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Hanne Boel

Hanne Boel
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About

Hanne Boel is a Danish singer-songwriter born on 31 August 1957 in Bagsværd, with a career spanning more than five decades and 22 albums. She broke through with her debut Black Wolf in 1988, then cemented her reputation with Dark Passion (1990), which won four Danish Music Awards and sold over half a million copies worldwide. Her voice moves freely across soul, R&B, jazz and pop, and she has sold more than 2.5 million records across Scandinavia. Between 2009 and 2017 she also served as professor and vice-rector at the Rhythmic Music Conservatory in Copenhagen.

2.5M+
sold records worldwide
22
studio albums released
4
Danish Grammys for Dark Passion (1991)
500K+
sold copies of Dark Passion worldwide

What's new

  • 2026-06

    Hanne Boel and Gnags received a prestigious award in June 2026.

  • 2026-02

    Hanne Boel announced an autumn tour in 2026 with 15 Danish venues, including DR Koncerthuset in Copenhagen and Musikhuset in Aarhus.

  • 2025-08

    Hanne Boel Trio announced new concert dates for spring 2026, where the trio visits 10 Danish venues.

  • 2026

    Hanne Boel is working on new album material and lets the new songs meet the audience live on the autumn tour before they are recorded in the studio.

  • 2024-01

    The album Norwegian Recordings (2023) - Hanne Boel's 22nd album - received four out of six stars from GAFFA's reviewer.

Tour

AabenraaHelsingørSkødstrupKristiansandHumbleAarhusKøbenhavnFredericiaRandersSkiveTarmKøgeAalborgOsloBergenGjøvik

Tracks

Black WolfDebut album from 1988 - gave her Grammy as Danish Singer of the Year
I Wanna Make Love to YouHit from Dark Passion (1990) - won Grammy as Hit of the Year
Don't Know Much About LoveOne of her most well-known songs from the breakthrough period
Dark PassionAlbum from 1990 - sold over 500,000 copies worldwide and won four Grammys
Norwegian Recordings22nd album from 2023 - live and studio recordings with guitarists Jacob Funch and Jens Runge

Recent shows

Upcoming · 8

Where they play · 7

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