The set mixes solo material with Roxette classics and after eight years, misty-eyed Roxette fans sees Marie Fredriksson reunite with Per in 'It Must Have Been Love' and 'The Look' on stage in Amsterdam. In the spring of 2009 Per embarks on a solo tour of Europe backed by Roxette stalwarts Clarence Öfwerman (keyboards), Christoffer Lundquist (guitar) and Pelle Alsing (drums) as well as Magnus Börjeson (bass) and Helena Josefsson (backing vocals). in 1989) and 1991's Joyride - and two gold singles - 'The Look' and 'It Must Have Been Love.' The group has been certified by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) with two platinum albums - 1988's Look Sharp! (released in the U.S.

Even so, by that token, Roxette can be considered a highly successful singles act. 2 singles and a few other Top 40 peaks until falling out of sight of the Hot 100 in 1994.

1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 between 19. Even though Roxette couldn't ultimately leave behind the same legacy, the group did outperform ABBA on the singles chart, achieving four No. While seemingly not interested in doing so, even by default Roxette could not associate its image with the now-iconic ABBA, another Swedish pop group that struggled for recognition in America while still intact in the late 1970s, but that managed, through revisionism beginning in the early 1990s, to grow into something more intriguing as a legacy.ĪBBA did have some Billboard Top 10 singles and one No. The group's success in the United States was arguable. Though there is no firm figure, Roxette is said to have worldwide sales of 75 million copies of its albums and singles. The 1992 release Tourism: Songs from Studios, Stages, Hotelrooms & Other Strange Places - with a recording of audience members singing along to the tune of the group's biggest hit, 'It Must Have Been Love' - exemplifies this temporary but impressive hold Per Gessle and Marie Fredriksson had.

There was a time in 1991 when Roxette could command an arena filled with tens of thousands of fans in places as diverse as Stockholm, Mexico City, Paris, Buenos Aires, Frankfurt and Sydney. The group claims influences ranging from The Beatles to Blondie to new wave music to Joni Mitchell and Aretha Franklin. Roxette is a Swedish pop duo, sometimes rock influenced, that consists of Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle.įor a significant period of time in the early 1990s, Roxette stood among the top bands in worldwide sales and fame, brandishing a simple yet effective blend of pop with a slight edge and occasional hints of dance.

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