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Welcome to aceofbase.co.uk a site dedicated to everything Ace of Base from new music, videos, news and galleries about the Swedish trio. Originally from Gothenburg Aces of Base compromises of Ulf Ekberg and brother and sister Jonas and Jenny Berggren. There first album was released in 1993 and sold more than 30 million copies worldwide with hits such as "All That She Wants" and "The Sign". The group most recently been played gigs in Asia and Europe and are due to release their fifth album in 2009.The band was originally known as Kalinin Prospect which was the name of a street in Moscow. That name was soon changed to CAD (Computer-Aided Disco) and then Tech-Noir which is French for black technology.


They started out touring the clubs of Sweden heavily influenced by the likes of The KLF and Snap. At the beginning the band struggled due to there preference to heavy metal. After changing their style completely they became Ace of Base which gave birth to their trademark Pop & Reggae grooves.

Within short space of time, they went from obscurity to international fame with their first album "Happy Nation". The band, exhausted from two long years of international promotion, could hardly believe how successful they had become but were tired with the comparisons with fellow Swedish group ABBA. Because of their swift and massive success record companies demanded a follow-up so they quickly began work on there second album “The Bridge”.

There new album consisted of 17 new tracks although there sounds had changed considerably from the first effort. All members of the band had input on all new tracks which sped up the entire process. The reggae and dance tracks that made the group so popular were replaced in favor of a more experimental sound. They finally scored a No 1 in Sweden with the first track from the album "Lucky Love" released in October 1995.

It charted at number 20 in the UK and number 13 in the Germany, but Arista Records axed a US release and decided the single "Beautiful Life" was more appropriate for the US market, peaking at number 15 both in the US and UK. The album was still certified platinum but the phenomenal success of the band's first album proved difficult to follow.


Albums:



  • Happy Nation - 1993
  • The Bridge - 1995
  • Flowers - 1998
  • Singles of the 90s / Greatest Hits - 1999
  • Da Capo – 2002