Biography
Emerging after the fade of late-’90s adolescent pop, Marion Elise Ravn—publicly recognized simply as Marion Raven—had already logged years in the industry. At ten, in 1994, she and childhood companion Marit Larsen taped a children’s-song project for EMI Norway; four years later the duo launched M2M, a wide-eyed entrant into a market dominated by Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. Their contribution to the first Pokémon film became a modest success, yet the partnership dissolved in 2002.
Raven’s solo debut, Here I Am, arrived in 2005 via Atlantic Records. The set carried outside writing input from Max Martin, Dr. Luke, Everclear’s Art Alexakis, Our Lady Peace’s Raine Maida alongside his spouse Chantal Kreviazuk (whose résumé already included Avril Lavigne, Kelly Clarkson and Mandy Moore), and Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx. In return, Raven supplied material to Lindsay Lohan and Pixie Lott. She joined Meat Loaf for the 2006 single “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now,” then issued Set Me Free in 2007, an album that blended leftover tracks from her first release with fresh recordings.
She later judged the Norwegian editions of The X Factor and Idol, after which she completed Nevermore in 2009; label conflicts kept the project on the shelf. Nearly eight years after Here I Am, she delivered her proper second album, Songs from a Blackbird, in April 2014. Its tone diverged sharply: where the Atlantic debut had favored the harder-edged pop of Alanis Morissette and Kelly Clarkson, the new collection adopted the gentler contours associated with Natalie Imbruglia and the Cardigans. The international pressing previewed material from her forthcoming 2015 double release Scandal on Song Music Norway.
Raven’s solo debut, Here I Am, arrived in 2005 via Atlantic Records. The set carried outside writing input from Max Martin, Dr. Luke, Everclear’s Art Alexakis, Our Lady Peace’s Raine Maida alongside his spouse Chantal Kreviazuk (whose résumé already included Avril Lavigne, Kelly Clarkson and Mandy Moore), and Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx. In return, Raven supplied material to Lindsay Lohan and Pixie Lott. She joined Meat Loaf for the 2006 single “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now,” then issued Set Me Free in 2007, an album that blended leftover tracks from her first release with fresh recordings.
She later judged the Norwegian editions of The X Factor and Idol, after which she completed Nevermore in 2009; label conflicts kept the project on the shelf. Nearly eight years after Here I Am, she delivered her proper second album, Songs from a Blackbird, in April 2014. Its tone diverged sharply: where the Atlantic debut had favored the harder-edged pop of Alanis Morissette and Kelly Clarkson, the new collection adopted the gentler contours associated with Natalie Imbruglia and the Cardigans. The international pressing previewed material from her forthcoming 2015 double release Scandal on Song Music Norway.
Albums
