Ace of Base

Beside his original appearance in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and Mysterious Island, Captain Nemo also appears in numerous other works though none written by Jules Verne and all works were created decades after the original books: The comic book The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (and its film adaptation) The novel The Computer Connection by Alfred Bester The Japanese anime Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water, by Gainax. In the Philip José Farmer novel Th ...

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In the Middle Ages the town of Lödöse - 40 kilometers north of present day Gothenburg up the Göta älv - served as trade centre and port to the west. For strategic reasons (the Norwegian Bohus Fortress was a threat further down the river) the town was moved closer to the sea. But the new settlement, Nya Lödöse (New Lödöse), also had its problems and the town dwellers had to seek protection at the old Älvsborg Fortress. In the early 17th century Sweden controlled only one point on the western coastline. An attempt in 1607 to fo ...

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Flowers Ace of Base album - European release. "Life is a Flower" – 3:47 "Always Have, Always Will" – 3:46 "Cruel Summer (Cutfather & Joe Mix)" – 3:35 "Travel to Romantis" – 4:10 "Adventures In Paradise" – 3:32 "Dr. Sun" – 3:35 "Cecilia" – 3:55 "He Decides" – 3:09 "I Pray" – 3:18 "Tokyo Girl" – 3:36 "Don't Go Away" – 3:41 "Captain Nemo" – 4:02 "Donnie" – 4:39 "Cruel Summer (Big Bonus Mix)" – 4:07 "Cruel Summer (duet with ...

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Max Martin - Written songs Cheiron. 1994 E-Type - Made In Sweden - "Me No Want Miseria" (with E-Type, Herbie Crichlow) 1995 3T - Brotherhood - "It's Gotta Be You" (with Denniz PoP, Herbie Crichlow) Herbie - Fingers - "Big Funky Dealer" (with Denniz PoP, Herbie Crichlow) Herbie - Fingers - "Change" (with Denniz PoP, Herbie Crichlow) Herbie - Fingers - "Come Together" (with Herbie Crichlow) Herbie - Fingers - "Gangs To The Max" (with Denniz ...

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1990s - World leaders. Prime Minister Bob Hawke (Australia) Prime Minister Paul Keating (Australia) Prime Minister John Howard (Australia) President Fernando Affonso Collor de Mello (Brazil) President Itamar Franco (Brazil) President Fernando Henrique Cardoso (Brazil) Prime Minister Brian Mulroney (Canada) Prime Minister Kim Campbell (Canada) Prime Minister Jean Chrétien (Canada) "Paramount Leader" Deng Xiaoping (People's Repu ...

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1990s - Other significant events. The massive global human impact on the environment, which first garnered attention in the 60s, was widely acknowledged. Divorce and scandal rocked the British Royal House of Windsor. The assassination of Selena Quintanilla. Sex and violence in the media increase, especially in the late part of the decade. Profanity in music reaches peak in the late 90s. O.J. Simpson's trial, described in the media as the "trial of the century". < ...

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Main article: Geography of Gothenburg Situated on the western coast by Kattegatt, an arm of the North Sea, at the outlet of the river Göta älv and the Göta Canal. The Gothenburg Metropolitan Area extends to the municipalities of Ale, Härryda, Kungälv, Lerum, Mölndal, Partille, Stenungsund, Tjörn, Öckerö in Västra Götaland County and Kungsbacka in Halland County. ...

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The legislative body of Gothenburg is the City Council with 81 members elected by proportional representation for a four-year term. The council appoints an executive 13-member Board of Commissioners, headed by the mayor. Currently, the mayor of Gothenburg is Göran Johansson, from the Social Democratic Party The municipality is subdivided into 21 boroughs, which carry responsibility for primary school, social, leisure, and cultural services within their respective areas. A point of some controversy is the fact that the borough council ...

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2006 in music - Grammy Awards. Grammy Awards of 2006 2006 in music - Country Music Association Awards. 2006 in music - Eurovision Song Contest. Eurovision Song Contest 2006 Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006 2006 in music - Brit Awards. 2006 Brit Awards ...

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The Flowers album spawned the massively successful single, "Life is a Flower", the most heavily played radio single of 1998, and Top 10 hits "Cruel Summer" and "Always Have, Always Will". The corresponding U.S. album sold poorly, and was the last original Ace of Base album released there. Flowers is estimated to have sold more than three million copies worldwide. The Flowers album received gold certifications in Sweden and Denmark, and was certified platinum in Switzerland. The album was a top ten hit in Denmark, ...

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By its naturally advantageous location, Gothenburg houses the largest and most important harbor installation in Scandinavia. Trade and shipping have always been important businesses and in the 18th century, the city was the home to the Swedish East India Company. Industry developed into an important business, e.g., SKF, Volvo and Ericsson. The blue collar industries dominated until the late 80' when shipyards started to shut down. Today the town has a mix of hi tech industries with Ericsson being the largest employer and a number ...

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Sweden enjoys a mostly temperate climate despite its northern latitude, mainly due to the Gulf Stream. In the south of Sweden leaf-bearing trees are prolific, in the north pines, spruces and hardy birches dominate the landscape. In the mountains of northern Sweden a sub-Arctic climate predominates. North of the Arctic Circle, the sun never sets for part of each summer, and in the winter, night is unending for a corresponding period. The country is similar in size to the U.S ...

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Main article: Swedish hip hop While jazz, blues and soul has been around for a long time in Sweden hip hop is a more recent addition, breaking into the mainstream in the early nineties when the eurodisco likes of Rob N Raz and Basic Element lost some of their popularity and grups like Just D started to make the genre more accessible to the general public. The Latin Kings were the first representatives of their genre to gain nation-wide fame. They are still popular, mainly due to their designation to the Stockholm suburbs ...

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Music of Sweden, Music of Sweden - Folk songs, Music of Sweden - Folk instruments, Music of Sweden - Roots revival, Music of Sweden - Progressive and jazz-rock music, Music of Sweden - Opera, Music of Sweden - Hip hop, Music of Sweden - Punk rock, Music of Sweden - Heavy metal and its variants

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Max Martin - Awards. ASCAP's Songwriter of the Year in 1999 ASCAP's Songwriter of the Year in 2000 ASCAP's Songwriter of the Year in 2001 Max Martin - Razzie Awards. Worst Original Song for the movie Crossroads (2002) Shared with: Rami, Dido (Result: Won) For the song "I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman". Worst Original Song for the movie Crossroads (2002) Shared with: Rami (Result: No ...

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Max Martin - Top-selling singles. Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time - "...Baby One More Time" (written by Max Martin), WW Sales: 4.15 million Backstreet Boys - Backstreet Boys - "Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)" (written by Max Martin, H Crichlow), WW Sales: 2.4 million Backstreet Boys - Backstreet's Back - "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" (written by Max Martin, Denn ...

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The most prominent and important Swedish punk rock band is Ebba Grön (1977-1982) headed by Joakim Thåström. See also: Umeå hardcore ...

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Music of Sweden, Music of Sweden - Folk songs, Music of Sweden - Folk instruments, Music of Sweden - Roots revival, Music of Sweden - Progressive and jazz-rock music, Music of Sweden - Opera, Music of Sweden - Hip hop, Music of Sweden - Punk rock, Music of Sweden - Heavy metal and its variants

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Like MTV and Nickelodeon before them, VH1 also launched spinoff digital networks as part of 'The Suite From MTV. Initially, four VH1 spinoff networks were formed, which were: VH1 Classic: Primarily classic rock music videos and concert footage. VH1 Country: An all-country music video outlet and sibling network to CMT, which became less dependent on music videos starting in the 2000s. VH1 Mega Hits: Essentially what VH1 used to be, music videos of the late-80s, 1990s, and early 2000s ...

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World Music Awards - Most WMAs won. Mariah Carey has received sixteen World Music Awards, the most WMAs for any recording artist. Michael Jackson has the most for a male artist, with fourteen awards. World Music Awards - Most WMAs won in a single year. Whitney Houston has the record for winning five Awards at the 1994 WMA show. Some of these include, World's Best Selling R&B Artist, World's Best Selling Overall Recording Artist, and World's Best ...

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According to the official World Music Awards website: "The World's best-selling recording-artists in the various categories are determined after a thorough research conducted by the organization on record certifications and record company sales figures" [3]. The national member associations of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) is the organisation that provides the World music organisation with the names of their overall best-selling artists and groups. See 2004 Award Winners See 2005 Award Winn ...

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VH1 - VH1 Australia. Since March (April for Optus customers) 2004, VH1 has been available in Australia on Foxtel, Optus Television and Austar. VH1 - VH1 Brazil. The Poruguese-language version of the channel was launched in November 21st 2005. However, VH1 Soul is available to digital cable subscribers since 2004. VH1 - VH1 Europe. VH1 Europe broadcasts from London to continental Europe. The line-up mainly consists of documentaries, including ...

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