MØ
Karen Marie Ørsted
Karen Marie Ørsted, commonly known as MØ, is a Danish electro-pop artist of great prestige, especially in recent times. With a stage name meaning “maiden” in Danish, pronounced almost like a shortened form of ‘moo’. She first gained attention with 2013 solo single “Pilgrim”, which impacted the Danish charts in early 2013.
Throughout the rest of the year, MØ rose in the pop industry ranks, getting a feature on DJ Avicii’s album, releasing EP Bikini Daze, and signing onto AlunaGeorge’s tour as a support act. In 2014, Ørsted releasing her fiery debut album No Mythologies to Follow to relative critical favor. She later won four Danish Music Awards, and featured on Iggy Azalea’s lead single off her reissued album, MØ only further propagated her fame in 2014.
In 2015, MØ featured on Major Lazer’s massive global hit “Lean On.” The single topped the charts in many countries and reached top five in many others, including the Billboard charts. The track also picked up a Spotify certification of being the most streamed song of all time with over half a billion streams. Its Indian-inspired accompanying video has also racked up over a billion views.