The Pop Hits is the third greatest hits compilation album by Swedish pop duo Roxette, released on 24 March 2003 by Roxette Recordings and Capitol Records. It was the second in a two-part series of "best of" albums released by the duo in quick succession, and was preceded by The Ballad Hits in November 2002. The album was not as commercially successful as its predecessor, although it did peak within the top twenty of various Scandinavian record charts. It was also certified gold in Brazil.
Slaughter is an American hard rock band that formed in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1988. The group was founded by lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Mark Slaughter and bassist Dana Strum, who previously played together in the band Vinnie Vincent Invasion. The addition of guitarist Tim Kelly and drummer Blas Elias allowed Slaughter to quickly gain attention for their lively performances, catchy hooks, and melodic guitar solos.
Ted Arnbjörn Gärdestad was a Swedish singer, songwriter, musician and actor known internationally as Ted. Gärdestad began his acting career in 1966 and began playing music in 1971, signing with Polar Music. Assigned with in-house producers Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, Gärdestad released his first single, "Hela världen runt," in late 1971 and worked closely with the four members of ABBA to create his debut album Undringar (1972). As Polar Music's best-selling solo artist, he continued to work with the group members throughout the 1970s, releasing three more albums Ted (1973), Upptåg (1974) and Franska Kort (1976), which were moderately successful. In 1978, Gärdestad released his first English-language album, Blue Virgin Isles, which did not have success internationally, as his predecessor albums had in his home country.
The European Hot 100 Singles was compiled by Billboard and Music & Media magazine from March 1984 until December 2010. The chart was based on national singles sales charts in 17 European countries: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.
Björn J:son Lindh was a Swedish flautist, pianist, music arranger, composer and artist. He worked in such diverse musical styles as jazz, classical, fusion, rock, prog rock and ethno. He composed for instance chamber music, symphonic works, concertos for various instruments and choirs as well as film scores for feature films and TV series in Scandinavia. J:son Lindh scored music for films such as Mannen på taket, directed by Bo Widerberg and Jägarna, directed by Kjell Sundvall.
"L'amour toujours" is a song co-written and recorded by the Italian DJ Gigi D'Agostino. The song was released to American clubs and dance radio in July 2000. In Europe, the song was released in October 2000. The song is from D'Agostino's 1999 album of the same name. Ola Onabule is the vocalist of this song. He performs all the vocals on the track and on all versions of the song. It became an international success and a huge hit throughout Europe, Latin America, Asia and Canada. In 2001, the song became extremely popular in the American dance club scene, peaking at number 78 on the Billboard Hot 100 on 15 September 2001. The album version has a different mix, which was used as the single version in the United States except with vocal samples from "Bla Bla Bla" added.
"The End of the World" is a pop song written by composer Arthur Kent and lyricist Sylvia Dee, who often worked as a team. They wrote the song for American singer Skeeter Davis, and her recording of it was highly successful in the early 1960s, reaching the top five on four different charts, including No. 2 on the main Billboard Hot 100. It spawned many cover versions.
Erik Robert Jimmy Jansson is a Swedish singer and songwriter. At Melodifestivalen 2020 he set a new record for the amount of competing entries by a composer at one contest with six entries.
Clemens Legolas Telling better known as Clemens and MC Clemens is a Danish rapper, singer, music writer, actor.
Staffan William-Olsson is a Swedish jazz guitarist in the band The Real Thing who has worked with Bob Berg, Lee Konitz, and Palle Mikkelborg.
"God morgon" is a song written by Uno Svenningsson and Staffan Hellstrand, and performed by Uno Svenningsson and Irma Schultz Keller at Melodifestivalen 2007. The song participated in the semifinal in the town of Jönköping on 3 February 2007, from where it reached Andra chansen. Once there the song failed to reach the final inside the Stockholm Globe Arena. The song's lyrics describes morning arriving in a town. On 5 March 2007, the single for the song was released, peaking at number 18 on the Swedish Singles Chart.
"Lilla fågel blå" is a song written and recorded by Swedish musician Staffan Hellstrand for his fourth album, Regn (1993).
"Fiskarna i haven" is a song written by Staffan Hellstrand and recorded by Idde Schultz for the 1995 album, Idde Schultz. It peaked at number-one in Sweden and number 10 in Norway. It was given the Rockbjörnen award in the "Swedish song of the year 1995" category.
Högre mark is a song written by Staffan Hellstrand, and recorded by Idde Schultz on 1995 album Idde Schultz, and released as a single the same year. She also recorded the song with lyrics in English, as Higher Ground, which was released as a single in 1996.
"Explodera" is a song written and recorded by Staffan Hellstrand, acting as official fight song for the Sweden men's national team during the 2000 UEFA European Soccer Championship in Belgium and the Netherlands. The single peaked at number eight on the Swedish Singles Chart, and also appeared on the 2000 compilation album Staffan Hellstrands bästa.
Idde Schultz is a 1995 studio album by Idde Schultz and her debut album as a solo artist.
Anna Stadling is a Swedish musical artist. She contributes with background vocals and plays the guitar in the band Hovet. She has also played with Staffan Hellstrand and worked together with Idde Schultz. She has scored various successes at the Swedish charts.
Events from the year 1956 in Sweden
This is the discography of Swedish pop singer Lotta Engberg.
"2:nd Chance" is an alternative rock song written by Swedish singer-songwriter Marie Fredriksson, released on 15 October 2004 by Capitol Records in conjunction with Fredriksson's own independent record label Mary Jane/Amelia Music, as the lead single from her sixth studio album, The Change (2004). The song received generally favourable reviews upon release, with several publications comparing it to the work of The Beatles. It was also a commercial success, peaking at number eight on both the Swedish Singles Chart and the Swedish Airplay Chart, and within the top ten of two German airplay-based charts.
