Birth name Oyvind Sauvik Associated acts Paperboys Music group Paperboys Years active 2002 – present Name Oyvind Sauvik | Occupation(s) Singer, songwriter Role Musician Also known as Vincent Vagabond Website www.vinnivagabond.no | |
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Albums No Cure for Life, The Road to Ellenside, Callithump, Oppvakningen Parents Ingunn Klepsvik, Leif Sauvik Similar People Halvdan Sivertsen, Oystein Dolmen, Tommy Tee, DJ Nils Noa, Lars Vaular | ||
K-391 & Alan Walker - Ignite (Live Performance at VG-Lista 2018 with Julie Bergan and Vinni)
Øyvind Sauvik (born 3 February 1976), better known by his stage name Vinni, is a Norwegian musician and hip hop artist.
Contents
- K 391 Alan Walker Ignite Live Performance at VG Lista 2018 with Julie Bergan and Vinni
- Vinnie ferra destroying me live
- Biography
- Vinni and the Vagabonds
- In Hver gang vi mtes
- Albums
- Singles
- References
Vinnie ferra destroying me live
Biography
Born in Arendal, Norway, Sauvik moved with his parents to Tanzania when he was three years old, as they worked with development agency NORAD. He grew up in Africa and learned to speak Swahili there.
Upon his return, he formed the hip hop duo Paperboys with Jarle "J.J." Hollerud. When JJ left the formation, he was replaced by DJ Ole Alexander "Pope Dawg" Halstensgård. In the duo Øyvind Sauvik was popularly known as Vincent Vagabond or just Vinni. The band released a number of successful albums.
In 2009, Vinni took part in the Norwegian TV 2 channel's reality television program Det store korslaget, a competition of choirs. He took on a choir from Kolbotn where they finished 5th in the competition out of 7 choirs taking part.
In 2009, he also took part in Zebra Grand Prix a car racing competition of celebrities broadcast on TV2 Zebra where Vinni partnered with Vibeke Klemetsen. Although the couple passed the preliminary round of the race, they were eliminated after the semi-final race. The partners Trine Rein & Jan Erik Larssen were the eventual winners.
Vinni and the Vagabonds
In 2010, he carved for himself an independent musical career with his band Vinni and the Vagabonds with a release of the album Happily Lost.
In Hver gang vi møtes
Vinni also took part in the reality television program Hver gang vi møtes also on TV 2, with well-known singers competing on performing of hits of the other participants. Vinni's interpretation were:
- Halvdan Sivertsen episode - "Sommerfuggel i vinterland"
- Bertine Zetlitz episode - "Apples & Diamonds"
- Jan Eggum episode - "Kor é alle helter hen?"
- Anne Grete Preus episode - "Millimeter"
- Øyvind "Vinni" Sauvik episode - Being his week, the other participants sang Vinni's own hits with Elvira Nikolaisen singing "Barcelona", Jan Eggum singing "Tomorrow", Bertine Zetlitz singing "Change My Star", Øystein Dolmen singing "Let the Monkey Out", Anne Grete Preus singing "Medisin" and Halvdan Sivertsen singing "Lonesome Traveller"
- Elvira Nikolaisen episode - "Nothing to Lose"
- Øystein Dolmen episode - "God morgen Norge"
EMI released a compilation of the performances on an album entitled Venner. Vinni's interpretation of "Sommerfuggel i vinterland" from Halvdan Sivertsen proved to be the most popular of all the performances.
In 2012, Vinni had a huge success with the single "Sommerfuggel i Vinterland" that he performed initially during Hver gang vi møtes. the song stayed at the top of the VG-lista, the official Norwegian Singles Chart, for 5 consecutive weeks. This top selling single was replaced by yet another of his Hver gang vi møtes performances namely "Godmorgen Norge" which also reached #1 and staying at the top of the VG-lista for another 2 weeks, making it a total of 7 consecutive weeks for Vinni on top of the Norwegian charts in 2012.
Based on this immense success, Vinni released yet a third single "Halve meg" that entered the Norwegian Singles Chart at #4 in its first week of release. A studio album is expected during 2012.