Ace of Base
Band
Sweden...pop music gained international prominence. There have been many other internationally successful bands since, such as Roxette, Ace of Base, Europe , and The Cardigans to name some of the biggest, and recently there has been a surge of... In this article: Sweden, European Union, Tax, Europe, Stockholm, United States, Denmark, and Scania |
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Independent.co.uk - Music | July 23, 2009
Sweden - State-sponsored rock Valhalla
...to take all Sweden's international air. Roxette and Ace of Base's slick Euro-pop and Europe's absurd Euro-rock kept export earnings up in the 1980s, while being no one's idea of a cutting edge. A band who were, The Cardigans, reached their...
In this article: Sweden, Peter, Bjorn & John, Karin Dreijer Andersson, ABBA, Robyn, Victoria Bergsman, Young Folks, Lykke Li, Jose Gonzalez, and Jens Lekman
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Wikipedia | October 26, 2009
Europop
...and 9 chart-topping albums, and in North America and Australia. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Roxette and Ace of Base led Europop in American and British mainstream audiences. In the 1990s, pop groups like the Spice Girls and the...
In this article: Europop, 1990s, Alcazar, ABBA, Spice Girls, Roxette, Backstreet Boys, North America, and Europe
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Matthew Yglesias - The Atlantic | May 28, 2009
Universal Health Care Would Boost Entrepreneurship
...Sweden's welfare state allows Swedish teens to bum around and start bands. This has resulted in Roxette and Ace of Base, but also the Hives and I'm From Barcelona. Could "The Sign" be the number one argument against government health...
In this article: Tax, Universal Health, Welfare state, Small business, FICA, and I'm From Barcelona
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Entertainment Weekly | August 19, 2009
Guilty Musical Pleasures: Ace of Base vs. STP
...matter what indie-schmindie bona fides the country boasts today, I cannot tell a lie: The Ikea-meatball pop trifecta of ABBA, Roxette and Ace of Base are the source from which my love affair with all things musi-swede-ical is truly sprung.
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Wikipedia | October 30, 2009
Music of Sweden
...in the near future. Some of the most successful post-ABBA popular music artists from Sweden are Roxette, Agnes Carlsson, The Wannadies, Ace of Base, Kent , Carola Haggkvist, Helena Paparizou, Army of Lovers, Neneh and Eagle-Eye Cherry,...
In this article: Sweden, The Hellacopters, Kent, ABBA, Mando Diao, Looptroop, Joakim Thastrom, Refused, Sahara Hotnights, and Millencolin
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Wikipedia | July 06, 2009
KWAV
...Vanessa Williams, Brian McKnight, Lionel Richie, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Smokey Robinson, Timmy T, Stevie B, Expose, and Ace of Base as core artists. Other core artists included Amy Grant, Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart, Sting,...
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Wikipedia | November 03, 2009
Culture of Sweden
...songs in the late 1980's and early 1990's. This band, unlike ABBA, was also successful in the U.S. Europe , Ace of Base and The Cardigans are Swedish pop groups that have been popular in the world. It can be noted that Britney Spears had at...
In this article: Sweden, Cider, Ingmar Bergman, Jenny Lind, Gustav III, Bathory, ABBA, Scania, Xenophobia, and Potato
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Wikipedia | November 03, 2009
Swedish popular music
...groups Roxette and Ace of Base reunite in the late 00's. Ace of Base, now a trio without singer Linn Berggren, played since 2007 several concerts mainly in East Europe and Asia. They plan to release a new album in 2009 after 7 years.
In this article: UK, Europe, ABBA, Sweden, The Cardigans, Robyn, United States, Ola Svensson, and Germany
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Ace of Base is a pop band from Gothenburg, Sweden, comprising Ulf Ekberg (Buddha) and siblings Jonas Berggren (Joker) and Jenny Berggren. They released their debut album in 1993 and went on to sell more than 30 million albums worldwide, topping the charts with hits such as "All That She Wants" and "The Sign". Following the formal departure of former member Malin "Linn" Berggren in 2007, the trio have recently been playing gigs in Europe and Asia, and plan to release their fifth studio album in 2009.
- Name:
- Ace of Base
- Origin:
- Gothenburg, Sweden
- Years Active:
- 1990–present
- Current members:
- Former Members:
- Malin "Linn" Berggren
- Genre:
- Dancehall
- Record Label:
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- EMI (Japan)
- Universal (Europe & Australia)
- Edel Music (Scandinavia)
- Sony-BMG (N./S. America & Japan)
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