Later that year, she provided the backing track for the John Lewis Christmas advert, singing a cover of the Oasis song ' Half the World Away'.Īurora's debut studio album, All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend (2016) received generally positive reviews, charting in various European countries and earning platinum certification two times in Norway. Aurora gained recognition with her debut extended play (EP), Running with the Wolves (2015), which contained the sleeper hit ' Runaway'. After some of her songs were uploaded online and became popular in Norway, she signed a recording contract with Petroleum Records, Decca and Glassnote Records in 2014. Born in Stavanger and raised in the towns of Høle and Os, she began writing her first songs and learning dance at the age of six. Aurora Aksnes (born 15 June 1996), known mononymously as Aurora (stylized in all caps), is a Norwegian singer, songwriter, dancer and record producer.
