Roxette Biography
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Birth Place: Halmstad, Sweden
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Years Active: 1986–present
Genres: Pop, Rock
Born: NULL
Birth Place: Halmstad, Sweden
Died: NULL
Years Active: 1986–present
Genres: Pop, Rock
Roxette is a Swedish pop music duo, consisting of Marie Fredriksson (vocals) and Per Gessle (vocals and guitar). Formed in 1986, the duo is the second most commercially successful band from Sweden, after ABBA.
In 1986 their debut album, “Pearls of Passion” was issued by EMI. they released their breakthrough follow-up album “Look Sharp!” in 1988. Roxette went onto achieve 19 U.K. Top 40 hits and several Billboard Hot 100 hits, including four U.S. #1 singles with “The Look,” “Listen to Your Heart,” “It Must Have Been Love” and “Joyride.” Other hits include “Dangerous” “Fading Like a Flower” and “Dressed for Success.”
After the 1995 release of “Don't Bore Us, Get to the Chorus!,” a greatest hits record, the duo took a hiatus in the mid-1990s. With the release of 1999’s “Have a Nice Day” and 2001’s “Room Service” they continued to chart in other territories such as Europe and South America, where they earned various gold and platinum certification until the beginning of the new millennium.
In 2002 the duo took a break from recording and touring when Fredriksson was diagnosed with a brain tumour. Roxette took to the stage together again for the first time in eight years, in 2009, during Gessle's European Party Crasher tour.
Their songs “It Must Have Been Love” and “Listen to Your Heart” continue to receive radio airplay, with both singles recently receiving awards from BMI for achieving four million radio plays. They have sold an estimated 60 million records worldwide, with over 3.5 million record sales in the United States, achieving platinum status for “Joyride” and “Look Sharp!” there.
In 1986 their debut album, “Pearls of Passion” was issued by EMI. they released their breakthrough follow-up album “Look Sharp!” in 1988. Roxette went onto achieve 19 U.K. Top 40 hits and several Billboard Hot 100 hits, including four U.S. #1 singles with “The Look,” “Listen to Your Heart,” “It Must Have Been Love” and “Joyride.” Other hits include “Dangerous” “Fading Like a Flower” and “Dressed for Success.”
After the 1995 release of “Don't Bore Us, Get to the Chorus!,” a greatest hits record, the duo took a hiatus in the mid-1990s. With the release of 1999’s “Have a Nice Day” and 2001’s “Room Service” they continued to chart in other territories such as Europe and South America, where they earned various gold and platinum certification until the beginning of the new millennium.
In 2002 the duo took a break from recording and touring when Fredriksson was diagnosed with a brain tumour. Roxette took to the stage together again for the first time in eight years, in 2009, during Gessle's European Party Crasher tour.
Their songs “It Must Have Been Love” and “Listen to Your Heart” continue to receive radio airplay, with both singles recently receiving awards from BMI for achieving four million radio plays. They have sold an estimated 60 million records worldwide, with over 3.5 million record sales in the United States, achieving platinum status for “Joyride” and “Look Sharp!” there.
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