Aquarium (album)

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Aquarium
Aquarium cover
Studio album by Aqua
Released September 9, 1997
Genre Bubblegum/Eurodance
Length 40:38
Label MCA
Professional reviews
Aqua chronology
Aquarium
(1997)		 Aquarius
(2000)

Released in 1997, Aquarium is the debut album from Scandinavian dance-pop group Aqua. 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 unknown 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 another week at Number One, and further releases "My Oh My" and "Good Morning Sunshine" would peak at number 6 and number 18, respectively, in the UK charts.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

The version of Aquarium released in the United Kingdom and in most countries featured 11 tracks, although some versions (such as the vinyl release and Deluxe Version) featured a 12th track called "Didn't I", which is included as track 12 on this listing.

  1. "Happy Boys & Girls" – 3:37
  2. "My Oh My" – 3:22
  3. "Barbie Girl" – 3:14
  4. "Good Morning Sunshine" – 4:05
  5. "Doctor Jones" – 3:22
  6. "Heat of the Night" – 3:33
  7. "Be A Man" – 4:22
  8. "Lollipop (Candyman)" – 3:35
  9. "Roses Are Red" – 3:43
  10. "Turn Back Time" – 4:10
  11. "Calling You" – 3:33
  12. "Didn't I"

[edit] Aquarium Megamixes

Aquarium was a successful album and several Megamixes of its tracks were made. The official ones are:

  1. The Official Megamix – 11:14
  2. Twisted Megamix – 9:14

In October 1998, a compilation of Aqua remixes was released in several countries where the Aquarium album had sold well, including the United Kingdom, Sweden, Australia and Denmark. Titled Bubble Mix, it featured 11 remixes of tracks such as "Barbie Girl" and "Doctor Jones", although the only 'big name' remixer on the album was Love to Infinity's, who remixed the UK Number One "Turn Back Time". The aforementioned "Twisted Megamix" was also on the album.

[edit] Charts

  • The album debuted at #15 on the US Billboard 200, it later peaked at #7. It would spend a total of 50 weeks on the album sales chart. The album would go on to sell 4 million units in the US alone. This is significant as this has become the most successful euro-dance album in the US since Ace of Base's The Sign. To date, the album has shipped approximately 15 million copies worldwide.
Chart Provider(s) Peak
position		 Certification Sales/
shipments
U.S. Billboard 200 Billboard 7 4x Platinum 4,000,000+
U.S. Billboard Top Internet Albums 82
Australian Albums Chart ARIA 1 6x Platinum 420,000+
Austrian Albums Chart 4 2xPlatinmu 80,000+
Brazilian Albums Chart 2 2xPlatinum 200.000
Canadian Albums Chart Jam! 1 Diamond 1,000,000+
Chilean Albums Chart SNEP 4 2xPlatinum 300,000+
German Albums Chart Media Control 3 2xPlatinum 100,000+
Japanese Albums Chart Oricon 1 2xPlatinum 700.000
Mexican Albums Chart[1] AMPROFON 5 3xPlatinmu 600,000+
New Zealand Albums Chart RIANZ 1 5xPlatinum 100,000+
Norwegian Albums Chart 1 7x Platinum 140,000+
Swedish Albums Chart GLF 1 10x Platinum 1,000,000+
Swiss Albums Chart 2 4xPlatinum 110.000+
UK Albums Chart[2] BPI 6 4xPlatinum 1.100.000=
World 1 4xPlatinum 9,850,000+
Preceded by
Bill Lawry... This is Your Life by The 12th Man		 Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album
January 18 - January 31, 1998		 Succeeded by
Titanic (soundtrack) by Various artists
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[edit] References

  1. ^ Mexican Albums Chart
  2. ^ UK Certifications