Stein Ingebrigtsen (born 23 August 1945) is a Norwegian singer. He was enormously popular in Norway in the 1970s, nicknamed "Mr. Norsktoppen" for his countless hits topping Norsktoppen, an official chart for music in Norwegian.
Biography From the 1960s and through the 1970s, he sold more than one million albums, most of his songs being Norwegian translations of classics and famous pop songs of that period. Ingebrigtsen was heavily involved in the Treff-series ("Treff" being a direct Norwegian translation of "hit") which by 1978 finally comprised 21 discs consisting of translations of popular foreign songs. Among his hits were Norwegian versions of "Only You (and You Alone)" ("Bare du") and "It Never Rains in Southern California" ("Solen skinner alltid der du aller helst vil være"). After this, Ingebrigtsen stepped down his own musical activity and only sporadic releases such as Stjernetegn and Soldatenes kortstokk in 1988 and 1989. He continued working as a producer for other musicians. Ingebrigtsen released Edelstein – de 20 beste in 2001.
He is the father of pop-singer Christian Ingebrigtsen, who is a member of the England-based boy band A1.
Discography Studio albums note - this may be an incomplete list of studio album
+ List of studio albums, with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak chartpositions NOR Sjung Bort Bekymren (with Inger Lise Rypdal) Released: 1972 Label: RCA Victor (LSA 3148) — Hello-A (with Inger Lise Rypdal) Released: 1972 Label: RCA Victor (LPNES 307) — Bare Stein Released: 1973 Label: RCA Victor (TLS4001) 10 Tilbake til naturen Released: 1974 Label: RCA Victor (TLS 4005) 15 Stein Released: 1975 Label: Talent / RCA (TLS 4012) — Soloppgang Released: 1977 Label: Talent / RCA(TLS 3023) — Stein Ingebrigtsen Band (as Stein Ingebrigtsen Band) Released: 1983 Label: CBS 84957 — Før og nå Released: 2016 Label: Talent —
Charted compilations albums + List of charted albums, with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak chartpositions NOR Det magisketegnet og andre koselåter (with Friends) Released: 1972 Label: RCA (INTS 1401) 17
Top 10 charted singles +List of top 10 singles, with selected chart positions Title Year Chart positions NOR "Cento campane" 1972 1 "Solen skinner alltid der du helst vil være" 1973 4 "Bare du" 1 "Den sangen han sang engang" 1974 10 "Storholt, Stensen, Stenshjemmet og Sjøbrend åsså'n Hjallis" (with Store Stå) 1977 3
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