Also she performed during the intermission of the Eurovision Song Contest in 1986 in Bergen, opening act of the winter Olympic games in 1994 at Lillehammer, voice to the Norwegian, Swedish and Danish version of “the little mermaid, Sung on the Titanic album (‘My heart will go on’ was originally written to her), Royal Variety show in London 1995, Preformed at annual Christmas concert in Vienna, 2000 Nobel peace price concert with Josh Groban singing “the prayer”, toured with The Lord of the Rings Symphony Tour in 2004 and her latest achievement is a number one on the Billboard classical charts with the christmas album “Spirit of the Season - with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir featuring Sissel”
Sissel's musical style runs the gamut from pop recordings and folk songs to classical vocals. Her work on the soundtrack to Titanic has led to comparisons with Irish singer Enya.
Sissel's combined solo record sales (not including soundtracks and other albums to which she contributed) amount to over 9 million albums sold, most of them in Norway -- a country with only 4.5 million people.
She’s released over 14 studio albums, her Christmas album from 1986 is the best selling album in Norway ever with almost one mill copies sold! She’s featured on several soundtracks and sold well over nine million albums world wide and her popularity continues to grow!
She truly is a northern star!
Here are the lyrics to her song "Ready to go home":
On this street below these walls
Where I used to walk now I can barely crawl
All this darkness rise and tall
Lord shine a light for me I’m ready to be caught
I’m ready to go home
I’m ready to receive forgiveness for my sins
I’m ready to begin
Take this river to the sea
Where the delta flows
The tide is washing over me
Guide this soul to heavens door
Show me where tomorrow lays
I’m waiting to be born
I’m ready to lay down
I’m ready now to sleep a promise I must keep
I’m ready to go home
So time I’ll lay down with these memories
Breathe the shallow deep inside of me
If time has run its course with me
I’m ready to go home
I’m ready to receive forgiveness for my sins
I’m ready to begin
When the evening shadows fall
When the time has come
I let defences fall
To surrenders to survive
I will give up everything to those I leave behind
I’m ready to go home
I’m ready to receive forgiveness for my sins
I’m ready to begin
I’m ready to lay down
I’m ready now to sleep a promise I must keep
I’m ready to go home, again
Going home again
Laer Meg A Kjenne
Sissel Lyrics
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Og g dem trstig skritt for skritt
Jeg vet at hva jeg fikk I eie
Er borget gods, og alt er ditt
Men vil din sterke hnd meg lede
Jeg aldri feil p mlet ser
Og for hvert hp som dr her nede
Fr jeg et hp I himlen mer
In English, the lyrics to Sissel's 'Laer Meg A Kjenne' translate to, "Teach me to know your ways / And take thirsty step by step / I know what I got in possession / Is a secured good, and everything is yours / But if your strong hand guides me / I never miss my goal / And for every hope that dies down here / I receive hope in heaven."
This song is a beautiful and heartfelt plea for guidance from a higher power. The opening line, "Teach me to know your ways," demonstrates the singer's desire to develop a closer relationship with God. The following lines, "And take thirsty step by step," suggest a willingness to follow God's lead, even in difficult times or unfamiliar situations.
The singer also expresses a deep sense of trust in God. When she says, "I know what I got in possession / Is a secured good, and everything is yours," she acknowledges that all that she has comes from God, and that everything is ultimately in his hands. The line, "But if your strong hand guides me / I never miss my goal," reinforces the notion that with God's guidance and support, anything is possible. The final lines, "And for every hope that dies down here / I receive hope in heaven," offer a message of comfort and hope to listeners, suggesting that even in the darkest of times, there is always the possibility of redemption.
Line by Line Meaning
Lr meg kjenne dine veie
Teach me to know your ways
Og g dem trstig skritt for skritt
And to walk them confidently step by step
Jeg vet at hva jeg fikk I eie
I know that what I have in possession
Er borget gods, og alt er ditt
Is guaranteed property and all belongs to you
Men vil din sterke hnd meg lede
But if your strong hand guides me
Jeg aldri feil p mlet ser
I will never miss the target
Og for hvert hp som dr her nede
And for every hope that dies down here
Fr jeg et hp I himlen mer
I gain a hope in heaven
Contributed by Jordyn N. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Brian
on Going Home
Where you have “yes” several times she’s really singing “just”. It’s her accent that makes it sound like “yes”.