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Aqua is a Danish dance-pop group, best known for their 1997 breakthrough single "Barbie Girl". The group formed in 1989 and achieved huge success across the globe in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The group managed to top the UK Singles Chart with their first three singles. The group released two albums: ''Aquarium'' in 1997 and ''Aquarius'' in 2000, before splitting up in July 2001. The group sold an estimated 33 million albums and singles, making them the most successful Danish band ever.
In their prime, Aqua's singles managed to chart top ten in a number of countries where European pop acts would not normally succeed, including the United States, Australia, and Japan. The group also caused controversy with the double entendres in their "Barbie Girl" single, with the Barbie doll makers Mattel filing a lawsuit against the group. The lawsuit was finally dismissed in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in 2002; the opinion, written by Judge [[Cool Old Guy|Alex Kozinski]], ruled "[[Sophisticated As Hell|The parties are advised]] [[Buffy
The band's members are vocalists Lene Nystrøm and Rene Dif, guitarist Søren Rasted, and keyboardist Claus Norreen. During their split, Nystrøm, Dif and Rasted have all achieved solo chart success, and Norreen has continued in the music industry remixing other artists' material.
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And in 2011 they recorded their new album ''Megalomania'' with a change in sound and in attitude.
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* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: Rene as Dr. Jones in "Dr. Jones", the robot C.A.N.D.Y. in "Lollipop (Candyman)" video.
* [[Cluster F
* [[Distressed Damsel]]: Lene in the "My oh My" video (before going [[Badass Damsel]] on her captors). In "Doctor Jones", she ends up in a [[Cannibal Tribe|cannibal's pot]] and in "Lollipop (Candyman)" she is captured by aliens; in the latter two, she shares her distress with her male companions.
* [[Drives Like Crazy]]: "How R U Doin" video. Okay, they are miniature cars, but toppling mini electrical poles and back-flipping midair is still pretty crazy.
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** "Halloween" mentions the Candyman from "Lollipop (Candyman)".
* [[Pirate]]: "My oh My" video.
* [[Self
* [[Shout Out]]: Plenty. "[[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|Barbie Girl]]" is half [[Shout Out]], half [[Take That]] to [[Barbie]], "Doctor Jones" is a [[Shout Out]] to ''[[Indiana Jones]]'', "Cartoon Heroes" references [[Superhero]] comics among other things, and "[[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|Back to the 80's]]" is full of [[Shout Out|Shout Outs]] to pop culture from [[The Eighties]], such as [[Michael Jackson (Music)|Michael Jackson]], [[Mr. T]], and [[MTV]].
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