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Páll Óskar Hjálmtýsson〔This is an Icelandic name. Páll Óskar's last name, "Hjálmtýsson", is a patronymic (it means "son of Hjálmtýr") and is not his family name; he should be addressed by his first names, "Páll Óskar".〕 (born 16 March 1970), known internationally as Páll Óskar and Paul Oscar, is an Icelandic pop singer, songwriter and disc jockey. He had a musical childhood, singing at private functions, with choirs and for media advertisements, but was affected by bullying in school and tension between his parents at home. He came out as gay to his family at the age of 16 years. Paul Oscar's musical range spans traditional Icelandic songs, ballads, love songs, disco, house and techno. He released his first album, ''Stuð'' (''Groove''), in 1993 while in New York City, and also sang with Icelandic groups Milljónamæringarnir (The Millionaires) and Casino while establishing a career as a solo artiste. His album of ballads, ''Palli'', was the best-selling Icelandic album of 1995. Paul Oscar came to international attention when he performed "''Minn hinsti dans''" ("My Final Dance"), Iceland's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1997. His most recent album is ''Silfursafnið'' (''The Silver Collection'', 2008). In Reykjavík, Paul Oscar performs regularly as a disc jockey in clubs and appears on radio and TV shows. ==Early life== The youngest of seven children〔Paul Oscar's siblings are Ásdís (born 21 August 1954), Sigrún (Diddú) (born 8 August 1955), Lucinda Margrét (born 7 June 1957), Matthías Bogi (born 25 May 1959), Johanna Steinunn (born 19 February 1962) and Arnar Gunnar (born 11 February 1964): (【引用サイトリンク】url=http://vestmannaeyjar.ismennt.is/vefir/comenius/people/diddu.htm ).〕 of Hjálmtýr E. Hjálmtýsson, a bank clerk, and Margrét Matthíasdóttir, a writer,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://vestmannaeyjar.ismennt.is/vefir/comenius/people/diddu.htm )〕 Paul Oscar was born on 16 March 1970 in Reykjavík.〔. Retrieved on 1 November 2007.〕 As a child he displayed artistic talent in drawing, writing fairy tales and singing – his mother had him sing for the women in her sewing club and at family birthday parties. He also spent much time singing in choirs and in media commercials, and recorded his first album at the age of seven. His first leading role in a professional theatre production was at 12 years of age in the musical version of ''Rubber Tarzan'', a popular Danish children's novel by Ole Lund Kirkegaard (1940–1979). His voice broke two weeks after the musical's last performance, and he did not sing for the next few years.〔 Although Paul Oscar's family encouraged his musical talent, his parents did not get along with each other, and he was bullied by his schoolmates. Paul Oscar recalled: "My nickname was Little Palli, and Palli was chubby, nerdy, someone who never got jokes right, who was afraid of other men." At age 13, he realized that he found men attractive, and came out to his family at 16. "For the first day, there was nice talk of acceptance, though my father did raise his voice. On the second day, and the third, and the fourth, there was this terrible silence. They treated me like an alien."〔 However, his mother was supportive. She said: "If Páll has the talent to fall in love, he should nurture that talent. And he has as much a right to sit down at my table with his partner as anybody else does with their partner." Paul Oscar rediscovered his voice at the age of 18, singing bass with the Hamrahlíð college choir for two years. In 1990 he won a talent contest for his college; later that year at the time of his graduation, he played Frank-N-Furter to great success in the college's production of ''The Rocky Horror Picture Show''. Around the same time, he began appearing in drag shows at a notorious Reykjavík nightclub.〔〔 After the club closed, he became a radio jockey on independent radio station FM 90,9.〔 He also appeared in a film, ''Svo á jörðu sem á himni'' (''As in Heaven'', 1992).〔〔. Retrieved on 1 November 2007.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paul Oscar」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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