Caramell is a Swedish

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....

 musical group, formed by singers Katia Löfgren and Malin Sundström and producers Jorge "Vasco" Vasconcelo and Juha "Millboy" Myllylä. All except Vasconcelo (who is of Portuguese descent) and Myllylä (who is of Finnish descent) come from Sweden. The current members of this successful band (now known as Caramella Girls) as of 2008 are Caramella Loppun (Mindy) [Leader] played by Racheal Alicost, Caramella Cham (Verá) played by Lucky McSozzen, and Caramella Gardeii (Nadine) played by Karin Ellis.

They are best known online for the internet phenomenon known as "Caramelldansen

Caramelldansen

"Caramelldansen" is the first track and the lead single of the album Supergott released in November 2001 by the Swedish music group Caramell...

", a looping Flash

Adobe Flash

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 animation showing anime

Anime

is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....

 characters Mai and Mii from the Japanese visual novel

Visual novel

A is an interactive fiction game featuring mostly static graphics, usually with anime-style art, or occasionally live-action stills or video footage...

 Popotan

Popotan

is a Japanese adult visual novel developed by Petit Ferret with character designs by Akio Watanabe under the alias Poyoyon Rock. It was originally released as a PC game for CD-ROM on December 13, 2002 and subsequently re-released on DVD-ROM and for the PlayStation 2 with certain scenes removed...

. The animation includes a sped-up version of the song remixed by speedycake called "Caramelldansen," which means "The Caramel Dance", from Caramell's Supergott

Supergott

Supergott is the second and final album by Swedish music group Caramell. It is famous for containing the popular dance song "Caramelldansen"....

 Album.
Having taken off as an Internet meme

Meme

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, the popular Caramelldansen animation has been duplicated with characters from various anime and video game series, among others.

The band split up in 2002,but reformed in 2008 as Caramella Girls due to the sudden success of their song "Caramelldansen". Caramella Girls released their latest single "Boogie Bam Dance" in March 2011.

as Caramell

• Om Du Var Min (12th Mar 1999)
• Efter Plugget (18th Jun 1999)
• Jag Ser På Dig (10th Sep 1999)
• Explodera (Som Dynamit) (26th Nov 1999)
• Vad Heter Du? (2001)
• Ooa Hela Natten (25th Feb 2002)
• Allra Bästa Vänner (18th Apr 2002)

as Caramella Girls

• Caramelldansen (21 May 2008)
• Caramelldancing Christmas Version (26 November 2009)
• Boogie Bam Dance (18 March 2011)

External links

• The Official Caramell (Caramella Girls) Website
• The Official Vasco & Millboy Myspace Page
• www.bubblegumdancer.com - Fansite with discography, photos and information.
• Page at last.fm
• The Official Caramella Girls YouTube Page
• The Official Caramella Girls Facebook Page
• The Official Caramella Girls Twitter Page