Marion Raven Biography

How Music Became A Part Of Marion Raven's Life

Ever since Marion was little, music has been a special part of her life. As she once said herself "Since the day I started to talk I started to sing". Anyplace, anytime she was singing. Her parents didn't really know where it came from since no one in the family has musical talents. But there she was, at the age of 5, singing with the local church choir. She would go from door to door to sing a song. One time, in church, she ran up to the priest and started to sing a stupid kids song for the whole church. When she was 7 she attended the famous St. Laurentsius choir from Lørenskog. By the time she was 8, she began to play the piano and attended the ballet school. Marion performed on stage with that ballet school and totally loved being on stage. One year later in 1993 she was on stage with the musical "Sound Of Music" on the Norwegian Broadway! Around that age she recorded her first cd, together with other kids, called "Vettene på gamlespor"(Vettene on old tracks).Marion and Marit in Bugsy malone

When Marion was 10 she acted in the musical "Bugsy Malone" and when she reached 11 she had a part in "The Wizard Of Oz". In 1995 her dad arranged to make a demo in a studio in Oslo. Together with her neighbour and friend Marit Larsen they got into the studio for the first time. They ended up signing a record deal with EMI Norway. A year later their first cd was in stores. The cd was called "Marit og Marion Synger Kjente Barnesanger" and was a collection of famous Norwegian kids songs. With that cd they were nominated for the Norwegian Grammy "Spellemannsprisen" in 1997. After making the kids cd, Marion had a party in "Othello" and "Les Miserable" on the Norwegian Opera. In 1998 it all started for Marion and her friend Marit. They started to make English pop demo's and signed a record deal with Atlantic Records.

Teenage Years : As A Part Of M2M

When summer came, they were in New York as they had a record deal with Atlantic Records. Together they travelled around for a whole year with, writing songs with different songwriters The result Marion and Marit as M2Mwas " Shades Of Purple ", the first album as M2M. Their debut single " Don`t say you love me " was out in fall 1999 (November 5th) The album came out in stores March 2000. That year they have been doing Tv shows, magazine interviews, concerts, and they were the opening band for Hanson !! Shades of purple has sold over 5 million albums worldwide!

In January 2001 they got back in the studios for recording their second album " The Big Room ". They worked with great producers, musicians and engirneers! They all made it possible for them to make such a great record! The second album was different then the first one. "The Big Room" has more guitars in it and it's more a 'rocky' album! The album got released in Asia as first with a different cover, after that it got released worldwide! They travelledall around the world to promote their second cd:

* November - December 2001 : Asia
* February - March 2002 : Europe
* April - May 2002: Europe, Australia and South America

In the summer of 2002 they toured together with Jewel , without Marion realised this would be the last performances as M2M. End of July M2M got to hear that they were taken off the posters and that they were forced to go back home.

The Raven

September 23rd, fans got to hear that M2M is over! Marion got offered a brand new contract with the same record company Atlantic Records. Marion started to prepair for her turbo life, she started recording new tracks for the new album. And wrote a bunch of songs in 2 and a half years! In September they said her album would come out in 9 months, but this wasn't so! There happened a lot of delays for the album, because the record company fired a lot of famous artists and Atlantic Records was being sold to Warner Music!

Marion recorded some of her songs in Sweden with the famous producer Max Martin. He simply asked her if she could come to the studio to try out some songs, eventually she ended up moving to Stockholm for a year. Songs like "End Of Me", "Here I Am" and "Six Feet Under" were recorded there.

When she met Nikki Sixx at a Alice Cooper concert in Norway he asked her to come to Los Angeles and write some songs with him. The result of that songs are "Heads Will Roll" Marion Ravenand"Set Me Free". Marion also wrote with artists like James Michael, Keith Nelson (Buckcherry), Art Alexakis(Everclear), DJ Ashba and Chantal Kreviazuk. Besides recording in James Michael's studio in LA, she also recorded some songs in Long Farm View Studios at Massachusetts.

In November 2004 Marion her official site re-opened. She was very different, fans saw new photos, and heard some clips online. The music is ' Marion Raven rock ' as she calls it herself. The lyrics got more dept on it. Through her website she communicated with her fans at her message board and chat! June 2005 "Here I Am" , Marion's debut cd got released in Asia. Her first single was " End Of Me " and got directly into the charts top 3. She had her own band called " Last Week " and toured with them through Asia. It has always been her dream to have a live band. July and August she did a promotion for her new album in Asia. September she went back home to be with her family and to promote her new album..

End of October 2005 Marion's got her first headline tour in Japan ! A new thing was that they sold Marion t-shirts! Just as the big artists! After that she went home again where she celebrated Christmas with her family! She spent the whole winter at home in Norway, but she didn't just sit at home. Marion was out to promote her album more. And she was asked for co-hosting Idols! She got a band together and did her first concert ever in Norway at the 13th of April! After Norway she flew back to New York to get the deal around for the release of her album in USa and Europe. Months it was quiet about the young lady! She started a street team and fans could join. Her website changed it's look to something dark and something more Raven.

At the 21th of July 2006 her new video "Heads Will Roll" was released online at the website burningangel. This video had a lot of comments because of it's nudity in it, not only the video had recieved a lot of comments also Marion herself. In July she puts her own carreer on a hold to go on tour with Meatloaf! Together they recorded the debut single, for Meatloaf's new album "Bat Out Hell III", "It's All Coming Back To Me Now". In October 2006 Marion her EP "Heads Will Roll" got released with 4 new extra tracks! Together with the release of "It's All Coming Back To Me Now" which was a great succes!

Marion RavenMarion worked all this time at a new second album! The first single of this second album was "Falling Away". Marion published this song for the first time at her myspace account. Through her website she gave information about this new song and about the upcoming new video clip! The video clip was filmed during the snowstorm in Denver. She had her friends Mike Casanova, Hana Beaman and her boyfriend Andreas Wiig in the music video. Those 3 are at the top of world's best snowboarders! Marion toured with Meatloaf through Europe for several months as his opening-act. This way she had the chance to promote her new album "Set Me Free". And that went pretty well. At many concerts her cd got solded out, and besides that she has gotten many new fans.

Summer 2007 Marion was opening for Pink in Germany, where she got a lot of new fans. Marion also had a few shows of her own in Germany in September. All the shows she did were with a band of her own! After that Marion got back to her home in Norway and LA. She joined a huge show in Norway called "Idols Give Back". Other than that she stayed home in her new appartment she shares with Andreas in Oslo. January 2008 Marion attends the X-Games to support her boyfriend. After that she flew back to Los Angeles to work at a new album. She's writing new songs and hopefully and album will come this summer.

Biography kindly provided by Marion2u.com: website with the latest news, a fan community, etc.


Last updated: 17 Aug 2009