Marcus & Martinus

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Birthday December 9, 1821

Birth Sign Sagittarius

Birthplace Elverum, Innlandet, Norway

DEATH DATE July 20, 1904,, Elberon, New Jersey, United States (82 years old)

Nationality Norway

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1934

The single reached 34th place in Norway and 47th place in Sweden.

2002

Marcus & Martinus, occasionally known as M&M, are a Norwegian dance-pop duo consisting of identical twin brothers Marcus and Martinus Gunnarsen (born 21 February 2002 in Elverum, Norway).

They have released three albums: Hei, Together and Moments.

2012

Since winning Melodi Grand Prix Junior in 2012, they have won numerous prizes, such as Spellemannprisen in 2017.

The duo won Masked Singer Sverige in 2022, and have since participated in Melodifestivalen in 2023 and 2024.

They won the latter edition, and will in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö with the song "Unforgettable".

In 2012, Marcus and Martinus were contestants on the eleventh season of Melodi Grand Prix Junior.

It was held at the Oslo Spektrum in Oslo, Norway, and was broadcast live by NRK, hosted by Margrethe Røed and Tooji.

They won the contest with the song "To dråper vann" (English: "Two Drops of Water").

The song peaked at number eight on the Norwegian Singles Chart.

2014

The same month, on 14 July, they performed on Swedish Crown Princess Victoria's 40th birthday with their own song written especially for her ("On This Day").

In late July, they released the single "Dance with You".

2015

On 23 February 2015, they released their debut studio album Hei (English: Hi).

The album peaked at number 1 on the Norwegian Albums Chart in week 46 of 2015 (15 November 2015) after having charted for 35 weeks, the last 20 not leaving the top ten.

The album includes the single "Plystre på deg" (English: "Whistle at You").

On 24 July 2015, they released the single "Elektrisk" (English: "Electric"), featuring vocals from Katastrofe.

The song peaked at number 3 on the Norwegian Singles Chart.

On 25 September 2015, they released the single "Ei som deg" (English: "One Like You") with Innertier.

The song peaked at number 15 on the Norwegian Singles Chart.

On 6 November they released the second version of their album Hei, "Hei (Fan Special)" with the same songs and some extras, one of the extras is Elektrisk.

2016

In May 2016, the duo released three singles.

The first, "Girls", featuring Madcon, debuted at number 1 in NorwayPeak positions in Sweden:

2017

On the 13 May, Marcus and Martinus announced the Jury points for Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017.

On 21 May 2017, they released the single "Like It Like It" alongside American rapper Silentó.

On 1 July, they released the single "First Kiss".

On 15 October 2017, they released their single "Make You Believe in Love".

2018

It also featured in CelebMix's 21 songs by Under-21s in 2018.

On 4 November, they released their single "One Flight Away".

On 15 November they released their single "Never" On 17 November, they released their third album Moments.

On 27 September, they released their single "Invited".

2019

In 2019, they released an EP called Soon.

2020

In 2020, they have released two singles, "Love You Less", and "It's Christmas Time".

In 2021, they were featured on the song "Miserabel" by Stig Brenner.

Furthermore, Marcus & Martinus released the single "Belinda" together with Latin artist Alex Rose, which reached 20th place on the Norwegian singles chart.

In November, they released the song "Feel" alongside Bruno Martini.

In the spring of 2022, they won the Swedish version of Masked Singer, being the first duo sharing first place.

In addition the duo released their first single in 2022 called "When All the Lights Go Out".

In 2023, they entered Melodifestivalen 2023 with the song "Air", ultimately finishing in second place behind Loreen's "Tattoo".

They again participated in Melodifestivalen 2024 with the song "Unforgettable".

On 9 March, the duo won Melodifestivalen with 177 points, and will represent host nation Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö.