
08. Skambankt - Eliksir
09. Shining - Grindstone
10. Truls and the Trees - Ailanthus

And their favorite Norwegian songs:

01. Superfamily - The Radio Has Expressed Concerns About What You Did Last Night
02. Moving Oos - Romancer
03. King Midas - West End Boys
04. Ida Maria - Oh My God
05. The Disciplines - Best Mistake
06. Monomen - Drum of glass
07. Raga Rockers - Aldri Mer
08. The Grand - Remedy
09. Lukas Kasha - Love Abuse
10. Susanne Sundfør - Walls

Norwegian newspaper Adressa's top albums of the year:

01. The Lionheart Brothers - Dizzy kiss
02. My Midnight Creeps - Histamin
03. Moving Oos - Peace & love
04. Susanne Sundfør - Susanne sundfør
05. Superfamily - Warszawa
06. Shining - Grindstone
07. John Heitman/Mark Gregory - Chronicles
08. Kim Hiorthøy - My last day
09. Trulz And The Trees - Ailanthus
10. Texum - Different strokes for different folks
11. The Grand - The grand
12. Erlend Ropstad - Bright late nights
13. Hellbillies - Spissrotgang
14. Samvirkelaget - Musikk
15. Heroes & Zeroes - Strange constellations
16. Draumir - The island

Read more: http://www.adressa.no/kultur/musikk/article993269.ece

Here's the playlist for this week's radio show:

01. The Bombettes - I wanna
02. TALK 1
03. Anna Järvinen - Helsinki
04. Leütenhaven - Still life (trompe l'oeil)
05. Pay TV - Fashion report
06. TALK 2
07. Timo Räisänen - My valentine
08. Jonna Lee - And your love
09. José González - Killing for love
10. The Bear Quartet - It only takes a flashlight to create a monster
11. TALK 3
12. Kristofer Åström - The dark
13. Munck//Johnson - The streets
14. Bertine Zetlitz - Draggin' me down
15. Dieter Schöön - Warm hearts
16. TALK 4
17. Superfamily - The radio has expressed concerns about what you did last night
18. Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words - Ashen like the sky
19. Kazakstan - Song to the past
20. TALK 5
21. Marvins Revolt - Bugs in time
22. Menfolk - Ghosts
23. Pelle Carlberg - I love you, you imbecile
24. TALK 6
25. Sambassadeur - Subtle changes
26. Stina Nordenstam - So Lee
27. Tobias Hellkvist - Abomination
28. TALK 7
29. Marybell Katastrophy - Slabiak
30. Sinikka Langeland - Høstnatt på Fjellskogen
31. David Åhlén - Wasted breaths
32. Printer - Minds out
33. TALK 8
34. Montys Loco - Wasteland
35. Lampshade - Fjäril
36. NEI - Trip to Luleå
37. Laakso - Hang me in the Christmas tree
38. TALK 9
39. Honey Is Cool - Drums and boys

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Dagbladet's top 20 Norwegian albums of 2007:

01. Shining - Grindstone
02. Jonas Fjeld - Amerikabesøk
03. Superfamily - Warszava
04. Prins Thomas - Cosmo Galactic Prims
05. The Lionheart Bros. - Dizzy Kiss
06. BigBang - Too Much Yang
07. Supersilent - 8
08. Hellbillies - Spissrotgang
09. My Midnight Creeps - Histamin
10. Magnet - The Simple Life
11. Madcon - So Dark the Con of Man
12. DHG - Supervillain Outcast
13. Diskjokke - Staying In
14. Håkon Kornstad - Single Engine
15. King Midas - Sorry
16. Raga Rockers - Übermensch
17. Susanne Sundfør - Susanne Sundfør
18. Manes - How The World Came To An End
19. Ungdomskulen - Cry-Baby
20. Diverse Artister - NRK Sessions - Club 7 Scene

More info: http://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/2007/12/04/520147.html?11967690211196769021

Here's the playlist for this week's radio show:

01. Kristofer Åström - Just a little insane
02. TALK 1
03. Darkthrone - Canadian metal
04. Sambassadeur - Subtle changes
05. Niccokick - Love & neon lights
06. TALK 2
07. Death By Kite - Bhf. Asta
08. The Alpine - Iceland
09. Pluxus - Bootstrap
10. TALK 3
11. Graveyard - Thin line
12. Hospital - Something in the water
13. Attrap - Just a word away
14. TALK 4
15. Jonna Lee - I wrote this song
16. Paper - My life is going under
17. Broder Daniel - You bury me
18. TALK 5
19. Radio LXMBRG - Score on the floor
20. Maia Hirasawa - Gothenburg
21. Rather Sound Than Safe - The beat
22. Det Gamla Landet - Det heliga landet
23. TALK 6
24. Paris - When I laid my eyes on you
25. No Hope for the Kids - Rainy day
26. Sir Eric Beyond and the Avant-Garde - If this is the way
27. Barra Head - Overseas
28. TALK 7
29. Superfamily - Warszawa
30. Oskar Schönning - S
31. Brick - Automen
32. TALK 8
33. Miss Li - Leave my man alone
34. Kasper Bjørke - Liquid propagnosia
35. Loveninjas - I wanna be like Johnny C
36. Anti Cimex - Only in dreams
37. TALK 9
38. Pan Sonic - Virta 1

Superfamily, Alarm Award winners for best live act, will be playing a live show on NRK P3 next Monday at 6pm CET/12pm EST/9am PST. Follow the link and use the "NRK NETTRADIO" drop-down to listen live. UPDATE: this show has been canceled.

This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:

01. Hellbillies - Spissrotgang
02. Dance With A Stranger - Everyone needs a friend - The Very Best of DWAS
03. Henning Kvitnes - Stemmer i gresset
04. Vidar Johnsen & Peter Nordberg - Ord & Øgonblick
05. Alejandro Fuentes - Tomorrow only knows
06. Jan Eggum - Hjerteknuser
07. Raga Rockers - Ubermensch
08. Minor Majority - Candy store (2 CD edition)
09. Christian Ingebrigtsen - The Truth about lies
10. Sigvart Dagsland - Forandring
11. Valkyrien Allstars - Valkyrien Allstars
12. Scandinavia - Fly
13. Jørn Hoel - På grunn av dæ
14. Solveig Slettahjell - Domestic songs
15. Bugge Wesseltoft - IM
16. Trond-Viggo Torgersen - Det du kan + noe rart & noe nytt
17. Kari Bremnes - Live
18. Superfamily - Warszawa
19. Leif Ove Andsnes - Ballad for Edvard Grieg
20. GT-Sara - På farten med full rulle

The winners of this year's Alarm Awards, Norway's Grammy alternative:

Newcomer of the year: Moving Oos
Video of the year: Tungtvann - 2 uka
Song of the year: Superfamily - The radio has expressed concerns about what you did last night
Alarm award: Ida Maria
Pop: Marit Larsen - Under the Surface
Electronica: Kim Hiorthøy - My Last Day
RiksAlarm: Ungdomsskulen
Jazz: Shining - Grindstone
Rock: My Midnight Creeps - Histamin
Metal: Dimmu Borgir - Insorte Diaboli
Live: Superfamily
Hip-hop/rap: Karpe Diem - Rett fra hjertet

This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:

01. Hellbillies - Spissrotgang
02. Henning Kvitnes - Stemmer i gresset
03. Jan Eggum - Hjerteknuser
04. Vidar Johnsen & Peter Nordberg - Ord & Øgonblick
05. Alejandro Fuentes - Tomorrow only knows
06. Dance With A Stranger - Everyone needs a friend - The Very Best of DWAS
07. Raga Rockers - Ubermensch
08. Minor Majority - Candy store (2 CD edition)
09. Sigvart Dagsland - Forandring
10. Valkyrien Allstars - Valkyrien Allstars
11. Jørn Hoel - På grunn av dæ
12. Solveig Slettahjell - Domestic songs
13. Bugge Wesseltoft - IM
14. Trond-Viggo Torgersen - Det du kan + noe rart & noe nytt
15. Kari Bremnes - Live
16. Leif Ove Andsnes - Ballad for Edvard Grieg
17. GT-Sara - På farten med full rulle
18. Superfamily - Warszawa
19. Finn Kalvik - Bjerke/Hagerup/Kalvik
20. Leieboerne - Følg oss hjem Ole Paus

This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:

01. Henning Kvitnes - Stemmer i gresset
02. Vidar Johnsen & Peter Nordberg - Ord & Øgonblick
03. Alejandro Fuentes - Tomorrow only knows
04. Dance With A Stranger - Everyone needs a friend - The Very Best of DWAS
05. Raga Rockers - Ubermensch
06. Minor Majority - Candy store (2 CD edition)
07. Valkyrien Allstars - Valkyrien Allstars
08. Jørn Hoel - På grunn av dæ
09. Sigvart Dagsland - Forandring
10. Solveig Slettahjell - Domestic songs
11. Trond-Viggo Torgersen - Det du kan + noe rart & noe nytt
12. GT-Sara - På farten med full rulle
13. Leif Ove Andsnes - Ballad for Edvard Grieg
14. Postgirobygget - Tidløs
15. Finn Kalvik - Bjerke/Hagerup/Kalvik
16. Darkthrone - F.O.A.D
17. Susanne Sundfør - Susanne Sundfør
18. Inger Lise Rypdal - Ansikter
19. The Fernets - The Fernets
20. Superfamily - Warszawa

This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:

01. Henning Kvitnes - Stemmer i gresset
02. Vidar Johnsen & Peter Nordberg - Ord & Øgonblick
03. Alejandro Fuentes - Tomorrow only knows
04. Raga Rockers - Ubermensch
05. Minor Majority - Candy store (2 CD edition)
06. Sigvart Dagsland - Forandring
07. Jørn Hoel - På grunn av dæ
08. Valkyrien Allstars - Valkyrien Allstars
09. Dance With A Stranger - Everyone needs a friend - The Very Best of DWAS
10. Black Debbath - Hyller kvinnen
11. Trond-Viggo Torgersen - Det du kan + noe rart & noe nytt
12. GT-Sara - På farten med full rulle
13. Darkthrone - F.O.A.D
14. Vazelina Bilopphøggers - Bensin på bålet
15. Finn Kalvik - Bjerke/Hagerup/Kalvik
16. Bjølsen Valsemølle - Over elva
17. Leif Ove Andsnes - Ballad for Edvard Grieg
18. Leieboerne - Følg oss hjem Ole Paus
19. Superfamily - Warszawa
20. Kari Bremnes - Live