Solo Artist
Holds writing credit on 110 of 114 tracks
She is credited on 110 of her 114 solo studio tracks and is the only writer on 59 of them. The four she did not write are all older songs she covered: two jazz standards, an Icelandic art song and a traditional Icelandic melody.
Across all 114 tracks: how many Björk wrote alone, how many they co-wrote, and how many were written by others. The bracket marks every track they hold any writing credit on.
Share of all 114 tracks where they are personally credited, by role.
Björk's writing credit per album, in release order. Hover any bar for the album.
Where Björk sits on the scale from a pure performer (0%, sings songs written by others) to a complete author (100%, writes everything). The bright marker is their catalogue authorship score, plotted against other artists on the site.
Reference artists spread across the scale, closest by genre and era.
None of the signature songs above fall in this category.
Ten solo studio albums. Her 1977 childhood album, the Sugarcubes records, Gling-Gló with Tríó Guðmundar Ingólfssonar, the Selmasongs and Drawing Restraint 9 soundtracks, and the remix and live albums all sit outside this catalogue.
One Little Indian / Elektra
One Little Indian / Elektra
One Little Indian
One Little Indian / Elektra
One Little Indian / Elektra
One Little Indian
One Little Indian
One Little Indian
One Little Indian
One Little Independent
No albums from this decade.
Björk114 tracks
10Guy Sigsworth, 10 tracks
11016bit, 10 tracks
8Sjón, 8 tracks
HB8Howie B, 8 tracks
MD6Markus Dravs, 6 tracks
K4Kasimyn, 4 tracks
T3Timbaland, 3 tracks
TM3Timothy Mosley, 3 tracks
GM2Graham Massey, 2 tracks
T2Tricky, 2 tracks on Massive Attack's page
MD2Marius de Vries, 2 tracks
TK2Thomas Knak, 2 tracks
D2Danja, 2 tracks
NH2Nathaniel Hills, 2 tracks
DT2Damian Taylor, 2 tracks
JB1Johnny Burke, 1 track
JV1Jimmy Van Heusen, 1 track
BR1Bert Reisfeld, 1 track
HL1Hans Lang, 1 track
C1Console, 1 track
HK1Harmony Korine, 1 track
JV1Jórunn Viðar, 1 track
JS1Jakobína Sigurðardóttir, 1 track
OA1Olivier Alary, 1 track
EE1E. E. Cummings, 1 track
TT1Tanya Tagaq, 1 track
FT1Fyodor Tyutchev, 1 track
OE1Oddný Eir Ævarsdóttir, 1 track
TH1The Haxan Cloak, 1 track
A1Anohni, 1 track
S1Spaces, 1 track
SH1Sarah Hopkins, 1 track
R1Rabit, 1 track
SE1Sindri Eldon, 1 track
L1Látra-Björg, 1 track
EN1Emilie Nicolas, 1 track
S1Serpentwithfeet, 1 track
ÍB1Ísadóra Bjarkardóttir Barney, 1 track
Bubble size = tracks worked on together. A Arca · NH Nellee Hooper · MB Mark Bell · 1 16bit
Data Insight
She writes 110 of her 114 studio tracks, and the four she does not are all old songs: two standards, an Icelandic art song and a traditional Icelandic tune. On 59 of them her name is the only one on the credit. The share of tracks she writes alone falls whenever a producer joins the writing (Volta has three of ten) and rises whenever she works from a voice or a harp alone.
Quick Facts
Creative Fingerprint
One writer on almost everything, with a different producer standing next to her on every album.
The Story
Björk started recording in Reykjavík at eleven, fronted the Sugarcubes through the late 1980s, and went solo with Debut in 1993. Ten solo studio albums have followed a straight line away from pop and towards whatever she wanted to make next. She has sold over 40 million records worldwide.