Kandis is a Danish

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

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Dansband

Dansband is a Swedish term for a band that plays dansbandsmusik . Dansbandsmusik is often danced to in pairs. Jitterbug and foxtrot music are often included in this category. The music is primarily inspired by swing, schlager, country, jazz, and rock...

made up of Johnny Hansen, Jørgen Hein Jørgensen, Michael Krätz and Jens Erik Jensen. It was formed in 1989. It's biggest hit ever was the 1993 single "En lille ring af guld", that stayed at the top of the Danish Danse Charts for a total of 33 weeks.

Many of their albums have consistently reached the Top 5 including some that have topped the Danish albums Chart (notably Kandis 12 in 2008 and Kandis 14 in 2011).

The band lead singer and guitarist Johnny Hansen, (born 25 July 1965), has had also a prosperous separate solo career releasing various albums like Godmorgen verden (1999), Lidt efter lidt (2001) and Mit ferieparadis (2006)

Albums

(In parenthesis, top positions in the Danish Albums Chart)

• 1993: Kandis 4
• 2002: Kandis 9 (#4)
• 2003: Kandis 10 (#2)
• 2005: Kandis 11 (#6)
• 2008: Kandis 12 (#1)
• 2009: Kandis 13 (#5)
• 2011: Kandis 14 (#1)

Live albums

• 2004: Kandis Live (#2)
• 2009: Kandis Live 2 - 20 års jubilæumsshow (#1)

Collection albums

• 2007: Gold (#2)
• 2009: Kandis (10-box CD) (#32)
• 2010: De bedste julehilsner (#5)