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Legacy Of Sound (Swedish Group)
Legacy of Sound was a Swedish band, which was active in the early 1990s. Members of the band included singer Meja Kullersten (before her successful solo career), Anders "Bag" Bagge, James Gicho, Lori Perry, Nevada Cato, and Peter Swartling. Legacy of Sound released two albums, ''Holy Groove'' (1993), with the popular single " Happy", and ''Tour de Force'' (1994). "Happy" was a surprise hit in the United States, peaking at #29 on the Billboard Mainstream Top 40 Pop Airplay (also called Mainstream Top 40, Pop Songs, and Top 40/contemporary hit radio, CHR) is a 40-song music chart published weekly by Billboard (magazine), ''Billboard'' Magazine that ranks the most popular songs of pop music being played o ... and spending 12 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100. Discography Albums * ''Holy Groove'' - Ariola (1993) #47 Sweden * ''Tour de Force'' - Ricochet (7 July 1995) Singles * " Happy" - Ariola (24 July 1993) #18 Sweden * "I Can't Let U Go" - Ariola (1993) References {{reflis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meja
Meja Anna Pernilla Kullersten (formerly Beckman; born Anna Pernilla Torndahl, 12 February 1969) is a Swedish composer, artist and singer. Among her best known songs are "Happy" (with Legacy of Sound), " Private Emotion", a duet with Ricky Martin from his multi-Platinum album ''Ricky Martin'' (1999), and " All 'Bout the Money", which was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1998. Biography Meja was born Anna Pernilla Torndahl in Nynäshamn, Stockholm County. She had her stage debut at "Ystads City theatre" at the age of 7. She was brought up in a musical family, her grandfather, Per Lundkvist, was a composer of both classical and contemporary music and her mother, a recording artist as a child before choosing a path as a painter. In 1986, at the age of 16, she moved to Mallorca, Spain, to study. She was introduced to American jazz trumpet player/singer Stephen Frankevich and started to take vocal lessons with singer Deborah Carter. Meja went to Stockholm in 1990. She sang in diff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anders "Bag" Bagge
Sven Anders Bagge (; born 16 January 1968) is a Swedish composer, lyricist, musician and record producer. Bagge is one half of the songwriter-producer duo Bagge & Peer, together with Peer Åström. He is also known for his frequent appearances as a judge on the TV series Idol on the Swedish TV4 channel, and for being a co-founder of the Stockholm-based music production company Murlyn Music Group. Early life Bagge grew up in a family of musicians. His father, Sven-Olof Bagge, also worked as a producer and songwriter during the 20th century. Looking up to his father, Anders began practicing the trumpet and piano as a child. At seventeen years old, he started producing. By his early twenties, he started discovering artists. He also worked for some time with Cheiron before deciding to work independently. Music career In the early 1990s, Bagge was a member of the group Legacy of Sound. He formed Murlyn in 1997, and would have a big hit the following year, co-writing and co-pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Swartling
Peter Swartling (born 18 November 1964) was one of the Swedish judges on the TV talent show '' Idol'' on TV4. He made it clear that he wouldn't participate in the fourth season of '' Idol'' due to him being forced to commute between Sweden and United States, where he currently lives. However, despite this, he remains to be a judge on the show. He is considered to be one of the most successful talent scouts and producers in Swedish music and is behind the breakthrough of artists like Robyn Robin Miriam Carlsson (; born 12 June 1979), known professionally as Robyn (), is a Swedish singer, songwriter, record producer, and DJ. Her 1995 debut album ''Robyn Is Here'' produced two Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 top 10 single ..., Petter and Just D. On 26 February 2008 it was revealed that Peter quit as a judge during '' Idol 2008'', none of the other two judges will attend the next season. References External links TV4 Idol Page about Peter SwartlingAnswers.com ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Happy (Legacy Of Sound Song)
"Happy" is a song by Swedish band Legacy of Sound featuring Swedish singer-songwriter Meja, released in 1993 by Ariola, BMG and RCA as the first single from their debut album, ''Holy Groove'' (1993). The song was written by Meja with Anders Bagge and released in 20 countries. In their native Sweden, it reached number 18 on the Swedish Singles Chart, spending five weeks on the chart. It became a surprise hit in the US, peaking at seven and 20 on the ''Billboard'' Maxi-Singles Sales and Hot Dance Club Play charts. On the ''Billboard'' Mainstream Top 40 and Hot 100 charts, the song reached numbers 29 and 68, spending 12 weeks within the Hot 100. Critical reception Larry Flick of ''Billboard'' wrote of the song: "Wildly infectious hi-NRG/house music confection is delivered with lots of charisma and diva charm by lead singer Meja. Producer/writers Bag & Snowman have concocted a sing-along chorus that embeds the brain upon impact, and melts it into a white-hot arrangement of rolling p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mainstream Top 40
Pop Airplay (also called Mainstream Top 40, Pop Songs, and Top 40/contemporary hit radio, CHR) is a 40-song music chart published weekly by Billboard (magazine), ''Billboard'' Magazine that ranks the most popular songs of pop music being played on a panel of Contemporary hit radio, Top 40 radio stations in the United States. The rankings are based on radio airplay detections as measured by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems (Nielsen BDS), a subsidiary of the U.S.' leading marketing research company. Consumer researchers, Nielsen Audio (formerly ''Arbitron''), refers to the format as contemporary hit radio (CHR). The current number-one song on the chart is "Anxiety (Doechii song), Anxiety" by Doechii. History The chart debuted in Billboard (magazine), ''Billboard'' Magazine in its issued date October 3, 1992, with the introduction of two Top 40 airplay charts, Mainstream and Rhythmic (chart), Rhythm-Crossover. Both Top 40 charts measured "actual monitored airplay" from data compiled by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hot 100
The ''Billboard'' Hot 100, also known as simply the Hot 100, is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine. Chart rankings are based on sales (physical and digital), online streaming, and radio airplay in the U.S. A new chart is compiled and released online to the public by ''Billboard''s website on Tuesdays but post-dated to the following Saturday, when the printed magazine first reaches newsstands. The weekly tracking period for sales is currently Friday–Thursday, after being changed in July 2015. It was initially Monday–Sunday when Nielsen started tracking sales in 1991. This tracking period also applies to compiling online streaming data. Radio airplay is readily available on a real-time basis, unlike sales figures and streaming, but is also tracked on the same Friday–Thursday cycle, effective with the chart dated July 17, 2021. Previously, radio was tracked Monday–Sunday and, before July ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard (magazine)
''Billboard'' (stylized in letter case, lowercase since 2013) is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation. The magazine provides music charts, news, video, opinion, reviews, events and styles related to the music industry. Its Billboard charts, music charts include the Billboard Hot 100, Hot 100, the Billboard 200, 200, and the Billboard Global 200, Global 200, tracking the most popular albums and songs in various music genres. It also hosts events, owns a publishing firm and operates several television shows. ''Billboard'' was founded in 1894 by William Donaldson and James Hennegan as a trade publication for bill posters. Donaldson acquired Hennegan's interest in 1900 for $500. In the early years of the 20th century, it covered the entertainment industry, such as circuses, fairs and burlesque shows, and also created a mail service for travelling entertainers. ''Billboard'' began focusing more on the music industry as the jukebox ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ariola
Ariola (also known as Ariola Records, Ariola Express, Ariola-Eurodisc and BMG Ariola) is a German record label. In the late 1980s, it was a subsidiary label of the Bertelsmann Music Group, which in turn has become a part of the international media conglomerate Sony Music Entertainment. Profile Ariola Eurodisc GmbH was founded in 1958 as a music outlet of Bertelsmann. It set up several foreign subsidiaries. Leveraging acquisitions by its parent company, Ariola positioned itself to become a strong contender in the German record industry in the mid-1960s. Ariola America was founded in 1975 in Los Angeles, and achieved ''Billboard'' magazine number one singles with Mary MacGregor's "Torn Between Two Lovers" (1976) and Amii Stewart's cover version of the 1966 Eddie Floyd hit " Knock on Wood" (1979). Other artists on the Ariola America roster during the late 1970s included Gene Cotton, The Three Degrees, Chanson, and the Canadian band Prism among others. After its pop success d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
