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Double platinum in pre-sale
Jan Werner: Christmas album released
In 1994 Jan Werner Danielsen together with Elisabeth Andreassen represented Norway at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song Duett, a powerful ballad which achieved the 6th place with 76 points. Unexpectedly Jan Werner died last year at the early age of 30 of heart failure.
His 2006 album Stronger, released after his death went straight to #1 in the Norwegian charts. Now a Christmas album, entitled Eg veit i himmelrik ei borg, with unreleased material of Jan Werner’s live Christmas concerts, was released by the Salvation Army, a charity and social services organisation, of the Christian Church. The album has pre-sold 65000 copies becoming double platinum. Even after his death Jan Werner remains one of the highest-selling recording artists in his country.
- Click here to buy Jan Werner's Eg veit i himmelrik ei borg CD
- Click here to see Elisabeth Andreassen's CDs available in the esctoday.com shop
- Click here for the esctoday.com shop
Special thanks to Ronny for his contribution to this article
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It is a very good album. No wonder it does so well!
Went to #2 in the albums sales chart this week.
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