30-11-96 - Internationally acclaimed pop singer Bj÷rk
Gudmundsdottir says she is "extremely pleased" to
win the 1997 Nordic Council's Music Award.
The award, worth DKR350,000, will be presented
to the singer on March 3 next year in Oslo,
Norway with Bj÷rk intending to make the occasion
a family affair.
"The presentation will be on my grandmother's
birthday and we are thinking about going together
to receive it," she told a reporter from the daily
Morgunbladid. "I am such a punk that I have
immunised myself against receiving awards and
don't usually take any notice of them" adding that
the fact that it is her grandmother's birthday is first
and foremost of more pleasing significance to her. "I
hope that I don't sound ungrateful but I am always
on the defensive when I receive awards. I think that
people should not get awards until they are old and
tired and they have done all that they can, given
everything of themselves, and I am just beginning."
According to a statement issued by the awards
committee the accolade acknodwledges Bj÷rk's
development of her own style while staying true to
her ideals.
The judge's statement also says that she
has developed her art over many years to maximum
success while her popularity throughout the world is
due to her huge musical talent.
