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Ace of Base

Det svenska bandet Ace of Base bildades 1987 som ett skolprojekt.

Heavy metal var stort i deras hemstad Göteborg, men de föredrog techno.

Bandet kämpade under de tidiga åren på grund av medlemmarnas förkärlek för techno, men deras öde förändrades i början av 1990 efter att de hört Kayos ”Another Mother”, en Top 20-hit i Sverige, på radion.

Bandet kontaktade då producenten till den låten och skickade honom ett demoband.

Han lyssnade på bandet i sin bil, som fastnade i kassettdäcket, vilket tvingade honom att lyssna på låten flera gånger.

Ödet var definitivt på bandets sida, eftersom det var den upprepade lyssningen som gjorde att producenten valde att producera den.

Låten var ”All That She Wants” och den flög upp till toppen av den danska topplistan.

I mitten av 1993 låg den på hitlistorna globalt och låg även etta i tre veckor i Storbritannien.

På den tiden försökte bandets label säkra ett avtal för distribution i USA, men nekades flera gånger eftersom de flesta amerikanska producenter inte trodde att bandet skulle slå.

Slutligen skrev Arista Records grundare Clive Davis på ett distributionsavtal, och låten hamnade på toppen av Billboard Hot 100 i USA i slutet av året.

Totalt släppte Ace of Base fem studioalbum och sju samlingsalbum.

Sju av deras singlar hamnade på första plats på topplistan.

Deras senaste album kom ut i slutet av 2010.

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Ace of Base

Swedish band Ace of Base was formed in 1987 as part of a school project.

Heavy metal was huge in the members' hometown in Sweden, but they preferred to play techno music in their early years.

The band struggled in its early years because of the members' preference for techno, but their destiny changed in the early 1990s after they heard Kayo's "Another Mother," a Top 20 hit in Sweden, on the radio.

The band then contacted the producer of "Another Mother" and sent him a demo tape.

He listened to the tape in his car, and it ended up getting stuck in the tape deck, forcing him to hear it repeatedly.

Fate was definitely on the band's side because it was this repeated listening that made the producer decide to produce it.

That song was "All That She Wants," and it skyrocketed to the top of the Danish music chart.

By the middle of 1993, it was making music charts globally, even landing in the top spot for three weeks in the UK.

At that time, the band's label tried to secure a deal for distribution in the U.S., but they were denied repeatedly because most American producers did not believe the band would sell well in that country.

Finally, Arista Records founder Clive Davis struck a distribution deal, and the song was at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S. by the end of the year.

In all, Ace of Base has recorded five studio albums and seven compilation albums.

They had seven number one singles.

Their most recent album was released in late 2010.

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