What's Up! was a Swedish

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formed in

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in 2007. The original line-up consisted of Eric Saade, Robin Stjernberg, Luwdig "Ludde" Keijser and Johan Yngvesson. After Saade left the band in 2009 to pursue his solo career, Johannes Magnusson joined the band. The original members of the band were selected from the finalists of the music competition, ''Talangtävling''. Their debut single "Go Girl!" reached number five in

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, the official Swedish Singles Chart. Their debut

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, ''In Pose'' was released in January, 2007, and managed to reach top 40 in Sweden. They have been inactive since the release of their standalone single, "Walk In Walk Out" (2010). After departing from the group, Saade scored a success as a solo singer, earning three number one albums and winning Melodifestivalen 2011 with the song, " Popular", thus representing Sweden in

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Career

The original members of What's Up! were selected based on a competition called ''Talangtävling'' that attracted hundreds of applicants. 15 finalists competed in an event held at the

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and as a result the four original members were selected. They all had experience in earlier musical events. Eric Saade from Kattarp had won on the Swedish music contest ''Joker'' (now ''Popkorn''). Robin Stjernberg from

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had been a winner in the ''Sommarchansen'' in

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in 2006, Luwdig "Ludde" Keijser from

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had competed in ''Lilla Melodifestivalen'' and Johan Yngvesson from Vetlanda had appeared in ''Super Trouper'' television series. The newly formed band toured Sweden starting Spring 2008 and released an album entitled ''In Pose''. It stayed one week in the Swedish Albums Chart at #40. They had two relatively successful singles from the album. "Go Girl!" in May 2007 that peaked at #5 in the Swedish Singles Chart and "If I Told You Once" in March 2008 reaching #16.Swedish Charts: What's Up band page
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version of the theme song of a Disney production entitled ''

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'' under the title "Här är jag" in Swedish. They also dubbed the voices of the various characters in Swedish version of the

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's ''

'', also appearing on the promotional trailer prepared by the

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. In early 2009, the band announced the departure of Eric Saade for a solo career. He was replaced by Johannes Magnusson from

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Career

Discography

Albums

Singles

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