Sissel Kyrkjebø

Sissel Kyrkjeb? (born June 24, 1969 in Bergen, Norway), also known as just Sissel, is a Norwegian singer. She is best known for singing the Olympic Hymn (Hymne Olympique) at the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the 1994 Winter Olympic Games in Lillehammer, Norway, for duets with Pl?cido Domingo, Warren G and The Chieftains, and for participation on the Titanic film soundtrack. Sissel is also the (singing) voice of the mermaid-princess Ariel in the Scandinavian versions of Disney's The Little Mermaid.

Sissel's musical style runs the gamut from pop recordings and folk songs to classical vocals. Her work on the soundtrack to Titanic has led to comparisons with Irish singer Enya.

Sissel's combined solo record sales (not including soundtracks and other albums to which she contributed) amount to over 9 million albums sold, most of them in Norway -- a country with only 4.5 million people.

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