Since Marie Sahba released her debut single Take Me Back in 2019, she has grown to become one of Norway's most exciting artists. In February 2024, she released the highly anticipated debut album A Billion Years Too Soon. Dagsavisen gave it a perfect score and described the debut as "One of the best Norwegian albums of the spring".

"We suspect this could become a sensation" wrote Dagsavisen about A Billion Years Too Soon, highlighting the album as one of the most promising for 2024 ahead of its release. Through the album's nine tracks, listeners are invited into Marie's unique musical universe where she seamlessly weaves her cultural heritage with modern, electronic music. When the album was released in February 2024, Dagsavisen's culture editor and reviewer Mode Steinkjer confirmed the promises:

"With A Billion Years Too Soon Marie Sahba has created one of the best pop albums of the spring, a complex and at times thrilling, captivatingly dark interweaving of memories and emotions. [...] An absolutely delightful album that will find its audience both in solitude and at concerts and club floors."
- Dagsavisen on A Billion Years Too Soon

The singles from the album also impressed a united group of reviewers in the time leading up to the album's release, with songs like Give Me A Sign, Namaste and One Last Time all receiving perfect scores from both Dagsavisen and Aftenposten. Several of the singles were also listed on NRK P1 and NRK P3, recommended by NRK Urørt, and highlighted by platforms such as 730.no and Adresseavisen.

In 2019, Marie Sahba found her way onto H&M's international playlists, the Netflix series WItch Hunt and the Swedish series Udda Veckor with her debut single Take Me Back.
In 2022, she released her second EP, AZERI BABY,  and the singles Fall Apart and Never Got To Know You, were picked up by credible Turkish music bloggers and circulated on radio and New Music Friday in Norway. Leading up to the debut album, she created new waves in Turkey with two sold-out concerts in Istanbul and Ankara in 2023, returning to both cities for release concerts and performances following the album's release in February 2024.

The debut album A Billion Years Too Soon was written and produced in collaboration with Martin Vinje, known for his work with Sigrid and Neon Ion. Together, they have created a unique musical universe of melancholy, traditional instruments, beautiful melodies, and atmospheric synths firmly rooted in a danceable club landscape. The personal lyrics in both English and Azeri, spoken in Northern Iran, tell the story of Marie's roots, losses, and the ups and downs of life.

Photo by Emre Köktaş