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- ↑ What's Up Online: Biography section
- ↑ YouTube: What's Up! Fan page
- ↑ Swedish Charts: What's Up band page
- 1 2 "SwedishCharts.com What's Up discography page". Swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2013-03-01.
