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[167] [168] Roxette achieved four number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100: "The Look", "Listen to Your Heart", "It Must Have Been Love" and "Joyride". Gessle is the sole-credited writer on three of these songs, making him one of the most successful solo songwriters on Billboard Hot 100 history. [ 169 ]
The discography of Swedish pop duo Roxette consists of ten studio albums (including six Swedish number ones), one live album, thirteen compilation albums, one remix album, eleven video albums, three box sets, fifty-six singles (including three Swedish and four US number ones) and twenty promotional singles, as well as fifty-two music videos.
The album was an immediate commercial success throughout Europe, debuting at number three on Billboard ' s European Albums Chart. [14] It was later certified platinum by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry in 1996 for sales of over a million copies throughout Europe. [ 15 ]
The song had already entered the top fifty of the Billboard Hot 100 before official promotion began, [3] peaking at number one on the chart eight weeks later. [19] This made "The Look" the third number one single by a Swedish act on the Billboard Hot 100, following Blue Swede's "Hooked on a Feeling" in 1974 and ABBA's "Dancing Queen" in 1976. [14]
Gun-Marie Fredriksson (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈɡɵnː maˈriː ˈfrêːdrɪkˌsɔn] ⓘ; 30 May 1958 – 9 December 2019) was a Swedish singer, songwriter, pianist, and lead vocalist of pop-rock duo Roxette, which she formed in 1986 with Per Gessle.
This is a list of songs that have peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and the magazine's national singles charts that preceded it. Introduced in 1958, the Hot 100 is the pre-eminent singles chart in the United States, currently monitoring the most popular singles in terms of popular radio play, single purchases and online streaming.
"Texas Hold 'Em" also reached No. 1 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart, becoming the first song by a Black artist to hold both positions. 6. "Carnival" by ¥$ featuring Rich the Kid and ...
By June 2005, the song had reached number one on the US Billboard Hot Dance Airplay chart and the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number eight in August. Worldwide, the cover reached the top 10 in the Czech Republic, France, and the United Kingdom while becoming a top-twenty success in Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Ireland, and Norway.