Aquarium (Aqua album)

Aquarium
Studio album by Aqua
Released	September 9, 1997 (1997-09-09)
Genre	Bubblegum dance, eurodance, europop
Length	40:44
Label	Universal
Producer	Per Adebratt, Delgado, Tommy Ekman, Peter Hartman, Johnny Jam, Jan Langhoff, Claus Norreen, Søren Rasted
Aqua chronology
Aquarium (1997) Aquarius (2000)
Singles from Aquarium
"Roses Are Red" Released: September 1996 "My Oh My" Released: February 1997 "Barbie Girl" Released: August 19, 1997 "Lollipop (Candyman)" Released: November 25, 1997 "Doctor Jones" Released: January 19, 1998 "Turn Back Time" Released: May 18, 1998 "Good Morning Sunshine" Released: February 2, 1999

Aquarium is the debut studio album by Danish-Norwegian band Aqua. The album was released on September 9, 1997. Although the group had been together for three years under their original name Joyspeed, their only release up to Aquarium was a single called "Itzy Bitsy Spider". The album is best known for including three UK number ones in "Barbie Girl", "Doctor Jones" and "Turn Back Time", the first of those being a huge hit across the globe and a platinum seller Stateside.

The release of "Barbie Girl" took the four-piece group onto the A-List of European music, meaning that when the album was released a month later in November 1997 pop fans everywhere went out to buy it. The album would peak at number 6 in the UK charts. While not a million seller like "Barbie Girl", the album's second single "Doctor Jones" was released in 1998 and became a UK number one, staying at the top for two weeks in February. The third release "Turn Back Time" would give the group their third consecutive number-one single and further releases "My Oh My" and "Good Morning Sunshine" would peak at number six and number 18, respectively, on the UK Singles Chart. The album has sold 14 million copies worldwide.^[1][2]

Chart performance

Aquarium debuted at number one in Denmark.^[3] As of July 2000, the album had sold 280,000 copies in Denmark.^[4] The album debuted at number 15 on the Bilboard 200 in the United States, and later peaked at number seven.^[5] It would spend a total of 50 weeks on the album sales chart. On March 4, 1999 the album was certified three times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of three million units, becoming the most successful eurodance album in the US since Ace of Base's The Sign (1993). Aquarium has been certified four times platinum by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) for shipments of four million copies inside Europe.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Happy Boys & Girls"	Søren Rasted, Claus Norreen, René Dif, Lene Nystrøm	Johnny Jam, Delgado, Søren Rasted, Claus Norreen	3:37
2.	"My Oh My"	Rasted, Norreen, Dif	Johnny Jam, Delgado, Søren Rasted, Claus Norreen	3:25
3.	"Barbie Girl"	Rasted, Norreen, Dif	Johnny Jam, Delgado, Søren Rasted, Claus Norreen	3:16
4.	"Good Morning Sunshine"	Rasted, Norreen, Dif	Johnny Jam, Delgado, Søren Rasted, Claus Norreen	4:03
5.	"Doctor Jones"	Rasted, Norreen, Anders Øland, Dif	Johnny Jam, Delgado, Søren Rasted, Claus Norreen	3:22
6.	"Heat of the Night"	Rasted, Norreen	Søren Rasted, Claus Norreen, Hartmann & Langhoff	3:33
7.	"Be a Man"	Rasted, Norreen, Nystrøm	Tommy Ekman, Per Adebratt	4:22
8.	"Lollipop (Candyman)"	Rasted, Norreen, Nystrøm, Dif, Hartman & Langhoff	Johnny Jam, Delgado, Søren Rasted, Claus Norreen	3:35
9.	"Roses Are Red"	Rasted, Norreen, Dif, Nystrøm, Hartman & Langhoff	Hartman & Langhoff	3:43
10.	"Turn Back Time"	Rasted, Norreen	Johnny Jam, Delgado, Søren Rasted, Claus Norreen	4:09
11.	"Calling You"	Rasted, Norreen, Dif, Hartman & Langhoff	Søren Rasted, Claus Norreen, Hartmann & Langhoff	3:33

Disc 2: Aquarium - Remixed
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Barbie Girl" (Extended Version)	5:16
2.	"My Oh My" (Extended Version)	5:06
3.	"Roses Are Red" (Club Version)	7:01
4.	"Lollipop" (Razor 'N' Go "Lick It" Mix)	12:20
5.	"My Oh My" (H20 Club Remix)	7:34
6.	"Barbie Girl" (Dirty Rotten Scoundrel Clinical 12" Mix)	8:37

Re-issue edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
12.	"Barbie Girl" (Extended Version)	5:16
13.	"My Oh My" (Extended Version)	5:06
14.	"Roses Are Red" (Club Version)	7:00
15.	"Lollipop" (Razor 'N' Go "Lick It" Mix)	12:16
16.	"Barbie Girl" (Dirty Rotten Scoundrel Radio Mix)	4:12

Limited Christmas edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
12.	"Didn't I"	3:17
13.	"My Oh My" (Spike, Clyde 'N' Eightball Club Mix)	5:02
14.	"Lollipop (Candyman)" (Extended Version)	5:28
15.	"Turn Back Time" (Love to Infinity's Classic Radio Mix)	3:20
16.	"Doctor Jones" (Metro's 7" Edit)	3:36
17.	"The Official Megamix"	11:16

Picture disc edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
12.	"Didn't I"		Rasted, Norreen, Johnny Jam, Delgado	3:22
13.	"Doctor Jones" (Molella & Phil Jay Mix)	Anders Øland, Dif	Rasted, Norreen, Johnny Jam, Delgado	5:03

Japan bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
12.	"Didn't I"	3:17
13.	"Roses Are Red" (Disco 70' Mix)	3:17

South Korea bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
12.	"Roses Are Red" (Club Version)
13.	"Roses Are Red" (Club Edit)
14.	"Roses Are Red" (Disco 70' Mix)

Personnel

Per Adebratt – producer, arrangement, mixing Bee – backing vocals Marian Binderup – backing vocals Mogens Binderup – backing vocals Vivian Cardinal – backing vocals Douglas Carr – guitar Delgado – producer, vocal producer, arrangement, mixing René Dif – songwriter, lead vocals Tommy Ekman – producer, arrangement, mixing Björn Engelmann – mastering

Peter Hartmann – songwriter, producer, arrangement, mixing Claus Hvass – guitar Johnny Jam – producer, vocal producer, arrangement, mixing Kati – backing vocals Jan Langhoff – songwriter, producer, arrangement, mixing, guitar Claus Norreen – songwriter, producer, arrangement, mixing, instruments Lene Nystrøm – songwriter, lead and backing vocals Søren Rasted – songwriter, producer, arrangement, mixing, instruments, backing vocals Anders Øland – songwriter

Credits adapted from album liner notes.^[6]

Charts and certifications

Charts Chart (1997–98) Peak position Australian Albums Chart[7] 1 Austrian Albums Chart[7] 4 Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[7] 4 Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[7] 3 Canadian Albums Chart[8] 1 Danish Albums Chart[3] 1 Dutch Albums Chart[7] 6 Finnish Albums Chart[7] 2 French Albums Chart[7] 11 German Albums Chart[9] 6 Irish Albums Chart[10] 6 Italian Albums Chart[11] 1 Malaysian Albums Chart[12] 3 New Zealand Albums Chart[7] 1 Norwegian Albums Chart[7] 1 Portuguese Albums Chart[13] 5 Spanish Albums Chart[14] 3 Swedish Albums Chart[7] 1 Swiss Albums Chart[7] 3 UK Albums Chart[15] 6 US Billboard 200[5] 7

Certifications Region Certification Sales/shipments Australia (ARIA)[16] 6× Platinum 420,000^ Austria (IFPI Austria)[17] Gold 25,000x Brazil (ABPD)[18] Gold 100,000* Canada (Music Canada)[19] Diamond 1,000,000^ Finland (IFPI Finland)[20] 2× Platinum 72,757[20] France (SNEP)[21] Platinum 300,000* Germany (BVMI)[22] Gold 250,000^ Norway (IFPI Norway)[23] 4× Platinum 200,000* New Zealand (RIANZ)[24] Platinum 15,000^ Sweden (IFPI Sweden)[25] 5× Platinum 400,000^ Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[26] Gold 25,000x United Kingdom (BPI)[27] Platinum 300,000^ United States (RIAA)[28] 3× Platinum 3,000,000^ Summaries Europe (IFPI)[29] 4× Platinum 4,000,000* *sales figures based on certification alone ^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

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2. ^ Drejer, Dennis (16 August 2001). "Aqua blev til østers - Underholdning - BT.dk" (in Danish). B.T.. http://www.bt.dk/underholdning/aqua-blev-til-oesters. Retrieved 9 July 2011. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "Hits of the World: Denmark (IFPI/Nielsen Marketing Research) 03/18/00". Billboard (Nielsen Business Media) 112 (14): 81. 1 April 2000. ISSN 0006-2510. 
4. ^ Drejer, Dennis (14 July 2000). "Aqua leger bier og blomster - Nyheder - BT.dk" (in Danish). BT. http://www.bt.dk/nyheder/aqua-leger-bier-og-blomster. Retrieved 10 July 2011. 
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27. ^ "British album certifications – Aqua – Aquarium". British Phonographic Industry. http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx.  Enter Aquarium in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Click Go
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