Look Sharp!

..."for appreciated achievements in Sweden and internationally". To date their best selling albums are ''Joyride '' (11 million) and ''Look Sharp! '' (9 million). Overall, the duo has sold more than 45 million albums and 25 million singles...

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...to "Christmas for the Broken Hearted", "Turn to Me", also featured as a bonus track. During the run of chart-topping singles from Look Sharp! '' Touchstone Pictures approached Roxette's record label, EMI, and the group about contributing a...

In this article: It Must Have Been Love, Roxette, Pretty Woman, Marie Fredriksson, Listen to Your Heart, The Look, Per Gessle, United States, and Platinum

...24 other countries. While still unknown outside of Sweden, Roxette released their second album Look Sharp! With the success of the first two singles from the album, they toured Sweden again. When the "The Look" was about to be released in...

In this article: The Look, Roxette, Sweden, United States, Fjords, KDWB, She Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Per Gessle, and EMI

...Sweden. Fredriksson performing at a Roxette concert in Spain 2001. In 1988, Roxette went back to the studio and recorded a second album, Look Sharp! '' which once again returned them to the charts in Sweden. However, Roxette then had an...

In this article: Marie Fredriksson, Per Gessle, Roxette, Cancer, Sweden, Het Vind, Gyllene Tider, Antligen, and US

"Listen to Your Heart" was the third single issued in the United States from Swedish pop duo Roxette's 1988 album ''Look Sharp! '' It was written by Per Gessle and Mats M.P. Persson. It reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart on...

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"Dressed for Success" was released on 28 June 1989 and is the second single from the Swedish pop duo Roxette's 1988 album Look Sharp! ''. Originally, "Dressed for Success" was their first Swedish single to promote ''Look Sharp! album in...

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"Dangerous", written by Per Gessle, is the fourth single released from Roxette's album ''Look Sharp! ''. Gessle penned it just before Roxette's first tour in 1987. Released at the end of 1989, it was the group's third top 10 showing on the...

In this article: Roxette, Dangerous, Opposites Attract, Listen to Your Heart, Per Gessle, Paula Abdul, and UK

...June 1988. The album was released on October 19, 1988, two years after their debut Pearls of Passion, and became a worldwide bestseller. Look Sharp! is often considered as Roxette's breakthrough. "The Look", "Chances ", "Dressed for...

In this article: Roxette, The Look, Listen to Your Heart, Dressed for Success, Sweden, Minneapolis, KDWB, Chances, and Dangerous

Roberto Luongo was ashamed and disgusted to be used in conjunction with a Roxette reference. Oh, and nice name there, Darryl. I bet working for the AP really made up for that.

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...and the trick was to make it happen. We had to have the big break. What was your big break? We had recorded an album called Look Sharp and it was huge here in Sweden. We heard there was this American exchange student who was in...

In this article: Roxette, Marie Fredriksson, Sweden, The Look, Per Gessle, ABBA, US, KDWB, and Listen to Your Heart