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Marion Raven : biography

25 May 1984 –

Marion Elise Ravn (born 25 May 1984), known as Marion Raven, is a Norwegian singer-songwriter, and former child actress. She was one-half of the now defunct pop duo M2M, along with Marit Larsen. Raven was later marketed as a pop rock artist with the release of her solo debut album, Here I Am. In 2006, Raven was signed to the indie record label, Eleven Seven, and released the Heads Will Roll EP, as well as her European/U.S debut and second album overall, Set Me Free, in 2007. In August 2009 she recorded an album called Nevermore that, after spawning 2 singles, was scrapped due to label and licensing issues. In 2011, Raven began production for a new third album titled Songs from a Blackbird, which is set for a Norwegian release on April 8, 2013.

Other projects

Raven has written several songs for other artists including:

  • "Completely In Love" for Norwegian pop-rock singer Tommy Michaelsen’s album Completely In Love
  • "That Day" for Norwegian pop singer Maria Arredondo’s album, Not Going Under.
  • "Pointless Relationship" for Australian singer Tammin Sursok’s album, Whatever Will Be.
  • "Jack" for British singer Pixie Lott’s debut album, Turn It Up.
  • "We Are W.I.T.C.H" for the animated TV Series W.I.T.C.H.

Her song In Spite Of Me included on her debut album Here I Am were covered by Swedish pop singer Erik Grönwall for his album Somewhere Between a Rock and a Hard Place.

In 2011, she also voiced the role of Rapunzel in the Norwegian dub of Tangled .

Early life

Raven was born in Lørenskog, Norway; her father, Hallgeir Johan Ravn is a teacher. She has an older brother and two younger sisters. Her surname is of Norse origin, with Ravn meaning Raven, which she adopted as her stage name Marion Raven as well as her trademark raven logo. Raven enjoyed singing from a young age, sometimes writing lyrics for the songs she sang. Raven joined the gospel choir in a local church at the age of 5. At age 7, she went on to be part of the St. Laurentsius choir, which has many historical links in Lørenskog. By the time she was 8, Raven began playing the piano and attended ballet lessons, as well as performing ballet on stage. In 1993, she acted in the musical "Sound Of Music", produced by Norwegian Broadway. She recorded a children’s musical titled, "Vettene Vinner" (Vettene Wins), with the musical group, "Vettene", meaning "small trolls that protect nature", and was part of the group’s record "Vettene på gamlespor" (Vettene On Old Tracks). At age 10, Raven acted in stage productions of Bugsy Malone and The Wizard of Oz

Hver gang vi møtes

Raven also starred the second season of Norwegian reality TV show Hver gang vi møtes, alongside other Norwegian music artists Morten Abel, Ole Paus, Anita Skorgan, Magnus Grønneberg, Kurt Nilsen and Lene Marlin.http://www.marionravn.no/eng/pages/113-in_the_studio

Marion Raven performances from other guest artists during the series were:

  • "Casanova" (Originally recorded by Anita Skorgan)
  • "Bullet Me" (Originally recorded by Morten Abel)
  • "Unforgivable Sinner" (Originally recorded by Lene Marlin)
  • "Never Easy" (Originally recorded by Kurt Nilsen)
  • "Når Du Sover" (Originally recorded by Magnus Gronneberg)
  • "Nerven I Min Sang" (Originally recorded by Ole Paus)

Fellow artists who sang Raven / M2m songs on Hver gang vi møtes – Marion Raven’s Day were:

  • "Found Someone" Covered by: Lene Marlin
  • "For You I’ll Die" Covered by: Anita Skorgan
  • "Here I Am" Covered by: Magnus Gronneberg
  • "Don’t Say you Love Me" was originally recorded by M2M and Covered by: Ole Paus
  • "Girl In your Dreams" was originally recorded by M2M and Covered by: Morten Abel
  • "Everything" was originally recorded by M2M and Covered by: Kurt Nilsen