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Richard Orange scours YouTube and Spotify to find ten great tracks, one of which is little more than an angry stream of obscenities. https://www.thelocal.no/20140630/ten-great-norwegian-songs Mon, 30 Jun 2014 11:40:00 +0200 ten-great-norwegian-songs Norwegian pop duo Nico & Vinz have jumped to fourth place on the US's Billboard hit list, with their song Am I Wrong? putting them within reach of following A-ha to the second-ever Norwegian US number one. https://www.thelocal.no/20140626/norway-pop-duo-hits-number-4-on-us-charts Thu, 26 Jun 2014 16:19:00 +0200 norway-pop-duo-hits-number-4-on-us-charts Norwegian comedy duo Ylvis caused titters at the Webby 'Internet Oscars' on Tuesday night by accepting their award with particularly inventive version of the award's traditional five-word speech. https://www.thelocal.no/20140521/norways-ylvis-shock-us-with-five-word-acceptance-speech Wed, 21 May 2014 10:46:00 +0200 norways-ylvis-shock-us-with-five-word-acceptance-speech Norwegian pop duo Nico & Vinz have become the third Norwegian act to make the Billboard Top 20 in the US after their song 'Am I Wrong' jumped into to 18th place this week. https://www.thelocal.no/20140515/norway-duo-nico-vinz-hit-us-top-20 Thu, 15 May 2014 10:41:00 +0200 norway-duo-nico-vinz-hit-us-top-20 "What Does the Fox Say?," the children's book based on the viral YouTube hit by Norway's Ylvisåker brothers has debuted at the number one spot on the New York Times bestsellers list, Billboard magazine reported on Friday. https://www.thelocal.no/20131220/ylvis-book-tops-new-york-times-list Fri, 20 Dec 2013 18:19:00 +0100 ylvis-book-tops-new-york-times-list A zany Norwegian music video originally intended as a joke was the most popular video of the year on YouTube, the video streaming website revealed on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.no/20131211/ylviss-the-fox-is-youtubes-top-video-of-the-year Thu, 12 Dec 2013 00:13:00 +0100 ylviss-the-fox-is-youtubes-top-video-of-the-year Norwegian YouTube sensation Ylvis have yet again taken the US by storm, performing their hit song "What does the fox say?" on Tuesday night at the finale of the US talent show "Dancing with the Stars". https://www.thelocal.no/20131127/video-ylvis-headline-us-talent-show-finale Wed, 27 Nov 2013 14:37:00 +0100 video-ylvis-headline-us-talent-show-finale The Fox, the viral YouTube hit from Norway's Ylvisåker brothers, has dropped four places on the US charts, ending its hopes of following A-ha to the second-ever Norwegian US number one. https://www.thelocal.no/20131107/ylviss-hopes-of-us-number-one-dashed Thu, 07 Nov 2013 09:39:47 +0100 ylviss-hopes-of-us-number-one-dashed "The Fox", the viral YouTube hit by Norway's Ylvisåker brothers, has jumped into the UK's top-20 singles chart at number 17, two weeks before they are due to make their first live UK appearance. https://www.thelocal.no/20131029/ylviss-fox-enters-uk-top-20 Tue, 29 Oct 2013 09:07:00 +0100 ylviss-fox-enters-uk-top-20 The Ylvis brothers' first attempt to follow their viral mega-hit The Fox has run into immediate problems after it was mysteriously pulled from YouTube only hours after being posted on Tuesday night, only coming back online at 8pm Norway time. https://www.thelocal.no/20131023/ylviss-fox-follow-up-hit-by-youtube-hiccup Wed, 23 Oct 2013 12:19:00 +0200 ylviss-fox-follow-up-hit-by-youtube-hiccup Norwegian brother act Ylvis will next month release a children's picture book based on their hit YouTube video The Fox, in a sign they plan to milk the song's global success for everything it's worth. https://www.thelocal.no/20131022/ylvis-to-release-the-fox-childrens-book Tue, 22 Oct 2013 12:17:00 +0200 ylvis-to-release-the-fox-childrens-book "The Fox", the YouTube hit by Norway's Ylvisåker brothers, has kept the number six slot in the US charts for a second week but failed to climb higher, indicating the extraordinary viral phenomenon may be starting to peak. https://www.thelocal.no/20131017/ylviss-the-fox-stays-at-number-six Thu, 17 Oct 2013 12:54:00 +0200 ylviss-the-fox-stays-at-number-six The New York music producer who put together ‘The Fox’, the Norwegian US billboard hit, has posted the spoof mockumentary on YouTube which made it all happen. https://www.thelocal.no/20131016/revealed-the-spoof-mockumentary-that-led-to-ylviss-fox Wed, 16 Oct 2013 10:15:00 +0200 revealed-the-spoof-mockumentary-that-led-to-ylviss-fox Norway's Ylvisåker brothers performed their YouTube hit The Fox twice on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, the US's most popular evening chat show. https://www.thelocal.no/20131010/video-ylvis-appear-on-late-night-with-jimmy-fallon Thu, 10 Oct 2013 10:09:00 +0200 video-ylvis-appear-on-late-night-with-jimmy-fallon The brothers behind YouTube hit 'The Fox' have applied to register both their stage name 'Ylvis' and the phrase 'What does the the fox say?' as trade marks. https://www.thelocal.no/20131009/ylvis-to-register-fox-slogan-as-trade-mark Wed, 09 Oct 2013 11:20:00 +0200 ylvis-to-register-fox-slogan-as-trade-mark Norway's Ylvis brothers have gone where only A-ha has gone before, with their electropop hit 'The Fox' making the US's Billboard top-ten list in an update on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.no/20131003/the-fox-becomes-norways-second-ever-us-top-10 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 10:04:00 +0200 the-fox-becomes-norways-second-ever-us-top-10 Norway's Ylvisåker brothers returned from their mini-tour of the US on Sunday night, fresh on the news that they have signed a worldwide record contract with Warner Music. https://www.thelocal.no/20130922/ylvis-reveal-warner-brothers-record-deal Mon, 23 Sep 2013 00:25:00 +0200 ylvis-reveal-warner-brothers-record-deal Norway's Ylvisåker brothers have flown to the US to be interviewed on the Ellen DeGeneres show, as the craze around their YouTube comedy hit, The Fox, grows ever bigger on the other side of the Atlantic. https://www.thelocal.no/20130919/ylvis-to-appear-on-ellen-talk-show-in-us Thu, 19 Sep 2013 11:46:00 +0200 ylvis-to-appear-on-ellen-talk-show-in-us Fox News, the US broadcaster, plans to use 'The Fox', the viral hit by Norway's Ylvisåker brothers, in their new promotional video. https://www.thelocal.no/20130918/fox-news-jumps-on-ylvis-craze-with-promo-vid Wed, 18 Sep 2013 12:20:00 +0200 fox-news-jumps-on-ylvis-craze-with-promo-vid 'The Fox', the viral hit by Norwegian duo Ylvis, is back on iTunes after they reached an agreement with the unnamed third party who had alleged copyright infringement. https://www.thelocal.no/20130917/norwegian-viral-hit-the-fox-back-on-itunes Tue, 17 Sep 2013 10:04:21 +0200 norwegian-viral-hit-the-fox-back-on-itunes