The 50th annual Spellemann awards, AKA the Norwegian Grammys, have announced their winners, honoring releases from 2022. The ceremony took place on Saturday, April 15th at the H3 Arena in Fornebu where everyone joined for the celebration. Congratulations to The Orchard’s distributed artists and labels on 15 wins!
Norwegian rap duo Karpe was highly awarded this year! Their EP titled Omar Sheriff received a total of 7 wins for Pop, Songwriter of the Year, Lyricist of the Year, Spellemann of the Year, Release of the Year, Song of the Year, and Producer of the Year! The duo has grown immensely since their debut in 2004 and risen to become the biggest act in Norway. Their songs combine Norwegian with Arabic, Hindi, Gujarati and English in a way that audiences have never heard before.
In the Electronic category, ARY’s self-produced debut album For Evig took home the prize! The artist collides pop, techno, and other genres to create a space for fans to experience new sounds. Her music is heartbreaking, breathtaking, wild, and free.
The Jazz collaboration album Oui by Trondheim Jazz Orchestra & GURLS received the award for the Jazz category! The trio GURLS is composed of members Rohey Taalah (vocals), Ellen Andrea Wang (bass), and Hanna Paulsberg (saxophone). The Oui live album came about from live recordings of performances at Jazzfest in Trondheim, Mandaljazz, Moldejazz and Sildajazz and also features vocalist Marianna Sangita.
Find the full list of The Orchard distributed wins below and the full list of winners here.
Country
Embra and the Karidotters – Hello, I’m Embla (Die With Your Boots On Records)
Electronic
ARY – For Evig (ARY / Little Big Sister)
Jazz
Trondheim Jazz Orchestra & GURLS – Oui (Grappa Musikkforlag)
Metal
Kampfar – Til Klovers Takt (Indie Recordings)
Pop
Karpe – Omar Sheriff (Apen & Kjeften)
Rock
Honningbarna – Animorphs (Nye Blanke)
Contemporary Classical Music
Løvlid/Hytta/Nyhus – Unamna (Simax Classics)
TONO’s Composer Award
Inger Hannisdal – North South East West (Ok World / Jazzland)
Songwriter of the year
Karpe – Omar Sheriff (Apen & Kjeften)
Lyricist of the Year
Karpe – Omar Sheriff (Apen & Kjeften)
Producer of the Year
Aksel Axxe Carlson and Thomas Meyer Kongshavn – Omar Sheriff (Apen & Kjeften)
Release of the Year
Karpe – Omar Sheriff (Apen & Kjeften)
Song of the Year
Karpe – “PAF.no” (Apen & Kjeften)
Spellemann of the Year
Karpe – Omar Sheriff (Apen & Kjeften)
Lifetime Achievement Award
Lillebjørn Nilsen (Grappa Musikkforlag AS)
