Artist: Aqua
Genre(s):
Dance
Pop
Dance: Pop
Discography:
Cartoon Heroes, Pt. 1
Year: 2000
Tracks: 5
Aquarius
Year: 2000
Tracks: 12
Lollipop and Candyman
Year: 1998
Tracks: 6
Aquarium (Christmas Limited Edition)
Year: 1997
Tracks: 17
Aquarium
Year: 1997
Tracks: 11
Barbie Girl
Year:
Tracks: 1
Aquarium Remix
Year:
Tracks: 14
Storming onto the international music scene in the fall of 1997, the Danish dance-pop getup Aqua ablaze disceptation when Mattel filed a cause against them for the sexual overtones inherent in their breakthrough hit, "Barbie Girl." The roots of the quartet trace back to 1989, when Claus Norreen and Søren Rasted (both keyboards/drum machine) were on the job unitedly on the soundtrack for a Danish film, Fraekke Frida. During this meter they met future fellow member René Dif (rap/vocals), wHO introduced them to Norwegian singer Lene Grawford Nystrøm. The quadruplet soon formed the band Joyspeed, whose single "Itzy Bitzy" spent one week on the Swedish charts before vanishing.
Disappointed with the song's deficiency of success, the bandmembers distinct to reinvent themselves as Aqua (allegedly, this key out was derived from a poster featuring an fish tank hanging in their rehearsal room). Soon afterward, they secured another record contract with the Danish label Universal Music, which released their first-class honours degree single, "Roses Are Red," in September 1996. The song stayed on the charts for deuce months, receiving a pt record in the process. The followup, "My Oh My" (Feb 1997), went amber in only hexad days, comme il faut the fastest-selling Danish single of all time and paving the direction for their breakthrough outside hit, "Barbie Girl." The band's first-class honours degree full-length album, Fish tank, was released in September 1997. Aquarius followed in early 2000.
