Roxette

Origin: Sweden
Years active: 1986 – present
Members: Per Gessle, Marie Fredriksson

Roxette is a Swedish pop-music double act, partly rock-influenced, whose members are Marie
Fredriksson and Per Gessle.
For a significant period in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Roxette was among the top
Bands in worldwide sales and fame, brandishing a simple, effective blend of pop with a
Slight edge and occasional hints of dance. The group claims such influences as The Beatles,
Blondie, 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, Paris, Rome, Lima, Santiago de Chile,
Stockholm, and Sydney. The 1992 release 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.

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