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
Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen song) later record, though using piano and a similar arrangement to Cale's. Wainwright's version is included on the album "", although it was Cale's version that was used in the film itself. The "Shrek" soundtrack, containing Wainwright's cover, was certified 2× Platinum in the United States in 2003 as selling over two million copies. Rufus Wainwright, his sister Martha Wainwright, and Joan Wasser performed the song in the film "". In 2004, k.d. lang recorded a version of "Hallelujah" on her album "Hymns of the 49th Parallel". She has since sung it at several major events, such as at the Canadian