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Roxette in Encyclopedia
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Hotblooded said on September 29, 2005 13:20:
Has anyone seen this before?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roxette
I found it to be a well written piece.
Zargo said on September 29, 2005 16:13:
One member of Roxette has a “light, almost sunshiny voice,” with the other has a “grainy, throatier delivery.”
Try guessing which description goes with who’s voice... quite interesting.
tevensso (moderator) said on September 29, 2005 17:30:
Someone has recently updated it, it looks really nice.
mf2004 said on September 29, 2005 18:55:
Wowwwwww!!!!
Congratulations Marie it´s great that The Change sold more than 350.000 copies, here in Argentina the album don´t realesed for example, and other countries yet, so is a great number.
It´s a good new for me, i´m very happy!
tevensso (moderator) said on September 29, 2005 19:34:
I think that’s a typo, it should probably read 35,000. There is NO WAY that sold 350,000 copies, and if so, why hasn’t it received any awards?
Santi said on September 29, 2005 20:36:
By the way, the spanish version is rather short and has some mistaken fact (“they met by chance when Per was with Gyllene Tider and Marie was starting as a solo artist...”).
rox-kuryliw said on September 29, 2005 22:03:
tevensso
i can totally see that album seeing that much, They are ALOT of marie fans out there, its a big world, and i know a few people who bought it after listerening to mine and they dont even like roxette.
Santi said on September 29, 2005 22:13:
@Michael: Well, 350,000 is a HUGE number, take into account that there was not much promotion and many records that do get that amount of promotion in today’s piracy dominated world don’t reach that number, especially if it’s not released worldwide. I think I agree with Thomas, that looks like a typo to me as well. I’d like to know where that figure comes from anyway, to check the source... you know, the Wiki sometimes... :D
gessle-addict said on September 29, 2005 23:25:
How many copies has “The world according to Gessle” sold?
n-Somnia said on September 30, 2005 05:51:
Can safely say I had a hand in putting information towards the Wikipedia page. :)
Anyone can edit stuff on that site, as long as they’re a member...and preferrably with the correct information, obviously. :P
pwbbounce (moderator) said on September 30, 2005 06:43:
Re TWATG sales, Per once said years ago that the target was 750,000 and that they were half way there. I’m prob guessing not much over 500,000 was sold
Sascha said on September 30, 2005 09:21:
Nice article, but obviously written from an US/UK point of view. So Roxette’s work after 1994 and the european charts get only low respect.
Santi said on September 30, 2005 09:48:
“low respect” -> yes, that uses to happen when you sing with duck choirs :)
gessleism said on September 30, 2005 14:51:
I think “The Change” sold over 30,000 just in Sweden... So outside Sweden, only 5,000 copies? I don´t think ...
I hope it´ll be over 350,0000 worldwide. Let´s be optimistic
arnie said on October 3, 2005 12:18:
exactly, per wrote in one of the official sites (roxette.nl or haveaniceday.nu, don’t remember right) that the total sales were 440000 of TWATG
roxcyn said on October 6, 2005 07:59:
I added comments about Son of A Plumber and added about the Joyride 2005 (the Joyride Remix).
gessleism said on September 29, 2005 14:22:
Thanks... very interesting... The article also talks about Per & Marie solo career...
For example, it says... “The Change album to date has sold more than 350,000 and has seen several other international radio releases, including “All About You” and “A Table in the Sun.”
Wow, more than 350,000 copies. More than I could imagine (at least in Spain the promo was non-existent)
Congratulations Marie