Club gig
Written by tevensso on July 5, 2007 to Per Gessle and Sales & Charts.
STOCKHOLM - Per will perform at a "secret" gig in Halmstad, a sneak preview if you will, Monday July 9. Like when he did the "Mazarin" release at Leif's Lounge back in 2003, Per will now perfomr at the same club. The gig will feature special invited guests only, and winners from different contests. The gig starts at around 22:00.
"En händig man" stays at #1 on the album chart, for the third week in a row, in spite of heavy newcomers.
Bits and pieces
Written by tevensso on June 1, 2007 to Per Gessle and Sales & Charts.
(Updated) - Here are some bits and pieces about Per's present and upcoming activities:
Per will perform on Allsång på Skansen July 3. He will also be on Bingolotto's season finale June 5. And most important of all: the new single "En händig man" jumped up to #1 on the Swedish single chart! It entered last week after only one day of sales at #59. The song is also presently #5 on Rix Top 6. "En händig man" entered Sweden's official Topp 40 at #10 as well.
Also, in an interview on Swedish Radio P3 Per lets us know that the Plumber's son will return…
"En händig man" soars into spot #3 after only one day at #8 and a few days at #13 on Nielsen's Music Control chart. Nielsen's count the official radio play.
Roxette enters Australian chart
Written by drdave on March 19, 2007 to Roxette and Sales & Charts.
Several months after its release in Australia, A Collection of Roxette Hits! has entered the Australian ARIA Album charts at number 93. This is the first time a Roxette album has entered the Top 100 in Australia since Have A Nice Day in 1999.
The Aria website had the following to say about the album.
A COLLECTION OF ROXETTE HITS: THEIR 20 GREATEST SONGS! - Roxette No.93
Arguably one of Sweden’s most popular musical exports, Roxette made their mark on the international pop circuit during the late '80s and early '90s. Per Gessle and Marie Fredriksson formed the pop double act phenomenon that was Roxette and brandished a whimsical blend of pop, rock, and dance to fans around the world that couldn’t seem to get enough of this dynamic duo. Mullets and shoulder pads aside, Roxette were the quintessential musical partnership of their time thanks to a string of successful releases including, Look Sharp! (#2 Sept. & Oct. ’89), Joyride (#2 Apr. ’91) and Crash! Boom! Bang! (#3 May ’94). Aptly titled, A Collection of Roxette Hits!, the band’s latest compilation offering celebrates twenty years in the music biz.
Other successful Swedish pop exports include Abba and Ace of Base.
“One Wish” #1 in the US
Written by tevensso on March 10, 2007 to Roxette and Sales & Charts. Source: LOGO.
"One Wish" goes up to #1 on LOGO's video chart, beating competition like Christina Aguilera and Josh Zuckerman.
1. Roxette - One Wish
2. Josh Zuckerman - Out From Under
3. Christina Aguilera - Candyman
4. Mona Chatterjee - Move With Me
5. The Cliks - Oh Yeah
6. Deadlee - Good Soldier II
7. Brian Kent - I'm Not Crazy
8. Mooneystarr - Shrimp and Cookies
9. Klaxons - Golden Skans
10. Kelly - Shoes
Roxette thanks all the voters out there. "The sun is shining!" Per Gessle comments.
LOGO is owned by Viacom.
“One Wish” holds position in the US
Written by matthewcho on March 4, 2007 to Roxette and Sales & Charts.
CLEVELAND - Roxette's "One Wish" video has been playing quite frequently on the U.S.'s only gay network, named Logo. It has been in the channel's Top 10 (called the "Click List") for several weeks now. It is one of 50 videos in rotation at the channel.
This week it is at #2!
1. Josh Zuckerman - Out From Under
2. Roxette - One Wish
3. Mona Chatterjee - Move With Me
4. Brian Kent - I'm Not Crazy
5. Deadlee - Good Soldier II
6. Gwen Stefani - The Great Escape
7. The Cliks - Oh Yeah
8. Mika - Grace Kelly
9. Cascada - Miracle
10. Lily Allen - Smile
Vote for Roxette. It is, however, unclear to The Daily Roxette if this station has any impact outside the gay community in the US, or even if their site is up to date.
In Sweden, Roxette's latest single, "Reveal" entered the Swedish top 60 at #59 this week and the Swiss chart at #18!
Europe’s VH1 album chart has Roxette at #4
Written by Rox_Nox2003 on November 10, 2006 to Roxette and Sales & Charts.
LISBON - This week's VH1 Top 10 album chart shows Roxette's "Hits" as the highest new entry at #4. VH1 uses sales and airplay charts from throughout the European territories they serve, and puts Roxette just behind Justin Timberlake, the Scissor Sisters and Evanescence.
As if to confirm the lack of promotion for the single "One Wish," VH1 is playing "Listen To Your Heart" on the Album Chart show, which seems to indicate "One Wish" is being ignored by VH1 (part of the MTV networks). However, a footnote ticker was shown during the video broadcast refering to the new album being the first Roxette release since Marie's recovery from her brain tumor. Furthermore, it was mentioned that this release contains two new tracks, whose titles were given.
“Hits!” enters at #8 in Austria, #11 in Argentina; falls in the UK
Written by mf2004 on November 1, 2006 to Sales & Charts.
(UPDATED) - According to CAPIF Argentina the new Roxette compilation “Hits!” enters at # 11 in Argentina.
The “Hits!” album also entered the UK top 40 last week at #22, but lost eleven places to be at #33 this week, This has been expected by fans mostly due to lack of promotion, which this week came in the form as only one TV ad, which was shown at 23:00 GMT. “One Wish” has also been heard on a number of radio stations in the UK now, as reported by some fans.
Sweden’s top 40 is a chart based on both airplay and single sales in Sweden, and “One Wish” is now at #2 on the chart. The Scissor Sisters are still #1 for the fifth week in a row with their “I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’.” Topp40 is hosted by radio station RIX FM.
In Austria “One Wish” climbs from #74 to #56 and “Hits!” enters the album chart at #8.
rox-kuryliw, Daniel Alvedahl and Klaus Binder contributed to this article.
Roxette is hot in Sweden again; album enters chart at #2!
Written by Roxryder-V2002 on October 27, 2006 to Sales & Charts.
STOCKHOLM - Roxette’s new compilation on behalf the 20th Anniversary: “A Collection Of Roxette Hits! - Their 20 Greatest Songs!” debuts this week directly inside the Swedish album chart at #2.
The “One Wish” single remains steady at #4 after three weeks on the singles chart.
- The Hit List (mostly in Swedish)
“Hits!” enter UK album chart at #22
Written by rox-kuryliw on October 23, 2006 to Sales & Charts.
LONDON - Roxette entered the UK Top 40 album chart at #22 with new album “Hits!” this week, ahead of acts like Evanescence and Chris Rea.
This is Roxette’s 8th album to hit the UK top 40; “The Ballad Hits” being their last back in February 2003 and the first being “Look Sharp!” (which entered at #4) way back in 1990 .
Animalkingdom contributed to this article.
Roxette up the charts
Written by Roxryder-V2002 on October 16, 2006 to Sales & Charts.
This week Roxette’s new single rockets 20 places up from last week’s #24 to #4 on the Swedish Topp 40 (airplay/sales chart). Three weeks ago “One Wish” debuted at #26, the next week it climbed only two spots but this week it became the biggest climber. All these three weeks the #1 belongs to Scissors Sisters’s “I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’.”
