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Danish
Danish may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark
People
* A national or citizen of Denmark, also called a "Dane," see Demographics of Denmark
* Culture of Denmark
* Danish people or Danes, people with a Danish ance ...
girl group
A girl group is a music act featuring several female singers who generally harmonize together. The term "girl group" is also used in a narrower sense in the United States to denote the wave of American female pop music singing groups, many of who ...
, that formed as the winners of the first season of the reality series ''
Popstars
''Popstars'' is an international reality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, often starring unfamiliar people rather than professional actors. Realit ...
'' which was broadcast on
TV2 in 2001.
The group became one of Danmarks best selling music groups. The group consisted of singers
Trine Jepsen
Trine Randbo Jakobsen (nee Jepsen)(born 29 September 1977) is a Danish singer, actress and television presenter. Trine became known when she along with Michael Teschl won Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 1999 and got to represent Denmark in the Eurovisi ...
, the winner of
Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 1999 with the song "Denne Gang",
Louise Lolle , Sofie Hviid and Julie Næslund.
Career
2001: Early success, first album
The media attention the group got from appearing on Popstars gave the group success with their debut single "I Want What She's Got" which topped the Danish single charts.
The single was sold in more than 30,000 copies and went triple platinum. Their debut album ''Let It Spin'' from 2001 peaked at number one on the Danish album chart and continued to place on the chart for twenty consecutive weeks.
The album sold 150,000 copies and got triple platinum.
2002–03: Second album and split
The group's second album ''Be Okay'' was released in 2002 and in that album the girls themselves wrote several of the songs. The album peaked at number seventeen for one week.
Sofie Hviid left the group in 2003, and the rest of the group disbanded shortly after that.
Discography
* 2001 - ''Let It Spin''
* 2002 - ''Be Okay''
References
External links
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Danish girl groups
Musical groups established in 2001
Musical groups disestablished in 2003
English-language singers from Denmark
Danish pop music groups
Popstars winners