Anne Lilia Berge Strand (born 21 November 1977),[4][5] known professionally as Annie, is a Norwegian singer, songwriter, record producer and DJ.

After completing secondary school, Annie started DJing in Bergen, where she met house producer and soon-to-be boyfriend Tore Kroknes.

In 1999, Annie and Kroknes released the single "The Greatest Hit", which sold out in two days and became popular in Norwegian and British nightclubs.

Annie has been described as "a pop singer with credibility, an indie artist with one eye on the dancefloor"[6] and as "the Norwegian Kylie".

'"[1] After a hiatus from music, Annie returned to DJing and songwriting in late 2001, running a club night called Pop Till You Drop at the Agora nightclub in Bergen with DJ friend Fröken Blytt.

Later that year, Annie released her debut CD Anniemal, collaborating with Timo Kaukolampi, Richard X, and fellow Norwegians Röyksopp.

[19] Annie toured around the world in 2005 to promote Anniemal, including a brief stint opening for Saint Etienne,[20] to whom she had sent a demo tape while still in Suitcase in 1996.

Around this time, she began a record label called Totally, with Timo Kaukolampi, and planned to release a 12-inch single with Datarock.

In January 2007, Annie signed an international deal with Island Records, owned by Universal Music Group.

[2] Although this left her second album's future uncertain, she retained legal control over the songs she recorded during her contracted period with the label.

[citation needed] After her departure from Island Records, Annie released a new single, "Anthonio", via producer Richard X's Pleasure Masters label in May 2009.

The album's release was preceded by two digital singles: "Songs Remind Me of You", a Richard X production,[32] and "My Love Is Better", which was produced by Xenomania and features guitar from Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand.

[33] The latter initially featured backing vocals by British pop group Girls Aloud, but their record label intervened.

[34][35] Annie co-wrote Mini Viva's debut single "Left My Heart in Tokyo", released in September 2009 and produced by Xenomania.

In October 2010, Xenomania's News Blog reported that Annie was back in the studio recording her follow-up to 2009's "Don't Stop".

The Skatebård-produced title track and soon-to-be single "The Night Within", is the theme song for an homonymous short film by Hildegunn Waerness and part of an interdisciplinary project by Norwegian artist Bjarne Melgaard.

The installation and set of paintings, exhibited on the Guido W. Baudach gallery in Berlin from 26 November 2011 to 25 February 2012, are based on the lyrics and theme of the song, which "deal with love and loss", and capture "the existential need for human tenderness, trust and partnership on one hand, and the painful realisation of lies, deceit and abandonment", all of which have been somewhat present on Melgaard's work.

On 7 February 2014, Annie released "Russian Kiss", a song with Bjarne Melgaard and Richard X, which condemns Russia's anti-gay laws.

Dark Hearts, produced by Stefan Storm of the Swedish synth-pop duo the Sound of Arrows, was self-released through Annie's Anniemelody label on 16 October 2020.

[44] In 2023, Annie worked with Alan Braxe to release a joint single, “Never Coming Back", which was included on the 2023 reissue of his compilation album, The Upper Cuts.

[46] The B-side to the 12" Picture Disc vinyl release includes the song in Annie's native Norwegian "Himmelen er Blå" and "The Sky is Blue (Extended Club Mix)".