Gessle sets new album/single chart record
STOCKHOLM - Per Gessle has set a new record with "Mazarin" and "Här kommer alla känslorna", he is the first person that has been #1 on both the single and album charts in Sweden for 7 weeks (and they're still #1). "Mazarin" - which has been #1 for a total of 9 weeks - has sold an amazing 200,000 copies without any commercial spots at all. (Plus 10,000 in Norway).
There are only eight times someone has been #1 on both those lists at the same time, and two of them are Gyllene Tider and Roxette.
Per also says that the second single won't come before everyone has stopped playing the damn first single.
Here's the tally:
Seven weeks!
Per Gessle - "Mazarin" and "Här kommer alla känslorna (på en och samma gång)"
Five weeks
The Offspring - "Americana" and "Pretty Fly"
Three weeks
Melanie C - "Northern Star" and "I Turn to You"
Shakira - "Laundry Service" and "Whenever Wherever"
Two weeks
Roxette - "Room Service" and "The Centre of the Heart"
Magnus Uggla - "Klassiska mästerverk" and "Vi ska till VM"
One week
Aqua - "Aquarium" and "Barbie"
Gyllene Tider - "Halmstads Pärlor" and "e.p."
Supernatural - "Dreamcatcher" and "Supernatural"
- Aftonbladet's article (In Swedish)
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August 22nd, 2003
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