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Aqua Aquarius Full Album

Aqua Aquarius Full Album Average ratng: 9,7/10 2187 reviews
Aquarius
Studio album by
Released28 February 2000
RecordedJanuary–November 1999;
RastedNorreen Mobile Studio,
(Mölle, Sweden and Somerset, England);
Studio 2 at Swedish National Radio and Polar Studios,
(Stockholm, Sweden)
GenreEurodance, Europop
Length46:44
LabelUniversal
ProducerSøren Rasted, Claus Norreen
Aqua chronology
Aquarium
(1997)		Aquarius
(2000)		Cartoon Heroes: The Best of Aqua
(2002)
Singles from Aquarius
  1. 'Cartoon Heroes'
    Released: February 1, 2000
  2. 'Around the World'
    Released: May 30, 2000
  3. 'Bumble Bees'
    Released: August 9, 2000
  4. 'We Belong to the Sea'
    Released: January 9, 2001
  5. 'Freaky Friday'
    Released: August 11, 2017[1]

Aquarius is the second studio album by Danish-Norwegian band Aqua. The album was released on 28 February 2000 by Universal.

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2000 CD release of Aquarius on Discogs. Aquarius Aqua. The group of British producers spent three years perfecting this album which is full to the brim with top-notch collaborations.

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Singles[edit]

The lead single, 'Cartoon Heroes', peaked at number one in Denmark and Norway, reached number 7 in the UK in February 2000 and later received top 10 positions globally except for the US where it failed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100; the second single, 'Around the World', also peaked at number one in Denmark, but only made number 26 in UK and did not sell highly in most regions. It was the last release in most territories before the band split in 2001.

Scandinavia and other European countries saw further releases of 'Bumble Bees' and 'We Belong to the Sea' during late 2000, both achieving only moderate success.

'Freaky Friday' was meant to be released as a single back when the band was still promoting the album, but it ended up being cancelled. The song was then released 16 years later, in 2017, through an EP of remixes.[2][3]

Commercial performance[edit]

The album debuted at number one in Denmark and Norway while peaking inside the top ten in seven countries, it sold 39,000 copies in its first week in Denmark, becoming the fastest-selling album of the decade.[4] The album became the second best-selling album of 2000, selling 174,523 copies;[5] as of August 2001, Aquarius had sold 265,000 copies in Denmark.[6] It became the third best-selling album of the 2000s in Denmark.[7]

In the United States, the album debuted at number 82 on the Billboard 200 and spent six weeks on the chart. This is a significant drop from their previous album Aquarium (1997), which peaked at number seven and spent 50 weeks on the chart. Aquarius has been certified platinum by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) for shipments of one million copies inside Europe. Worldwide, the album has sold four million copies.[8][9]

Track listing[edit]

Aquarius album

All tracks written and produced by Søren Rasted and Claus Norreen, except where noted. Radmin license code.

No.TitleLength
1.'Cartoon Heroes'3:38
2.'Around the World'3:28
3.'Freaky Friday'3:45
4.'We Belong to the Sea'4:18
5.'An Apple a Day'3:37
6.'Halloween' (writers: Rasted, Norreen, René Dif)3:49
7.'Good Guys'3:58
8.'Back from Mars'4:03
9.'Aquarius'4:21
10.'Cuba Libre' (writers: Rasted, Norreen, Dif)3:36
11.'Bumble Bees'3:52
12.'Goodbye to the Circus'3:59
Japanese edition bonus track
No.TitleLength
13.'Cartoon Heroes' (Metro's That's All Folks Remix)6:23
Danish special edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
13.'Cartoon Heroes' (Metro 7-inch Edit)4:06
14.'Cartoon Heroes' (Love to Infinity Classic Radio Mix)3:08

Personnel[edit]

Credits adapted from album liner notes.[10]

  • Aqua – mixing
  • Stefan Boman – vocal engineering
  • Christian Møller Nielsen – additional programming
  • René Dif – lyricist, composition, lead vocals
  • Björn Engelmann – mastering
  • Nana Hedin – backing vocals
  • Michael Henderson – mixing
  • Henrik Janson – strings arrangement
  • Ulf Janson – strings arrangement
  • Ole Kibsgaard – guitar
  • Stig Kreutzfeldt – vocal engineering
  • Jörgen Larsen – scratching
  • Peter Ljung – piano
  • Bernard Löhr – mixing
  • Claus Norreen – composition, production, arrangement
  • Lene Nystrøm – lead and backing vocals
  • Stockholm Session Orchestra – strings
  • Jean-Paul Wall – backing vocals
  • Søren Rasted – composition, production, arrangement, backing vocals
  • Anders Øland – additional programming

Charts[edit]

Charts[edit]

Chart (2000)Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[11]15
Austrian Albums Chart[11]11
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[11]18
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[11]9
Canadian Albums Chart[12]3
Danish Albums Chart[13]1
Dutch Albums Chart[11]42
Finnish Albums Chart[11]2
French Albums Chart[11]37
German Albums Chart[14]16
Irish Albums Chart[15]36
Italian Albums Chart[11]2
New Zealand Albums Chart[11]8
Norwegian Albums Chart[11]1
Spanish Albums Chart[13]3
Swedish Albums Chart[11]2
Swiss Albums Chart[11]8
UK Albums Chart[16]24
US Billboard 200[17]82

Year-end charts[edit]

Chart (2000)Position
Danish Albums Chart[18]1

Decade-end charts[edit]

Chart (2000–2009)Position
Danish Albums Chart[7]3

Certifications[edit]

RegionCertificationCertified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)[19]Gold35,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[20]2× Platinum200,000^
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[21]4× Platinum200,000^
Japan (RIAJ)[22]Platinum200,000^
Norway (IFPI Norway)[23]2× Platinum100,000*
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[24]5× Platinum500,000^
Sweden (GLF)[25]Platinum80,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[26]Gold25,000^
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[27]Platinum1,000,000*

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

Release history[edit]

RegionDateFormatLabel
Worldwide[28]February 28, 2000CD / CassetteUniversal Music
United States[29]March 28, 2000MCA Records

References[edit]

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  2. ^'Aqua - Freaky Friday (2017) Master release!'. Bubblegum Dancer. Retrieved 2017-11-24.
  3. ^'Freaky Friday - EP by Aqua on Apple Music'. Apple Inc. Retrieved 2017-11-24.
  4. ^Ardahl, Rasmus (1 December 2006). 'Kim Larsen og Take That'. Gaffa (in Danish). Retrieved 23 July 2011.
  5. ^'Års Hitlister 2000'. 2000. Archived from the original on 26 September 2001. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  6. ^Jensen, Erik (14 August 2001). 'Den store landgang for Aqua' (in Danish). Politiken. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  7. ^ ab'Ud med 'love' - ind med 'kærlighed''. Urban (in Danish): 21. 14 December 2009.
  8. ^'Fakta og Aqua - Kultur www.b.dk'. Berlingske Tidende (in Danish). 13 November 2005. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
  9. ^Körner, Jan (17 August 2006). 'Ekstra Bladet - Tjente 210 mio. på Aqua'. Ekstra Bladet (in Danish). Retrieved 9 July 2011.
  10. ^Aquarius (liner notes). Aqua. Universal Music. 2000. 157 530-2.CS1 maint: others (link)
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  12. ^'Aqua Album & Song Chart History'. Canadian Albums Chart for Aqua. Prometheus Global Media. Archived from the original on 10 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-09.
  13. ^ ab'Hits of the World'. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. 112 (14): 81. 1 April 2000. ISSN0006-2510.
  14. ^'Chartverfolgung / AQUA / Longplay'. Media Control Charts (in German). PhonoNet GmbH. Retrieved 2011-07-09.
  15. ^'Chart Track'. Irish Albums Chart. GfK. Retrieved 2011-07-21.
  16. ^'Archive Chart'. UK Albums Chart. The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2011-07-09.
  17. ^'Aqua Album & Song Chart History'. Billboard 200 for Aqua. Prometheus Global Media. Archived from the original on 10 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-09.
  18. ^Ritzau (7 September 2001). 'Danskere storforbrugere af musik-cd'er - Nyheder - BT.dk'. B.T. (in Danish). Retrieved 9 July 2011.
  19. ^'ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2000 Albums'. Australian Recording Industry Association.
  20. ^'Canadian album certifications – Aqua – Aquarius'. Music Canada.
  21. ^Drejer, Dennis (26 February 2000). 'Aqua er de største - Nyheder - BT.dk'. B.T. (in Danish). Retrieved 9 July 2011.
  22. ^'Japanese album certifications – Aqua – Aquarius' (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  23. ^'IFPI Norsk platebransje Trofeer 1993–2011' (in Norwegian). IFPI Norway.
  24. ^Salaverrie, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002(PDF) (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Madrid: Fundación Autor/SGAE. p. 947. ISBN84-8048-639-2. Retrieved May 16, 2019.
  25. ^'Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 2000'(PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden.
  26. ^'The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Aqua; 'Aquarius')'. IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien.
  27. ^'IFPI Platinum Europe Awards – 2000'. International Federation of the Phonographic Industry.
  28. ^Ferro, Charles (18 December 1999). 'Music Pulse'. Billboard. 111 (51): 71. ISSN0006-2510.
  29. ^Garrity, Brian (12 February 2000). 'Artists & Music: Bubble-Gum Popsters'. Billboard. 112 (7): 14. ISSN0006-2510.
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