Bubbles (band)
| Bubbles/Bless | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Sweden |
| Genres | Pop, teen pop, dance, bubblegum pop, Europop |
| Instruments | Singing |
| Years active | 2000–2010 |
| Website | Bubbles / Bless |
| Members | Caroline Ljungström Hannah Steffenburg Jenny Andersén Patricia Joxelius Sandra Joxelius |
Bubbles was a Swedish pop girl group, also known as Bless. The group's original lineup consisted of lead singer Mari Caroline Ljungström (born 26 June 1987), twin sisters Patricia and Sandra Joxelius (born 7 April 1987), Jenny (Yenny) Andersén (born 10 October 1988), and Hannah Steffenburg (born 14 April 1988).
The five girls of Bubbles met while attending dance classes a few years back. After a while their dance teacher, who is also a well known TV show host, was discussing young talents with a few friends and music producers. The producers were looking for a young band with star quality, and she told them about those five charming talented dance girls. Their charm, talent and enthusiasm led producer and songwriter team of John Ballard and Alban Herlitz to approach the girls and their families and ask a simple question: ”Would you like to make a record with us?”
The girls did some singing with the internationally successful Tuff Studios (Ace of Base) and everyone was overwhelmed with their singing qualities. They had spotted a five girl strong team with both choreographing and singing skills – and they had star quality too.
Bubbles' first single, "Happy Girl", peaked at #6 in the Swedish charts, and was very popular among children. It stayed in the charts for 26 weeks, longer than any other single that year. The girls supported Swedish mega-star Markoolio on his tour throughout the summer of year 2000 and finished it off with a stunning performance at the Globe Arena, Stockholm, in front of 14,000 screaming fans. More than 500,000 people attended the successful summer tour. The follow-up "Rock The World" reached the #2 spot and gold status (close to platinum before deleted in order to increase album sales) and is counted one of the really big hits the year of 2000.
Summer 2001 Bubbles performed with eight of their own hit songs at the summer gala tour - ABSOLUTE KIDZ TOUR together with Sweden's most popular artists. Despite them being youngest, Bubbles got the best reviews of all performing artists on stage from the critics in the papers. In January 2001 Bubbles appeared on the biggest national TV charity gala competing in a pop festival against a number of Sweden's most respected artists - and winning with the new Swedish song "Regnbågens Barn" (Children of the Rainbow). The winning track was released on a double-A-side single together with ”I'll Be There” reaching #7 Sales Chart, even without a video. The single also reached gold status.
By then Bubbles were very popular in the Netherlands where their debut CD album Rock The World also made it to gold status. They are mostly popular in Sweden although one of their songs was included in the motion picture Ice Age. Their first major hit was "Happy Girl" which got to #6 on Swedish charts. Although it was also released in Australia as a single and on a compilation, it failed to chart. Their second single, "Rock the World", managed to get up to #2 in the Swedish charts. They also went on tour between 2000 and 2004 with some big turnouts.
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