Happy Nation

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Happy Nation
Happy Nation cover
Studio album by Ace of Base
Released February 19, 1993
Recorded 1991, 1992
Genre Dance/Reggae
Label Festival
Warner Bros.
Producer Denniz PoP, Jonas Berggren, Ulf Ekberg
Ace of Base chronology
Happy Nation
(1992)		 The Sign
(1993)

Happy Nation is the debut album of Ace of Base, a pop music group based in Sweden. It was released in early 1993 in Europe. The album once held the world record as the highest-selling debut album of all time, a title which it has since relinquished. It reached the number one position in at least 14 countries, and an estimated total of 23 million copies have been sold.

A second release in Europe, Happy Nation U.S. Version, came on September 25, 1993, to coincide with the album's release in North America under the title name, The Sign. The Sign was released in North America on November 23, 1993 with four brand new tracks.

Several songs on the album, including "The Sign", "All That She Wants" and "Don't Turn Around", were #1 singles in the United States and all over Europe.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Voulez-Vous Danser"
  2. "All That She Wants"
  3. "Münchhausen (Just Chaos)"
  4. "Happy Nation (Faded Edit)"
  5. "Waiting for Magic"
  6. "Fashion Party"
  7. "Wheel of Fortune"
  8. "Dancer in a Daydream"
  9. "My Mind" (Mindless Mix)
  10. "Wheel of Fortune" (Original Club Mix)
  11. "Dimension of Depth" (Instrumental)
  12. "Young and Proud"
  13. "All That She Wants" (Banghra Version)

[edit] Happy Nation U.S. version

Happy Nation was re-released in Europe only, as Happy Nation (US Version) on September 25, 1993, to coincide with the American version of the album titled The Sign released in the Western Hemisphere on November 23 of that same year. Three new tracks were added to the American version, while Happy Nation (US Version) contained four new songs and a bonus remix. The re-release climbed to number one in the UK Albums Chart, beating the number 21 peak of the original release.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "All That She Wants"
  2. "Don't Turn Around"
  3. "Young and Proud"
  4. "The Sign"
  5. "Living in Danger"
  6. "Voulez-Vous Danser" (New Version)
  7. "Happy Nation (Faded Edit)"
  8. "Hear Me Calling"
  9. "Waiting for Magic" (Total Remix 7")
  10. "Fashion Party"
  11. "Wheel of Fortune"
  12. "Dancer In a Daydream"
  13. "My Mind" (Mindless Mix)
  14. "All That She Wants" (Banghra Version)
  15. "Happy Nation" (Remix)
The Sign
The Sign cover
Studio album by Ace of Base
Released November 23, 1993
Recorded 1993
Genre Pop/Dance
Label Festival
Warner Bros. (1993-1994)
Arista (1994 Deluxe)
Producer Denniz PoP, Jonas Berggren, Ulf Ekberg
Professional reviews
Ace of Base chronology
Happy Nation (1992) The Sign
(1993)		 The Bridge (1995)

[edit] The Sign

Only released in the US, Canada, and Japan.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "All That She Wants"
  2. "Don't Turn Around"
  3. "Young and Proud"
  4. "The Sign"
  5. "Living in Danger"
  6. "Dancer In a Daydream"
  7. "Wheel of Fortune"
  8. "Waiting for Magic" (Total Remix 7")
  9. "Happy Nation"
  10. "Voulez-Vous Danser" (New Version)
  11. "My Mind" (Mindless Mix)
  12. "All That She Wants" (Banghra Version)

[edit] Singles

[edit] Happy Nation

[edit] Happy Nation U.S. version (re-release) / The Sign

[edit] Charts

Chart Peak
position
Argentinian Albums Chart 1
Australian ARIA Albums Chart 9
Austrian Albums Chart 3
Canadian Albums Chart 1
Danish Albums Chart 1
Dutch Albums Chart 2
French Albums Chart 1
German Albums Chart 1
Greek Albums Chart 1
Hungarian Albums Chart 1
Chart Peak
position
Israeli Albums Chart 1
Japanese Albums Chart 1
New Zealand RIANZ Albums Chart 1
Norwegian Albums Chart 1
Portuguese Albums Chart 1
Spanish Albums Chart 5
Swiss Albums Chart 2
Swedish Albums Chart 3
UK Albums Chart 1
US Billboard 200 1

[edit] Platinum & Gold Awards

  • Argentina: 4x platinum (160,000+ units sold) (for 'The Sign')
  • Australia: platinum (70,000+ units sold) (for 'Happy Nation')
  • Austria: platinum (30,000+ units sold) (for 'Happy Nation')
  • Belgium: gold (for 'Happy Nation')
  • Brazil: gold (for 'The Sign')
  • Canada: diamond (1,000,000+ units sold) (for 'The Sign')
  • Chile: platinum (for 'The Sign')
  • China: platinum (for 'Happy Nation')
  • Czech Republic: gold (for 'Happy Nation')
  • Denmark: 4x platinum (160,000+ units sold) (for 'Happy Nation')
  • Finland: gold (for 'Happy Nation')
  • France: diamond (1,000,000+ units sold) (for 'Happy Nation')
  • Germany: 3x platinum (900,000+ units sold) (for 'Happy Nation')
  • India: platinum (200,000(?)+ units sold) (for 'Happy Nation')
  • Indonesia: 4x platinum (for 'Happy Nation')
  • Ireland: gold (for 'Happy Nation')
  • Italy: gold (for 'Happy Nation')
  • Greece: gold (for 'Happy Nation')
  • Japan: 4x platinum (487,290 units sold)(for 'The Sign')
  • Korea: 7x platinum (for 'Happy Nation')
  • Mexico: 3x platinum (450,000+ units sold) (for 'The Sign')
  • Netherlands: 2x platinum (for 'Happy Nation')
  • New Zealand: 3x platinum (45,000+ units sold) (for 'Happy Nation')
  • Norway: 2x platinum (for 'Happy Nation')
  • Portugal: platinum (for 'Happy Nation')
  • Singapore: 3x platinum (for 'Happy Nation')
  • Spain: platinum (for 'Happy Nation')
  • Sweden: 2x platinum (for 'Happy Nation')
  • Switzerland: 2x platinum (80,000+ units sold) (for 'Happy Nation')
  • South Africa: gold (for 'Happy Nation')
  • Thailand: gold (for 'Happy Nation')
  • United Kingdom: 2x platinum (600,000+ units sold) (for 'Happy Nation')
  • United States: 9x platinum (9,000,000+ units sold) (for 'The Sign')

References [1], [2]

[edit] See Also

List of number-one albums from the 1990s (UK)

Preceded by
Superunknown by Soundgarden		 Billboard 200 number-one album
April 2 - April 8, 1994
June 11 - June 17, 1994		 Succeeded by
Far Beyond Driven by Pantera
v • d • e
Ace of Base
Jonas Berggren • Jenny Berggren • Ulf Ekberg
Linn Berggren
Albums
Happy Nation • The Sign • The Bridge • Flowers • Cruel Summer • Singles Of The 90s • Greatest Hits • Da Capo • TBA 2008
Singles
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