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References
- ↑ Musik Industrin.se: SVERIGETOPPLISTAN weekly report (in Swedish)
- ↑ DansbandJimmy: The Harvesters - All Kinds of Beautiful (in Swedish)
- ↑ Hitlistan, official Swedish charts. http://www.hitlistan.se/. Retrieved on 22 January 2012.