Christopher (singer)

Christopher Lund Nissen (Danish pronunciation: [kʰʁiˈstʌfɐ ˈlɔnˀ ˈne̝sn̩]; born 31 January 1992) is a Danish singer from Copenhagen, signed to EMI Denmark. In November 2012, he won an award at the Danish Music Awards 2012. He was awarded New Thinker of the Year (Årets nytænker), given by Spotify as an innovation prize.^[1] Christopher has released five albums, the debut Colours (2012), followed by Told You So (2014), Closer (2016), Under the Surface (2019) and My Blood (2021). Christopher's songs include "Against the Odds, "Nothing in Common", "Told You So", "CPH Girls" and "I Won't Let You Down".

Christopher
Christopher performing in 2012
Background information
Birth name	Christopher Lund Nissen
Born	(1992-01-31) 31 January 1992 (age 33) Frederiksberg, Capital Region, Denmark
Genres	Pop
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter
Instrument(s)	Vocals, guitar, piano
Years active	2011 – present
Labels	EMI Denmark Warner Music Korea (Korea only)
Website	christophermusic.dk

Career

Christopher started singing covers of other singers' songs. His debut single was "Against the Odds", co-written by Kay & Ndustry, Kasper Larsen, Ole Brodersen, Curtis Richa and Johan Wetterberg, and produced by Kay & Ndustry and GL Music's Lasse Lindorff.^[2] It was released in September 2011, reaching number 23 on the Danish Singles Chart.^[3] The accompanying music video is directed by Nicolas Tobias Følsgaard and Jonas Lodahl Andersen. His follow-up single "Nothing in Common" entered the Danish Singles Chart at number 5 in 2012. His debut album Colours was released in 2013. "CPH Girls" was Christopher's 1st single number one in Denmark. Christopher's third studio album Closer came out on 15 April 2016. It includes his earlier hit "Tulips" that came out in Denmark, Norway and China, "I Won't Let You Down" featuring Bekuh Boom becoming his second number 1 in Denmark and the track "Limousine" with the artist Madcon. Christopher gets his inspiration from Michael Jackson, Justin Timberlake, Bruno Mars and John Mayer.

Personal life

He was born in Frederiksberg, but later moved to Amager, Denmark with his parents and younger brother Oliver.^[4] In 2012 Christopher moved in with his girlfriend, Danish singer Medina. The couple later split up. In 2014, he began a relationship with Danish model Cecilie Haugaard. The couple married in June 2019.^[5] The pair welcomed their first child, a daughter named Noelle, in 2021. In 2023, Haugaard gave birth to the couple’s second child, a daughter.^[6]

Discography

Albums

Studio albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions		Certifications
		DEN [7]	KOR [8]
Colours	Released: 19 March 2012 Label: EMI Format: CD, digital download	4	—	IFPI DEN: Platinum[9]
Told You So	Released: 24 March 2014 Label: Parlophone Format: CD, digital download	2	—	IFPI: 2× Platinum[10]
Closer	Released: 15 April 2016 Label: Parlophone Format: CD, digital download	1	74	IFPI: Platinum[11]
Under the Surface	Released: 22 February 2019 Label: Parlophone Format: CD, digital download	5	—	IFPI: Platinum[12]
My Blood	Released: 26 March 2021 Label: Parlophone Format: CD, digital download	20	—	IFPI: Gold[13]
Fools Gold	Released: 2 May 2025[14] Label: Warner Music Denmark Format: CD, digital download	TBA	TBA

Soundtrack albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions	Certifications
		DEN [7]
A Beautiful Life	Released: 2 June 2023 Label: Parlophone, Warner Format: digital download	1 [15]	IFPI: Gold[16]

Singles

As lead artist

Title	Year	Peak chart positions			Certifications	Album
		DEN [7]	KOR [17]	SWE [18]
"Against the Odds"	2011	23	—	—	IFPI: Gold[19]	Colours
"Nothing in Common"	2012	5	—	—	IFPI: Platinum[20]
"Mine, Mine, Mine"		—	—	—	IFPI: Platinum[21]
"Colours" (featuring Frida Amundsen)		19	—	—	IFPI: Gold[22]
"We Should Be"	2013	15	—	—		Told You So (bonus track)
"Told You So"		4	—	—	IFPI: 2× Platinum[23]	Told You So
"Nympho"	2014	—	—	—	IFPI: Gold[24]
"Crazy"		2	—	—	IFPI: Platinum[25]
"Mama"		9	—	—	IFPI: Gold[26]
"Waterfall"		13	—	—
"CPH Girls" (featuring Brandon Beal)		1	—	—	IFPI: 2× Platinum[27]	Told You So (Deluxe)
"First Like" (live)		34	—	—	IFPI: Platinum[28]
"Tulips"	2015	4	—	—	IFPI: Platinum[29]	Closer
"Christopher"		39	—	—		non album single
"Limousine" (featuring Madcon)	2016	—	—	69	IFPI: Gold[30]	Closer
"I Won't Let You Down" (featuring Bekuh Boom)		1	—	—	IFPI: Platinum[31]
"Take Me Back" (with Matoma)		16	—	—	IFPI: Gold[32]	Closer (2017 version)
"Heartbeat"		26	—	—	IFPI: Platinum[33]	Closer
"Free Fall"		13	—	—	IFPI: Gold[34]	| Closer (2017 version)
"Naked"	2017	35	—	—	IFPI: Gold[35]
"Bad"	2018	10	118	—[A]	IFPI: Platinum[37]	Under the Surface
"Monogamy"		33	—	—	IFPI: Gold[38]
"Irony"		7	—	—	IFPI: 2× Platinum[39]
"My Heart"	2019	18	—	—	IFPI: Platinum[40]
"Real Life"[41]		30	—	—	IFPI: Gold[42]	Under the Surface (physical edition)
"Ghost"	2020	17	—	—	IFPI: Platinum[43]	My Blood
"Leap of Faith"		15	—	—	IFPI: Platinum[44]
"Bad Boy" (with Chungha)		—	31	—		Non-album single
"Good to Goodbye" (featuring Clara Mae)	2021	39 [45]	—	—	IFPI: Platinum[46]	My Blood
"Fall So Hard"		31 [47]	—	—	IFPI: Platinum[48]
"If It Weren't for You"		30 [49]	—	—	IFPI: Gold[50]	Non-album singles
"When I Get Old" (with Chungha)[51]	2022	—	—	—
"Hope This Song Is for You"	2023	5 [52]	—	—	IFPI: Gold[53]	A Beautiful Life
"Valdes jul"		6 [54]	—	—		Non-album single
"One"	2024	—	—	—		Fools Gold
"It Could Have Been Us" (featuring Griff)[55]		—	—	—
"Trouble" (with Lee Young Ji)		—	—	—
"Lose a You"	2025	—	—	—
"Permanent Scars"[56]		—	—	—
"Hvor var jeg endt" (with Thor Farlov)		7 [57]	—	—		Non-album single

Notes

1. "Bad" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number 18 on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.^[36]

As a featured artist

Title	Year	Peak chart positions		Certifications	Album
		DEN [7]	GER [58]
"Where Do We Go from Here" (Svenstrup & Vendelboe featuring Christopher)	2012	2	—	IFPI: 2× Platinum[59]	Svenstrup & Vendelboe
"Twerk It Like Miley" (Brandon Beal featuring Christopher)	2014	1	95	IFPI: 3× Platinum[60]	Truth
"Tror Kun På Én Hjulemand" (Natholdet featuring Christopher)	2022	—	—		Non-album single
"My Only Hope" (Jubël featuring Christopher)	2022	—	—		Non-album single

Other charted songs

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album
		DEN [7][52]
"A Beautiful Life"	2023	10	A Beautiful Life
"Honey, I'm So High"		22
"Led Me to You"		27

Guest appearances

Title	Year	Other artist	Album
"A Little Forgiveness"	2012	Molly Sandén	Unchained
"Horizon"	2014	Anna Abreu	V
"Moments"	2019	-	At Eighteen

Filmography

• Haps du er fanget (2012)
• GO' Morgen Danmark (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
• Danish Music Awards (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015)
• X Factor (2014, 2016)
• Jeg er Christopher (2014)
• Natholdet (2014, 2015)
• Aftenshowet (2014)
• Danmarksindsamling (2016)
• Vi ses hos Celment (2016)
• Akademi Fantasia (2016) - Malaysia Guest artist (Week 5)

• Toscana
• A Beautiful Life (2023)

Awards

• Danish Music Awards Årets Nytænker 2012
• The voice Årets Flirt 2012
• The voice The Body Art 2012
• The voice Årets Instagrammer 2013
• Gaffa-prisen Årets Mandlige Kunstner 2014
• Danish Music Awards Publikumsprisen 2014
• Danish Music Awards Årets Danske popudgivelsen 2014
• MTV Europe Music Awards for årets danske band 2014
• The voice Årets Trendsætter 2014
• The Voice Årets Idol 2014
• Danish Music Awards Årets Danske Club Navn 2014
• Zulu Awards Årets Mandlige Kunstner 2015
• The voice-pris 2015
• 2 The voice prize 2017

Tours

• Colours Tour 2012-2013
• Christopher Tour 2013
• Told you So Tour 2014-2015
• Tulips Tour 2015
• Closer Tour 2016
• Europe Tour 2020
• Korea Tour 2022