Dressed for success
Sweden from Abba to Roxette
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4304498 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert Burnett (0000-0001-9788-1446, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 141-150 |
| Publication date | 1992-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Popular Music (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0261-1430 • E-ISSN: 1474-0095 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0261143000004979 |
| OpenAlex | W1974663871 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 4 |
Roxette is surely one of the most successful new Euro-bands to arrive in recent years. Sales of the 1988 album 'Look Sharp' are over 6 million units, while the 1991 album 'Joyride' has already surpassed that mark making it one of the biggest selling albums of the year around the world. Still Roxette has a long way to go before reaching the hundreds of millions its Swedish predecessor Abba sold over their twelve-year-long career. While Roxette are dressed for success into the nineties they most certainly learned their career moves from Abba. This is a topic we shall have cause to return to but first I would like to discuss the transnational music companies and their European strategies. Then I shall examine recent developments and changes in the Swedish market-place before returning to a concluding look at different career models of Swedish pop stars
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,21 |
| Citation span | 1992 - 2024 (33) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |