Roxette interview on TV gone wrong. Roxette are a Swedish pop music duo, consisting of Marie Fredriksson (vocals) and Per Gessle (vocals and guitar). Formed in 1986, the duo became an international act from the late 1980s, when they released their breakthrough album Look Sharp!. Roxette went onto achieve nineteen UK Top 40 hits[1] and several US Hot 100 hits, including four US number-ones with "The Look", "Listen to Your Heart", "It Must Have Been Love", and "Joyride".[Other hits include "Dangerous", "Fading Like a Flower", and "Dressed for Success". On October 23, 2009, the Swedish newspaper Expressen reported that Roxette were recording new songs. Per stated that he had been working on new material for an upcoming album since May 2009 In early November 2010, it was announced that the band would undertake their first world tour since 1995. Their eighth studio album, Charm School, was released in Europe on February 11, 2011 and peaked within the top 20 of eleven European alb! um charts. The set also became their first since 1992's Tourism to reach #1 on the German album chart,[81] where it was certified gold for shipments in excess of 100000 units.[82] The album was preceded by the single "She's Got Nothing On (But the Radio)" on January 10, 2011, which became Roxettes' biggest hit in the German market since "How Do You Do!", and for several weeks was the fourth most-played song on radio in the world.[83] Charm School was also the first Roxette album since Have A Nice Day ...
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