Excellence (pop group)

Excellence
Origin Sweden
Genres Pop, Eurodance
Years active 2001–2002
Members Ana Johnsson
Jenny Berfoth
Malin Olsson
Johanna Landt
Susanna Patoleta

Excellence were a Swedish pop girl group from 2001 created through the TV programme Popstars on Kanal 5.[1][2] The group scored a number one album on the Swedish Charts, as well as five top 10 singles, and entered Melodifestivalen 2002.[3] They also collaborated with Markoolio on the official Swedish song for the 2002 Winter Olympics "Vi ska vinna!"[1] The group split up shortly after the single was released.[1] Member Ana Johnsson later scored a worldwide solo hit with the song "We Are" from the Spider-Man 2 soundtrack and has recently (October 2006) released her second album Little Angel.

Discography

Album

Year Album Chart positions Certification
SWE[4]
2001 The Region of Excellence 1 Gold[5] (40,000)

Singles

Year Single Chart positions Album Certification
SWE[4]
2001 "Need to Know (Eenie Meenie Miny Moe)" 1 The Region of Excellence Platinum[5] (30,000)
"Lose It All" 5
"What's Up?" 10
2002 "Vi ska vinna!" (Markoolio feat. Excellence) 3 Tjock och lycklig
"We Can Dance/Last to Know" 9

References

  1. 1 2 3 Reges, Margaret. "Allmusic bio.". Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-11-05.
  2. ↑ Clarén, Ulf (2001-04-25). "Excellent PR for Kanal 5's popband". Sydsvenska Dagbladet. Retrieved 2011-11-05.
  3. ↑ "Melodifestivalen: Sämsta låtarna någonsin". Svenska Dagbladet. 2010-02-21. Archived from the original on March 16, 2012. Retrieved 2011-11-05.
  4. 1 2 "Swedish charts archive". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2011-11-05.
  5. 1 2 "IFPI Sweden 2001 certification awards" (PDF). IFPI Sweden. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-05.


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