Bubbles (band)
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Bubbles is a Swedish
girl group
, also known as Bless. The group's original lineup consisted of lead singer Mari Caroline Ljungström (born 26 June 1987), twin sisters Patricia and Sandra Joxelius (born 7 April 1987), Jenny (Yenny) Andersén (born 10 October 1988), and Hannah Steffenburg (born 14 April 1988).
The girls did some singing with the internationally successful Tuff Studios (Ace of Base) and everyone was overwhelmed with their singing qualities. They had spotted a five girl strong team with both choreographing and singing skills – and they had star quality too. http://www.bubblegumdancer.com/artists/bubbles.htm#bless
The girls supported Swedish mega-star Markoolio on his tour throughout the summer of year 2000 and finished it off with a stunning performance at the Globe Arena, Stockholm, in front of 14,000 screaming fans. More than 500,000 people attended the successful summer tour. The follow-up "Rock The World" reached the #2 spot and gold status (close to platinum before deleted in order to increase album sales) and is counted one of the really big hits the year of 2000.
Summer 2001 Bubbles performed with eight of their own hit songs at the summer gala tour - ABSOLUTE KIDZ TOUR together with Sweden's most popular artists. Despite them being youngest, Bubbles got the best reviews of all performing artists on stage from the critics in the papers. In January 2001 Bubbles appeared on the biggest national TV charity gala competing in a pop festival against a number of Sweden's most respected artists - and winning with the new Swedish song "Regnbågens Barn" (Rainbow Child). The winning track was released on a double-A-side single together with ”I'll Be There” reaching #7 Sales Chart, even without a video. The single also reached gold status.
By then Bubbles were very popular in the Netherlands where their debut CD album Rock The World also made it to gold status.
They are mostly popular in Sweden although one of their songs was included in the motion picture Ice Age
. Their first major hit was "Happy Girl" which got to #6 on Swedish charts. Although it was also released in Australia as a single and on a compilation, it failed to chart. Their second single, "Rock the World", managed to get up to #2 in the Swedish charts. They also went on tour between 2000 and 2004 with some big turnouts.
2001 they recorded a duet version of their hit single "X-mas Time" changing title to "It's Christmas Time"; The duet partner was the American born star Kathy Kelly (from the Kelly Family) Bubbles+Kathy performed at the biggest German TV shows and galas. In France Bubbles alone performed at the biggest TVshows alongside artists such as Janet Jackson, Lenny Kravitz och Henri Salvador.
February 2002 Bubbles recorded the hit single "Somewhere" to the 20th Century Fox animated world success film "ICE AGE". In their home country Sweden Bubbles managed to be #1 for several weeks at the most popular Top10 TV show "Voxpop in competition with many worldwide artists.
2nd Album, "Inbetween"
During spring 2002 Bubbles recorded the album "Inbetween". (Between childhood and adulthood.) Between was very successful and made Bubbles world wide stars. The video for "Round n Round" was filmed in Amsterdam/The Netherlands at the end of summer 2002. Their second album Inbetween was very much delayed due to trouble between record companies and was finally released on 4 November 2002.
2003 kicked off with thunder and lightening when Bubbles made their really big media breakthrough by making it to the Eurovision Song Contest final of Sweden with the hit single "T.K.O. (Knock You Out)". Covers, centerfolds and headlines in the papers and in TV everyday for several weeks made them well known to all nine million Swedes despite age and interest, for sure.
For the first time since their debut single, focus was now on Sweden only during spring and summer. The largest Bubbles tour ever began on 18 May and ended on 30 September, making more than 120,000 fans and families happy in 35 concerts all over the country.
The album was followed by the single release of "Hit The Floor" which reached #4 in the sales Charts in December.
During spring 2004 Bubbles chose to compete a second consecutive year in the most popular TV show of all - Swedish finals for Eurovision Song Contest. Participating last year was a complete success, so when Bubbles was offered the cool song "Blow The Spot" they couldn't turn it down. "Blow The Spot" was written and produced by internationally successful RedFlyMusic/TwinProduction who has worked with Mary J Blige, Kylie Minouge, Jamirouquai, S Club Junior, Sophie Ellis Bextor, and more.
Bubbles made huge headlines and billboards making the most out of their performance doing the slick but groovy production of discofunky Blow The Spot. The song reached semifinal, but in the sales chart it showed great result reaching a stunning #2.
Their latest release as of 31 May 2006 is "You Dog Me Out" which is from their upcoming 4th album. It has been announced on their official site that they are expecting the album to be released in Spring 2008. In an interview on 18 August 2007 Bubbles is working hard at their current album. Lina en Jessi from "BubblesFansite" are interviewing Hannah en Patricia and they told them "Calling out", "Turn up" en "Soul shaker" are their favourites. However the 4th album is taking more time then expected. In spring 2008 the 13th single is not coming out, because of this Caroline Ljungström left the group to try a solocarreer. She started her own band, the Obs. More than one years later, there is still little progress in it. The reason for all this delay is the fact that the girls are now very busy with working, studying and their social life.
In early 2009, the band announced a yet-to-be released single, but a few days later the article is removed from the website. At the begin of 2010 the manager announced that Bubbles is not coming back with the old groupmembers. In winter 2011 there will start a new girlgroup who is also called Bubbles. So the girlgroup continues...
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
girl group
Girl group
A girl group is a popular music act featuring several young female singers who generally harmonise together.Girl groups emerged in the late 1950s as groups of young singers teamed up with behind-the-scenes songwriters and music producers to create hit singles, often featuring glossy production...
, also known as Bless. The group's original lineup consisted of lead singer Mari Caroline Ljungström (born 26 June 1987), twin sisters Patricia and Sandra Joxelius (born 7 April 1987), Jenny (Yenny) Andersén (born 10 October 1988), and Hannah Steffenburg (born 14 April 1988).
Beginning
The five girls of Bubbles met while attending dance classes a few years back. After a while their dance teacher, who is also a well known TV show host, was discussing young talents with a few friends and music producers. The producers were looking for a young band with star quality, and she told them about those five charming talented dance girls. Their charm, talent and enthusiasm led producer and songwriter team of John Ballard and Alban Herlitz to approach the girls and their families and ask a simple question: ”Would you like to make a record with us?”The girls did some singing with the internationally successful Tuff Studios (Ace of Base) and everyone was overwhelmed with their singing qualities. They had spotted a five girl strong team with both choreographing and singing skills – and they had star quality too. http://www.bubblegumdancer.com/artists/bubbles.htm#bless
Early success
Bubbles' first single, "Happy Girl", peaked at #6 in the Swedish charts, and was very popular among children. It stayed in the charts for 26 weeks, longer than any other single that year.The girls supported Swedish mega-star Markoolio on his tour throughout the summer of year 2000 and finished it off with a stunning performance at the Globe Arena, Stockholm, in front of 14,000 screaming fans. More than 500,000 people attended the successful summer tour. The follow-up "Rock The World" reached the #2 spot and gold status (close to platinum before deleted in order to increase album sales) and is counted one of the really big hits the year of 2000.
Summer 2001 Bubbles performed with eight of their own hit songs at the summer gala tour - ABSOLUTE KIDZ TOUR together with Sweden's most popular artists. Despite them being youngest, Bubbles got the best reviews of all performing artists on stage from the critics in the papers. In January 2001 Bubbles appeared on the biggest national TV charity gala competing in a pop festival against a number of Sweden's most respected artists - and winning with the new Swedish song "Regnbågens Barn" (Rainbow Child). The winning track was released on a double-A-side single together with ”I'll Be There” reaching #7 Sales Chart, even without a video. The single also reached gold status.
By then Bubbles were very popular in the Netherlands where their debut CD album Rock The World also made it to gold status.
They are mostly popular in Sweden although one of their songs was included in the motion picture Ice Age
Ice Age (film)
Ice Age is a 2002 American computer-animated film created by Blue Sky Studios and released by 20th Century Fox. It was directed by Carlos Saldanha and Chris Wedge from a story by Michael J. Wilson. The story follows three Paleolithical mammals attempting to return a lost human baby to its parents...
. Their first major hit was "Happy Girl" which got to #6 on Swedish charts. Although it was also released in Australia as a single and on a compilation, it failed to chart. Their second single, "Rock the World", managed to get up to #2 in the Swedish charts. They also went on tour between 2000 and 2004 with some big turnouts.
International success and Eurovision Song Contest
During the fall the record company in Germany wanted Bubbles to start gaining fans in their country too. During ChristmasChristmas
Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday generally celebrated on December 25 by billions of people around the world. It is a Christian feast that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, liturgically closing the Advent season and initiating the season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days...
2001 they recorded a duet version of their hit single "X-mas Time" changing title to "It's Christmas Time"; The duet partner was the American born star Kathy Kelly (from the Kelly Family) Bubbles+Kathy performed at the biggest German TV shows and galas. In France Bubbles alone performed at the biggest TVshows alongside artists such as Janet Jackson, Lenny Kravitz och Henri Salvador.
February 2002 Bubbles recorded the hit single "Somewhere" to the 20th Century Fox animated world success film "ICE AGE". In their home country Sweden Bubbles managed to be #1 for several weeks at the most popular Top10 TV show "Voxpop in competition with many worldwide artists.
2nd Album, "Inbetween"
During spring 2002 Bubbles recorded the album "Inbetween". (Between childhood and adulthood.) Between was very successful and made Bubbles world wide stars. The video for "Round n Round" was filmed in Amsterdam/The Netherlands at the end of summer 2002. Their second album Inbetween was very much delayed due to trouble between record companies and was finally released on 4 November 2002.
2003 kicked off with thunder and lightening when Bubbles made their really big media breakthrough by making it to the Eurovision Song Contest final of Sweden with the hit single "T.K.O. (Knock You Out)". Covers, centerfolds and headlines in the papers and in TV everyday for several weeks made them well known to all nine million Swedes despite age and interest, for sure.
For the first time since their debut single, focus was now on Sweden only during spring and summer. The largest Bubbles tour ever began on 18 May and ended on 30 September, making more than 120,000 fans and families happy in 35 concerts all over the country.
Second attempt at Eurovision Song Contest; new album Bless: 2004–present
On 28 August the long-awaited third album Bless was released. Bless was a lot more mature compared to the other albums and songs released by Bubbles, along with Bubbles' maturing voices.The album was followed by the single release of "Hit The Floor" which reached #4 in the sales Charts in December.
During spring 2004 Bubbles chose to compete a second consecutive year in the most popular TV show of all - Swedish finals for Eurovision Song Contest. Participating last year was a complete success, so when Bubbles was offered the cool song "Blow The Spot" they couldn't turn it down. "Blow The Spot" was written and produced by internationally successful RedFlyMusic/TwinProduction who has worked with Mary J Blige, Kylie Minouge, Jamirouquai, S Club Junior, Sophie Ellis Bextor, and more.
Bubbles made huge headlines and billboards making the most out of their performance doing the slick but groovy production of discofunky Blow The Spot. The song reached semifinal, but in the sales chart it showed great result reaching a stunning #2.
Their latest release as of 31 May 2006 is "You Dog Me Out" which is from their upcoming 4th album. It has been announced on their official site that they are expecting the album to be released in Spring 2008. In an interview on 18 August 2007 Bubbles is working hard at their current album. Lina en Jessi from "BubblesFansite" are interviewing Hannah en Patricia and they told them "Calling out", "Turn up" en "Soul shaker" are their favourites. However the 4th album is taking more time then expected. In spring 2008 the 13th single is not coming out, because of this Caroline Ljungström left the group to try a solocarreer. She started her own band, the Obs. More than one years later, there is still little progress in it. The reason for all this delay is the fact that the girls are now very busy with working, studying and their social life.
In early 2009, the band announced a yet-to-be released single, but a few days later the article is removed from the website. At the begin of 2010 the manager announced that Bubbles is not coming back with the old groupmembers. In winter 2011 there will start a new girlgroup who is also called Bubbles. So the girlgroup continues...
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart peak | Other Notes |
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| 2000 | "(I'm a) Happy Girl" | 6 | |
| "Rock the World" | 2 | ||
| "X-Mas Time" | 12 | ||
| "My Boyfriend" | 25 | ||
| 2001 | "Regnbågens Barn/I'll Be There" | 7 | |
| 2002 | "Somewhere" | 10 | Included on the Ice Age Ice Age (film) Ice Age is a 2002 American computer-animated film created by Blue Sky Studios and released by 20th Century Fox. It was directed by Carlos Saldanha and Chris Wedge from a story by Michael J. Wilson. The story follows three Paleolithical mammals attempting to return a lost human baby to its parents... soundtrack. |
| "Round N Round" | 30 | ||
| 2003 | "T.K.O. (Knock You Out)" | 7 | Melodifestivalen 2003 Melodifestivalen 2003 Melodifestivalen 2003 was the selection for the 43rd song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 42nd time that this system of picking a song had been used. Five semifinals had taken place to select the ten songs for the final, in Jönköping, Gothenburg, Luleå, Sundsvall and... entry, finished 9th in final. |
| "Hit the Floor" | 4 | ||
| 2004 | "Blow the Spot" | 2 | Melodifestivalen 2004 Melodifestivalen 2004 Melodifestivalen 2004 was the selection for the 44th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 43rd time that this system of picking a song had been used. Five semifinals had taken place to select the ten songs for the final, in Karlstad, Gothenburg, Umeå, Malmö and a... entry, didn't reach the final. |
| 2006 | "You Dog Me Out" | — |
Albums
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 2000 | Rock the World Rock the World (Bubbles album) Rock the World is the debut studio album by Swedish girl band Bubbles, released on 5th March 2001.-Track listing:#"I'll Be There "#"Rock the World"#"My Boyfriend"#"I Have a Dream"#" Happy Girl"#"One 2 Six"#"Disco San Francisco"... |
| 2001 | Rock The World, 2nd Edition |
| 2002 | Inbetween Inbetween (album) Inbetween is the second studio album by Swedish girlband Bubbles, released on 4 November 2002. It produced two hit singles on the Swedish charts. The song "Somewhere" entered into the charts on 26 April 2002. It peaked at number 10 and remained on the charts for 12 weeks, and it was also included... |
| 2003 | Bless Bless (Bubbles album) Bless is the third studio album by Swedish girlband Bubbles,-Track listing:#T.K.O. #In The Name Of Love#A Little Bit Of This#Do You Wanna Dance#Don't Stop#Hit The Floor#Free#Can't Take My Eyes Off You... |