One More Time (band)
Encyclopedia
One More Time is a Swedish
pop
group. Members are Peter Grönvall, his wife Nanne Grönvall
and Maria Rådsten
. A forth member, Thérèse Löf, left the group shortly after the first album was released. In 1992 they began their international career with the release of the single and album Highland. The single became an international success, entering #1 in the hit charts of 10 countries and awarding them prize for Best Foreign Group in Belgium
. The Highland album went gold in South Africa
. Turn Out the Light was a further single release off this album. Their second, self-titled album followed in 1994 but wasn't as successful as the previous album.
The group never dissolved and there are plans of a fifth album. Nanne Grönvall has a successful solo career in Sweden since her first solo album in 1998.
Peter Grönvall is the son of ABBA
's Benny Andersson
.
, the Swedish selections for the Eurovision Song Contest
. At the Melodifestivalen 1995
, they entered as composers of the ballad Det vackraste
(The Most Beautiful Thing), interpreted by Cecilia Vennersten
. The song was runner-up of Jan Johansen and Se på mig . Det vackraste was awarded a Grammis
for Best Song of 1995. The group later recorded the song in English, named Living in a Dream. At Melodifestivalen 1996
the group composed and performed the etno ballad Den vilda
(The Savage), which won the selections and propelled them to third place in Eurovision Song Contest 1996
in Oslo
, Norway
.
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....
pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
group. Members are Peter Grönvall, his wife Nanne Grönvall
Nanne Grönvall
Marianne Elisabeth Nordqvist more popularly known as Nanne Grönvall is a Swedish singer-songwriter.-Biography:Grönvall's musical career started in the 1980s group Sound of Music...
and Maria Rådsten
Maria Rådsten
Ingela Maria Kristina Rådsten-Ekman , is a Swedish singer.She began her musical career with the group Peter's Pop Squad...
. A forth member, Thérèse Löf, left the group shortly after the first album was released. In 1992 they began their international career with the release of the single and album Highland. The single became an international success, entering #1 in the hit charts of 10 countries and awarding them prize for Best Foreign Group in Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
. The Highland album went gold in South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
. Turn Out the Light was a further single release off this album. Their second, self-titled album followed in 1994 but wasn't as successful as the previous album.
The group never dissolved and there are plans of a fifth album. Nanne Grönvall has a successful solo career in Sweden since her first solo album in 1998.
Peter Grönvall is the son of ABBA
ABBA
ABBA was a Swedish pop group formed in Stockholm in 1970 which consisted of Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Agnetha Fältskog...
's Benny Andersson
Benny Andersson
Göran Bror "Benny" Andersson is a Swedish musician, composer, a former member of the Swedish musical group ABBA , and co-composer of the musicals Chess, Kristina från Duvemåla, and Mamma Mia!...
.
Eurovision Song Contest
One More Time have participated in two MelodifestivalenMelodifestivalen
Melodifestivalen is an annual music competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television and Sveriges Radio . It determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest, and has been staged almost every year since 1959...
, the Swedish selections for the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...
. At the Melodifestivalen 1995
Melodifestivalen 1995
Melodifestivalen 1995 was the selection for the 35th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 34th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 986 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition...
, they entered as composers of the ballad Det vackraste
Det vackraste
"Det vackraste" is a Swedish love song. It was originally sung by Swedish pop singer Cecilia Vennersten and finished second in the Melodifestivalen 1995, the Swedish selections for Eurovision Song Contest...
(The Most Beautiful Thing), interpreted by Cecilia Vennersten
Cecilia Vennersten
Cecilia Vennersten, born Birgitta Cecilia Vennersten-Ingemanson in 1970 is a Swedish pop singer.Her career started with a second place in the Swedish qualifier for the Eurovision Song Contest with the song Det vackraste. Her first album named Cecilia Vennersten released the same year was a great...
. The song was runner-up of Jan Johansen and Se på mig . Det vackraste was awarded a Grammis
Grammis
The Grammis Awards are the Swedish equivalent of the Grammy Awards. The awards ceremony is generally held each year in February in Stockholm.The awards were established in 1969 and awarded until 1972 when they were cancelled....
for Best Song of 1995. The group later recorded the song in English, named Living in a Dream. At Melodifestivalen 1996
Melodifestivalen 1996
Melodifestivalen 1996 was the selection for the 36th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 35th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1323 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition...
the group composed and performed the etno ballad Den vilda
Den vilda
"Den vilda" is a winter-related song by Swedish band One More Time. It won the Melodifestivalen 1996 contest and hence became the Swedish entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1996 in Oslo, Norway.The song was performed as the 23rd and last in the Eurovision Song Contest of 1996...
(The Savage), which won the selections and propelled them to third place in Eurovision Song Contest 1996
Eurovision Song Contest 1996
The Eurovision Song Contest 1996 was the 41st Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 18 May 1996 in Oslo Spektrum in Oslo, Norway. The presenters were Ingvild Bryn and Morten Harket. Harket, lead singer of a-ha, opened the show with a performance of his single "Heaven's Not For Saints". Eimear...
in Oslo
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
.
Discography
- 1992 HighlandHighland (album)Higland is the debut album by Swedish group One More Time, released in 1992.-Track listing:#Highland#Calming Rain#No One Else Like You#Turn Out The Light#No Romance#Ghostwarning#Here Comes The Ghost...
- 1994 One More TimeOne More Time (album)One More Time is the second album by the Swedish pop group One More Time and was released in 1994. The album did not continue the international success of the group's first album, and One More Time did not enter the Swedish charts at all...
- 1996 Den vildaDen vilda (album)- Track listing :The titles of the Swedish versions within brackets.#Living in a Dream #The Wilderness Mistress #Putting on the Charm #You Will Never Be Alone...
- 1997 Living in a Dream (English version of the Den vilda album)