Achievements
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People’s Choice Award 2012“Norway’s Funniest” 2012 Entertainer of the Year 2003Norway’s Entertainer of the Year 2003 Best newcomer – People’s Choice AwardSe & Hoer (Norway’s biggest magazine) |
StageshowsKristian Valen is the best-selling comedy artist in Norway, where he has also been involved in directing, writing and producing. Initially, Valen couldn’t find anyone who believed in his dream of bringing his ideas and parodies to the stage. So he did it all himself.
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Valen’s Day Cruise (Fartøy Valen)Norway’s most seen one-man show, went platinum on DVD.
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A Musical Chaos (Et Musikalsk Kaos)“A musical chaos” started out as a soundcheck and ended up as a sold-out show in Norway for over three years.
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Faster Than His own Shadow (Raskere Enn Sitt Eget Beste)Seen by more than 115,000 people in Norway, this hilarious show is rich with parodies and imitations.
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Everybody Gets (Alle Skal Få)Ten-year anniversary show packed with career highlights.
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From Hometown to Hollywood (Fra Hillevåg til Hollywood)New musical imitations and characters appear in this all-new show.
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TV productions and DVD releasesEach of Valen’s TV productions was Norway’s most-watched comedy program in the year it was aired. This culminated in Valen’s show on Norway’s most-popular TV Channel (NRK1) becoming the most-watched comedy series in 2012.
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Valen TVValen TV is a TV show featuring parodies and imitations of TV shows and personalities, and plenty of music. Valen TV is still the top-selling TV show in Norway, with over 140,000 DVDs sold. (Not counting downloads)
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Valen and the Others (Valen og De)Get all the action in one DVD release. Meet Schwarzenegger, Prince, Ozzy Osbourne and many more. Most watched comedy show on the Norwegian channel, TV Norge, in 2005/06.
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Valen’s Breakfast TV (Valens Frokost TV)A sequel to Valen TV with imitations that only Kristian Valen can pull off. In 2009, it was TV Norge’s most-watched comedy show. The DVD went gold in the first week of release.
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Three’s a charm (Alle Gode Ting er Tre)The three first DVDs released by Kristian Valen.
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Valen’s National Broadcasting (Valens Rikskringkasting)Norway’s most-watched comedy show, aired on the most-popular channel in the country.
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Music |
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Listen When Alone“Listen when alone” is the debut album from Kristian Valen. The album contains the singles “Still here“, “I surrender” & “If I was.” an Valen. The album debuted at No. 3 on the Norwegian charts, beaten only by U2 & Beyonce, and went platinum (over 40,000) in Norway alone. “Still here” went to No. 1 on both the sales and radio lists, and the music video “Still here” became the most requested video on many TV stations. The album has since been released worldwide, reaching gold and platinum status in several countries. In Japan, “Still Here” was in the Top 20 of the most played songs in karaoke bars, and in Germany it was the theme song for the drama series, Leben für die Liebe. In 2010, the listeners of Norway’s most-popular radio station voted “Still Here” as 13th on the list of the “World’s best songs from 2000 to 2010.”
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Letting GoIn 2012, Valen teamed up with Norwegian music director, Ray Kay, to release the song, “Letting Go”, in the U.S. To date, “Letting Go” is one of the biggest-ever music video productions, featuring Hollywood stars such as Vinnie Jones and Taylor Cole. Several scenes were filmed in Michael Jackson’s former house. The song was not released for sale because, according to Levi Booker, it was only one part of “Marketing Kristian as a multi-talented artist”. Levi Booker, a force in the American music industry, and Stevie Wonder’s record label and radio station, started working together to promote Kristian after they saw him perform at Michael Jackson’s Memorial ceremony in Los Angeles. |
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