MUSICAL PLANET: «ROXETTE» HISTORY, DISCOGRAPHY, MOVING.

Roxette el dúo formado por la cantante Gun-Marie Fredriksson y el cantante y compositor Per Håkan Gessle fue considerado como uno de los grupos suecos más importantes y de mayor éxito, desde los tiempos de ABBA. Al respecto Per dice: «Pienso que la gran diferencia entre Roxette y ABBA es que nosotros somos mucho más orientados a la música rock de lo que ABBA fue..»​

Roxette the duo formed by the singer Gun-Marie Fredriksson and the singer-songwriter Per Håkan Gessle was considered one of the most important and successful Swedish groups, since the days of ABBA. In this regard, Per says: «I think the big difference between Roxette and ABBA is that we are much more rock music oriented than ABBA was ..»

Hablamos de un Dúo que ha vendido más de 75 millones de discos y sencillos, de los cuales 4 de sus singles llegaron al Nº 1 en el Billboard de EE. UU. siendo la primera banda de habla no inglesa en grabar un unplugged para MTV con una trayectoria que se extiende por más de dos décadas, con diversos premios en su haber tales como el World Music Award, premios MTV, los BMI de Inglaterra, y varios Grammys suecos.

We are talking about a Duo that has sold more than 75 million albums and singles, of which 4 of their singles reached No. 1 on the US Billboard, being the first non-English-speaking band to record an unplugged for MTV with a trajectory that spans more than two decades, with various awards to his credit such as the World Music Award, MTV Awards, England’s BMIs, and several Swedish Grammys.

Roxette se fundó en 1986, pero la fama internacional les llegó en 1989 cuando “the look” los puso en el top tep de las principales listas musicales U.S.A. y luego por su participación en la película Pretty Woman con su tema “It must have been love” en una segunda versión editada especialmente para esta pelíucla, además de escribir canciones para otras películas.

Roxette was founded in 1986, but international fame came to them in 1989 when «the look» put them in the top tep of the main US music charts. and then for her participation in the movie Pretty Woman with her song «It must have been love» in a second version edited especially for this movie, as well as writing songs for other movies.

Roxette, fue indudablemente, uno de los grupos de moda con canciones como: Neverending love, Goodbye to you, Soul deep, Chances, The big L, Church of your heart, The Look, Joyride, Dressed For Success, Listen To Your Heart, Spending My TimeListen To Your Heart, It Must Have Been Love, How Do You Do! Sleeping In My Car, Fading Like A Flower, Milk And Toast And Honey, A Thing About You, Crash! Boom! Bang!, Wish I could fly, Vulnerable, She Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, Anyone, What’s She Like, Silver Blue,  Paint, Dance Away, “I call your name”

Roxette, was undoubtedly one of the fashionable groups with songs like: Neverending love, Goodbye to you, Soul deep, Chances, The big L, Church of your heart, The Look, Joyride, Dressed For Success, Listen To Your Heart, Spending My TimeListen To Your Heart, It Must Have Been Love, How Do You Do! Sleeping In My Car, Fading Like A Flower, Milk And Toast And Honey, A Thing About You, Crash! Boom! Bang!, Wish I could fly, Vulnerable, She Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, Anyone, What’s She Like, Silver Blue,  Paint, Dance Away, “I call your name”

Sin embargo su ascenso en la fama no fue fácil tal como podemos apreciar en la compleja autobiografía de su vocalista Marie Fredriksson que ahora ha sido desvelada en profundidad en su libro Listen to My Heart en honor a su gran hit Listen to Your Heart, en el que ella nos comparte sus inicios.

However, his rise to fame was not easy as we can see in the complex autobiography of his vocalist Marie Fredriksson that has now been revealed in depth in his book Listen to My Heart in honor of his great hit Listen to Your Heart, in the that she shares with us her beginnings.