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Bjork’s Milestones
| 1977 | Released first album, titled "Bjork" at age 11 |
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| 1979 | Formed the short-lived all-girl punk band Spit and Snot; was drummer |
| 1980 | Joined fusion-jazz band Exodus; appeared on Icelandic television |
| 1981 | Formed the band Tappi Tikarrass; release their first recording, a six-track EP |
| 1982 | Featured as part of Tappi Tikarrass in the film "Rock in Reykjavik", a documentary on Icelandic new wave music |
| 1983 | Tappi Tikarrass released "Miranda", their second and final album |
| 1984 | Joined the experimental music outfit Kukl |
| 1985 | Appeared with Kukl on Icelandic television while seven months pregnant; her bare belly is reported to have resulted in a home viewer seeking damages for a shock-induced heart attack |
| 1985 - 1986 | Kukl embarked on a European tour |
| 1986 | Made acting debut in "The Juniper Tree", an Icelandic modern fairy tale; screened at 1991 Sundance Film Festival |
| 1987 | Formed the band Pukl with then-husband Por Eldon Jonsson; band released first single "Birthday"; changed name to The Sugarcubes |
| 1987 | Played a troubled teen in the Icelandic TV-movie "Glerbrot" |
| 1988 | Sugarcubes signed with Elektra in the USA |
| 1991 | Began working with musician Graham Massey of seminal proto-techno music outfit 808 State |
| 1992 | Sugarcubes released swan song "Stick Around for Joy"; score modern rock hit "Hit" and played last gig at NYC's Limelight in November |
| 1993 | Released solo album "Debut", marking a shift from traditional guitar-bass-drum configuration of Sugarcubes to more technological approach to pop music |
| 1994 | Had a cameo role in Robert Altman's "Ready to Wear (Pret-a Porter)" |
| 1996 | Was involved in a highly publicized scuffle with press in a Bangkok airport; had brush with dangerous stalker when fan sent a mailbomb including his videotaped suicide scored with her music |
| 2000 | Bought Ellideay, an island off the coast of Iceland seeking greater privacy in the wake of incidents with a stalker |
| 2000 | Contributed music and also starred in Lars von Trier's period musical "Dancer in the Dark"; was awarded the Cannes Film Festival's Best Actress prize; also received Oscar nomination for composing the song "I've Seen It All" |
| 2001 | Embarked on concert tour playing the great opera houses of the world |
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