Sigur Rós

Iceland's second most-famous musical act (behind Björk) Sigur Rós formed in 1994 and released their originally Iceland-only debut Von in 1997, with a remix album entitled Von Brigði released the following year. June 1999 was the group's breakthrough month, thanks to the success of their second album Ágætis Byrjun. October 2002 saw the issue of (), the first album to be fully recorded in the Hopelandic language, invented by lead guitarist and vocalist Jón Þór "Jónsi" Birgisson. As with their previous release, () also received commercial and critical acclaim, only to be upstaged in November 2005 by the group's mainstream hit Hoppípolla, which had immense media usage and peaked at #24 on the UK Charts. Prior to this, in September, their fourth album Takk... was issued, and received mostly positive reviews. A double album, Hvarf/Heim, came out in November 2007, with their latest album, Með Seð Í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust, released in June 2008, and was the first SR album to have songs not in Icelandic or Hopelandic. January 2010 saw the group announce that they would go on a hiatus in order to focus on their families and own musical projects. Hoppípolla's video is below, with downloads afterwards.