Roxette
- Type: Band/Group
- Country: Sweden
- Born: Sweden
- Active: 1986 - present
Biography
Roxette is a Swedish pop rock duo originally consisting of Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle, both of whom were established musicians in Sweden prior to the group鈥檚 formation. Fredriksson had released several successful solo albums, while Gessle was known as the lead singer and principal songwriter of Gyllene Tider, which achieved three number-one albums in Sweden. Following advice from EMI executive Rolf Nygren, Fredriksson and Gessle collaborated on the single "Neverending Love"
Genres
Roxette Discography
- Pearls of Passion (1986) - Album - rated 2.75/5
- Look Sharp! (1988) - Album - rated 3.1/5
- Joyride (1991) - Album - rated 3.14/5
- Tourism (1992) - Album - rated 2.87/5
- Crash! Boom! Bang! (1994) - Album - rated 2.82/5
- Salvation (1999) - Single - rated 3.35/5
- Have a Nice Day (1999) - Album - rated 3.25/5
- Stars (1999) - Single - rated 3.51/5
- Anyone (1999) - Single - rated 3.5/5
- Wish I Could Fly (1999) - Single - rated 3.46/5
- Milk and Toast and Honey (2001) - Single - rated 3.03/5
- Real Sugar (2001) - Single - rated 3.34/5
- Room Service (2001) - Album - rated 3.1/5
- The Centre of the Heart (2001) - Single - rated 3.26/5
- A Thing About You (2002) - Single - rated 3.43/5
- The Ballad Hits (2002) - Compilation - rated 3.83/5
Members
- Shooting Star - programmed by
- Mikael Nord Andersson - acoustic guitar
- Christoffer Lundquist - backing vocals
- Cecilia Groth茅n - choir
- Darina R枚nn-Brolin - choir
- Jackie 脰fwerman - choir
- Karla Collantes - choir
- Malin Gille - choir
- Paulina Nilsson - choir
- Hans Dyvik - trumpet, flugelhorn
- Milla Andersson - vocals
- Magnus Blom - saxophone
- Anders Evaldsson - trombone