Honest, open, generous, funny, vulnerable and brave.Maria Mena has the unique ability to capture and convey a nuanced and unfiltered array of emotions, on record and on stage. From her breakthrough with "My Lullaby" in 2002, we have been allowed to take part in her journey as an artist, songwriter and humanbeing. She has written beautifully and tenderly, she has written impulsively and emotionally, she has written in her dreams and she has written in anger. She has shared her most painful and difficult, her most wonderful and meaningful, and she has provento be unafraid in her art. Her lyrics have helped not just her, but so many listeners, by putting into words that which you might not even want to think about. Or was never able to fully comprehend. And Mena does it with warmth and humor, balancing tenderness and pain, in lyrics like those for "I Don't Want To See You With Her", "Just Hold Me", "You Are The Only One", "All This Time" and the bluntly titled "Fuck You". Her 2010 release "Home for Christmas", named Christmas Song of The Decade by national radio NRK P3, already established as a modern classic in her native Norway. The song topped the official Norwegian charts and is currently certified 4x platinum.So far Maria Mena has released 7 studio albums, all top 10 in Norway and charting in Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands where they are awarded either gold or platinum status. Her hit singles receiving similar chart success and certifications in Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Austria, Switzerland, New Zealand, UK and the USA as well as in Norway. Mena has been nominated for, and won, a number of awards including the Norwegian Grammy, Spellemannprisen, and the Norwegian Arts Councils Honorary Award for her contribution to the arts.Frequent touring has established Mena as a superb live artist, regularly selling out shows in Norway and Europe. In 2019 she played her 11thconsecutive sold out show in the legendary Paradisio in Amsterdam.Follow Maria Mena on Instagram for an insight into her life, with frequent updates and recommendations; be it food, fashion, mental health or music. Added bonus: you also get to meet Julius the dog.