One More Time is a

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pop group, formed in 1991. Its members are Peter Grönvall, his wife

Nanne Grönvall Marianne Elisabeth Grönwall (, née ''Nordqvist''; born 18 May 1962), known by her stage name Nanne (), is a Swedish singer-songwriter. Biography Grönvall's musical career started in the 1980s group Sound of Music. The trio participated twice ...

and

Maria Rådsten Ingela ''Maria'' Kristina Rådsten-Ekman (born 6 April 1966) is a Swedish singer. She began her musical career with the group Peter's Pop Squad. Later, she would become part of One More Time, with which she achieved great international success. ...

. A fourth member, Thérèse Löf, left the group shortly after the first album was released. In 1992, they began their international career with the release of the single "Highland", which peaked at No. 1 in Belgium, No. 2 in Sweden, and the top 80 in several countries in Europe, such as the Netherlands, UK and Germany. The ''Highland'' album, on which the single was featured, went gold in South Africa. Their second self-titled album, which followed in 1994, was not as successful as the previous album. But the third album, their first in Swedish, was a successful reentry to the Swedish charts in 1996. They also released an English version of the album. The group toured frequently in Europe for several years, but in 1998, they decided not to tour abroad anymore, since they wanted to be present at home for their, by that time, small kids. In the summer of 2021, One More Time announced that the band will reunite after a 24-year break. Nanne Grönvall has had a successful solo career in Sweden since her first solo album was released in 1998. Peter Grönvall is the son of

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Eurovision Song Contest

One More Time has participated in

Melodifestivalen Melodifestivalen (; literally "the Melody Festival") is an annual song competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television (SVT) and Sveriges Radio (SR). It determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song ...

, the Swedish selections for the

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, twice. At the

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, they entered as composers of the ballad "

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" ("The Most Beautiful Thing"), performed by

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. The song was runner-up of Jan Johansen's "

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". "Det vackraste" was awarded a

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for Best Song of 1995. The group later recorded the song in English, entitled "Living in a Dream". At

Melodifestivalen 1996 Sweden was represented by One More Time with the song "Den vilda" in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996. At the contest, held in Oslo, Norway, One More Time performed last of 23, following Slovakia. At the close of the voting it had received 100 ...

, the group composed and performed the ethno ballad "

Den vilda Den vilda (meaning "The wild one") is a winter-related song by Swedish band One More Time, written by . It won the Melodifestivalen 1996 and hence became the entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1996, held in Oslo, Norway. The song was perform ...

" ("The Savage"), which won the selections and propelled them to third place in the

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, Norway.

Band members

* Peter Grönvall (1991-1997) *

(1991-1997) *

(1991-1997) * Thérèse Löf (1991-1992)

Discography

Albums

* ''

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'' (1992) * '' One More Time'' (1994) * ''

'' (1996) * '' Living in a Dream'' (1997) * ''

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'' (1998, only released in South Africa)

Singles

* ''

'' (1992) * ''Calming Rain'' (1993) * ''Turn Out the Light'' (1993) * ''No One Else Like You'' (1993) * ''Song of Fête'' (1994) * ''Get Out'' (1994) * ''The Dolphin'' (1994) * ''

'' (1996) * ''Kvarnen'' (1996) * '' The Wilderness Mistress'' (1996) * '' Living in a Dream'' (1997)

Awards and achievements

* Grammis ("Det Vackraste" – Song of the year 1995) (One More Time composed and produced the song) * Grammis nominees ("Den Vilda" – Song of the year 1996) * Sångfågeln – Winners of Melodifestivalen 1996, the Swedish pre-selection for Eurovision Song Contest with "Den Vilda" (3rd place in Eurovision) * Gold selling single and album "Highland" in South Africa, 1994 * Gold and Platinum selling single and album "Det Vackraste", 1996 – composers and producers of both single and album * Diamond Awards in Belgium, International Group of the Year 1992 * Melodifestivalens Hall of Fame 2020

References

External links

Official page for Nanne Grönvall (Swedish)

Official page for Maria Rådsten (Swedish)

Lyrics for ''Den vilda'' at diggiloo.net
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