2016 in Icelandic music

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Overview of the events of 2016 in Icelandic music

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The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 2016 in Icelandic music.

Events

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- Icelandic broadcaster RÚV revealed the songs competing to be Iceland's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 during the Rás 2 radio programmes Virkir morgnar and Poppland.^[1] Five of the competitors enter English versions of their songs.^[2]

20
- At Söngvakeppnin 2016 in Reykjavík's Laugardalshöll, Greta Salóme was selected to represent Iceland at the Eurovision Song Contest, with the song "Hear Them Calling".^[3]

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
9	The Colorist & Emiliana Torrini	The Colorist & Emiliana Torrini	Rough Trade		^[5]

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
15	Vulnicura Live	Björk	One Little Indian		^[6]

^ Bergsson, Felix (14 January 2016). "Öll lögin frumflutt á Rás 2". ruv.is (in Icelandic). RÚV. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
^ "Eurovision hopefuls ditch Icelandic language". mbl.is. Morgunblaðið. 16 February 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
^ "Greta Salóme to represent Iceland again!" Eurovision Song Contest website, 20 February 2016. Accessed 22 February 2016
^ "The Folk Music Festival of Siglufjordur". FolkMusik.is. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
^ Gibsone, Harriet (2016-12-08). "The Colorist & Emiliana Torrini album review – colourful classical and contemporary collisions". The Guardian. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
^ Strauss, Matthew (2016-07-16). "Björk Announces Vulnicura Live Luxury Boxset With Amazing Moth Paper Mask". The Pitchfork Review. Retrieved 2017-01-30.