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- Roxette abstract "For the Dr Feelgood song, see Roxette (song)Roxette is a Swedish pop rock duo, consisting of Marie Fredriksson (vocals) and Per Gessle (vocals and guitar). Formed in 1986, the duo became an international act in the late 1980s, when they released their breakthrough album Look Sharp!. Their third album Joyride, which was released in 1991, became just as successful as its predecessor. Roxette went on to achieve nineteen UK Top 40 hits and several US Hot 100 hits, including four US number-ones with "The Look", "Listen to Your Heart", "It Must Have Been Love", and "Joyride". Other hits include "Dangerous", "Fading Like a Flower", "Dressed for Success" and "The Centre of the Heart".Before coming together to form the duo, Fredriksson and Gessle were already established artists in Sweden, with Fredriksson releasing a number of solo albums and Gessle being the lead singer and songwriter of Gyllene Tider, which had three No. 1 albums. On the advice of the managing director of their record label, they came together to record "Neverending Love", which became a hit single in Sweden.After the release of Don't Bore Us, Get to the Chorus!, a greatest hits record, the duo took a hiatus from the mid-1990s before returning with the albums Have a Nice Day (1999) and Room Service (2001). They continued to chart in other territories, mainly in Europe and Latin America, where they earned various Gold and Platinum awards until the beginning of the new millennium. In 2002, the duo took a break from recording and touring when Fredriksson was diagnosed with a brain tumour. Gessle went on to release solo albums and reunited with Gyllene Tider before Roxette took to the stage together again for the first time in 8 years, in 2009, during Gessle's European Party Crasher tour. In 2011, they released Charm School, their first studio album in ten years. This was followed by Travelling a year later.Their songs "It Must Have Been Love" and "Listen to Your Heart" continue to receive wide radio airplay, with both singles recently receiving awards from BMI for achieving four million radio plays. They have sold an estimated 60 million records worldwide, with over 10 million in certified units from Germany, the US and the UK, achieving gold and platinum certifications for Joyride and Look Sharp! in all three regions.".
- Roxette activeYearsStartYear "1986".
- Roxette associatedBand Gyllene_Tider.
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- Roxette bandMember Marie_Fredriksson.
- Roxette bandMember Per_Gessle.
- Roxette genre Pop_music.
- Roxette genre Pop_rock.
- Roxette genre Rock_music.
- Roxette hometown Halmstad.
- Roxette hometown Sweden.
- Roxette recordLabel Capitol_Records.
- Roxette recordLabel EMI.
- Roxette recordLabel Edel_AG.
- Roxette thumbnail Roxette_at_the_Beacon,_September_2012.jpg?width=300.
- Roxette wikiPageExternalLink www.roxette.se.
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- Roxette caption "--09-02".
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- Roxette description "--04-08".
- Roxette description "Mike Schiller from Popmatters called the song "awful"; and wrote, "...not only does it sound like corporate pandering, but it’s probably the most forced smash hit wannabe Roxette ever created."".
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- Roxette genre Pop_music.
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- Roxette label Capitol_Records.
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- Roxette name "Roxette".
- Roxette origin Halmstad.
- Roxette origin Sweden.
- Roxette quote ""I remember that Per had written a damn good song. I thought that Per and Marie would fit in as Per writes great music and Marie can sing a phone book and get it sound good. Of course I’m a bit proud of getting the idea for Roxette".".
- Roxette quote ""The Big Bad Ballad. This is us trying to recreate that overblown American FM-rock sound to the point where it almost becomes absurd. We really wanted to see how far we could take it. When it hit big in the States we suddenly found ourselves lumped together with bands like Heart and Starship, which wasn't the intention behind Roxette at all. But we got out of that one... I hope." —Gessle talking about "Listen to Your Heart".".
- Roxette quote "80.0".
- Roxette quote "–Chris Conaton from Popmatters reviewing Greatest Hits".
- Roxette quote "— Rolf Nygren".
- Roxette title "'Almost Unreal'".
- Roxette title "'The Look'".
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- Roxette yearsActive "1986".
- Roxette subject Category:1986_establishments_in_Sweden.
- Roxette subject Category:Halmstad.
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- Roxette subject Category:Per_Gessle.
- Roxette subject Category:Pop_rock_groups.
- Roxette subject Category:Rock_music_duos.
- Roxette subject Category:Roxette.
- Roxette subject Category:Swedish_musical_duos.
- Roxette subject Category:Swedish_pop_music_groups.
- Roxette subject Category:Swedish_rock_music_groups.
- Roxette subject Category:World_Music_Awards_winners.
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- Roxette comment "For the Dr Feelgood song, see Roxette (song)Roxette is a Swedish pop rock duo, consisting of Marie Fredriksson (vocals) and Per Gessle (vocals and guitar). Formed in 1986, the duo became an international act in the late 1980s, when they released their breakthrough album Look Sharp!. Their third album Joyride, which was released in 1991, became just as successful as its predecessor.".
- Roxette label "Roxette".
- Roxette label "Roxette".
- Roxette label "Roxette".
- Roxette label "Roxette".
- Roxette label "Roxette".
- Roxette label "Roxette".
- Roxette label "Roxette".
- Roxette label "Roxette".
- Roxette label "Roxette".
- Roxette label "روكسيت".
- Roxette label "ロクセット".
- Roxette label "罗克塞特".
- Roxette sameAs Roxette.
- Roxette sameAs Roxette.
