The Swedish Music Hall Of Fame has announced the first artists to be featured in the Hall of Fame and, of course, Roxette is among them!
The artists featured in the Hall of Fame have had a significant influence on the development of pop music in Sweden. The selection is done by an expert jury formed by various Swedish music journalists. There is one condition in order to be elected: the record debut must have occurred the last 20 years before receiving the distinction. So for this year artists who had their debut in 1994 or earlier were considered.
The exhibition featuring Roxette will open on March 20th and will be available throughout 2014.
These are the first 12 elections to the Hall of Fame:
- Evert Taube
- Jan Johansson
- The Latin Kings
- Nationalteatern
- Cornelis Vreeswijk
- Stina Nordenstam
- Ebba Gro?n
- Eva Dahlgren
- Entombed
- Monica Zetterlund
- Roxette
- ABBA
This is the reason why the jury chose Roxette:
Pop music at its purest involves getting the listener to experience an enhanced sense of life for three or four minutes. Few groups in pop history have used that formula as skilfully and lovingly as Swedish duo Roxette, comprising Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle. Only four Swedish acts have ever topped the US charts. Roxete did it four times. Songs like “The Look,” “Listen To Your Heart,” “It Must Have Been Love” and “Joyride” have become evergreens that never disappear from radio play lists.
The Swedish Music Hall of Fame is located in the same building as ABBA The Museum in Djurgården, Stockholm. Tickets cost 195 SEK and gives you access to both museums.
Congratulations!