Not only did the single ship gold, Aqua were also nominated for a Grammy (Danish Award) for “Best dance release”, and won. After this the single was released in Norway and was in top of the charts there as well. It got straight to the charts and stayed for several months, so many that the band shipped gold. They year was 1996 and the single was “Roses are red”, which is Aquas debut single. They started to write some songs and they soon got a contract with Universal Music. The poster said “Aquarium” and quick it became that this was the new name for the guys. The new name came from a poster hanging in the four guys rehearsal room. The four members came up with the idea of changing the name to Aqua and they thought that they weren’t being treated properly where they were and broke of the contract with the label company, and decided to start over with a new name. René contacted Lene and after a some persuasion they both headed for Copenhagen and got together with Søren and Claus.Īt first the band name was Joyspeed, and they released on single, but only in Sweden. She was singing the cover track by Randy Crowford “Almaz” and René was all lost in her.
While René had a job as DJ in Norway where he spotted Lene in a Norwegian television show called “Casino”. It all started back in 1989 where Claus and Søren put their heads together and composed the music for the danish movie “Frække Frida”.
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