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
Na Tennes Tusen Julelys
Sissel Lyrics
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Im going back on what i said all over again
Is this how its really gonna end
I spoke on an impulse and now its fucking gone
The pictures from my memory are erased
To spend my days alone is what i face
I broke my heart on my own
There's nothing left to say
It was good but now its dead
I cant understand whats in my head
Didnt try to make it work
I gave up and if eel like a jerk
The bond that once was strong
Its gone, and now you've moved on
THE BOND THAT ONCE WAS STRONG
ITS GONE. AND NOW YOU'VE MOVED ON
Here i go again
I am repeating my mistakes
Im going back on what i said all over again
I am contradicting myself repeatedly
Is this how its really gonna end
I am unsure about how things will eventually turn out
I spoke on an impulse and now its fucking gone
I made a rash decision and lost what I had
The pictures from my memory are erased
I cannot remember what has been forgotten
To spend my days alone is what i face
I must face a future without companionship
I broke my heart on my own
I caused my own pain and suffering
There's nothing left to say
I have nothing more to add to this situation
Because like a coward i ran away
I avoided dealing with the situation like a coward
It was good but now its dead
The relationship was once good but it is now over
I cant understand whats in my head
I am confused and cannot comprehend my own thoughts
Didnt try to make it work
I did not put in any effort to save the relationship
I gave up and if eel like a jerk
I surrendered and now I feel foolish and regretful
THE BOND THAT ONCE WAS STRONG
The connection that was once powerful
ITS GONE. AND NOW YOU'VE MOVED ON
It is no longer present, and you have moved forward
Writer(s): traditional
Contributed by Annabelle 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”.