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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.^[1]

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.^[2]

He is the father of pop-singer Christian Ingebrigtsen, who is a member of the England-based boy band A1.^[2]

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 chart positions
Title	Album details	NOR ^[3]
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 chart positions
Title	Album details	NOR ^[3]
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
Title	Year	NOR ^[3]
"Cento campane"	1972	1
"Solen skinner alltid der du helst vil være"	1973	4
"Bare du"	1973	1
"Den sangen han sang engang"	1974	10
"Storholt, Stensen, Stenshjemmet og Sjøbrend åsså'n Hjallis" (with Store Stå)	1977	3

References

^ Tønnesen, Anne (30 July 2009). "A1 gjør comeback" (in Norwegian). Halden Arbeiderblad. Archived from the original on 2 August 2009. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Ingebrigtsen, Stein" (in Norwegian). ballade.no (originally published in Norsk pop- og rockleksikon). 6 August 2006. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Stein Ingebrigtsen". norwegian charts. Retrieved 22 April 2024.