International success and a lot of stress: why the mythical group of the 90s Ace of Base broke up

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1992 was a great year for music.

For example,

released their classic

,

conquered the charts with

,

popularized their single

and in Sweden the success of one of the most remembered pop groups began to take shape:

The band made up of the

-together with her friend, Buddha Ekberg-, who reached number 1 in Spain with their hit

However, the Swedes not only conquered European lands, they also managed to become

, when

debuted on the

ranking at number 22 and ended up ranking at number 2 of the most played songs.

In this way, the musicians began a

which led them to record five albums.

But fame did not make all the members of the quartet happy...

At the beginning of the 90s, Joker Berggren, together with two other musicians, founded

which -as its name suggests- was dedicated to techno.

However, Berggren felt that his songs had a lot of melody and few voices, so he decided

to participate in the group.

According to his own words, the five of them got along very well.

But at some point, the other two members

, the Berggrens were left alone, and Joker opted to replace them with a talented musician he had met in the inner circle: former neo-Nazi Buddha Ekberg.

Buddha agreed that the genre of Tech Noir was mainly

.

But, after starting to compose, Joker and Ekberg realized that they were also interested in other rhythms and that a name change was necessary.

One less cold, more friendly and even more pronounceable.

Thus,

A quartet that, as a cover letter, showed what they considered her best composition:

But the song did not receive

and the band had to travel to Denmark to try their luck... And they succeeded, the group signed with a small label.

Although

was not the single chosen to start his career, but

, which aroused the interest of the Danish, Austrian, German and Swiss population.

So the company decided to go ahead and eventually release

Her first single to go through

and that made her first album become a reality.

Rather, a successful reality.

Because Happy Nation managed to get Ace of Base to get a

for having "the best-selling debut album in the world" and that their second album -

- was expected and encouraged by critics.

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What's more, Ace of Base was

for

and the song that gives the album its name spent 30 weeks on the Billboard chart.

So it's no surprise that between 1994 and 1997, Ace of Base had success with memorable singles like

,

and

.

However, 25 years ago, something stopped the group's triumphant career:

In 1997, from one day to the next, Linn

main vocalist, delegated all her work to her sister and began to dedicate herself to the piano and, occasionally, to the second voices.

For example, in some videos -such as

- Linn hardly appears, while in

she sings some lines, but for 90% of the song she stays silent.

For a long time, fans of Ace of Base declared themselves confused.

However, in 1998, the group responded forcefully.

"Linnn resigned from the role of vocalist, because

and is not able to endure what a tour implies. From now on, Linn will take a backseat," they published on their website.

But what really happened to Linn?

"My sister was comfortable with success until she said

'

do

Jenny to EL MUNDO in 2017. Although without failing to emphasize that in the year 2000 all the members of Ace of Base

even Linn, who held out for two more years... Until she exploded.

As a result, Ace of Base went on a long hiatus and in 2007, when they came back, they had to do it

.

But the male components insisted that they wanted two singers.

And since Jenny refused to replace her sister,

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In 2009, Jenny confirmed that she would no longer sing with Joker and Buddha.

But she didn't want them to stick with the Ace Of Base name either.

So, Berggren started

which was surprisingly resolved with points.

Yes, points.

Because, nowadays, Jenny uses the name Ace of Base, while everyone else uses Ace.

of.

Base, along with two girls named Clara Hagman and Julia Williamson.

Ace.

of.

Base.

He released an album in 2010, but - although his fans appreciated his attempts -

Something that has not happened with Jenny, who, since she sings alone, has launched various projects.

Among them, a book.

"It's about, when you reach the desired goal, you realize that

For example, when we hit number one with

, a German fan attacked me with a knife in my house.

And that's what I'm talking about, how I managed to compose myself whole again, "said Jenny, in 2020.

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