But Iceland's most famous export, the flamboyant singer Björk, thinks that should change. She is hosting a karaoke marathon in her hometown, Reykjavik, in hopes of pressuring the government to stop what she says is the sell-off of Iceland's natural resources.

"We want to give the nation a voice, a chance to reclaim its energy resources by singing them back," she said of the event, which has been dubbed The Voice of the People.

The singfest, which ran until yesterday, is designed to urge Icelanders to sign a petition intended to force a referendum on whether to overturn the sale of Icelandic geothermal company HS Orka to Canadian concern Magma Energy. 

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