Tina Dico

Tina Dico
Tina Dico
	Dico in Edmonton in 2024
Background information
Born	Tina Dickow Danielsen; 14 October 1977 (age 48)
Origin	Aarhus, Denmark
Genres	Alternative; pop rock; synthpop; indie;
Instruments	Guitar, vocals
Years active	1997–present
Label	Finest Gramophone
Website	tinadico.com

Tina Dico (born Tina Dickow Danielsen^[1] on 14 October 1977) is a Danish singer-songwriter. She founded her own record label and releases her music independently, enjoying large success with her albums in her home country as well as critical acclaim across Europe.

In Denmark she performs both under her real name, Tina Dickow, and under the adopted name Tina Dico as well.^[2]

Music career

A Handful of Danish EP

In December 2014 Dico released a six-song digital-only EP entitled En Håndfuld Danske (A Handful of Danish), composed of Danish-language cover versions of other artists’ songs. The songs were chosen by fans in a poll announced in early October 2014 and were first made available free on Spotify on 1 December 2014. The EP became available for sale on iTunes on 12 January 2015.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Other works

Dico provided the voice for Queen Iduna in the Danish version of the Disney film Frozen II, known as Frost II in Denmark, singing the tracks "Alle svar" and "Kom nu frem". ("All Is Found" and "Show Yourself", respectively, in Danish.)^[6]^[7]^[8]

Awards and achievements

In 2008, she received the Danish Crown Prince Couple's Culture Prize.^[9]

In 2005, her album, In The Red rose to No. 1 on the Danish album charts.^[10]

Personal life

Dico married partner and collaborator Helgi Jónsson on 13 July 2014 near Reykjavík,^[11]^[12] where they live.

Discography

Studio albums

Year

Album

Peak
position
DEN
^[13]

Certification

Credited as

2001

Fuel

Released: 2001
Label: Finest Gramophone

Track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"My Mirror"	4:59
2.	"Fuel"	4:34
3.	"Forever"	3:43
4.	"More"	4:33
5.	"If I'd Sinned"	4:36
6.	"Watch Your Tongue"	4:37
7.	"Her Secret"	5:18
8.	"Your Waste of Time"	5:51
9.	"Different"	5:28
10.	"Back Where We Started"	4:57
11.	"Send My Best"	4:23

–

Tina Dickow

2003

Notes

Released: 2003
Label: Finest Gramophone

Track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Notes"	0:52
2.	"Break Of Day"	3:50
3.	"Warm Sand"	3:15
4.	"Boys And Girls"	2:01
5.	"Poetess Play"	4:06
6.	"Do Something"	3:28
7.	"Let's Get Lost"	5:00
8.	"Room with a View"	3:06
9.	"Too Much"	4:12
10.	"Undone"	3:45
11.	"Tenterground No.5"	5:25
12.	"So Long Hearts"	2:56

40

Tina Dickow

2006

In The Red

Released: 2006
Label: Finest Gramophone

1

Tina Dico

2007

Count to Ten

Released: 2007
Label: Finest Gramophone

1

Tina Dickow

2008

A Beginning, A Detour, An Open Ending

Released: 2008
Label: Finest Gramophone

2

Tina Dico

2009

The Road to Gävle

Released: 2009
Label: Finest Gramophone

Track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Long Way Home/Rain on the Court"	3:20
2.	"Goldhawk Road"	3:11
3.	"In Love And War"	2:44
4.	"Rebel Song"	3:08
5.	"Swedish Skies"	3:48
6.	"There It Is!/Prison Exit (Ode to my Heart)"	2:20
7.	"Private Party"	2:43
8.	"Love All Around"	3:19
9.	"All I See"	3:57
10.	"Two Funerals"	5:20
11.	"Boot Meets Scull/Silence in the Car"	2:26
12.	"Hitchhiker's Theme"	2:58
13.	"River Of What's Been"	4:34

5

Tina Dickow

2010

Welcome Back Colour

Released: 2010
Label: Finest Gramophone

Track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Welcome Back Colour"	3:33
2.	"Paper Thin"	4:16
3.	"Nobody's Man"	3:48
4.	"Warm Sand"	3:56
5.	"One"	3:51
6.	"On The Run"	3:56
7.	"Sacre Coeur"	5:06
8.	"Open Wide"	4:48
9.	"Count To Ten"	4:31
10.	"Stains"	3:33
11.	"A New Situation"	4:10
12.	"Goldhawk Road"	3:15
13.	"Love All Around"	3:40
14.	"Instead"	3:28

Special Edition CD 2
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Copenhagen"	3:37
2.	"Watching Him Go"	3:47
3.	"Glow"	3:34
4.	"Rebel Song"	3:04
5.	"Room with a View"	3:45
6.	"Let's Go Dancing" (feat. Teitur)	3:39
7.	"Home"	3:19
8.	"The City/London"	4:44
9.	"Strong Man"	3:41
10.	"Back Where We Started"	3:40
11.	"Break Of Day"	4:09
12.	"Waltz" (feat. Helgi Jonsson)	4:08

1

Tina Dickow

2012

Where Do You Go to Disappear?

Released: 7 September 2012
Label: Finest Gramophone

Track listing
No.	Title	Length
0.	Untitled	3:43
1.	"We're All Experts"	3:59
2.	"Moon To Let"	4:45
3.	"The World Is Perfect"	3:37
4.	"Point of No Return"	4:29
5.	"The Time of Our Lives"	4:51
6.	"True North"	4:45
7.	"The Tip of the Iceberg"	4:17
8.	"You Wanna Teach Me to Dance"	5:16
9.	"Sunrise"
10.	"The Other Side"	3:23
11.	"Where Do You Go to Disappear?"	4:09
12.	"You Leave You Learn"	4:16
13.	"Kids Go Where the Light Is"	4:49

1

Tina Dickow

2014

Whispers

Released: 25 August 2014
Label: Finest Gramophone

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Woman Downstairs"	4:23
2.	"As Far As Love Goes"	3:49
3.	"Someone You Love"	3:41
4.	"Drifting"	3:54
5.	"Mines"	4:26
6.	"Whispers"	3:59
7.	"You Don't Step into Love"	4:12
8.	"Old Friends"	4:03
9.	"I Want You"	4:08
10.	"Thank You"	2:46
11.	"Spark"	3:49
12.	"Ask Again"	4:18

–

Tina Dico

2015

En håndfuld danske

Released:
Label: A:larm / Universal Music

12

Tina Dickow

2018

Fastland

Released: 28 September 2018
Label: A:larm / Universal Music

Track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Not Even Close"	3:43
2.	"Devil's Door"	3:23
3.	"Parked Car"	4:12
4.	"Fancy"	3:40
5.	"Hands"	4:30
6.	"Night Out"	4:04
7.	"Adams House"	3:40
8.	"People Are Strange"	4:16
9.	"Change Yourself"	1:06
10.	"Something You can Keep"	3:08

1
^[14]

Tina Dico

2022

Bitte små ryk

Released: 3 April 2022
Label: Finest Gramophone

Track listing
No.	Title	Length
1	"Brev Hjem"	3:57
2	"Bitte Små Ryk"	4:35
3	"Menneskedyr" (feat. Kjartan Arngrim)	4:08
4	"Hjertestorm"	4:29
5	"Højdesyge"	4:36
6	"Lidt Mere Menneske"	4:42
7	"Jeg Har Så Travlt"	4:29
8	"Chefen Skal Ha' Fri"	3:56
9	"Lige Nu"	3:30
10	"Lykken Er..."	4:46
11	"Cirkeldans"	5:01

1
^[15]

Tina Dickow

EPs

Year

Album

2004

Far

Released: 2004
Label: Defend Music

Track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Warm Sand"	3:39
2.	"Break Of Day"	3:50
3.	"Boys And Girls"	2:12
4.	"Haunted"	3:32
5.	"Let's Get Lost"	5:01
6.	"Back Where We Started"	4:50

2007

A Beginning

Released: 2007
Label: Finest Gramophone

2008

A Detour

Released: 2008
Label: Finest Gramophone

2008

An Open Ending

Released: 2008
Label: Finest Gramophone

Live albums

Year	Album	Peak position DK ^[13]
2011	Live with the Danish National Chamber Orchestra Released: 2011 Label: Finest Gramophone	12

Singles

Year	Song	Peak position	Certification	Album	Credited as
Year	Song	DK ^[13]	Certification	Album	Credited as
2009	"Open Wide"	1		Welcome Back Colour	Tina Dickow
2010	"Welcome Back Colour"	19			Tina Dickow
2010	"Copenhagen"	14			Tina Dickow
2012	"Moon to Let"	22		Where Do You Go to Disappear?	Tina Dico
2012	"You Wanna Teach Me to Dance"	24		Where Do You Go to Disappear?	Tina Dickow
2014	"Someone You Love"	13		Whispers	Tina Dickow
	"Old Friends"	26			Tina Dickow
	"Mines"	11			Tina Dickow

featured in

Year	Song	Peak position	Certification	Album
Year	Song	DK ^[13]	Certification	Album
2011	"Helt alene" (Suspekt feat. Tina Dickow)	1

Other appearances

The 2006 album "Precious Time" by Canadian dance-rock band Euphoria features Tina Dico on vocals in the songs "Blue" and "Sinners and Saints".
Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur (2007) Tina Dico (listed as Tina Dickow) cover of Working Class Hero (John Lennon)
Side By Side – duets Vol. 1 Award-winning American artist AM (musician) and Tina Dico perform the duet "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (2008) a cover of a George Harrison song.
On the soundtrack of the 2010 film Clash of the Titans, Dico performed and co-wrote the song "The Storm That Brought You To Me".^[16]
Tina Dico is listed as both "songwriter" and "featuring" on Helgi Jónsson's 2010' album Big spring
Tina Dico is featured on the hip hop group Suspekt's album Elektra which was released in September 2011.^[17]

References

↑ Lokalavisen Esbjerg, 5 February 2013 (Danish) Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
↑ "The 10 greatest Zero 7 songs of all time". Smooth. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
↑ "8 October 2014. "A Musical Christmas Wish by Tina Dickow" (Danish)". Gaffa.dk. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
↑ "1 December 2014. "Tina Dickow: A Handful of Danish" (Danish)". Gaffa.dk. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
↑ "En Håndfuld Danske - EP by Tina Dico on Apple Music". 12 January 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2024 – via Apple Music.
↑ Lund, Henrik (6 November 2019). "Dronning Dickow går til filmen: Den århusianske sangstjerne lægger dansk stemme til 'Frost 2'". Statstidende (in Danish). Retrieved 24 August 2025.
↑ Hansen, Jonas Wrede. "Tina Dickow i svær film-rolle: "Mit flade jyske skulle erstattes af royalt rigsdansk"". Lokalavisen Aarhus (in Danish). Archived from the original on 7 November 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
↑ "Frost 2 (Originalt Dansk Soundtrack/Deluxe Edition)". Spotify. Retrieved August 25, 2025.
↑ "Kronprinsparrets Priser" (in Danish). Bikubenfonden. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
↑ "Tina Dico on Mountain Stage". NPR.org. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
↑ Børjesen, Jesper Rise (13 July 2014). "Tina Dickow gift på trods af mislykket frieri". Ekstra Bladet (in Danish). Retrieved 16 May 2026.
↑ Johansson, Susanne (13 July 2014). "Solskinsbryllup: Tina Dickow fik sin Helgi". Bt.dk. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
1 2 3 4 "Discography Tina Dickow". Danishcharts.dk. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
↑ "Album Top-40 Uge 40, 2018". Hitlisten. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
↑ "Album Top-40 Uge 14, 2022". Hitlisten. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
↑ ""Clash of the Titans Soundtrack Album Information". Cduniverse.com. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
↑ "Tina Dickow". Tinadickow.dk. 14 September 2011. Retrieved 14 October 2024.

Sources

External links

Official website
Tina Dico at IMDb
Official international page on Facebook
Tina Dico on Twitter
1998 performance "Change Your Mind" on TV 2's Talentspot

[1] Lokalavisen Esbjerg, 5 February 2013 (Danish) Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine

[2] "The 10 greatest Zero 7 songs of all time". Smooth. Retrieved 21 April 2020.

[3] "8 October 2014. "A Musical Christmas Wish by Tina Dickow" (Danish)". Gaffa.dk. Retrieved 14 October 2024.

[4] "1 December 2014. "Tina Dickow: A Handful of Danish" (Danish)". Gaffa.dk. Retrieved 14 October 2024.

[5] "En Håndfuld Danske - EP by Tina Dico on Apple Music". 12 January 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2024 – via Apple Music.

[6] Lund, Henrik (6 November 2019). "Dronning Dickow går til filmen: Den århusianske sangstjerne lægger dansk stemme til 'Frost 2'". Statstidende (in Danish). Retrieved 24 August 2025.

[7] Hansen, Jonas Wrede. "Tina Dickow i svær film-rolle: "Mit flade jyske skulle erstattes af royalt rigsdansk"". Lokalavisen Aarhus (in Danish). Archived from the original on 7 November 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2025.

[8] "Frost 2 (Originalt Dansk Soundtrack/Deluxe Edition)". Spotify. Retrieved August 25, 2025.

[bikuben3-9] "Kronprinsparrets Priser" (in Danish). Bikubenfonden. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2014.

[10] "Tina Dico on Mountain Stage". NPR.org. Retrieved 21 April 2020.

[11] Børjesen, Jesper Rise (13 July 2014). "Tina Dickow gift på trods af mislykket frieri". Ekstra Bladet (in Danish). Retrieved 16 May 2026.

[12] Johansson, Susanne (13 July 2014). "Solskinsbryllup: Tina Dickow fik sin Helgi". Bt.dk. Retrieved 14 October 2024.

[den-13] 1 2 3 4 "Discography Tina Dickow". Danishcharts.dk. Retrieved 14 October 2024.

[14] "Album Top-40 Uge 40, 2018". Hitlisten. Retrieved 10 October 2018.

[15] "Album Top-40 Uge 14, 2022". Hitlisten. Retrieved 13 April 2022.

[16] ""Clash of the Titans Soundtrack Album Information". Cduniverse.com. Retrieved 14 October 2024.

[17] "Tina Dickow". Tinadickow.dk. 14 September 2011. Retrieved 14 October 2024.

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