Noora Noor, born Noora Mohammed Noor on July 8, 1979, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is a Somali-Norwegian neo soul singer. She began performing locally at age eight and secured a recording contract with Warner Music at fifteen. Her debut album, Curious, was released in 1999 and became one of the first notable Scandinavian R&B albums. The album's single "Need You" gained significant airplay on MTV, and Curious achieved notable success in Japan. Noor participated in the Norwegian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 with "Gone with the Wind". She has received several awards, including the Hitawards Female Artist of the Year (1999) and Spellemannprisen (Norwegian Grammy Award) Female Artist of the Year (2009).
