Gabrielle Leithaug

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title: "Gabrielle Leithaug" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["living-people", "1985-births", "composers-from-bergen", "norwegian-christians", "norwegian-electronic-musicians", "norwegian-pop-singers", "universal-music-group-artists", "21st-century-norwegian-women-singers"] description: "Norwegian pop musician" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabrielle_Leithaug" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Norwegian pop musician ::

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name	Gabrielle Leithaug
image	Gabrielle 10 kniver (cropped).jpg
birth_name	Gabrielle Leithaug
alias	Gabrielle
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birth_place	Bergen, Norway
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occupation
years_active	2011–present
label	Universal Music
website
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Gabrielle Leithaug (Bergen, 10 January 1985), better known by her mononym artist name Gabrielle, is a Norwegian singer and songwriter. She is best known internationally for her breakout single "5 Fine Frøkner", which appears in the Norwegian TV series Skam.

Early life

Gabrielle was born in Bergen and resided in Hordvik, a neighbourhood in the city's Åsane borough, where she lived for 8 or 9 years. Her family then lived in the city of Bergen for a year, before moving to in Bergen's Fyllingsdalen borough. She attended upper secondary school in Fyllingsdalen, for one year, and later attended "Katten".

She worked flipping burgers for around 3 years, and as a cleaner in schools. She also worked as a radio host for a year and a half. She once moved to Stavanger and intended to start an education within reiselivsutdanning, a tourism program.

She was a member of a gospel choir—Gospel Bergen.

Career

In 2009, Gabrielle competed on the first season of The X Factor Norway and finished in 7th place. After she switched her focus from English lyrics to Norwegian, she signed a contract with Norway's largest record company, Universal Music.

2011–2018: ''Mildt Sagt'', ''Nattergal'' and ''Vekk Meg Opp''

In 2011, she released her first single, "Ring meg", which reached number one on the Norwegian VG-lista and on iTunes, sold eight times platinum in Norway, and was nominated for the 2012 Spellemannprisen in the category of Hit of the Year. On 2 March 2012, her debut album Mildt Sagt was released on CD, vinyl and digitally. She received the 2014 Edvardprisen in the category of Popular Music for the album Nattergal and was nominated for the Bendiksenprisen for 2014.

The song "5 Fine Frøkner" was nominated for Hit of the Year at the 2015 Spellemannprisen and Song of the Year at the 2014 P3 Gull. The song also gained renewed popularity (especially outside Norway, despite the lyrics being in Norwegian) in January 2017 after being used in an episode of Skam. She was nominated for the 2017 P3 Gull in the category Live Artist of the Year and for the 2018 Spellemannprisen in the category Pop Soloist for the EP Vekk Meg Opp.

2019–2020: ''Snart, Gabby''

She released the album Snart, Gabby in 2019 and received three nominations for it ahead of the 2020 Spellemannprisen. She was also awarded the P3 Prize during the 2020 P3 Gull, which recognize artists who had influenced Norwegian music over the years.

2021–2023: ''Klipp Meg I Ti og Lim Meg Sammen''

On 22 October 2021, Gabrielle released her fourth studio album, Klipp Meg I Ti og Lim Meg Sammen. For the album, she received the 2022 Spellemannprisen in the Pop category and was nominated for Release of the Year and Songwriter of the Year.

2024–present: ''Og Eg Lyger Så Det Renner Som en Foss Gjennom Rommet''

Between March and April 2024, Gabrielle released two singles from her upcoming studio album: "Operahuset" and "Synd Synd Synd". Her fifth studio album, Og Eg Lyger Så Det Renner Som en Foss Gjennom Rommet, was released on 31 May 2024 with Syver Storskogen as producer and Ole Torjus Hofvind as co-producer. For the album, she received the Spellemann Award in the category Release of the Year, and was also nominated for Songwriter of the Year, Pop and the TONO's Composer Award at the 2025 Spellemannprisen. In August 2024, she headlined the Øyafestivalen; her set received critical acclaim.

In 2025, Gabrielle became a coach on the tenth season of the talent competition show The Voice – Norges beste stemme.

Philanthropy

She is a Goodwill Ambassador for Kirkens Nødhjelp, and in that capacity she visited Syrian refugees in Lebanon in 2014.

Personal life

She has previously stated that she is a natural red head and is heterosexual.

She has said that when she was around 19, she loved someone, and the relationship ended, adding "that is possibly the one [breakup] that cut the deepest". She has said that she once moved to Stavanger because she had an intimate relationship with someone who lived there.

Her tattoos include a verse from the Bible. She is a snowboarder, and spent a winter in Salt Lake City. Leithaug has three sisters and one brother.

She is a Christian and regards faith as "rather personal". In 2006 she said that "being a Christian and being an artist, are two different things for me. But I must sing about something I believe in; I like lyrics that go to some depth. A message about tits and ass and stuff like that, does not cut it for me".

In 2012 she said that she "will not take on a role as a spokeswoman for the Christian artists".

Discography

Albums

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Title	Year	Peak chart positions	NOR	Mildt Sagt	Snart, Gabby	Klipp Meg I Ti og Lim Meg Sammen	Og Eg Lyger Så Det Renner Som en Foss Gjennom Rommet
2012	4
2019	5
2021	3
2024	4
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Singles

::data[format=table] | Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | Album | NOR | DEN | SWE | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 2011 | "Ring Meg" | 1 | — | — | NOR: 10× Platinum | Mildt Sagt | | | "Bordet" | 7 | — | — | NOR: 2× Platinum | | | | | 2012 | "Inn I Deg" | — | — | — | | | | | "Høster" | — | — | — | | | | | | "Mildt Sagt" | — | — | — | | | | | | "Løkken" | — | — | — | | | | | | 2013 | "Regn Fra Blå Himmel" | — | — | — | | Nattergal - Kap 1 | | | "#Sitterher" | — | — | — | | | | | | 2014 | "5 Fine Frøkner" | 7 | 37 | 4 | NOR: 3× Platinum | non-album singles}} | | | "Ti kniver" (featuring Thomas Eriksen) | — | — | — | | | | | | 2015 | "Mer" | — | — | — | | | | | "Mellom Skyene" | — | — | — | | | | | | "De Beste" | — | — | — | | | | | | 2017 | "Vekk Meg Opp" | — | — | — | | | | | "Venter" | — | — | — | | | | | | "September" | — | — | — | | | | | | "Kyrie" | — | — | — | | | | | | "Du Går Fri" | — | — | — | | | | | | "Nye Joggesko" | — | — | — | | | | | ::

Awards and nominations

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Award	Year	Recipient(s)	Category	Result	Ref.	MTV Europe Music Awards	Spellemannprisen
2017	Gabrielle	Best Norwegian Act
2012	"Ring Meg"	Hit of the Year
2013	Mildt Sagt	Newcomer of the Year & Gramo Scholarship
2015	"5 Fine Frøkner"	Hit of the Year
2018	Vekk Meg Opp	Pop Soloist
2020	Snart, Gabby	Album of the Year
Songwriter of the Year
Pop Artist
2022	Klipp Meg I Ti og Lim Meg Sammen	Release of the Year
Songwriter of the Year
Pop
2025	Gabrielle	TONO's Composer Award
Og Eg Lyger Så Det Renner Som en Foss Gjennom Rommet	Release of the Year
Songwriter of the Year (with Syver Storskogen)
Pop
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References

References

1. "N&D møter Gabrielle".
2. "-Skal aldri få meg ny kjæreste...".
3. (8 February 2006). "- Fikk stemmen fra Gud".
4. (24 February 2010). "Kingsize 1 on 1: Gabrielle Leithaug".
5. (6 June 2011). "Dramatisk videoinnspilling for "X-Factor"-Gabrielle".
6. (22 March 2024). "– Hele poenget med musikk". [[NRK P3]].
7. (19 April 2024). "Norsk musikk som er kliss ny – 730.no kuraterer".
8. (29 May 2024). "Gabrielle på sitt aller beste". [[NRK]].
9. (10 August 2024). "Gabrielle på Øya: Den festligste stunden på hele festivalen". [[Dagsavisen]].
10. (15 August 2024). "Norway's Øya Fest 2024 brought Pulp, Janelle Monae, PJ Harvey, welcoming vibes & more (review, pics)".
11. "Dagens giver: Gabrielle Leithaug".
12. [http://www.vg.no/rampelys/musikk/gabrielle-stolt-av-aa-kle-meg-naken/a/10052925/ Gabrielle: - Stolt av å kle meg naken] {{Webarchive. link. (2014-07-29 [Proud of baring myself])
13. [http://www.seher.no/kjendis/synger-med-bibelvers-p%C3%A5-brystet-68754 Synger med bibelvers på brystet] {{Webarchive. link. (2014-07-28 [Singing with a bibelverse on the chest])
14. "VG-lista – Topp 40 Album uke 40, 2019". [[VG-lista]].
15. link. (2014-12-26 ", norwegiancharts.com)
16. "Track Top-40 Uge 7, 2017". [[Hitlisten]].
17. "Sverigetopplistan - Sveriges Officiella Topplista". [[Sverigetopplistan]].
18. (4 September 2017). "Breaking: The 2017 MTV EMA Nominations Are Here!". [[MTV]].
19. (6 January 2012). "Spellemann: Stem på «Årets video»". [[Verdens Gang.
20. (12 February 2013). "Nominasjonene til årets spellemannspriser er klare, Karpe Diem ligger best an med tre nominasjoner". [[Gaffa (magazine).
21. (15 December 2014). "De er nominerte til Spellemannprisen". [[Fædrelandsvennen]].
22. (9 January 2018). "Disse kan vinne Spellemann 2017". Ballade.
23. (7 February 2020). "Spellemannominasjoner 2019". [[NRK]].
24. (11 February 2022). "Dette er årets nominerte". [[Dagbladet]].
25. (22 April 2022). "Disse fekk Spellemannprisar for 2021". [[NRK]].
26. (3 March 2025). "Spellemann 2024: Dette er de nominerte".
27. (24 April 2025). "Marstein vant årets spellemann". [[NRK]].

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