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[[Ace of Base]] is a [[Useful Notes/Sweden|Göteborg]]-based [[Europop]] band with its heyday in [[The Nineties]] and arguably one of the most prominent Swedish pop music exports right after the likes of [[ABBA]] and [[Roxette]].
The greatest merit of [[Ace of Base]] was their début Album ''Happy Nation'' (called ''The Sign'' in certain other markets) that found its way into Guiness World Records in 1995 as the best-ever sold début studio album with, until then, 21 million sold copies (which have become 24 in the meantime). <ref>This record has been beaten twice in the meantime; the début album of [[
Another peculiarity of ''Happy Nation'' was being the first album to represent three #1 hits at the Billboard chart list, these being ''All That She Wants'' (their initial breakthrough), ''The Sign'' (which made their breakthrough into the US) and ''Don't Turn Around'', all from 1993-94. Last but not least, these three songs from one and the same album were in the Billboard Top 100 for 48 weeks. This record would only be broken by Katy Perry (who said to be inspired by Ace of Base nonetheless) who made the same stunt for a whole year.
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** "Cruel Summer" by Bananarama
** "Wonderful Life" by Black
* [[Creator Breakdown]]: Back in 1994, Jenny and the mother of the [[Band of Relatives|Berggren family]] were attacked by a knife-wielding [[Stalker
* [[Demoted to Extra]]: Malin. Best to be seen at the covers of the albums ''Flowers'' and ''Da Capo'' where she's been suspiciously placed into the background.
* [[Ethical Slut]] / [[Femme Fatale]]: "All That She Wants"
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