Flexx (group)

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Flexx
Origin Sweden
Genres Electronic, Euro House [1]
Years active1993—1996
Past members

Flexx is a Swedish Eurodance group, formed in 1993 by Swedish rappers Chris Ljung and Malvern Mandengu. [2] Same year, Ljung and Mandengu released their debut single, "Wake Up", which became a number four hit in Sweden and it also peaked at number 48 on the Eurochart Hot 100. [3] The producers were Jan Nordlund and Johan Lagerlöf. The vocalist attracted Nana Hedin (known for the female vocal parts of E-Type). In 1994, they released 3 singles: "Flexxible", "The Good, The Bad And The Ugly" and "Runner-Up". In the same year, an album Flexxibility was released. In most of the compositions, female vocals belong to Kajsa Mellgren. Kajsa left the Flexx team in 1995. Instead, they took the performer Silver. Flexx was planning a new album Generation XX, but it never appeared. [4]

Contents

Discography

Album

Singles

The group had 6 singles in Swedish national music chart: [7] [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Flexx - Flexxibility". Discogs .
  2. ↑ "Flexx". Discogs .
  3. ↑ "Eurochart Hot 100" (PDF). Music & Media . 1994-02-26. p. 14. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
  4. ↑ "Состав, биография Flexx".
  5. ↑ "Flexx - Flexxibility". Discogs .
  6. ↑ "Veckolista Album, vecka 23, 1994". Sverigetopplistan (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-02-04.
  7. ↑ "Flexx". Discogs (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-02-04.
  8. ↑ "Sverigetopplistan". Sverigetopplistan (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-02-04.
  9. ↑ "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 6, 1994". Sverigetopplistan (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-02-04.
  10. ↑ "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 18, 1994". Sverigetopplistan (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-02-04.
  11. ↑ "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 35, 1994". Sverigetopplistan (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-02-04.
  12. ↑ "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 48, 1994". Sverigetopplistan (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-02-04.


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