Marit Elisabeth Larsen (born July 1, 1983) is a Norwegian singer and songwriter. She began playing violin at age of 5 and played it until the age of 8. She gained international fame during her teenage years as a member of the pop duo M2M with childhood friend Marion Raven. She then pursued her own music career, releasing her debut solo album Under the Surface in 2006.

January 2011 Larsen recorded the song "Var Beste Dag" (Our Best Day) in her native language for the NRK. Released only in Norway, it reached No. 1.  On 1 August, Marit Larsen started to record her 3rd solo album at Propeller Recordings.  On 7 October Marit Larsen announced that the album will be called Spark including 10 new tracks. The album was released in Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark on 18 November. In Germany, Switzerland and Austria the album was released on 16 December. The first single, "Coming Home" had premiered on NRK P1 and on her Facebook page on 15 October. The music video had premiered on Verdens Gang's website on 12 November.  On 24 October 2011, "Coming Home" received successful radio airplay in the Philippines and named as the "Most Wanted Song Of The Month", reached atop for 4 consecutive weeks, and gave Marit her first number 1 song as a solo artist in the Philippine Top 100 Songs ( Last time was way back in 2000 when "The Day You Went Away" stayed atop for 9 non-consecutive weeks but was with M2M (band) ). On 16 December "Coming Home" was also performed by Marit Larsen on the finals of Idol Norge while Marion Raven was one of the judges on the same show. On 9 January 2012, despite of not being released as a single, "Last Night" received moderate radio airplay success in the Philippines and stayed atop for 2 consecutive weeks and gave Marit her second number 1 song in the Philippine Top 100 Songs. It also reached number 3 in Thailand.

When was it released?
January 2011