With a new manager and no record deal, the group started over, and began to develop their famous bubblegum pop sound. 1996–1998: Aquarium and international breakthrough The four were disappointed and canceled their contract with the record label (although the label wanted to keep the group on for further releases). The single failed to become popular, and after one week at the lower end of the Swedish charts, it disappeared completely. A small Swedish record label signed them in 1994, and their very first single 'Itzy Bitzy Spider' was released in Sweden. The formation of Joyspeed was on the basis that both Claus and Søren would do the production for the group, with René rapping and Lene performing the main vocals.
He approached her and hired her as the lead singer of Joyspeed, later renamed Aqua. A few months after the film was released, René spotted Lene Nystrøm singing on the Norway–Denmark ferry, M/S Peter Wessel. After getting along well, the trio decided that they would work together again on a future project. The recording of the soundtrack began in 1993. The three were brought in to make part of the soundtrack for a little-known film titled Frække Frida og de frygtløse spioner. Søren and Claus had won a contest and were hired to produce a soundtrack. At that time, René was working in the Netherlands as a club DJ, and Søren and Claus were starting out as producers. Claus and Søren met in 1989, and throughout the early 1990s, they started writing songs together. Their third album, Megalomania, was released on 3 October 2011.Ĭareer 1989–1995: Formation and Joyspeed Īqua's history together dates back to 1989. At a press event on 26 October 2007, the group announced a reunion tour, as well as the release of a compilation album featuring new material. During their split, Nystrøm, Dif and Rasted all achieved solo chart success, and Norreen continued in the music industry remixing other artists' material. The band's members are vocalists Lene Nystrøm and René Dif, keyboardist Søren Rasted, and guitarist Claus Norreen. The lawsuit was finally dismissed by a judge in 2002, who ruled 'The parties are advised to chill.' The group also caused controversy with the double entendres in their 'Barbie Girl' single, with the Barbie doll makers Mattel filing a lawsuit against the group. The group managed to top the UK Singles Chart with three of their singles. The Aqua singles managed to reach the Top-10 position in a number of countries where European pop acts would not normally succeed, including the United States, Canada, Brazil, Australia, and Japan. M2M - The Day You Went Away (The Best Of M2M). View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2009 CD release of Greatest Hits on Discogs. The group sold an estimated 33 million albums and singles, making them the most profitable Danish band ever. The group released three albums: Aquarium in 1997, Aquarius in 2000 and Megalomania in 2011. The group formed in 1989 and achieved crossover success around the globe in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Aqua is a Danish-Norwegian eurodance music group, best known for their 1997 multi-platinum crossover single 'Barbie Girl'.
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