Personalities | Roxette | Nineties | Rock

(Vocal duo, 1984–present)

As Sweden spawned ABBA, it should come as no surprise that the country’s biggest pop export of the 1990s were also masters of melodic, hook-laden pop songs. Per Gessle and the striking-looking Marie Fredriksson announced themselves with Look Sharp! (1989), which spawned hit singles like the aptly named ‘Dressed For Success’. Over the next five years they scored over a dozen more as well as delivering fine-sounding pop albums. Hit ‘Must Have Been Love’ was used in 1990’s Pretty Woman movie.

Styles & Forms | Nineties | Rock
Personalities | Simply Red | Nineties | Rock

Source: The Definitive Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock, general editor Michael Heatley

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