Cue is a

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pop duo group made up of musician Anders Melander and Niklas Hjulström. They have topped the Swedish Singles Chart with " Burnin'". Anders Melander was a composer working for the Swedish TV and a theatre director at Angeredsteatern. He was also much earlier a member in the

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. Niklas Hjulström on the other hand was an actor. The two had cooperated before working on a song and Anders knew Hjulström was a skilled singer. So when Anders needed a singer to sing "Burnin'", a song composed by him for the Swedish TV series "Glappet", he asked Hjulström and they formed together a band called Cue. Although not strictly intended for release as a hit, just usage for the TV series, the song gained popularity and upon release as the first single for Cue, it hit the Swedish charts at #1 for 4 weeks (14 November to 12 December 1997. It eventually sold 90,000 copies making it one of the most successful singles in the 1990s in Sweden.Rate Your Music page on Cue
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. When Hjulström's work at Angeredsteatern ended, it was an opportune time for the duo to release in 2000 their first album ''Cue'' and a second single from the album entitled "Crazy". A second album followed in 2006 entitled ''Guide in Blue'' where both Anders Melander and Niklas Hjulström wrote songs. Eventually Cue became more of a Hjulström solo project besides his new work as director and art leader at the theatre Folkteatern.

Discography

Albums

Singles

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