Since the day Marion got
born music has a special
part in her life, all she
wanted to do was to sing
and perform. whe she was
little she always drove
her family around with her
singing. Anyplace, anytime
she was singing if she didn't
knew the lyrics of a song
she made it up her own!
When she was five years
old she attended the gospel
choir in a local church,
when she was 7 she started
to sing with the famous
St.Laurentsius choir from
Lørenskog. By the
time she was 8, she began
playing the piano and attending
ballet school. She performed
on stage with the ballet
and totally loved it. In
1993, when Marion was 9
years old, she acted in
the musical "Sound
of Music" on the Norwegian
Broadway. Marion also recorded
a children musical "Vettene
Vinner" (Vettene wins)
on c with Vettene. That
was a group that sing, act
and dance. Vettene mean;
small trolls that protects
nature. Marion was also
a part of a following cd
"Vettene på gamlespor"(Vettene
on old tracks). At the age
10, Marion acted in the
musical "Bugsy Malone"
and by the time she was
11, in "The Wizard
of Oz" . In 1995 her
dad arranged for her to
make a demo in a studio
is Oslo. Marion asked her
best friend, Marit, if she
wanted to join her. And
so she did! They ended up
getting a record deal with
EMI Norway! In 1996 their
cd "Marit og Marion
synger kjente barnesanger"
(Marit and Marion sings
famous children songs) was
out in the stores. They
were nominated for the Norwegian
Grammy, "Spellemannsprisen",
in 1997. After making the
children cd,Marion had a
part in "Othello"
on the Norwegian Opera!!!
In 1998 Marion was 13 years
old. That was when Marion
and Marit started recording
popdemos in english. Marion
wrote my first song in english,
"Girl in your dreams"
that spring, when she was
studying for a test of history
it was so bored that she
wrote a song for a boy who
dumped her! When summer
came, they were in New York
and had a record deal with
Atlantic Records. Together
they travelled around for
a whole year with, writing
songs with different songwriters.
The result was "Shades
of purple" , the first
album as M2M. Their debut
single "Don't say you
love me" was out in
fall 1999, and the album
in the following year. After
that it's been promotion,
tv shows and concers all
over the world. In January
of 2001 they got back in
the studios for recording
their new album "The
big room" M2M's second
album that was going to
be released. The didn't
work with a lot but with
great producers, musicians
and engineers. They all
made it possible for them
to make such a great record!
The album got first released
in asia with a different
cover, after that it got
released worldwide, USA,
Australia and Europe! A
big promotion tour was planned
for them! They travelled
to the whole world to promoto
their second cd! In the
summer of 2002 they toured
together with Jewel, without
Marion realised this would
be the last performances
as M2M. End of July, M2M
got to hear that they were
taken off the posters and
that they were forced to
go back home. So they did.
Later on September 23th,
fans got to hear that M2M
is over! Marion got offered
a brand new contract with
the same record company
Atlantic Records!! Marion
started to prepare for her
tubo life, she started recording
new tracks for the new album.
In September they said her
album would come out in
9 months, but this wasn't
so! There happened a lot
of delays for the album,
because the record company
fired a lot of famous artists
and Atlantic Records was
being sold to Warner Music!
Marion recorded her songs
in Sweden, New York and
Los Angeles. When she met
Nikki Sixx from the band
Montley Crue in Norway,
she wrote two songs with
him. In November 2004, Marion
her official site re-opened.
She was very different,
fans saw new photos and
heard some clips online.
The music was 'Marion Raven
rocks' like she calls it
herself. The lyrics got
more dept on it. Through
her website she communicated
with her fans at her message
board and chat! Monday 28th
of March 2005, Marion recorded
in Los Angeles the two videos
"Break You" and
"Here I Am" .
The album is just
around the corner!