A * teens

A * teens
General information
Genre (s)	pop
founding	1998 as ABBA Teens
resolution	2004
Last occupation
Song , dance	Marie Eleonor Serneholt
Song, dance	John Dhani Lennevald
Song, dance	With Sebastian Paul
Song, dance	Sara Helena Lumholdt

The A * Teens were a Swedish pop group that in 1998 in Stockholm as ABBA Teens was formed and disbanded of 2004.

history

Marie, Amit, Dhani and Sara were cast in 1998 as part of an ABBA project in a dance school by the record company Stockholm Records (today: Universal Music / Vivendi ). The band's original name was ABBA Teens . The band name was changed to A * Teens in order to later cover songs by other bands and to be able to sing their own songs.

On their first album The ABBA Generation , which was released at the end of 1999 , the band only recorded cover versions of various ABBA hits in the Eurodance style. They spent most of 2000 touring with * NSYNC and Britney Spears . The album Teen Spirit was released in early 2001 . This was followed by the third LP New Arrival in mid-2003 with the album Pop 'til You Drop! . A greatest hits album followed in the summer of 2004 after the group had taken a break. In the same year the band separated. In spring 2006 the first solo single was That's the Way My Heart Goes by Marie Serneholt published in Sweden. The song was among the top 3. The album accompanying it is called Enjoy the Ride .

Sara Helena Lumholdt released a solo single called Let's Get Physical in Sweden in 2007 under the name Sara Love , before reaching number 48 in the Swedish charts with the single Glamor Bitch .

Band members

• Marie Eleonor Serneholt (born July 11, 1983 in Stockholm )
• John Dhani Lennevald (born July 24, 1984 in Stockholm )
• Amit Sebastian Paul (born October 29, 1983 in Boden )
• Sara Helena Lumholdt (born October 25, 1984 in Solna )

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	SE
1999	The ABBA generation	DE2 gold (24 weeks)DE	AT2 gold (17 weeks)AT	CH12 gold (28 weeks)CH	UK85 (1 week) UK	US71 gold (41 weeks)US	SE1 × 2 Double platinum (31 weeks)SE	First published: August 18, 1999
2001	Teen spirit	DE5 (10 weeks) DE	AT18 (9 weeks) AT	CH13 (12 weeks) CH	-	US50 gold (28 weeks)US	SE2 gold (16 weeks)SE	First published: February 26, 2001
2002	Pop 'til You Drop!	-	-	-	-	US45 (7 weeks) US	-	First published: June 17, 2002
2003	New Arrival	DE95 (1 week) DE	-	CH91 (1 week) CH	-	-	SE4 (8 weeks) SE	First published: January 28, 2003

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	SE
2004	Greatest hits	-	-	-	-	-	SE16 (4 weeks) SE	First published: May 5, 2004

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	SE
1999	Mamma Mia The ABBA Generation	DE10 (15 weeks) DE	AT14 (12 weeks) AT	CH9 (15 weeks) CH	UK12 (9 weeks) UK	-	SE1 × 4 Quadruple platinum (24 weeks)SE	First published: May 10, 1999
	Super Trouper The ABBA Generation	DE4th gold (13 weeks)DE	AT11 (12 weeks) AT	CH18 (8 weeks) CH	UK21 (9 weeks) UK	-	SE2 platinum (14 weeks)SE	First published: August 1999
	Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) The ABBA Generation	DE33 (8 weeks) DE	-	CH51 (7 weeks) CH	-	-	SE10 gold (14 weeks)SE	First published: October 1999
	Happy New Year The ABBA Generation	-	-	-	-	-	SE4th gold (11 weeks)SE	First published: December 1999
2000	Dancing Queen The ABBA Generation	DE64 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	US95 (5 weeks) US	-	First published: March 7, 2000
	Upside down teen spirit	DE10 (14 weeks) DE	AT34 (10 weeks) AT	CH7 (23 weeks) CH	UK10 (7 weeks) UK	US93 (3 weeks) US	SE2 × 2 Double platinum (21 weeks)SE	First published: November 22, 2000
2001	Halfway Around the World Teen Spirit	DE51 (7 weeks) DE	-	CH73 (6 weeks) CH	UK30 (2 weeks) UK	-	SE7th gold (15 weeks)SE	First published: March 12, 2001
	Sugar Rush Teen Spirit	DE72 (4 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	SE15 (15 weeks) SE	First published: June 18, 2001
	Heartbreak Lullaby New Arrival	DE77 (3 weeks) DE	-	CH97 (2 weeks) CH	-	-	SE6 (16 weeks) SE	First published: December 17, 2001
2002	Can't Help Falling in Love Pop 'til You Drop!	-	-	-	-	-	SE12 (16 weeks) SE	First published: July 2002
	Floorfiller Pop 'til You Drop!	DE33 (9 weeks) DE	AT46 (6 weeks) AT	-	-	-	SE4th gold (27 weeks)SE	First published: October 14, 2002
2003	A Perfect Match New Arrival	DE77 (2 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	SE2 (16 weeks) SE	First published: March 2003
2004	I Promised Myself Greatest Hits	-	-	-	-	-	SE2 (20 weeks) SE	First published: May 2004

Awards for music sales

Platinum record  Finland 1999: for the album Abba Generation  Netherlands 1999: for the album Abba Generation  Poland 1999: for the album Abba Generation  Spain 2000: for the album Abba Generation

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Germany (BVMI)	2 × gold2	-	500,000	musikindustrie.de
Finland (IFPI)	-	platinum1	43,628	ifpi.fi
Netherlands (NVPI)	-	platinum1	100,000	nvpi.nl
Austria (IFPI)	gold1	-	25,000	ifpi.at
Poland (ZPAV)	-	platinum1	100,000	bestsellery.zpav.pl
Sweden (IFPI)	5 × gold5	9 × platinum9	470,000	sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold1	-	25,000	hitparade.ch
Spain (Promusicae)	-	platinum1	100,000	Sólo éxitos: año año, 1959-2002
United States (RIAA)	2 × gold2	-	1,000,000	riaa.com
All in all	11 × gold11	13 × platinum13

Awards

• Comet
  • 2000: for "Best International Newcomer"

swell

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US SE
2. ↑ COMET 2007: History - The Winners ( Memento from June 1, 2009 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

• A * Teens at laut.de