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Roxette is a Sweden|Swedish pop music|pop duo, consisting of Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle.

Roxette is among the top bands in worldwide sales and fame, brandishing a simple blend of pop with a slight edge and occasional hints of Dance music|dance. The group claims such influences as The Beatles, Blondie (band)|Blondie, New Wave (music)|new-wave music, Joni Mitchell, and Aretha Franklin.

In 1991, Roxette performances could fill an arena with tens of thousands of fans in places as diverse as Buenos Aires, Frankfurt, Mexico City, Montevideo, Paris, Rome, Lima, Santiago de Chile, Stockholm, and Sydney. The 1992 release ''Tourism (album)|Tourism: Songs from Studios, Stages, Hotelrooms & Other Strange Places'', with a recording of audience members singing along to the tune of the group's biggest hit, "It Must Have Been Love", exemplifies Roxette's temporary but impressive hold.

Roxette have worldwide sales of 75 million copies of its albums and singles, the second most successful band to originate from Sweden.{{Fact|date=August 2007

Roxette had four US No. 1 singles, two No. 2 singles and a few other Top 40 peaks until falling out of sight of the Hot 100 in 1994. Even so, by that token, Roxette can be considered a highly successful singles act. The group has been certified by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) with two platinum album... read all