Music, Fashion, Culture - Set List

Sunday, January 28, 2024

So anyway...

...An artist was listed in the 20 million to 29 million list that is completely unfamiliar to me - Ace of Base.  From ABBA to Ace of Base, what else can Sweden welcome to the music industry?

Ace of Base original lineup (formed in 1987) -

Jonas, Linn, & Jenny Berggren (siblings) and Ulf Elkberg

(Left to Right)
Jonas, Jenny, Linn, Ulf

Global success with the debut album, Happy Nation (1992)

Happy Nation re-issued as The Sign 

First debut album to produce three No. 1 singles on Billboard Mainstream Top 40

30 million copies of first four albums sold - 3rd most successful Swedish band behind Roxette and ABBA

Inactive since 2012 but not disbanded ... Jenny performs band hits during solo concerts worldwide

Discography -

5 albums

Honors -

Multiple awards and nominations as of 1992 - first as a nominee for Music Television Award & last for a Brit Award win (2021)

The honors list is exhaustive to write here as is the band's history, so follow the resource link below.  

When a listener finds intrigue in music artists that have been noted as a best-seller, he or she may assume those artists found themselves way back when - such as the 1950s or 1960s or 1970s or 1980s.  Yet Ace of Base, late in coming to the world stage, is now third in line to some of Sweden's greatest.  

In other words...who knew!

Play it Ace of Base.

(Wikipedia)

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