Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen song) Games in Vancouver, before a claimed TV audience of three billion. In 2006, the Norwegian quartet of Espen Lind, Kurt Nilsen, Alejandro Fuentes and Askil Holm released a cover of the song. After debuting at number 8 on the Norwegian VG-lista, the single reached number one in January 2007. The song remained listed on the Norwegian top 20 for 37 (non-consecutive) weeks between 2006 and 2007. The song also appears on the 2006 album "Hallelujah Live", credited to Espen Lind with Kurt Nilsen, Alejandro Fuentes and Askil Holm, which also reached the top of the Norwegian VG-lista. Alexandra Burke, the
Matador: The Songs of Leonard Cohen Matador: The Songs of Leonard Cohen Matador: The Songs of Leonard Cohen is the fifth solo album recorded by the Canadian singer Patricia O'Callaghan and was released by the Marquis Classics label in January 2012. "Matador" won almost immediate critical acclaim. Christopher Loudon described it in a review for JazzTimes magazine as a "superb collection of Leonard Cohen gems" recorded by "arguably Canada’s most gifted jazz-cabaret hybrid" on an album featuring "what is quite possibly the most exquisite 'Hallelujah' ever recorded". Jon O’Brien wrote in a review for the AllMusic website: "A graceful and respectful homage to a true musical