| Name |
Aqua |
| Height |
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| Naionality |
Danish-Norwegian |
| Date of Birth |
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| Place of Birth |
Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Famous for |
Singing |
Aqua is a Danish-Norwegian dance-pop group, best known for their 1997 breakthrough single "Barbie Girl." The group formed in 1989 and achieved huge success across the globe in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The group managed to top the UK Singles Chart with their first three singles. The group released two albums: Aquarium in 1997 and Aquarius in 2000, before splitting up in July 2001. The group sold an estimated 33 million albums and singles, making them the most successful Danish band ever.
In their prime, Aqua's singles managed to chart top ten in a number of countries where continental European pop acts would not normally succeed, including the United States, Australia, and Japan. The group also caused controversy with the double entendres in their "Barbie Girl" single, with the Barbie doll makers Mattel filing a lawsuit against the group. The lawsuit was finally dismissed by a judge in 2002, who ruled "The parties are advised to chill." A greatest hits album, Cartoon Heroes: The Best of Aqua was released on 22 May 2002 in Japan and in the US in 2006. It included most of their singles except for "Didn't I", "Good Morning Sunshine", and "We Belong to the Sea". It also included several non-singles such as "Back from Mars", "Happy Boys and Girls", "Halloween", "Calling You", and "An Apple a Day", as well as a Hampenberg remix of their hit single "Cartoon Heroes" and music videos for "Cartoon Heroes" and "Around the World". After the group's split, all four members of Aqua continued within the music industry. In February 2007, René announced plans to resume work on his very new solo album, which was released in 2007. The first single, "Way To Go" is currently playing on his MySpace page.
Lene released her first (and only) album Play with Me in mid-2003. The album's first single, "It's Your Duty," showed a clear change in her musical direction, dropping the bubblegum pop vocal in favour of a rock and R&B influenced sound. The single performed well, making #3 in the Danish charts, and #9 in Norway, but the album performed disappointingly, only making #74 in her native Norway. Although further singles like "Pretty Young Thing" and "Here We Go" were released from the album, none made much of an impact. Lene has not indicated any intention to release a second album in the near future, but did perform on a Danish charity single to benefit victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami that primaily hit Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, and Thailand.
