Last February, was released internationally "Charm School" , the new album by Roxette. With this work, which meant his 8th studio album, was consolidated his expected return, after over 10-year wait since his previous study "Room service." The album in its first month of sales, achieved the No. 1 in countries like Germany, Switzerland and the Czech Republic took second place in their own country (Sweden). In the rest of Europe had mixed results as ranked No. 8 in Russia and ranked No. 45 in Italy.
"Charm School" does not change much the style of Roxette, with some issues pegadisos, with much rhythm, like "She's got nothing on" or "Way Out" and some of his classic ballads, in this work is not lacking such as "No One Makes It On Her Own" and "In My Own Way" (The possible success of the film). Biography
recall that Roxette is a Swedish duo that consists of Per Gessle, born on January 12, 1959 in Halmstad and Gun-Marie Fredriksson, born on May 30, 1958 in Ostra Ljungby. A group of much success throughout his career have sold over 75 million albums, 4 singles that reached the No. 1 position in U.S. Billboard.
His career spans over two decades and although the group was founded in 1986, reached international fame in 1989 when the song "The Look" rose to the top of the main charts.
"The look" was the 1st single "Look Sharp" , published in 1988, which was the band's second album and first released at the international level. ... and that is a very interesting story ... The album had sold over 300,000 copies in its country of origin had not yet managed to transcend the borders of their country. In 1989 things changed and the album became an international success thanks to an American boy who was in Sweden for a student exchange. This American boy was presented with the disk, which (after returning), it lent itself to a U.S. station. The single "The Look" began to be asked for thousands of Minneapolis listeners. After that, the station starts to send copies to their broadcast partners and in April 1989 the song became the first No. 1 U.S. Roxette and the first song by a Scandinavian artist to achieve that position again ABBA since I got it with "Dancing Queen" in 1977. "The Look" reached No. 1 in 30 other countries, making her one of the biggest songs of the decade. After
"Listen To Your Heart" that was his second No. 1, in 1990 his other big moment came when it was included the song "It Must Have Been Love", in the range of sounds from the movie Pretty woman.
The 2nd version of this topic, especially recorded for the film, became another sales record. Reached No. 1 in Japan, Australia and twenty other countries. Becoming one of the most widely classic ballads today.
After several successful albums followed:
· "Joyride" (1991) (3rd album) arising from hits such as "Joyride" or "Speending my time."
· "Tourism" of (1992) (the 4th disk) that recorded in different parts of the world during the tour of Joyride (2 in the city of Buenos Aires) and from which it emerged as a major success "How do you do."
• In 1994 they released their 5th album study "Crash!" Boom! "Bang!" , which, the song that gives name to the plate, was the most successful.
• In 1998, edit "Have A Nice Day", (6th) album that highlights the theme "Wish I Could Fly."
• In 2001 he released his 7th album "Room service." (which had ended up being the last studio album to date).
In 2002 the duo prepares two greatest hits compilations. The first, "The Ballad Hits", presented that same year, and the second, "The Pop Hits" presented in 2003, included in each two unreleased tracks. Amid the promotional tour for "The Ballad Hits", Marie faints, and after medical studies to find its cause, they discovered he had a tumor in his head. Marie was operated successfully, and was away from music to relax with your family. Per Gessle
Meanwhile, he continued as a soloist with works like "Mazarin" in 2003, and "Son Of A Plumber" in 2005, and also Marie Fredriksson, Marie returned to music and recorded a solo album in 2004: The Change. "
After several meetings and make some special recordings the duo decided to meet again and release a new studio album .... done that consolidated this February, when they released "Charm School", her 8th studio album.
His career spans over two decades and although the group was founded in 1986, reached international fame in 1989 when the song "The Look" rose to the top of the main charts.
"The look" was the 1st single "Look Sharp" , published in 1988, which was the band's second album and first released at the international level. ... and that is a very interesting story ... The album had sold over 300,000 copies in its country of origin had not yet managed to transcend the borders of their country. In 1989 things changed and the album became an international success thanks to an American boy who was in Sweden for a student exchange. This American boy was presented with the disk, which (after returning), it lent itself to a U.S. station. The single "The Look" began to be asked for thousands of Minneapolis listeners. After that, the station starts to send copies to their broadcast partners and in April 1989 the song became the first No. 1 U.S. Roxette and the first song by a Scandinavian artist to achieve that position again ABBA since I got it with "Dancing Queen" in 1977. "The Look" reached No. 1 in 30 other countries, making her one of the biggest songs of the decade. After
"Listen To Your Heart" that was his second No. 1, in 1990 his other big moment came when it was included the song "It Must Have Been Love", in the range of sounds from the movie Pretty woman.
The 2nd version of this topic, especially recorded for the film, became another sales record. Reached No. 1 in Japan, Australia and twenty other countries. Becoming one of the most widely classic ballads today.
After several successful albums followed:
· "Joyride" (1991) (3rd album) arising from hits such as "Joyride" or "Speending my time."
· "Tourism" of (1992) (the 4th disk) that recorded in different parts of the world during the tour of Joyride (2 in the city of Buenos Aires) and from which it emerged as a major success "How do you do."
• In 1994 they released their 5th album study "Crash!" Boom! "Bang!" , which, the song that gives name to the plate, was the most successful.
• In 1998, edit "Have A Nice Day", (6th) album that highlights the theme "Wish I Could Fly."
• In 2001 he released his 7th album "Room service." (which had ended up being the last studio album to date).
In 2002 the duo prepares two greatest hits compilations. The first, "The Ballad Hits", presented that same year, and the second, "The Pop Hits" presented in 2003, included in each two unreleased tracks. Amid the promotional tour for "The Ballad Hits", Marie faints, and after medical studies to find its cause, they discovered he had a tumor in his head. Marie was operated successfully, and was away from music to relax with your family. Per Gessle
Meanwhile, he continued as a soloist with works like "Mazarin" in 2003, and "Son Of A Plumber" in 2005, and also Marie Fredriksson, Marie returned to music and recorded a solo album in 2004: The Change. "
After several meetings and make some special recordings the duo decided to meet again and release a new studio album .... done that consolidated this February, when they released "Charm School", her 8th studio album.
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